‘Justice League’ Film Review: DC Superheroes Battle in Vain Against the Power of Zack Snyder
There are some laughs and excitement, but this is another film that looks like Axe body spray smells
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‘Daddy’s Home 2’ Film Review: Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell Listlessly Pack This Stocking With Coal
If you see one slapstick dysfunctional-family Christmas movie, go with “Bad Moms”
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‘Lady Bird’ Film Review: Greta Gerwig Crafts a Lovely Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman
Saoirse Ronan beautifully captures the restlessness of a girl who just wants out of Sacramento
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‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Review: Cate Blanchett’s Campy Villainess Steals the Thunder
Excitement and silliness abound in this breathlessly action-packed and comic superhero tale
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‘Suburbicon’ Review: George Clooney Overplays His Hand With Grotesque ’50s Noir
Venice Film Festival: The mid-century design succeeds where the satire and thriller elements fail
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‘Boo 2!’ Review: Tyler Perry Leaves a Flaming Bag of Poo on Your Doorstep
There are funny Madea movies, but this rushed sequel isn’t one of them
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‘Only the Brave’ Review: Josh Brolin Firefighter Saga Digs Deep
True-life tale of heroism and sacrifices finds room for rich, complicated characters
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‘The Meyerowitz Stories’ Review: Adam Sandler Nails Noah Baumbach’s Comedy of Dysfunction
Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Marvel also shine in this sad, hilarious tale of recrimination and redemption
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‘Goodbye Christopher Robin’ Review: True Pooh Story More Than a Run-of-the-Milne Biopic
PTSD and bad parenting balance out the Tiggers and crumpets in this look at the man (and boy) behind Winnie the Pooh
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‘Dina’ Review: Doc Explores Love, Marriage and Autism
Sundance 2017: The directors of “Mala Mala” follow their captivating heroine through wedding prep and love pains without condescension or coddling
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‘Better Watch Out’ Review: Holiday Horror Comedy Plays Like ‘Home Alone’ with a Body Count
A babysitter and her tween charge fend off home invaders on Christmas Eve in this darkly hilarious thriller
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‘Blade Runner 2049’ Review: Ryan Gosling Keeps the Dream of Electric Sheep Alive
Harrison Ford returns for a rare sequel that enriches the themes and ideas of the original
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‘Friend Request’ Review: Delete Your Account
A vengeful witch using Facebook for mayhem generates zero scares — but plenty of unintentional laughs
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‘Victoria & Abdul’ Review: Judi Dench’s Queen Victoria Keeps This Smarm-ada Afloat
Stephen Frears traffics in cutesy colonialism but the film offers up all the colors in Dame Judi’s paintbox
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‘9/11’ Review: Charlie Sheen Drama Avoids Exploitation If Not Familiarity
Gina Gershon and Jacqueline Bisset’s genuinely powerful performances lift up this otherwise routine film
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‘Home Again’ Review: Reese Witherspoon Plays Goldilocks to Three Bores
Actress is wasted in a midlife crisis comedy that marks a negligible debut from writer-director Hallie Meyers-Shyer
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‘Our Souls at Night’ Review: Jane Fonda and Robert Redford Play Nice People in a Nice Romance
Venice: This Netflix drama plays it safe, but the leading players have as much chemistry as ever
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‘The Devil and Father Amorth’ Review: William Friedkin Tackles Satan Again, This Time Awkwardly
Venice: The “real-life exorcism” in this hand-held doc plays as phony and/or exploitative
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The French Were Right About Jerry Lewis – He Was a Genius
On both sides of the camera, Lewis was an innovator — as well as hilarious
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‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’ Review: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L Jackson Liven Up Routine Shoot-Em-Up
Two charming stars and one canal boat chase aren’t enough to distinguish this Euro-set action-comedy
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‘Crown Heights’ Review: True Story of Injustice Lacks Dramatic Power
Sundance 2017: There’s a powerful tale to be told about an innocent man’s 20-plus years of incarceration, but this isn’t it
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‘The Only Living Boy in New York’ Review: Kate Beckinsale Bewitches a Manhattan Millennial
Yet another insufferable saga from screenwriter Allan Loeb (“Collateral Beauty,” “The Space Between Us”)
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‘Kidnap’ Review: Halle Berry Is One Tough Mother in Cheesy, Breathtaking Thriller
You’ll spend the first half of this B-movie yelling at her character and the second half cheering her on
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Sam Shepard: Playwright at Center Stage (Appreciation)
Shepard’s writing expressed strong feelings with few words
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‘Atomic Blonde’ Review: Charlize Theron Overcomes Bad Guys and the Script in Uneven Spy Thriller
If her brutal agent spawns a franchise, we’ll look back on this entry as a notable first try
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‘The Emoji Movie’ Review: There Are No Words
OMG, this animated feature is a POS with no LOLs
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‘Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets’ Review: Luc Besson’s Loony Space Saga Is Gorgeous Nonsense
Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevigne flirt and blast their way through an exquisite universe of silliness
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‘Dunkirk’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s WWII Saga Spins a Sensational Story of Struggle and Survival
The director hits both heart and head (via the nervous system) as he captures one of the global conflict’s most harrowing chapters
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‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ Review: Simian Saga Sewn Up Satisfactorily
This climax to the trilogy of new “Apes” movies earns its quotations of John Ford and the Old Testament
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‘The Big Sick’ Review: Kumail Nanjiani Mostly Hits the Mark in Auto-Bio-Rom-Com
Telling his real-life love story, Nanjiani nails the comedy while Holly Hunter and Ray Romano tackle the dramatic heavy lifting
