‘The Comedian’ Review: Robert De Niro Skims Surface as Washed-Up Stand-Up
The movie aims to be “The Wrestler” for the comedy-club set, but it too often settles for cheap gags and even cheaper sentiment
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‘Gold’ Review: Matthew McConaughey Digs Up the Unexpected
Every time you think you know where this rags-to-riches saga is going, it takes an unpredictable turn
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Mary Tyler Moore Remembered: She Made It, After All
Off screen as well as on, the talented actress reminded us of the power of resiliency and reinvention
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‘A Dog’s Purpose’ Review: Canine Tear-Jerker Fails the Sniff Test
Sentimentality overwhelms in this salute to puppy love (and the power of dog death to milk audience tears)
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‘xXx: Return of Xander Cage’ Review: Vin Diesel Fails to Resuscitate Comatose Franchise
The whole “extreme sports 007” gimmick was previously silly … now it’s just dull
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‘The Founder’ Review: Michael Keaton McDonald’s Biopic Needs More Salt
The tale of how Ray Kroc stole McDonald’s should be trenchant in its corporate satire, but it’s as bland and unchallenging as a Big Mac
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‘A Face in the Crowd’ Predicted Rise of Donald Trump 60 Years Ago (Commentary)
Andy Griffith’s charismatic but hollow TV personality uses his camera-friendliness to rise to the corridors of power. Sound familiar?
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‘Sleepless’ Review: Jamie Foxx Goes Undercover in Underwritten Cop Drama
So trite as to teeter on parody, this Vegas-set ticking-clock thriller is a shouty bore
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‘Live by Night’ Review: Ben Affleck Presents the Boring Twenties
The actor-writer-director’s homage to vintage gangster movies isn’t a complete failure but it’s an offer you can refuse
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‘Underworld: Blood Wars’ Review: Kate Beckinsale Slinks Through Another Silly Sequel
What’s the point of a vampire-werewolf war if they’re going to fight it with machine guns?
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Debbie Reynolds: Unsinkable, Indefatigable and Visionary (Appreciation)
The one-time MGM star redefined herself and her career throughout a tumultuous life
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Carrie Fisher Was a Wit, a Survivor – and Yes, a Princess (Appreciation)
Tabloid-adjacent since infancy, Fisher’s humor helped her through fame, pain and “Star Wars”
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11 Best Performances in Mediocre Movies of 2016, From Kristen Stewart to Viola Davis (Photos)
Even some of 2016’s darkest cinematic clouds had silver linings in the form of fine acting in films that didn’t otherwise deserve it
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‘Patriots Day’ Review: Mark Wahlberg Pursues the Boston Marathon Bombers
Whatever this latest true story from Peter Berg (“Deepwater Horizon”) lacks in narrative depth, it’s got plenty of humanity and suspense
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‘Why Him?’ Review: James Franco, Bryan Cranston Play Dumb in Witless Comedy
Only Megan Mullally and Keegan-Michael Key can wring occasional laughs from this tired, post-“Fockers” farce
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13 Worst Movies of 2016, From ‘Suicide Squad’ to ‘Trolls’ (Photos)
TheWrap critic Alonso Duralde picks the clunkers that made 2016 a challenge for movie lovers
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11 Best Movies of 2016, From ‘La La Land’ to ‘Queen of Katwe’ (Photos)
TheWrap Best & Worst 2016: Film reviews editor Alonso Duralde breaks down the highlights from a very competitive year
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‘Rogue One’ Review: Latest ‘Star Wars’ Entry Plays Like a Fan-Fiction Footnote
If you’re not delighted by inside-baseball references to Episode IV, this saga offers little else
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20 Great Movie Performances in 2016 You Might’ve Missed, From Sarah Paulson to Alden Ehrenreich (Photos)
Some of the year’s least-seen films boast standout work from both established and unknown actors and actresses
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‘La La Land’ Review: Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone Trip the Light Fantastic
In his follow-up to “Whiplash,” writer-director Damien Chazelle serves up a recognizable Los Angeles that’s also a singing, dancing land of dreams
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‘Office Christmas Party’ Review: Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston Stuck in Bah-Humbug Comedy
Yuletide bacchanal sorely lacks bowlful-of-jelly laughs, unless national treasure Kate McKinnon’s on screen
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‘Things to Come’ Review: Isabelle Huppert Dazzles in Coming-of-Middle-Age Tale
The French actress offers another unforgettable performance as a woman who loses everything but keeps going
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‘Miss Sloane’ Review: Jessica Chastain’s Complicated Lobbyist Feels Cable-Ready
The actress does her best to fill in the script’s character gaps, but the whole enterprise is undone by some third-act switcheroos
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‘Rules Don’t Apply’ Review: Warren Beatty Makes Great Pieces That Don’t Quite Fit Together
There’s a Howard Hughes biopic and a lovely Hollywood romance going on here, but they never quite cohere enough to make one movie between them
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‘Moana’ Review: Dwayne Johnson Invigorates Disney’s South Seas Saga
This latest animated adventure is mostly business as usual, but the title character does bolster the studio’s roster of non-princess heroines
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‘Take Me to the River’ Review: This Family Reunion Plays Like Polanski, With Cicadas
Writer-director Matt Sobel’s extraordinary debut feature boasts a powerful ensemble cast and finds the tension in what people don’t talk about
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‘Nocturnal Animals’ Review: Tom Ford Gambles Big and Wins on Second Feature
Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal star in a film that successfully melds grit and glamour, the past and present, fiction and reality
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‘Arrival’ Review: Amy Adams Talks to Aliens in Cerebral Sci-Fi Story
Denis Villeneuve’s tale of humanity’s first contact with ETs wants to appeal to both the heart and the head, but it succeeds mostly above the shoulders
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‘Almost Christmas’ Review: Danny Glover and Mo’nique Serve Up Holiday Satisfaction
If you come to Christmas movies for laughs, poignancy and familial reconciliation, this all-star cast provides it in abundance
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‘Loving’ Review: Civil Rights Tale Captures Soft-Spoken Southern Humanity
Writer-director Jeff Nichols takes a low-key approach to the interracial couple whose marriage battle went to the Supreme Court
