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  • Disobedience

    ‘Disobedience’ Film Review: Two Rachels Don’t Make a Right in Unfocused Drama

    By Inkoo Kang | April 25, 2018 @ 2:15 PM

    Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams play star-crossed, Orthodox Jewish lesbian lovers, but Alessandro Nivola’s restraint steals the show

  • I Feel Pretty

    ‘I Feel Pretty’ Film Review: Amy Schumer Teaches a Despicable Lesson in Self-Love

    By Inkoo Kang | April 18, 2018 @ 1:00 PM

    There’s a great idea buried within this esteem-com, but it’s a rigidly unfunny fiasco

  • Sgt Stubby An American Hero

    ‘Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero’ Film Review: Dog Loves His Doughboys in Animated WWI True Story

    By Inkoo Kang | April 13, 2018 @ 8:31 AM

    The titular hound gets to be realistic and not cutesy in a family-friendly tale about heroism and friendship

  • chappaquiddick

    ‘Chappaquiddick’ Film Review: Ted Kennedy Scandal Makes for Searing Drama

    By Inkoo Kang | April 5, 2018 @ 1:25 PM

    This look back at the tragic death of Mary Jo Kopechne unflinchingly examines political privilege and media manipulation

  • First Match

    ‘First Match’ Film Review: Netflix’s Female-Wrestler Drama Needs Breathing Room

    By Inkoo Kang | March 30, 2018 @ 7:47 AM

    Elvire Emanuelle is solid as a high school athlete with dad issues, but the movie feels too by-the-numbers

  • Paul Apostle of Christ

    ‘Paul, Apostle of Christ’ Film Review: Passive Piety Stifles Biblical Drama

    By Inkoo Kang | March 22, 2018 @ 5:51 PM

    Some great actors (particularly Olivier Martinez) can’t elevate another one-dimensional faith-based biopic

  • Thoroughbreds

    ‘Thoroughbreds’ Film Review: Preppie Girls Go Homicidal in Taut, Toxic Comedy

    By Inkoo Kang | March 9, 2018 @ 8:24 AM

    Anja Taylor-Joy and Olivia Cooke play it cool but offer glimpses into their characters’ simmering manias

  • Oh Lucy

    ‘Oh Lucy!’ Film Review: Japanese Woman’s Coming-of-Middle-Age Makes Fascinating Character Study

    By Inkoo Kang | March 2, 2018 @ 7:08 AM

    This trans-Pacific indie drama picked up two Independent Spirit Award nods

  • Aardman Animation

    All 7 Aardman Animations Features Ranked, From ‘Wallace & Gromit’ to ‘Chicken Run’ (Photos)

    By Inkoo Kang | February 18, 2018 @ 2:00 PM

    How does “Early Man” rank among the British studio’s cartoon classics?

  • Samson

    ‘Samson’ Movie Review: Old Testament Tale Collapses Like a Philistine Temple

    By Inkoo Kang | February 16, 2018 @ 11:41 AM

    This dull Bible story manages to avoid violent content while still celebrating brutal vengeance

  • La Boda de Valentina

    ‘La Boda de Valentina’ Film Review: Mexican Rom-Com Political Satire Nearly Hits Its Marks

    By Inkoo Kang | February 9, 2018 @ 3:33 PM

    The love story gets short shrift and the political points turn mushy, but this Pantelion import gets points for trying

  • 12 Strong

    ’12 Strong’ Film Review: Chris Hemsworth Leads the Charge in a Powerful Afghanistan Story

    By Inkoo Kang | January 17, 2018 @ 6:00 AM

    There’s wit, tension and intelligence in this tale of the first US troops to enter the country after 9/11

  • Proud Mary

    ‘Proud Mary’ Film Review: Taraji P. Henson Shoulda Kept Her Good Job in the City

    By Inkoo Kang | January 12, 2018 @ 7:30 AM

    An all-male writing and directing team reduces a lady assassin’s femininity to lipstick and maternal instincts

  • Molly's Game

    ‘Molly’s Game’ Film Review: Jessica Chastain’s Poker Face Folds to an Overplayed Script

    By Inkoo Kang | January 5, 2018 @ 10:05 AM

    Aaron Sorkin sets up a fascinating character with the real-life gambling maven Molly Bloom, only to undo her with simplistic overexplanation

  • Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

    ‘Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool’ Film Review: Annette Bening’s Performance Elevates a Tepid Biopic

    By Inkoo Kang | December 22, 2017 @ 12:22 PM

    The fine work of Bening and Jamie Bell only does so much for this sketchy look at film legend Gloria Grahame

  • alexander payne ranked sideways election downsizing

    All 7 Alexander Payne Movies Ranked From Worst to Best (Photos)

    By Inkoo Kang | December 18, 2017 @ 8:21 PM

    How does “Downsizing” rank in the celebrated director’s filmography?

  • Bombshell The Hedy Lamarr Story

    ‘Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story’ Film Review: She Was a Glamour Girl and a Scientist

    By Inkoo Kang | November 21, 2017 @ 10:13 AM

    Lamarr’s life as both an iconic star and inventor is a fascinating one, and this telling is mostly up to the task

  • My Friend Dahmer

    ‘My Friend Dahmer’ Review: Portrait of a Future Serial Killer Never Comes Into Focus

    By Inkoo Kang | November 3, 2017 @ 5:45 AM

    Disney alum Ross Lynch plays teenage “Jeff” Dahmer in a movie that fails to explicate his later crimes

  • The Square

    ‘The Square’ Review: Comedic Moral Fable Shocks, Then Repeats Itself

    By Inkoo Kang | October 26, 2017 @ 12:19 PM

    Director Ruben Ostlund (“Force Majeure”) makes lacerating points about society, but then he keeps making them

  • Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

    ‘Professor Marston and the Wonder Women’ Review: Diana’s Sexy Roots Are Steamrollered

    By Inkoo Kang | October 12, 2017 @ 12:54 PM

    This look at the triad who created the legendary superheroine blurs the line between biopic and fan-fiction

  • Una

    ‘Una’ Review: Rooney Mara Confronts Her Childhood Predator, But It’s Complicated

    By Inkoo Kang | October 6, 2017 @ 10:02 AM

    Mara and Ben Mendelsohn are riveting, but do we really need another movie that excuses an older man’s sexual abuse?

  • Lucky

    ‘Lucky’ Review: Harry Dean Stanton Carries His Final Film

    By Inkoo Kang | September 27, 2017 @ 12:38 PM

    This merely-OK character piece at least gave character actor Stanton one last chance to play a lead

  • The Tiger Hunter

    ‘The Tiger Hunter’ Review: Danny Pudi’s Got Big Dreams as a 1979 Immigrant

    By Inkoo Kang | September 22, 2017 @ 8:37 AM

    First-timer Lena Khan’s comedy works better as a coming-to-America tale than in its contrived romance

  • Battle of the Sexes

    ‘Battle of the Sexes’ Review: Emma Stone and Steve Carell Recreate a Cultural Turning Point

    By Inkoo Kang | September 21, 2017 @ 4:53 PM

    This retelling of the epic Billie Jean King-Bobby Riggs matchup spins a love story alongside its mostly observant social comedy

  • Strong Island Yance Ford Transgender Oscar Winner

    ‘Strong Island’ Review: Poignant Netflix Doc Covers Race, Crime and a Family’s Pain

    By Inkoo Kang | September 15, 2017 @ 8:26 AM

    Director Yance Ford’s camera gets up close and personal as his family recalls a murder for which justice was denied

  • Viceroy's House

    ‘Viceroy’s House’ Review: Whites Are Burdened, Indians Contrived in Colonial Drama

    By Inkoo Kang | August 30, 2017 @ 6:01 AM

    Director Gurinder Chadha salutes the good intentions of the British while short-shrifting their South Asian subjects

  • Death Note

    ‘Death Note’ Review: Remake of Japanese Hit Loses Everything in Translation

    By Inkoo Kang | August 21, 2017 @ 7:00 AM

    Whitewashed Netflix remake of hit Japanese property aims for suspense, horror, romance and achieves none

  • Gook

    ‘Gook’ Review: Indie Drama Offers Korean American POV of LA Riots

    By Inkoo Kang | August 18, 2017 @ 10:58 AM

    In his powerful sophomore film, writer-director-actor Justin Chon explores relations between black, Latino and Korean Angelenos

  • Pilgrimage

    ‘Pilgrimage’ Review: Tom Holland Goes to the Crusades

    By Inkoo Kang | August 11, 2017 @ 8:55 AM

    This medieval adventure bobbles its deeper ideas but knows how to plunge a sword into a face

  • Columbus

    ‘Columbus’ Review: Low-Key Character Study Skimps on the Details

    By Inkoo Kang | August 4, 2017 @ 8:42 AM

    John Cho and Haley Lu Richardson get to know modern architecture — and each other — in a soulful film that could be richer

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Inkoo Kang

Inkoo Kang is a film and television critic. She previously served as the Chief TV Critic at MTV News, and her work has appeared in Vanity Fair, Wired, The Atlantic, and Rolling Stone. She currently writes about technology and culture at Slate.
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