‘RBG’ Film Review: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Life Makes for a Snappy But Surface-Level Documentary
This film on the legendarily “notorious” jurist is proficient but also prosaic
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‘Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town’ Film Review: Mackenzie Davis Wanders Listlessly Through L.A., as Does the Film
A stellar cast slums it in an L.A. story that yields little in the way of plot, character or meaning
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‘Superfly’ Film Review: Remake Updates Blaxploitation Genre With Wit and Resonance
Music-video helmer Director X’s feature debut is a smart and sharp take on the 1972 original
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‘The Misandrists’ Film Review: Bruce LaBruce Sends Up Feminist Ideology in Dated Satire
The Canadian provocateur jabs at a version of feminism that hasn’t been prevalent for decades
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‘Book Club’ Film Review: Women-of-a-Certain-Age Sex Comedy Has Poignancy Beneath the Pratfalls
The men are fine, but more scenes with just the quartet of powerhouse actresses would have been even better
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‘Terminal’ Film Review: Margot Robbie’s Silkiness Wasted in Polyester Movie
There’s a lot of look, and plenty of cinematic allusions, in this hit-woman tale, but it’s ultimately just twaddle
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‘Breaking In’ Film Review: Gabrielle Union Battles Burglars and Script Limitations
Union’s ingenious mom protects her kids from home intruders, but the character’s personality is as barren as the minimalist decor
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‘Disobedience’ Film Review: Two Rachels Don’t Make a Right in Unfocused Drama
Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams play star-crossed, Orthodox Jewish lesbian lovers, but Alessandro Nivola’s restraint steals the show
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‘I Feel Pretty’ Film Review: Amy Schumer Teaches a Despicable Lesson in Self-Love
There’s a great idea buried within this esteem-com, but it’s a rigidly unfunny fiasco
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‘Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero’ Film Review: Dog Loves His Doughboys in Animated WWI True Story
The titular hound gets to be realistic and not cutesy in a family-friendly tale about heroism and friendship
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‘Chappaquiddick’ Film Review: Ted Kennedy Scandal Makes for Searing Drama
This look back at the tragic death of Mary Jo Kopechne unflinchingly examines political privilege and media manipulation
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‘First Match’ Film Review: Netflix’s Female-Wrestler Drama Needs Breathing Room
Elvire Emanuelle is solid as a high school athlete with dad issues, but the movie feels too by-the-numbers
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‘Paul, Apostle of Christ’ Film Review: Passive Piety Stifles Biblical Drama
Some great actors (particularly Olivier Martinez) can’t elevate another one-dimensional faith-based biopic
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‘Thoroughbreds’ Film Review: Preppie Girls Go Homicidal in Taut, Toxic Comedy
Anja Taylor-Joy and Olivia Cooke play it cool but offer glimpses into their characters’ simmering manias
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‘Oh Lucy!’ Film Review: Japanese Woman’s Coming-of-Middle-Age Makes Fascinating Character Study
This trans-Pacific indie drama picked up two Independent Spirit Award nods
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All 7 Aardman Animations Features Ranked, From ‘Wallace & Gromit’ to ‘Chicken Run’ (Photos)
How does “Early Man” rank among the British studio’s cartoon classics?
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‘Samson’ Movie Review: Old Testament Tale Collapses Like a Philistine Temple
This dull Bible story manages to avoid violent content while still celebrating brutal vengeance
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‘La Boda de Valentina’ Film Review: Mexican Rom-Com Political Satire Nearly Hits Its Marks
The love story gets short shrift and the political points turn mushy, but this Pantelion import gets points for trying
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’12 Strong’ Film Review: Chris Hemsworth Leads the Charge in a Powerful Afghanistan Story
There’s wit, tension and intelligence in this tale of the first US troops to enter the country after 9/11
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‘Proud Mary’ Film Review: Taraji P. Henson Shoulda Kept Her Good Job in the City
An all-male writing and directing team reduces a lady assassin’s femininity to lipstick and maternal instincts
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‘Molly’s Game’ Film Review: Jessica Chastain’s Poker Face Folds to an Overplayed Script
Aaron Sorkin sets up a fascinating character with the real-life gambling maven Molly Bloom, only to undo her with simplistic overexplanation
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‘Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool’ Film Review: Annette Bening’s Performance Elevates a Tepid Biopic
The fine work of Bening and Jamie Bell only does so much for this sketchy look at film legend Gloria Grahame
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All 7 Alexander Payne Movies Ranked From Worst to Best (Photos)
How does “Downsizing” rank in the celebrated director’s filmography?
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‘Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story’ Film Review: She Was a Glamour Girl and a Scientist
Lamarr’s life as both an iconic star and inventor is a fascinating one, and this telling is mostly up to the task
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‘My Friend Dahmer’ Review: Portrait of a Future Serial Killer Never Comes Into Focus
Disney alum Ross Lynch plays teenage “Jeff” Dahmer in a movie that fails to explicate his later crimes
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‘The Square’ Review: Comedic Moral Fable Shocks, Then Repeats Itself
Director Ruben Ostlund (“Force Majeure”) makes lacerating points about society, but then he keeps making them
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‘Professor Marston and the Wonder Women’ Review: Diana’s Sexy Roots Are Steamrollered
This look at the triad who created the legendary superheroine blurs the line between biopic and fan-fiction
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‘Una’ Review: Rooney Mara Confronts Her Childhood Predator, But It’s Complicated
Mara and Ben Mendelsohn are riveting, but do we really need another movie that excuses an older man’s sexual abuse?
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‘Lucky’ Review: Harry Dean Stanton Carries His Final Film
This merely-OK character piece at least gave character actor Stanton one last chance to play a lead
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‘The Tiger Hunter’ Review: Danny Pudi’s Got Big Dreams as a 1979 Immigrant
First-timer Lena Khan’s comedy works better as a coming-to-America tale than in its contrived romance
