‘Battle of the Sexes’ Review: Emma Stone and Steve Carell Recreate a Cultural Turning Point
This retelling of the epic Billie Jean King-Bobby Riggs matchup spins a love story alongside its mostly observant social comedy
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‘Strong Island’ Review: Poignant Netflix Doc Covers Race, Crime and a Family’s Pain
Director Yance Ford’s camera gets up close and personal as his family recalls a murder for which justice was denied
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‘Viceroy’s House’ Review: Whites Are Burdened, Indians Contrived in Colonial Drama
Director Gurinder Chadha salutes the good intentions of the British while short-shrifting their South Asian subjects
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‘Death Note’ Review: Remake of Japanese Hit Loses Everything in Translation
Whitewashed Netflix remake of hit Japanese property aims for suspense, horror, romance and achieves none
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‘Gook’ Review: Indie Drama Offers Korean American POV of LA Riots
In his powerful sophomore film, writer-director-actor Justin Chon explores relations between black, Latino and Korean Angelenos
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‘Pilgrimage’ Review: Tom Holland Goes to the Crusades
This medieval adventure bobbles its deeper ideas but knows how to plunge a sword into a face
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‘Columbus’ Review: Low-Key Character Study Skimps on the Details
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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‘Person to Person’ Review: Indie Drama Flails to Little Avail
Random characters (played by the likes of Michael Cera and Abbi Jacobson) cross paths during a day in Brooklyn, but so what?
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‘Wish Upon’ Review: Entitled Millennial Meets Demon, Generates Few Scares
The idea of a sociopathic teen misusing the deadly power of a magic box goes nowhere in this flaccid PG-13 horror entry
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‘City of Gold’ Review: Jonathan Gold Doc is a Spoonful of Sugar
Filmmaker Laura Gabbert’s love letter to the Pulitzer-winning food critic, and the city of Los Angeles, is hyper-palatable yet unconvincing
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‘Risen’ Review: Christian Epic Nearly Resurrects Faith-Based Cinema
The Christian genre expands and improves in Joseph Fiennes vehicle that glides beautifully before crashing abruptly
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‘Race’ Review: Jesse Owens Biopic Is Uncommonly Engaging Sports Story
Stephan James and Jason Sudeikis play the Olympian and his devoted coach in a soaring story that isn’t afraid to explore moral depths
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‘4th Man Out’ Review: Coming-Out Comedy Should Have Come Out 10 Years Ago
Outdated, unfunny and unappealingly bro-y, this Outfest favorite only works if you’re invested in one very specific way of being gay
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‘Jane Got a Gun’ Review: Natalie Portman Western Romance Hits Its Target
Inexplicably hidden from advance press, this scandal-plagued project overcame the odds to deliver an earnestly felt actioner
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‘The Boy’ Review: Scary-Doll Horror Flick Is Creepy and Clever
A nanny escaping from an abusive ex gets more than she bargained for
