Reviews
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‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ Review: Adam Sandler Proves He’s Not Entirely a Lost Cause
Sandler and his usual crew of co-stars find their most humane characters in this rowdy collection of monsters and rapid-fire jokes
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‘The Green Inferno’ Review: Eli Roth’s Cannibal Horror Flick Is Racially Reprehensible
Roth’s brutal homage to Italian horror is mired in exploitation — and not in the good way
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‘Stonewall’ Review: Roland Emmerich’s Historical LGBT Drama Is the Other Kind of Disaster Movie
The man behind “Independence Day” and “White House Down” wants to celebrate the riot that launched the gay rights movement, but gets it all wrong
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‘Brand: A Second Coming’ Review: Russell Brand Captured in Warts-and-All Documentary
From an addict to an activist, Ondi Timoner’s film captures the British comedian’s metamorphosis, to striking effect
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‘The Intern’ Review: Anne Hathaway, Robert De Niro Boost This Bland Generation-Gap Comedy
Workplace comedy from Nancy Meyers barely works, but the stars earn overtime by putting their charm in overdrive
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‘Pan’ Review: Peter Pan Prequel Never Grows Up – Or Gets Interesting
Overdone performances (including Hugh Jackman’s), hideous visuals and half-baked ideas plagiarized from better movies make origin story an awfully awful adventure
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‘Captive’ Review: Kate Mara and David Oleweyo Thriller Fails to Thrill
Well-intentioned but badly-made, this crime-and-religion true story lands on-screen with a thud
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‘Sicario’ Review: Emily Blunt Sees Worst of the War on Drugs
Thriller from director Denis Villeneuve harbors no illusion about a moral high ground in battle between government and drug cartels
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‘The New Girlfriend’ Review: Tame Trans Drama Is Too Beautiful to Dismiss
Haunted by death and idiosyncrasy, director François Ozon’s latest is about the loves and identities that dare not speak their names
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‘Pawn Sacrifice’ Review: Tobey Maguire Goes for Gold as Chess Legend Bobby Fischer
Director Edward Zwick may not be crazy enough to make sense of Fischer, but Maguire and Liev Schreiber provide a clash of acting titans
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‘The Family Fang’ Toronto Review: Christopher Walken Steals Movie From Jason Bateman, Nicole Kidman
Bateman’s second effort as a director is a step up in the way he’s able to balance broad comic moments with real emotion
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‘Legend’ Toronto Review: Two Tom Hardys Are Better Than One
Dual performances by Hardy as twin brothers are the best thing about Brian Helgeland’s British gangster film
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’90 Minutes in Heaven’ Review: Hayden Christensen Visits Angels, Audience Goes to Purgatory
A preacher’s tale of his clinical death and experience of the afterlife isn’t the worst, but with faith-based films, it’s all relative
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‘I Saw the Light’ Toronto Review: Tom Hiddleston Tries to Fill Hank Williams’ Cowboy Hat
The British actor plays the country music icon convincingly, but he doesn’t have the twang
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‘Sleeping With Other People’ Review: Jason Sudeikis, Alison Brie Lead Smartest, Bawdiest Rom-Com Since ‘Bridesmaids’
Director Leslye Headland’s second film boasts witty dialogue, realistic characters and situations, and spot-on performances