Reviews
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All 8 Adam McKay Movies Ranked Worst to Best, From ‘Anchorman’ to ‘Vice’ (Photos)
How does “Vice” stack up among the comic filmmaker’s output?
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‘On the Basis of Sex’ Film Review: RBG Biopic Celebrates the Political and the Personal
Felicity Jones captures Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s steely gaze in a film that appreciates her family as well as her brilliant legal career
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‘Bumblebee’ Film Review: Without Michael Bay as Director, the Best ‘Transformers’ Yet
Director Travis Knight imbues an ’80s-style “magical friend” movie with coherent action and rich characters (including the robots)
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‘Vice’ Film Review: Adam McKay’s Dick Cheney Biopic Shows the Triumph of Mediocrity
The director’s wacky approach feels like the wrong tack for such a horror show of recent history
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‘Second Act’ Film Review: Jennifer Lopez’s Charm Squandered in Tired Rom-Com
The genre is having a resurgence, not that you could tell from this clichéd collection of worn-out tropes and muddled storytelling
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‘Welcome to Marwen’ Film Review: Robert Zemeckis Shrinks a True Story’s Impact to Doll Size
Steve Carell plays a man working through trauma with action figures in a film that seems to shy away from uncomfortable truths
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‘Bird Box’ Film Review: Sandra Bullock Battles Her Fears in Thoughtful Thriller
Meditations on motherhood and on mankind’s future make Susanne Bier’s latest not your average post-apocalyptic tale
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‘The House That Jack Built’ Theatrical Cut Film Review: Lars von Trier’s Serial Killer Saga’s a Pointless Bore
Now screening in an R-rated edit, this tale of a possible murderer remains devoid of feeling or interest
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‘Capernaum’ Film Review: Lebanon’s Oscar Entry Unflinchingly Examines Childhood Poverty
Director Nadine Labaki unsparingly presents the struggle of abused and abandoned children seeking a better life
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‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Film Review: Barry Jenkins Grapples With James Baldwin’s Prose in Powerful Drama
The film shows glimmers of the artistry of “Moonlight,” but it also has difficulty translating Baldwin’s novel to the big screen
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‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Film Review: Clever Superhero Saga With Animated Arachnids
Audacious and funny, this thrilling cartoon version lets various versions of Spider-Man out to play
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‘The Mule’ Film Review: Clint Eastwood Drives for the Cartel in Thoughtful, Bumpy Crime Tale
Based on a true story about a 90-year-old drug mule, Eastwood’s latest star-director outing is a fascinating exercise in his strengths and faults
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‘Mortal Engines’ Film Review: Dazzling Sci-Fi Fantasy Takes Big Risks and Succeeds
Based on Philip Reeve’s novel about futuristic moving cities doing battle, this thrilling visionary tale is the best kind of bonkers
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‘That Way Madness Lies’ Film Review: Doc Director Takes an Up Close and Personal Look at Her Brother’s Mental Illness
Sandra Luckow takes us through the harrowing ups and downs of mental issues, and how the medical and legal establishments don’t help enough
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‘Aquaman’ Film Review: James Wan’s Outrageous Underwater Epic Rewrites the Superhero Rules
Jason Momoa’s Atlantean half-breed anchors both an all-star cast and a movie that swims in every direction, as fast as it can
