Reviews
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‘Aladdin’ (2019) Film Review: Guy Ritchie Delivers Chintzy Live-Action Remake With Will Smith
Seemingly set in a sanitized corner of Adventureland, the real fantasy offered here is getting to be in Will Smith’s entourage
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‘Brightburn’ Film Review: The Kid’s Not All Right, Nor Is James Gunn’s Superhero Horror Lark
An origin-of-evil story cribbed from a famed superhero’s mythos amounts to little more than a collection of uninspired horror tropes
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‘Diamantino’ Film Review: Giant Puppies and Soccer Dominate Goofball Comedy
A scattershot mix of camp and political sensibilities, this bizarre movie certainly doesn’t play by the rules
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‘The Tomorrow Man’ Film Review: Blythe Danner and John Lithgow Overcome Boundaries to Find Love
He’s obsessed with the future and she’s stuck in the past, but in Noble Jones’ impressive debut, together they can live in the now
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‘Perfect’ Film Review: Beautiful, Pointless Sci-Fi Saga Remains Aggressively Skin-Deep
There’s so much to look at and listen to in this sumptuously crafted film, but almost nothing to think about
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‘Photograph’ Film Review: Mumbai Romance Feels Sweet but Slight
There’s plenty of charm — and contrivance — in the latest from Ritesh Batra (“Our Souls at Night,” “The Lunchbox”)
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‘John Wick 3′ Film Review: Keanu Reeves’ Assassin Returns for Mostly Enjoyable Threequel
The strain is starting to show in this franchise, but there’s still a kick to much of its action choreography and body-count brashness
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‘See You Yesterday’ Film Review: Sprightly Teen Time-Travel Comedy Reveals Dark Truths
Tribeca 2019: What starts as a “Back to the Future” homage eventually becomes a look at police violence against black Americans
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‘The Sun Is Also a Star’ Film Review: Star-Crossed Teen Romance Offers Plenty to Like, But Never Earns Love
There’s delight in this interracial love story, but the YA adaptation suffers from director Ry Russo-Young’s odd choices
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‘Trial by Fire’ Film Review: Death Row Drama Skirts Important Issues
Laura Dern is perfection, but this true story avoids going too deep into questions about class and race
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‘The Professor and the Madman’ Film Review: Mel Gibson and Sean Penn Lack Definition in OED Biopic
The book about the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary thrilled readers, but this screen adaptation is listed under “boring”
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‘Pasolini’ Film Review: A Great Director’s Death, Delivered in Pieces
Willem Dafoe stars as legendary (and legendarily murdered) filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini in Abel Ferrara’s fragmented, frustrating film
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‘The Biggest Little Farm’ Film Review: Inspirational Farm Tale Avoids Complicated Issues
This gorgeous portrait of a family farm never digs into details about specifics like money, droughts or migrant workers
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‘The Hustle’ Film Review: Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson Are Robbed of a Worthwhile Comedy
This remake of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” and “Bedtime Story” opens with larcenous bite but ultimately loses its distinctly feminist POV
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‘Poms’ Film Review: Diane Keaton and Jacki Weaver Bring Good Cheer to Senior Sports Comedy
A talented ensemble leaps over the occasional lapses of the writing and directing in this retirement-community underdog charmer
