Reviews
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‘Little Women’ Film Review: Contemporary Take on Literary Classic Feels More Old-Fashioned Than the Original
Louisa May Alcott’s essential 150-year-old novel never felt more dated than in this listless update
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‘Monsters and Men’ Film Review: Timely Race-Based Drama Centers on Controversial Killing
A black Brooklynite’s death at the hand of cops is the prism through which this uneven but necessary indie drama examines three affected characters
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‘Maximum Impact’ Film Review: Pro-Russian Action-Comedy Serves Up Misogyny Alongside Propaganda
Orange County’s own Alexander Nevsky forges U.S.-Russia bonds while the film constantly humiliates Kelly Hu’s Secret Service officer
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‘All About Nina’ Film Review: Mary Elizabeth Winstead Kills as a Stand-Up With Issues
The material has its ups and downs, but the film’s powerful leading lady never falters
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‘Hold the Dark’ Film Review: Frigid Missing-Child Thriller Disappoints
Toronto Film Festival 2018: This chilly Netflix crime drama feels like a letdown from the director of “Green Room” and “Blue Ruin”
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‘Night School’ Film Review: Kevin Hart-Tiffany Haddish Comedy Earns a Passing Grade
This ensemble comedy about adults seeking self-respect (and a GED) provides Haddish’s rising star another solid launching pad
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‘Tea With the Dames’ Film Review: Enjoy an Entertaining Eavesdrop on Four Living Legends
Who wants to hear Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright and Eileen Atkins dish the dirt and reminisce over drinks? You do
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‘Colette’ Film Review: Keira Knightley Offers a Tasteful Look at a Rebellious Artist
The boundary-pushing French author becomes the subject of an effective but tame biopic from Wash Westmoreland (“Still Alice”)
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‘Life Itself’ Film Review: Canned Tear-Jerker About Destiny Is a Jaw-Dropping Mess
“This Is Us” creator Dan Fogelman’s gimmicky play for your heartstrings wastes good actors and overdoses on tragedy
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‘Love, Gilda’ Film Review: Gilda Radner Lives Again in Touching Documentary
First-time director Lisa D’Apolito captures the comedy and the tragedy of the beloved “SNL” star
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‘House With a Clock in Its Walls’ Film Review: Eli Roth Directs a Fun, Family-Friendly Halloween Frolic
Cate Blanchett and Jack Black are clearly having a blast as a friendly witch and warlock, and their joy is infectious
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‘Bel Canto’ Film Review: Julianne Moore Thriller Hits All the Wrong Notes
Moore (as an opera diva) and Ken Watanabe are held captive in a flailing, pointless adaptation of Ann Patchett’s best-seller
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‘American Chaos’ Film Review: Day-Late, Dollar-Short Doc Traces Trump’s Rise to the White House
After endless profiles in The New York Times about What Trump Voters Really Think, the last thing we need is a movie on the same subject
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‘Mandy’ Film Review: Nicolas Cage Takes a Big Bite Out of This Mad, Metal Midnight Movie
Panos Cosmatos’ follow-up to “Beyond the Black Rainbow” is a death-metal album cover and van painting brought to ultraviolent life
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‘Unbroken: Path to Redemption’ Film Review: Low-Budget Sequel Oversells Its Message
This in-name-only follow-up to Angelina Jolie’s biopic accentuates the conversion narrative, pushing racism and slamming psychiatry along the way
