Reviews
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‘The Fate of the Furious’ Review: Vin Diesel and the Rest Go Through the Motions, At Full Speed
Charlize Theron and Helen Mirren sign on for the popular series, which just gets more convoluted and implausible with each new entry
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New Syria-Set Docs ‘Cries From Syria,’ ‘City of Ghosts’ Showcase Heroes and Victims
Sundance 2017 Reviews: Two Syria-set documentaries from Oscar-nominated directors show different sides of an international tragedy
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‘Colossal’ Review: Anne Hathaway Conquers the Monster Within
One woman’s addictions manifest as a giant kaiju in this strange (and strangely funny) film from Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo
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‘Gifted’ Review: Chris Evans Plays a Devoted Father Figure in No-Frills Drama
A tug of war over a young math genius makes for competent, if unexceptional, storytelling — but young Mckenna Grace steals the show
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‘Going in Style’ Review: Michael Caine and Company Rob a Bank, But the Film Steals No Hearts
Replacing the melancholic sting of the 1979 original with slick, empty caper clichés, director Zach Braff wastes a great cast
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‘Gently Down the Stream’ Theater Review: Harvey Fierstein Throws a Pity Party
The star offers tedium and sympathy in Martin Sherman’s play. Another new drama about same-sex marriage, “Daniel’s Husband,” is only marginally more endurable
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‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’ Review: Jessica Chastain Saves Polish Jews But Can’t Rescue the Movie
Turning an incredible true story of a couple who sheltered Jews into bland historical fare is the most noteworthy of the film’s shortcomings
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‘Ghost in the Shell’ Review: Scarlett Johansson Takes Us to a Souped-Up Yet Familiar Future
Too aesthetically intoxicating to ignore but too derivative to adore, this live-action take on an anime classic is a frustrating tangle
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‘Wilson’ Review: Woody Harrelson Lightens Up a Dark Daniel Clowes Character
Harrelson’s needy misanthrope demands love, stomps feelings, never learns — but it’s fine
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‘CHiPS’ Review: Dax Shepard Commits Highway Slobbery With Unfunny Redo of 70s Series
Shepard and Michael Peña play motorcycle cops Jon and Ponch in this loud, strained moving violation of an action-comedy
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‘After the Storm’ Review: Hirokazu Kore-eda Crafts Another Masterpiece
The director of “Our Little Sister” returns with a deeply felt family tale, focused on a deadbeat dad trying to do better
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‘Mean Dreams’ Review: Bill Paxton Relishes Being Evil in One of His Final Roles
The late actor plays a crooked cop in rural Canada in his penultimate film
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‘T2 Trainspotting’ Review: Danny Boyle Gets the Band Back Together
Renton, Begbie, Sickboy and Spud are older but barely wiser in an OK sequel that turns disappointment into a dominant theme
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‘Song to Song’ Review: Terrence Malick’s Austin City Love Story Has Its Limits
Beautiful but empty tone poem/love triangle that shows a great filmmaker in a mythopoetic rut
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‘The Belko Experiment’ Review: Pink-Slip This Office Massacre Horror-Satire
It’s bring-your-homicidal-tendencies-to-work day in this bloody dull lark from writer James Gunn (“Guardians of the Galaxy”)
