Reviews
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‘The Glass Castle’ Review: Brie Larson Endures Tough Childhood, Toothless Script
Director Destin Daniel Cretton (“Short Term 12”) coasts over too much of the real-life horror Jeannette Walls captured in her memoir
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‘In This Corner of the World’ Review: Haunting Anime Character Study Set in WWII
Japan Cuts Festival: A young woman comes of age in the months before the Hiroshima bombing in this beautiful but erratic animated feature
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‘Ingrid Goes West’ Review: Aubrey Plaza Stalks Elizabeth Olsen in #Blessed Satire
It’s ironic that you’ll be texting/tweeting about the brilliance of this social media satire
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‘Wind River’ Review: Jeremy Renner Blazes Through a Thrilling, Frigid Murder Mystery
Renner and Elizabeth Olson track a killer during a harsh Wyoming winter in this effective thriller
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‘Fun Mom Dinner’ Review: Toni Collette, Molly Shannon Go Wild, Predictable Hijinks Ensue
Bridget Everett and Katie Aselton round out a foursome who cut loose in mostly predictable ways
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‘The Dark Tower’ Review: Big Screen Adaptation of Stephen King’s Gunslinger Epic Misfires
The attempt to launch a franchise is ultimately a poorly edited, truncated mess
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‘Chronically Metropolitan’ Review: Literary Indie Could Use a Rewrite
Chris Noth and Mary-Louise Parker head a family of writers in a movie that smacks more of “Gossip Girl” than The New Yorker
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‘Step’ Review: Dance and Dreams Bolster Exhilarating High School Doc
The underprivileged step-dancing senior girls at a charter Baltimore school give this fine, fierce documentary about aspirations its rhythmic heart
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‘4 Days in France’ Review: Sex-App-Based Road Trip Loses Direction
A gay man uses Grindr to follow his straying lover in an often unfocused trek
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‘Strange Weather’ Review: Holly Hunter Ferociously Portrays a Grieving Mom
Hunter delivers another exceptional performance as a woman seeking answers after her son’s suicide
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‘The Last Face’ Review: Charlize Theron Squandered in Sean Penn’s Offensive Message Movie
Theron and Javier Barden play war-zone doctors, but the film is far more interested in their limp romance than in the victims of genocide
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‘Detroit’ Review: Kathryn Bigelow Powerfully Connects Historic Riots to Modern Discord
This searing historical drama traces the roots — and the devastating aftermath — of the city’s 1967 unrest
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‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ Review: Al Gore Dominates Otherwise Powerful Doc
This time around, the filmmakers spend too much time on the vice president’s story and not enough on the fate of the planet
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‘Brigsby Bear’ Review: ‘SNL’ Team Crafts Amusing, Sincere Paean to Pop-Culture Captivity
Kyle Mooney’s sequestered fanboy is at the center of a quirky tale about a misfit’s entry into society and the healing power of creativity
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‘Girls Trip’ Review: Malcolm D Lee’s Bawdy, Boozy Comedy Showcases a Stellar Sisterhood
Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah, Regina Hall and Tiffany Haddish make a delightful quartet in this smart, outrageous look at female friendships
