Reviews
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‘Joshua: Teenager vs Superpower’ Review: Netflix Doc Examines Young Hong Kong Activist
While Joshua Wong’s protest work is undeniably important, this portrait of him comes off as pallid and repetitive
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‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’ Review: Johnny Depp Serves Up a Fifth of Frivolity
For a series that had already walked the plank with scurvy sequels, this fifth entry marks a surprisingly entertaining return to yo-ho-ho form
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‘Twin Peaks’ Review: Give Yourself a Present
What if the mystery was always just a great excuse for savory delights?
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‘The Woman Who Left’ Review: Lav Diaz Takes Female Revenge to a Lonely Place
The nearly four-hour, black-and-white Venice prize-winner adapts a Tolstoy story about vengeance and reconciliation to moving, mournful effect
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‘Paint It Black’ Review: Amber Tamblyn’s Directorial Debut Pits Girlfriend vs Mommie-in-Law Dearest
A grounded Alia Shawkat and an over-the-top Janet McTeer play off each other as though they were in two completely different movies
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‘Everything, Everything’ Review: Girl in the Plastic Bubble Falls for Boy Next Door
Nicola Yoon’s YA novel suffers some missteps on the big screen, but Amandla Stenberg and Nick Robinson make appealing young lovers
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‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul’ Review: Once-Charming Franchise Takes a Road to Nowhere
The earlier entries were smart and sweet examinations of being a kid, but this time we get clichés and oversimplification
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‘Paris Can Wait’ Review: Diane Lane’s Gourmet Road Trip Is Hard to Digest
Eleanor Coppola (“Hearts of Darkness”) makes a disappointing narrative debut with a tale that could have been called “Eat, Drive, Bore”
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‘Lowriders’ Review: The Cars Are the Real Stars of This East LA Drama
Demián Bichir gives this earnest family tale his all, but the drama pales next to the gleam of the custom cars
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‘The Wall’ Review: Aaron Taylor-Johnson Pinned Down by a Sniper and a Minimalist Script
Doug Liman’s pared-down, Iraq-set war movie never fully expresses what it has to say about human conflict
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‘Snatched’ Review: Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn Make an Uneven Duo in Comic Misadventure
There are sporadic laughs in this haphazard mother-daughter vacation gone wrong, but with this dream comedy pairing — it should be funnier
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‘Burden’ Review: Pioneering, Provocative Artist Chris Burden Gently Explained in New Doc
The late bad boy of death-defying performance and life-affirming sculpture (including those famous L.A. streetlights) remembered warmly and with respect
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‘The Dinner’ Review: Laura Linney, Steve Coogan Cram Too Much on Their Plate
Oren Moverman (“The Messenger”) overserves the ideas in this topical thriller-satire
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‘Risk’ Review: Julian Assange Doc Only Scratches Surface of Controversy
Oscar-winning documentarian Laura Poitras got plenty of access to the WikiLeaks founder, but a full portrait remains maddeningly elusive
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‘How to Be a Latin Lover’ Review: Gigo-Lowbrow Comedy Disappoints
Mexican star Eugenio Derbez leads a talented cast doing their best to elevate this broad farce
