‘Beast Beast’ Film Review: Empathetic Debut Feature Gets Up Close and Personal With Gen Z
Writer-director Danny Madden explores contemporary youth at their best and worst
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‘Monday’ Film Review: Sebastian Stan Finds Sun, Sex, and Sadness in Downbeat Love Story
Stan and Denise Gough get naked — literally and emotionally — as lovers chasing the dragon of their sexual attraction
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‘Thunder Force’ Film Review: Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer Punch Up Uneven Superhero Satire
Even a spoof needs stronger plotting and villains, if only to provide a place to hang the jokes
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‘Voyagers’ Film Review: Effective Genre Movie Shoots ‘Lord of the Flies’ to Outer Space
When genetically-engineered teen astronauts have their hormones kick in, look out
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‘Concrete Cowboy’ Film Review: Idris Elba Drama Finds Vibrant Life at Street-Corner Stables
Director Ricky Staub uses the real-life Fletcher Street Stables to explore a subculture that has been largely ignored outside of Philadelphia for generations
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‘French Exit’ Film Review: Michelle Pfeiffer Brings Life to Eccentric Black Comedy
Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges star in Azazel Jacobs film that undercuts its polished stateliness with quiet dark humor
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What’s New on DVD in April: ‘Barb & Star,’ ‘Spaceballs,’ ‘Queer Japan’ and More
Need help staying inside? Alonso Duralde’s monthly column spotlights the best new DVDs and Blu-rays
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‘The Unholy’ Film Review: Miracles, Mayhem and Monotony in Meh Religious Thriller
Turning “The Song of Bernadette” into a horror film is a starter, but then it stalls
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‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Film Review: Larger-Than-Life Opponents Clash in a Smaller-Than-Life Story
The brain trust behind this American franchise seems to have given up on everything but the monster fights, and even those are merely OK
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‘The Father’ Film Review: Anthony Hopkins Masterfully Captures a Descent into Dementia
Director Florian Zeller, adapting his own play, subtly but nightmarishly pulls the rug out from under us
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‘Shoplifters of the World’ Film Review: Teen Angst Gets a Soundtrack by the Smiths
The film’s best moments testify to the way the right song can make sense of the world, but there’s also a lot of jumbled coming-of-age melodrama in here, too
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‘Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway’ Film Review: Average Animated Sequel Is Too Much Stick, Not Enough Carrot
A little of this kiddie saga can be amusing, and a lot becomes tiresome
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‘Without Getting Killed or Caught’ Film Review: Lyrical Documentary Captures Songwriting Legend Guy Clark
SXSW Film Festival: Music documentary explains and teases, celebrates and mourns in a way that should enlighten those who aren’t fans and satisfy those who are
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‘Nobody’ Film Review: Bob Odenkirk Blows His Stack and His Cover in Delirious Shoot ‘Em Up
There’s mayhem aplenty in a film that simultaneously critiques and revels in masculine anxiety
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‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ Film Review: There’s a Whole Lot More to Love – and Hate
If you like what Snyder does with superheroes, here’s a big four hours of it; if you don’t, same deal
