‘Whiplash’ Review: J.K. Simmons Makes an Unforgettable Bad Mentor in Riveting Jazz-Tinged Drama
Miles Teller’s young drummer is driven to greatness or madness — or maybe both — in Damien Chazelle’s Sundance hit
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‘St. Vincent’ Review: Bill Murray Wallows in Feel-Good Clichés
This cloying film costarring Melissa McCarthy should have “FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION” stamped on every frame
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‘Addicted’ Review: Director Bille Woodruff Offers Sex, Shame and Clumsy Melodrama
Solid cast can’t overcome film’s uninspired and scatterbrained script that all too often has the flat, dead sound of a first draft
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‘The Judge’ Review: All Rise for Robert Downey Jr.’s Charm in Cliche Legal Drama
Star’s clashes with obstinate father Robert Duvall resonate but film goes down too cynically sweet
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‘The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her/Him’ Review: Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy Can’t Save This Self-Indulgent Mess
A wonderful cast with Viola Davis, Bill Hader, Isabelle Huppert, and Ciarán Hinds delivers standout performances in a two-part film that never really adds up
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‘Autómata’ Review: Antonio Banderas Recycles Robot Clichés, But the Effects Are Great
It’s lovely to look at, but Gabe Ibáñez’s sci-fi bore feels cobbled together from unyielding pieces of every robot apocalypse movie you’ve ever seen
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‘Alexander…Very Bad Day’ Review: Steve Carell Steers This Blandly Sweet, Chaos-Deficient Family Comedy (Video)
This tame farce needs a lot more mishaps to merit all those titular adjectives
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‘Left Behind’ Review: Nicolas Cage Tests Our Faith With Rapture Disaster Movie
Remake of Kirk Cameron film will be best appreciated by devoted fans of the book it’s based upon
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‘Men, Women & Children’ Review: Jason Reitman’s Stab at 21st Century Drama Becomes Unintentional Comedy
On-the-nose, obvious and overdone, this hysterical look at online suburbanites wastes performers like Jennifer Garner, Adam Sandler and Rosemarie DeWitt
