‘The Leisure Seeker’ Film Review: Helen Mirren, Donald Sutherland Highlight Touching Road Movie
Italian director Paolo Virzi delivers a bittersweet ode to things that are slipping away for people and for a country
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‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Film Review: Oprah Hitchhikes the Galaxy in Trippy Kiddie Treat
Ava DuVernay’s screen adaptation has its charm — but Madeleine L’Engle’s novel still earns its “unfilmable” rep
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‘Oh Lucy!’ Film Review: Japanese Woman’s Coming-of-Middle-Age Makes Fascinating Character Study
This trans-Pacific indie drama picked up two Independent Spirit Award nods
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‘Death Wish’ Film Review: Bruce Willis’ Revenge Served Tepid by Eli Roth
Roth’s boringly violent do-over of the Charles Bronson vigilante franchise is too empty-headed and winking to stoke real outrage
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‘Red Sparrow’ Film Review: Jennifer Lawrence Swans About in Silly Spy Tale
For maximum entertainment, this espionage thriller needed to be a lot better — or a little worse
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‘Don’t Talk to Irene’ Review: Nerd Girl Has Cheerleader Dreams in Familiar Outcast Comedy
TIFF 2017: Canada’s entry in the misfit-makes-good sweepstakes grates at first, then finds its rhythm
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‘Foxtrot’ Film Review: Israel’s Oscar Entry Doesn’t Dance Around the Complexities of War
A mix of styles and tones makes for a provocative and heartbreaking tale about people in a seemingly never-ending state of crisis
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‘Mary Magdalene’ Film Review: Rooney Mara Plays Christ’s Galpal in Snoozy Epic
There’s no passion for the Passion, nor any drama or chemistry between Mara and Joaquin Phoenix as her personal Jesus
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‘Mute’ Movie Review: Alexander Skarsgard’s Future Noir Makes No Filmmaking Noise
Duncan Jones’ Netflix movie about a voiceless Berliner looking for his girlfriend is a dull, empty exercise in crime, grime and slime
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‘Every Day’ Film Review: Girl Meets Disembodied Soul in Thought-Provoking Teen Romance
Based on David Levithan’s novel, this tale follows a young woman who discovers that love is about what’s on the inside
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‘Annihilation’ Film Review: Natalie Portman Anchors Woolly, Weird Sci-Fi Saga
Alex Garland’s exquisitely disturbing follow-up to “Ex-Machina” cements his status as a thoughtful, nerve-rattling auteur
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‘Game Night’ Film Review: Winning Action-Comedy Passes Go, Collects $200
A hilarious ensemble cast — led by Rachel McAdams and Jason Bateman — break all the rules in this wildly funny farce
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All 7 Aardman Animations Features Ranked, From ‘Wallace & Gromit’ to ‘Chicken Run’ (Photos)
How does “Early Man” rank among the British studio’s cartoon classics?
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‘Samson’ Movie Review: Old Testament Tale Collapses Like a Philistine Temple
This dull Bible story manages to avoid violent content while still celebrating brutal vengeance
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‘Loveless’ Film Review: Russia’s Oscar Entry Features a Missing Boy, Negligent Parents, and a Fractured Nation
“Leviathan” director Andrey Zvyagintsev’s elegantly bleak domestic drama examines the aftereffects of a bitter marriage
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‘Black Panther’ Film Review: Supporting Players Steal Show in Marvel’s Excellent African Adventure
Chadwick Boseman’s King T’Challa is a mighty superhero, but the women around him are the real stars
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‘Early Man’ Film Review: Aardman Scores a Rare Whiff With Caveman Soccer Story
The British animation studio’s trademark wit and visual invention is in short supply here
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‘Nostalgia’ Film Review: Jon Hamm Leads All-Star Cast in One-Note Examination of Grief
Mark Pellington’s look at loss couldn’t be more personal, but the results still fall short
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‘The Party’ Film Review: Sally Potter Spins a Bleakly Hilarious Political Farce
Patricia Clarkson, Timothy Spall and Kristin Scott Thomas lead an all-star cast as liberals who dither while the world burns
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‘Double Lover’ Film Review: François Ozon’s Perverse Thriller Features One Woman, Two Shrinks
Once you enter the headspace of this psychological drama, buckle up for an unpredictable ride
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‘La Boda de Valentina’ Film Review: Mexican Rom-Com Political Satire Nearly Hits Its Marks
The love story gets short shrift and the political points turn mushy, but this Pantelion import gets points for trying
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‘Golden Exits’ Film Review: Faithless Brooklynites Fall Apart in Alex Ross Perry’s Unfulfilling Indie Drama
Indie all-stars like Chloë Sevigny, Mary-Louise Parker and Jason Schwartzman can’t make this warmed-over-Bergman tale of unhappy mopes come alive
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‘The Female Brain’ Film Review: Whitney Cummings Finds Silly, Cerebral Laughs in Battle of the Sexes
A sharp comic ensemble — including the NBA’s Blake Griffin — shines in a mostly cliché-free rom-com
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‘Seeing Allred’ Film Review: Gloria Allred’s Fight for Rights Makes a Stirring Documentary
The controversial attorney gets a fair and robust hearing in this inspiring Netflix feature
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‘The 2018 Oscar-Nominated Short Films’ Review: With Little Running Time Comes Great Power
This year’s shorts pack a wallop — so much so that watching them all together can be emotionally draining
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‘The 15:17 to Paris’ Film Review: Clint Eastwood’s Everyday Heroism Tale Is Itself Too Mundane
Casting the real American lifesavers from the 2015 terrorist attack they prevented is more awkward than illuminating
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‘Fifty Shades Freed’ Film Review: Trilogy’s Tame Finale Lays Us Down to Sleep
Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan head to the altar for the ultimate taming of kinky Christian Grey
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‘Peter Rabbit’ Movie Review: Beatrix Potter’s Bunny Reduced to Flopsy Sweat
Annoyingly “hip” and clamoring to please, this shrill kid movie lacks charm and fun
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‘A Ciambra’ Film Review: Scorsese-Produced Italian Drama Follows Real-Life Roma Family
Spirit Award nominee Jonas Carpignano’s realist film explores a young boy’s coming of age amidst crime and poverty
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‘Winchester’ Film Review: Helen Mirren Looks Bored, and With Good Reason
This kinda-sorta true story about ghosts, guns and a labyrinthine house never adds up to much, even with Dame Helen on hand
