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A touch of humor invades ‘Star Trek Beyond’
In the previous “Star Trek” installment, Spock cried. In the latest, “Star Trek Beyond,” he laughs. And not just a little snicker, either, but ... -
By letting camera roll, film gives rare view of North Korea
The conditions placed on director Vitaly Mansky for shooting a film in North Korea were severe. For what was ostensibly to be a “documentary,” ... -
Pet lovers will delight in ‘Secret Life of Pets’
Any pet owner who’s imbued their furry or feathered friends with deep thoughts and mysterious intentions will relate to the imagination behind “The Secret ... -
Spielberg weaves magic out of Dahl’s ‘The BFG’
There’s a secret about children that Steven Spielberg, Melissa Mathison and Roald Dahl have always known — that no matter how innocent, kids are ... -
In ‘Wilderpeople,’ a manhunt for Kiwi farce
Flight of the Conchords” went off the air in 2009 but the beat has gone on in the films of Taika Waititi. Waititi, who ... -
‘Now You See Me 2’: More hard sell than abracadabra
Sleight-of-hand is the name of the game in “Now You See Me 2” — not just for the renegade magician characters, but for the ... -
‘Me Before You’ evokes tears, but lacks depth
Well, I cried anyway. I cried even though halfway through “Me Before You,” I swore to myself I wouldn’t, because the movie felt overly ... -
‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ satisfies in superhero summer
It’s a bit of bad timing for “X-Men: Apocalypse” coming third in this summer’s superhero lineup. Director Bryan Singer invigorates his latest X-Men film ... -
Gosling-Crowe chemistry livens uneven ‘Nice Guys’
Take two charismatic actors. Give them characters that are, on the surface, totally incompatible. Plunk them into your basic whodunit, a mismatched team ... -
Clooney gets a conscience in ‘Money Monster’
George Clooney plays a Jim Cramer-like television personality who’s forced to grow a conscience when a disgruntled viewer holds him hostage on live TV ... -
In Paris-set ‘Dheepan,’ a timely refugee thriller
French director Jacques Audiard is a curious combination of art-house auteur and genre filmmaker, a brazen showman and gritty naturalist. He makes tender and ... -
Adaptation examines dysfunction of ‘The Family Fang’
Family dysfunction takes on new meaning in “The Family Fang,” a film about a pair of performance artists for whom everything in life is ... -
It’s worth stopping into ‘Barbershop: The Next Cut’
When you come back to a beloved place after many years, sometimes you find all the faces have changed and the vibe is completely ... -
In ‘Green Room’ a punk band faces the truly hardcore
Play your early stuff,” is the advice given to the punk band The Ain’t Rights when their dirt-broke, gas-siphoning tour lands a last-minute gig ... -
Grief gets weird in Vallee’s ‘Demolition’
What if a young man who just lost his young wife in a car accident experienced none of the stages of grief? What if ... -
Linklater’s portrait of the artist as young frat boy
Everybody Wants Some!!” is Richard Linklater’s self-described spiritual sequel to “Dazed and Confused,” and, somewhat miraculously, the spirit has remained intact. It’s been 13 ... -
Worlds collide in ‘Batman v Superman’
Zac Snyder’s thundering and grim “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” offers the kind of blunt, mano-a-mano faceoff usually reserved for Predators, Godzillas and ... -
‘Midnight Special’ is an electrifying mystery
Midnight Special” is one of those rare, stimulating creations that grabs you and penetrates your bloodstream from start to finish. This unique tale about ... -
In ‘Eye in the Sky,’ drone warfare gets its close up
Omniscient high-definition views from above have done nothing to penetrate the fog of war in Gavin Hood’s drone drama “Eye in the Sky.” It’s ... -
‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’ looks inside war reporting
Journalism is having a moment at the movies. Days after the journalism procedural “Spotlight” won best picture at the Academy Awards, Paramount is releasing ... -
Crooked cops gone worse in muddled ‘Triple 9’
Triple 9″ has everything going for it, and that’s it biggest handicap. This tale of gangsters and crooked cops in Atlanta has got a ... -
In ‘The Witch,’ a haunting prequel to Salem
Set under gray Puritan skies in a deathly autumn, “The Witch” is a slow-burning 1600s horror thriller so bone-dry it would only take a ... -
‘Zoolander 2’ tries a little too hard to up the ante
In case you don’t follow the global fashion calendar, Fashion Week has just begun in New York, bringing with it a few nice clothes ... -
In ‘Hail, Caesar!’ a studio fixer’s faith is tested
The Coen canon reaches a crescendo — or rather a warped inversion of one — in “Hail, Caesar!” when the brothers assemble a quartet ... -
Waves and nostalgia wash over ‘The Finest Hours’
Waves of water and nostalgia wash over the drenched and drippy “The Finest Hours,” a Norman Rockwell painting tossed into stormy CGI seas. The ... -
Maggie Smith in her wheel house in ‘Lady in the Van’
There are cozy, innocuous pleasures to Nicholas Hytner’s adaption of Alan Bennett’s “The Lady in the Van,” but chief among them is watching ... -
‘Making a Murderer’ depicts justice gone awry
Making a Murderer” is the latest series to demand you not just watch, but binge. But since its Netflix debut on Dec. 18, it’s ... -
Charlie Kaufman’s ‘Anomalisa’ will break your heart
In “Anomalisa” everyone looks and sounds the same. They have the same face (Caucasian, bland, non-descript). They have the same voice (Tom Noonan’s). They ... -
Moore ‘invades’ Europe to teach us all some lessons
Of course Michael Moore exaggerates. Of course he engages in cheerful, unabashed cherry-picking. Of course he sees black and white where most of us ... -
A sensitive Will Smith anchors worthy ‘Concussion’
One of the most impactful scenes in “Concussion” is a brief and wordless one: Just a few seconds, really, of a high school football ... -
Holocaust tale ‘Son of Saul’ haunts and provokes
Son of Saul” doesn’t just get under your skin — it goes straight to the bloodstream. There, it churns and festers as you try ... -
Ron Howard’s ‘In the Heart of the Sea’ is adrift
Ron Howard’s “In the Heart of the Sea” is a curious beast. The ambitions are as big as a whale; the results are an ... -
Spike Lee’s blistering ‘Chi-Raq’ burns with rage
More alive than most of the year’s films put together, Spike Lee’s “Chi-Raq” is urgent agitprop that pulsates with unalloyed rage for the “self-inflicted ... -
Yo Rocky! Gritty, soulful ‘Creed’ goes the distance
Admit it. When you heard another “Rocky” movie was coming out — a seventh — you thought, really? How many “Rocky” movies do we ... -
A marriage on the rocks in Jolie Pitt’s ‘By the Sea’
How do we picture the private lives of Angelina Jolie Pitt and Brad Pitt? If they were to, say, wind along the Mediterranean coast ...
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