‘Eye in the Sky’ Review: Helen Mirren Is Watching You in This Drone Thriller
Starring Mirren, Aaron Paul and the late Alan Rickman, this tense drama will make you suspicious of that bird outside your window
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‘The Young Messiah’ Review: Jesus’ Early Years Make for Unsurprising Biblical Drama
Based on the novel by Anne Rice that speculates on Jesus’ childhood, this square and safe Biblical story is aimed directly at the faithful
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‘The Perfect Match’ Review: Terrence Jenkins’ Bland Affability Fits This Generic Rom-Com All Too Well
The former E! host plays a Lothario who learns to love in yet another formulaic comedy (produced by Queen Latifah) where the supporting players get...
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‘Hello, My Name Is Doris’ Review: Sally Field Really, Really Tries to Elevate This Sour Comedy
The two-time Oscar winner works hard to create a real character out of this collection of eccentricities, but this shallow, condescending movie constantly undermines her...
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’10 Cloverfield Lane’ Review: JJ Abrams’ Thriller Is ‘Twilight Zone’ Meets ‘No Exit’
Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman and John Gallagher, Jr. survive possible doom in a tale that’s three parts Rod Serling, one part Jean-Paul Sartre
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‘The Brothers Grimsby’ Review: Sacha Baron Cohen’s Latest is Stupid-Smart, Silly-Surprising
The fact that this is a bad movie — starring Baron Cohen and Mark Strong as long-separated siblings — is balanced by the fact that...
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‘City of Gold’ Review: Jonathan Gold Doc is a Spoonful of Sugar
Filmmaker Laura Gabbert’s love letter to the Pulitzer-winning food critic, and the city of Los Angeles, is hyper-palatable yet unconvincing
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‘Allegiant’ Review: Shailene Woodley and Her Teen Rebels Make the Third Verse Same as the First
The third entry in “The Divergent Series” resets the board, spins its wheels and keeps right in line, for good or ill, with the two...
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‘Knight of Cups’ Review: Terrence Malick’s Hollywood Odyssey Is Rapture Lite
The no-narrative journey of a lost-soul screenwriter (played by Christian Bale) makes for a pretty L.A. travelogue, but strains to achieve genuine transcendence
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‘London Has Fallen’ Review: Gerard Butler Saves the World Again, Implausibly
Drone strikes and terrorist retaliation give way to a story that relies upon our hero nailing every shot while being missed by thousands of bullets...
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‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’ Review: Tina Fey Goes to Kabul in Sharp, Savvy Wartime Comedy
Reteaming with “30 Rock” collaborator Robert Carlock gives Fey her best big-screen opportunity to date, as a sheltered news producer who finds herself on the...
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‘Gods of Egypt’ Review: Gerard Butler Fiasco Is the Worst Thing to Hit the Nile Since Asps
Dull, silly and boasting the worst CG effects this side of an Atari 2600, this white-guys-of-Egypt epic isn’t even fun-bad
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‘The Other Side of the Door’ Review: If Death Knocks, Don’t Bother Answering
Any potential this thriller might have had for psychological or ideological depth gets lost in a morass of jump-scares and loud noises
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‘Risen’ Review: Christian Epic Nearly Resurrects Faith-Based Cinema
The Christian genre expands and improves in Joseph Fiennes vehicle that glides beautifully before crashing abruptly
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‘Race’ Review: Jesse Owens Biopic Is Uncommonly Engaging Sports Story
Stephan James and Jason Sudeikis play the Olympian and his devoted coach in a soaring story that isn’t afraid to explore moral depths
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‘Triple 9’ Review: Kate Winslet and Company Held Hostage by Idiotic Good-Cop-Bad-Cop Tale
Don’t let the distinguished cast – which also includes Casey Affleck, Anthony Mackie and Woody Harrelson – fool you into expecting anything but an embarrassment
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‘The Witch’ Review: Puritans Battle the Devil in a Genuinely Creepy Horror Triumph
Like a nightmare you can’t easily shake off, this creepy Sundance hit, about religious fanatics battling dark forces, feels both alien and frighteningly recognizable.
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‘A War’ Review: Denmark’s Oscar Nominee Explores Combat on the Battlefield and at Home
In the trenches, on the homefront or facing charges in a courtroom, a soldier and his family find themselves facing heavy demands and ethical dilemmas
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‘Zootopia’ Review: Disney’s All-Animal Adventure Boasts a Welcome Anti-Prejudice Message
A big city crime story teaming a bunny cop with a con artist fox has its share of laughs and action, but sets itself apart...
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‘How to Be Single’ Review: Dakota Johnson Rom-Com Offers Too Few Surprises
Rebel Wilson, Alison Brie and Leslie Mann co-star in a disjointed and intermittently funny comedy that does, at least, avoids some predictable clichés about love...
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‘Zoolander 2’ Review: Ben Stiller’s Comedy Sequel Falls Quickly Out of Fashion
There’s a jumble of silliness and celebrity cameos, but ultimately this follow-up to the 2001 male-model hit never makes the cut
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‘Deadpool’ Review: Ryan Reynolds’ Anarchic Mutant Smashes the Superhero Mold
Juggling blissful self-awareness and R-rated violence, this funny, bloody comedy is the Marvel Universe’s biggest breath of fresh air since “Guardians of the Galaxy”
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‘The Choice’ Review: Nicholas Sparks’ Latest Adaptation Won’t Set Fans on Fire
Even those who love the author’s rainy, flannel-shirted romances will find this latest go-round limp and uninvolving
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‘Eisenstein in Guanajuato’ Review: Peter Greenaway’s Homoerotic Take on Russian Filmmaker’s Mexican Odyssey
A speculative love story about the gay “Battleship Potemkin” filmmaker’s fateful trip in 1931
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‘4th Man Out’ Review: Coming-Out Comedy Should Have Come Out 10 Years Ago
Outdated, unfunny and unappealingly bro-y, this Outfest favorite only works if you’re invested in one very specific way of being gay
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‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ Review: Jane Austen Heroines Battle Undead in Dumbed-Down Spoof
Once you get past the title and concept, all that’s left is idiocy and irrelevance, despite the best efforts of a game cast that includes...
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‘Hail, Caesar!’ Review: Coen Brothers Breeze Through Golden-Age Hollywood in a Lighthearted Romp
Never overly wacky nor particularly substantial, this Tinseltown tale featuring George Clooney, Josh Brolin and Scarlett Johansson goes down like matinee popcorn
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‘Jane Got a Gun’ Review: Natalie Portman Western Romance Hits Its Target
Inexplicably hidden from advance press, this scandal-plagued project overcame the odds to deliver an earnestly felt actioner
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‘Fifty Shades of Black’ Review: Marlon Wayans Whips Out Another Humorless Spoof
Parody of “Fifty Shades of Grey” has nothing to say — funny or otherwise — about the S&M book and movie phenomenon
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‘Oscar Nominated Short Films 2016’ Review: Academy Offers 3 Categories That Aren’t Just #SoWhite
Oscar night’s most diverse group of nominees will be in the shorts categories, and the mixed bag of Live Action, Documentary and Animated entries are...
