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Tom Cruise revises his ‘Top Gun’ persona in ‘American Made’
The movie star does a little re-branding of his most identifiable role in this based-on-fact film.
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Judi Dench once again portrays the queen in ‘Victoria Abdul’
The new film is drawn from another period in the royal life, years after the events of “Mrs.…
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Ben Stiller was born to play title character in ‘Brad’s Status’
Writer-director Mike White’s script has plenty of Brad’s voiceover, so this movie feels like a novel.
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‘Friend Request’ a horror flick about the dangers of Facebook
Though it’s a little behind the times, Simon Verhoeven’s film about social media is effectively done.
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Spy comedy ’Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ is laugh-out-loud funny
It’s a superficial but energetic sequel to the 2014 film about a clandestine British secret service.
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Oh, the horrors! ‘mother’ an exhausting carnival of chaos
What is “mother!”? The coy publicity for this non-capitalized movie hasn’t revealed much.
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‘Rebel in the Rye’: Ham-handed approach hampers Salinger biopic
‘Rebel in the Rye” is not as terrible as its title, so we can say that for it.…
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Fall film preview: The Herald’s movie critic has the lineup
The bubble gum of summer has lost its flavor, which means the fall movie season is brightly packaged,…
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‘Crown Heights’ tells an American nightmare from behind bars
‘Crown Heights” won the Audience Award for Best Dramatic Feature at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. That’s a…
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‘Unlocked’: Noomi Rapace the draw for a standard spy movie
Safe houses, surveillance toys, a mole in the system who must be identified. “Unlocked” runs through the usual…
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‘Trip to Spain’ funniest yet of the traveling comedy series
Forty years ago the Best Song Oscar took a catastrophic turn — “You Light Up My Life” was…
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We’ve got one word for this lame ‘Graduate’ wannabe: Plastic
“The Graduate” is 50 years old and deservedly a classic movie. Periodically somebody comes along and decides they…
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Robert Pattinson is strong, but ‘Good Time’ is anything but
Future teen heartthrobs seeking to change their images would do well to consider the example of Robert Pattinson.
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R-rated action comedy ‘Hitman’s Bodyguard’ entertains in right ways
“The Hitman’s Bodyguard” has perhaps the best running gag about seat-belt use in recent memory. This may sound…
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Steven Soderbergh returns with clever, funny ‘Logan Lucky’
The Logan brothers list off their family’s dismal relationship to luck, ticking through some of the calamities that…
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A modern Western, ‘Wind River’ crackles with memorable dialogue
I’m not sure when the phrase “the dialogue sounds written” became a put-down when we talk about movies.…
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Woody Harrelson brilliantly manic in his ‘Glass Castle’ role
When you’re a kid and your father stares into a campfire, pointing out the place where flames vanish…
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‘The Dark Tower’ is a truncated, turgid flop
I enjoy a Stephen King book as much as the next reader, but I’ve never delved into his…
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‘Kidnap’ puts Halle Berry — a mom in sneakers — in the driver’s seat
The new Halle Berry vehicle “Kidnap” is trashy exploitation, an overcooked potboiler with many logical problems. I hereby…
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Art from tragedy: “Detroit” about racial violence in 1967
Kathryn Bigelow is the only woman to win the Best Director Oscar (for “The Hurt Locker”), and her…