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‘Like a Boss’ is a laughter-free, pointless fiasco of a movie
A capable cast led by Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne is stranded in a truly terrible film.
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’Just Mercy’ punches hard at racist criminal justice in Alabama
The film isn’t subtle, but it hits the right notes for a legal drama. Michael B. Jordan plays…
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‘1917’ uses technical bravura to get our pulses pounding
Director Sam Mendes filmed this story, about two WWI soldiers on a perilous mission, in two unbroken shots.
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The departed: Robert Horton’s list of actors we lost in 2019
The Herald’s movie critic remembers some of the biggest celebrities who died last year.
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Robert Horton picks his 10 best and 10 worst movies of 2019
Hollywood greats Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino’s latest top The Herald movie critic’s list.
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Taut ‘Uncut Gems’ could snag Adam Sandler an Oscar — for real
The comic actor is exceedingly good as a manic manchild drowning in gambling debt.
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First-rate cast proves ‘Little Women’ is worth revisiting
In this version of the 1868 novel, writer-director Greta Gerwig emphasizes Jo and her development as a writer.
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‘Bombshell’ doesn’t shed much new light on Fox News sex scandal
The actors portraying Roger Ailes, Megyn Kelly and Gretchen Carlson all do fine work; the director, not so…
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Frantic pace, not digital weirdness, is what dooms ‘Cats’
The people in catsuits aren’t really that creepy, but the director’s hyper style wrecks this film version of…
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‘Star Wars’ finale plays it safe to please franchise’s picky fans
After the giddy Episode VIII displeased obsessive devotees, Disney reverts to the tried-and-true formula.
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‘Richard Jewell’: Eastwood’s ax-grinding dulls a sharp story
The story of the smeared security guard works well at first, but sniping about government and media leaves…
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Next level of ‘Jumanji’ reaches a listless plateau
Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart and the gang are good company as always, but this sequel lacks new ideas.
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Master actors, literate dialog make ‘Two Popes’ interesting
Jonathan Pryce plays Pope Francis and Anthony Hopkins is Pope Benedict XVI in this study of Benedict’s decision…
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Robert Horton previews the promising films for the holidays
The holiday season is when Hollywood shelves the superheroes and cartoons in favor of the Oscar contenders.
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‘The Aeronauts’: Heavy on digital effects, light on reality
The best way to enjoy this movie, about intrepid balloonists in 1862, is as a kiddie pop-up book.
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‘Marriage Story’ tracks a divorce with humor, precision
Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson are terrific, which helps compensate for a bias toward the male side of…
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Mr. Rogers biopic is as calm and reassuring as the man himself
Tom Hanks plays the beloved children’s TV host, who befriends a troubled, cynical journalist.
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‘Frozen II’: Still fun, but it races off in too many directions
The follow-up to the 2013 Disney smash looks spectacular, but it’s also more redundant than most sequels.
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‘Honey Boy’: Shia LaBeouf confronts his child-stardom demons
The actor of “Transformers” fame wrote the autobiographical film and plays the overbearing father of a child star.
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‘Charlie’s Angels’ reboot more interested in comedy than action
Like the tacky 1970s TV series and movie versions that preceded it, this one’s breezy fun — even…