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“Allied” a new, old-fashioned WWII movie with Pitt and Cotillard
First we see a pair of feet, floating above a desert; then the rest of the Allied spy…
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Disney’s ‘Moana’ is a lush adventure on a tropical sea
It’s hard to believe Disney will have another “Frozen” any time soon — that 2013 blockbuster clicked with…
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‘Ixcanul’ presents age-old story in compelling environment
We never quite see the entire volcano during “Ixcanul,” at least not in a picture-postcard way. We usually…
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Dour approach takes edge off stirring story
A United States where ignorance has the upper hand, where leaders revel in their bigotry, where average Americans…
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‘Billy Lynn’: Ang Lee’s Iraq War hero tale falls short
It may be a revolution in movie technology, but not many people are actually going to see it.
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Fun, magical beginning for ‘Beasts’ franchise
The beasts are fantastic. But if you want to know where to find them, you have your work…
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Sonia Braga stands out in digressive ‘Aquarius’
“Aquarius” is large but intimate, political but personal; it’s frank in its ambition to explore The Way We…
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Profile of Iggy Pop, Stooges band simply rocks
Iggy Pop and Soupy Sales — what could possibly be the connection between the notorious pre-punk rock star…
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Moments in ‘Arrival’ can make you nod off
The giant alien spaceships have landed. They hover just a little above the ground, and are shaped like…
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Moments in ‘Moonlight’ build to a moving end
There are strong, original things in Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight,” and there are things that would fit in a…
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Mel Gibson pushes the martyr button hard in ‘Hacksaw Ridge’
Mel Gibson’s directing career has been on hiatus for a decade, as the onetime superstar recovered from some…
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‘In a Valley of Violence’ too light to make much of an impression
When a man sidles up to a bar in a Western, it matters what he says. Maybe he…
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“Certain Women” tells three Raymond Carveresque stories
Kelly Reichardt’s films quietly creep up on plotlines, sniffing around the possibilities of storytelling before shifting away into…
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‘Greasy Strangler’ ventures way beyond bizarre
If you’ve got a good title you’re halfway there, and “The Greasy Strangler” certainly has — well, it’s…
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‘Denial’: Holocaust topic keeps viewers engaged
‘Not all opinions are equal.” How good it is, in this our time of cultural lunacy, to have…
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‘Girl on a Train’ characters are much too drab
Sitting on a train, looking out the window, you have daydreams about the people you see along the…
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‘Ravager’: Devoted fans will love 5th installment of ‘Phantasm’
When I saw “Phantasm” at a drive-in theater in 1979, I didn’t have much sense of what the…
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‘American Honey’: Coming-of-age movie takes a beguiling route
In the weeks since I saw a press screening of “American Honey,” I’ve been back and forth about…
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Blunt approach serves ‘The Birth of a Nation’ well
The provocation begins with the title of the film, a kind of reverse cultural appropriation: Nate Parker’s Sundance…