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Awe-inspiring director and cast make ‘The Irishman’ a classic
Netflix gave Martin Scorsese $160 million to make what is perhaps the perfect gangster movie.
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‘The Report’ dives into Bush-era torture, with mixed results
The subject is compelling, and Adam Driver’s performance is committed.
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‘Last Christmas’ an OK holiday time-killer, nothing more
This rom-com has lots of George Michael songs, including the title tune, so don’t say you weren’t warned.
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‘Doctor Sleep’ revisits ‘The Shining,’ with mixed results
Ewan McGregor leads a committed cast as that REDRUM kid all grown up, but the film is overlong…
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Pedro Almodovar takes stock of himself in ‘Pain and Glory’
In the master filmmaker’s latest, Antonio Banderas stars as an aging movie director suffering from writer’s block.
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James Cameron’s touches help restore ‘Terminator’ to glory
The producer was more involved in this sequel, and it shows — it’s tight, well-staged and doesn’t wear…
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Bad-taste humor gives way to soft sincerity in ‘JoJo Rabbit’
Believe it or not, the film needs more of its very weird idea: Hitler as an imaginary friend…
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‘Black and Blue’ is better at cop stuff than Important Messages
The film, about a rookie police officer on the run from rogue cops, tries too hard to make…
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You’ll get a charge out of fun, fast-moving ‘The Current War’
The movie tells the story of Thomas Edison’s 19th century fight with George Westinghouse over the power grid.
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Expect the exhilaratingly unexpected in brilliant ‘Parasite’
This Korean film that won top honors at Cannes is another triumph for the director of “Snowpiercer.”
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‘Zombieland: Double Tap’: Mix of snark and gore feels dated
Sure, there are some laughs, but the sequel’s mean-spiritedness eventually grows tiresome.
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‘Dolemite’ is a dynamite comeback for the still-sharp Eddie Murphy
The star has his best role in many years as the Ed Wood of 1970s blaxploitation pictures.
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Ham-handed approach keeps ‘Lucy in the Sky’ from soaring
Natalie Portman is superb as an astronaut who makes bad choices. Too bad the director does, too.
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‘Where’s My Roy Cohn?’ covers the life of Trump’s odious mentor
Cohn’s long gone, but this documentary confirms that his rancid influence is still being felt today.
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It’s Will Smith vs. his youthful clone in tech-obsessed ‘Gemini Man’
The action scenes are solid, but director Ang Lee is mostly interested in playing with digital toys.
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‘Chained for Life’ confronts notions of beauty and difference
This indie, about a beautiful woman making a film with sideshow performers, recalls the 1932 classic “Freaks.”
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Phoenix is brilliant, but ‘Joker’ is a sour, incoherent mess
It strives to be a serious statement about modern times, but director Todd Phillips isn’t up to that…
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FBI satire lacks bite in oddly tame ‘The Day Shall Come’
British filmmaker Chris Morris’ latest doesn’t measure up to “Four Lions,” his bracing send-up of jihadists.
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Plodding ‘Judy’ biopic doesn’t do the legendary singer justice
Renee Zellweger does her darndest as Judy Garland, but she and the movie aren’t up to the task.
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‘Ad Astra’: Willy-nilly sci-fi detracts from stunning visuals
This otherwise thoughtful film doesn’t care about being grounded in plausibility, and that’s a problem.