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Even with 3 Oscar winners, ‘Going in Style’ remake is bland
Three aging would-be bank robbers are armed and dangerous in “Going in Style” — or at least that’s…
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‘The Assignment’ is a messy slice of B-movie pulp fiction
I interviewed director Walter Hill during the release of his less applauded efforts, the 1988 action-comedy “Red Heat.”…
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The people – not the animals – bring ‘Zookeeper’ to life
Diane Ackerman’s nonfiction book “The Zookeeper’s Wife” chronicles the remarkable World War II story about a Warsaw couple…
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‘Raw’ a blood-soaked tale of collegiate cannibalism
The last time I had a barf bag handed to me in a movie theater was for a…
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Alec Baldwin as ‘The Boss Baby’ provides diaperful of jokes
He wears a suit and tie. He orders espresso and sushi. He is 2 weeks old.
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‘Life’ is a breathless example of alien sci-fi horror
“I like the hum up here,” says an astronaut, a poetic type who’s been at the space station…
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Woody Harrelson’s ‘Wilson’ more cute than cringe-worthy
If you’d been watching “Cheers” in the late 1980s and declared that 30 years in the future Woody…
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‘Trainspotting’ sequel a series of wicked shocks
Danny Boyle loves his bag of tricks: the split-second cuts and the techno-pop and the crazy, strobing lightshow.
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‘Personal shopper’ is an intriguing blend of somber and suspenseful
Kristen Stewart glides between two different types of movies in “Personal Shopper.” Neither works on its own, exactly,…
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Live-action ‘Beauty and the Beast’ missing spark of the original classic
The pre-publicity for Disney’s live-action version of “Beauty and the Beast” might have revolved around any number of…
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Oscar nominee ‘My Life as a Zucchini’ follows orphan’s adventures
The winners of the Best Animated Feature Oscar tend to be the big hits of the year: “Inside…
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Nutty ‘Kong: Skull Island’ reboots entertaining monster-movie series
When it’s all totaled up, how much of our lives will we spend watching movie end-credits sequences in…
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Oscar winner ‘The Salesman’ is a study of masculinity
One thing on Oscar night got overshadowed by the spectacular screw-up at the end of the show.
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‘Logan’ is best Marvel movie since 2014’s ‘Guardians’
Listen, if your bones were fused with adamantium, if you’d already outlived a normal lifespan, and if your…
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‘Before I Fall’: ‘Groundhog Day’ remake is set in high school
At first glance, “Before I Fall” looks like an easy target: It’s typical young adult territory, a high-school…
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Picks, predictions for what’s sure to be a lively 2017 Oscars
“La La Land” is almost too perfect as a title for the year’s Oscar frontrunner. So often the…
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‘A United Kingdom’ tells the true story of an African royal heir
As variations on “We can’t see each other anymore” go, it has novelty: After enjoying a wonderful first…
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Moody ‘Dark Night’ looks down at listless suburbanites
The opening moments of “Dark Night” tell us that something terrible has happened; the rest of the film…
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‘Get Out’: Terrific horror-comedy is also whip-smart about race
Feel free to approach “Get Out” any way you want: as a bloody horror movie, a hip comedy…
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China’s wall may be great, but the movie starring Matt Damon is generic
The opening titles of “The Great Wall” pose the question of why the boundary was built across 5,500…