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Movie Review: “The Reunion”
Playing ex-flames who team up to save the world, the two leads have chemistry, but the movie lacks the personality to make their low-key screwball dynamic worth the hassle.
by Peter Debruge
Life peaked in high school for Mike McKenna…
Movie Review: “Crescent City”
Terrence Howard and Esai Morales play Little Rock cops with dark secrets investigating a series of grisly murders.
MPA Rating: R. Running time: 103 MIN.
by Joe Leyton
New Orleans natives may be slightly disappointed to find that a…
Movie Review: “Longlegs”
Osgood Perkins' ’90s-set horror movie disturbs more over time than it does in the moment, getting scary once its singularly Satanic boogeyman embeds in your head.
by Peter Debruge
Now here’s a first: Apart from the pale-faced freak…
Movie Review: “Fly Me to the Moon”
Originally intended for streaming, Greg Berlanti's Apollo 11 crowd-pleaser is the rare 21st-century rom-com to boast the brains and heart to support repeat viewing.
by Petwer Debruge
Trailers make “Fly Me to the Moon” look cute at…
Film Review: “Summer Camp”
by Tomaris Laffley
MPA Rating: PG-13. Running time: 96 MIN.
It happens to many of us above a certain age. You wake up one day, and realize that your life involves neither your childhood besties, nor the carefree bliss you once took…
Movie Review: “Sleeping Dogs”
Russell Crowe Plays an Ex-Cop with Alzheimer’s in a Scrappy Piece of Dementia Noir
MPA rating: R. Running time: 111 MIN.
by Owen Glieberman
“Sleeping Dogs,” starring Russell Crowe as a retired cop with Alzheimer’s…
Movie Review: “Argylle”
After dedicating a decade to his pet secret-service franchise, the 'Kingsman' helmer enlists an American cast (and one cute kitty) in a convoluted plot that puts a fiction writer at the center of the action.
by Peter Debruge
What…
Movie Review: “The Outrun”
It leaps in time but lands on a Scottish archipelago that symbolizes its heroine's inner state.
by Owen Glieberman
“The Outrun,” the story of a 29-year-old Scottish woman in the throes of, and recovery from (though not necessarily in…
Movie Review: “Wonka”
Timothée Chalamet Makes a Winning Willy Wonka in a Fun Prequel That’s One of the Squarest Movie Musicals in Decades
His candymaker is a wistful young dreamer in a film where even the dark side is wholesome.
MPA Rating: PG. Running…
Movie Review: “The Boys in the Boat”
George Clooney Directs His Best Film in a While, a ’30s Rowing Saga That’s an Old-Fashioned Movie Daydream
MPA Rating: PG-13. Running time: 124 MIN.
by Owen Glieberman
If the day ever arrives when a smart director decides to make…