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by Guy Lodge "The Teachers' Lounge" star Leonie Benesch plays an overworked, underappreciated healthcare professional juggling crises big and small in Petra Volpe's familiar but absorbing film. There’s a thin, squiggly tattoo running…

by Dennis Harvey MPA Rating: R. Running time: 99 MIN. Ambition outstrips expertise in writer-director Phil Blattenberger’s “Laws of Man,” whose serpentine plot winds up seeming a wild goose chase — one whose execution should have…

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…

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…

A young woman has to figure out which of the people trapped with her during a blizzard is a kidnapper in this thriller premiering on Hulu. Rated R, 1 hour 30 minutes by Frank Scheck Agatha Christie meets The Hateful Eight in…

Ted Lasso goes John Wick in this baroque crime thriller from 'Big Bad Wolves' director Aharon Keshales. by Frank Scheck Jason Sudeikis has been cast in dramatic roles before, but nothing quite like the latest feature from Aharon…

by Nick Leshi Entertainment Weekly had a cool little article about movies that were produced full of potential to become huge franchises, but plans for sequels fizzled with their miniscule box-office performance.  It lists Dune, …