This probing and impactful documentary of America’s long-time television sweetheart is a study of stardom, feminism, and insecurity. Director James Adolphus tracks Moore’s career from the earliest days and offers plenty of insight from colleagues, friends, and Moore herself to help us discover what made her tick, as she grew […]
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Robots
It may have a decent amount of promise—Shailene Woodley and Jack Whitehall starring, a thought-provoking plot, a script co-written by Ant Hines (‘Borat’)—but nothing in this horrible misfire comes together to become anything even remotely entertaining. A decade in the future, people can buy lifelike robotic versions of themselves, but […]
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The Night of the 12th
Winner of six Cesar Awards, including Best Film and Best Director (Dominik Moll), this dark, bleak crime drama about the unsolved murder of a young French woman may just be the best of its kind in a good long while. Reminiscent of American fare like ‘Mystic River’ and ‘Gone Baby […]
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Fast X
After 22 years and now 11 movies, the Fast and the Furious franchise keeps on careening down the road with the latest installment, a slam-bang, car-chase, fist-fight, guns-blazin’ flick that will more than satisfy fans. The usual cast of characters is back for the ride (plus a handful of long-forgotten […]
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Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
As heartbreaking as it is inspirational, this powerful film about the ‘Back to the Future’ star’s battle with Parkinson’s is as fine a documentary as you’ll see this year. Director Davis Guggenheim (‘He Named Me Malala’) lets Fox tell his story, warts and all, and spares us the traditional documentary […]
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BlackBerry
The rise and precipitous fall of what was once the world’s most popular smartphone company gets the big-screen treatment in a gripping, inventive, and sneaky-funny film by Indie darling Matt Johnson. Jay Baruchel and Glenn Howerton star as (respectively) the brains and the money behind the now-busted company, and Johnson’s […]
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The Mother
Jennifer Lopez kills it (literally) in this suspense-action flick that never feels wholly original but still manages to ride its taut pace and her charisma all the way to the finish line. Lopez stars as a former military-operative-turned-FBI-informant who, duh, can’t escape her past, especially when it takes her estranged […]
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Fool’s Paradise
What could have been a fairly sharp Hollywood satire instead lands with one of the louder thuds heard in recent years. Written and directed by (and also starring) Charlie Day, it’s the story of a mute mental patient who is released from a facility only to somehow land on a […]
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
The ‘Guardians’ trilogy comes to a conclusion with a very long (2 and ½ hours), very dark, and very emotional film that fits snuggly into the MCU while at the same time feeling very much like writer-director James Gunn’s stand-alone magnum opus. Chock-full of the Guardians’ wry humor, over-the-top visual […]
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What’s Love Got to Do with It?
Lily James stars in this enjoyable rom-com about a struggling British filmmaker who decides to make her Pakistani bestie’s voyage through an arranged marriage the subject of her next film. The film floats on the chemistry and talents of James and co-star Shazad Latif, overcoming its formulaic plot to become […]
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