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When Rupert Wyatt’s 2011 prequel “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”…

There are enough interesting ideas and at least two confident performances holding…

Before you see a single frame of Vera Drew’s Batman-soaked satire “The…

After the one-two gut punch of garbage filmmaking that was “Blacklight” and…

The original “Megamind,” released in 2010, was a fresh, funny, and heartwarming…

I haven’t had a drink in almost fifteen years, and during the…

Within the first two minutes of Apple TV+’s “Lady in the Lake,”…

When it comes to the handful of names who are defiantly keeping…

In his latest movie “The Convert,” director and co-writer Lee Tamahori returns…

One of the pleasures of being a critic is getting assigned to…

Chris Pine’s first film as a director, “Poolman,” is a character comedy about oddball…

Joy (Max Eigenmann) is one of millions of domestic workers worldwide. She’s…

Ninety-one minutes, including seven for closing credits, isn’t enough for “Sting,” a…

“Backspot” does for competitive cheerleading what “The Novice” did for rowing: It…

The horror movie element isn’t even the most compelling part of the…

“Phone Booth” is a religious fable, a show biz fable, or both.…

There’s nothing original or particularly surprising about “Kalki 2898 AD,” a polished…

Did the world really need another “Kung Fu Panda” movie?   The trilogy…

Ambiguity and extreme emotional states occur simultaneously in Jessica Hausner’s films, where…

In the mode (but not the spirit) of documentaries like “Man on…

Produced by The New York Times‘s video division, and depending heavily on…

“La Chimera” plays like a magical realism version of the classic one-last-heist movie.   The core of…

When the United States withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021, you couldn’t…

“Last Stop in Yuma County” is the kind of movie where you…

Kei Chika-ura’s “Great Absence” is obviously a personal piece, the kind of…

When Ridley Scott released “Prometheus” and “Alien: Covenant,” the main criticism levied…

It’s weirdly funny to see a year mentioned in the title of…

Lil Rel Howery, who broke into big-screen acting as the comic relief…

Set at a conference for “thought leaders,” “The Way We Speak” is…

Children take center stage but aren’t the real stars of “Ultraman: Rising,”…

The Russell Crowe renaissance feels like it’s just around the corner. Although…

In Jeff Lipsky’s films, it’s normal for characters to talk for ten…

It’s hard to imagine that this summer will see a better crowd-pleaser…

Opening night at the 2024 South by Southwest Film Festival may have…

I’m not really sure how genre fans will respond to “Amelia’s Children,”…

“Madame Web” is not the unmitigated disaster that its clunky trailer or…

Among other things, Brian Eno is a pioneer in what’s called “generative…

Beginning with a wonky opening chase sequence, “Trigger Warning” lacks urgency. Beginning…

Over sixty years ago, directors Henry Hathaway, John Ford, and George Marshall…

“Argylle,” the stumbling, overcooked action flick from director Matthew Vaughn, begins with…

“High and Low – John Galliano” by Academy Award-winning director Kevin Macdonald took me…

“What is wrong with you?” multiple characters ask titular heroine Cora (Meg…

I have spent hundreds of hours in the worlds of Gearbox Software…

The “Paw Patrol” television series is designed with a single-minded focus to…

A searing drama about a European refugee crisis that resonates with similar…

“Enough” is a nasty item masquerading as a feminist revenge picture. It’s…

“LaRoy, Texas” immediately tests your expectations. Driving down a dark dirt country…

The most gripping aspects of “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds…

The other night I was channel surfing and I stopped for a…

Whatever you expect from an Alex Garland movie, he always gives you something…

It can be fun to watch a gifted character chew scenery, especially…

Gym manager Lou (Kristen Stewart) is introduced with her hand down a…

“Touch,” from Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur, is vast in scope, stretching over…

The supernatural hostage thriller “The Sacrifice Game” feels like a self-conscious throwback,…

In the romantic comedy “Música,” Rudy is a young man who experiences…

If you put Nancy Drew in a teen slasher take of “It’s…

Cinematic depictions of ancient or near-ancient times have come a long way…

He looks exhausted when he gets off the plane. Troubles are preying…

When you hear the premise of Josh Margolin’s feature debut, “Thelma,” you…

“Immaculate” feels like both a throwback to another era of Italian horror…

Jane Giles and Ali Catterall’s documentary “Scala!!!” is about a legendary, notorious,…

A small girl is haunted by fears after her mother’s suicide. Her…

A lot of movies begin with poetic quotations, but “The Hurt Locker”…

Love is pain in several ways in “Fingernails.” In the near future…

Born from the still unbridled creativity of children, where an empty room…

Movies involving submarines have the logic of chess: The longer the game…

Co-directors Steven Kanter and Henry Loevner reunite (after their COVID-set breakup comedy…

The issue of the spoiler remains a critical one in cinematic discourse.…

How much do you want to be cornered by a vindictive energy…

“Twelve Angry Men” remains a monument of American filmmaking, and more than…

At first glance, the barge docked on the Seine in Paris near…

There’s a great high-concept premise at the start of “Consumed,” an otherwise…

As someone who venerates Harold and the Purple Crayon, Crockett Johnson’s 1955…

“What would you say if your daughter told you her boyfriend pushed…

Will there ever be a version of “Rebel Moon—Part 2: The Scargiver”…

Movies won’t stop pursuing the next great one crazy night adolescent comedy…

From the very first scene of “The Bikeriders,” director Jeff Nichols is…

A proudly old-fashioned Gothic fable with grain and grit, the delectable “Vourdalak”…

Mia Goth and Ti West took the world of arthouse horror by…

Every day, people from all over the world come to Washington, DC,…