Movie Reviews

Naima (Alia Shawkat) and Sergio (Laia Costa), two women fed up with half-hearted attempts at dating and relationships, decide to spend twenty four straight hours together in an attempt to conjure something meaningful.

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'Duck Butter': A Relationship In Fast-Forward Keeps Nuance On Pause

5:00pm April 26, 2018

by Scott Tobias

Two young women (Alia Shawkat and Laia Costa) launch into a relationship, resolving to be completely truthful with each other. The film's insistent nature lacks subtlety or modulation.

L to R: Spider-Man/Peter Parker (Tom Holland), Iron Man/Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), Drax (Dave Bautista), Star-Lord/Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) and Mantis (Pom Klementieff).

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In 'Avengers: Infinity War,' The Superheroes Have Their Work Cut Out For Them

11:23am April 26, 2018

by Bob Mondello

Avengers: Infinity War is the latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In it, more than two dozen Marvel superheroes come together to try to save the entire universe.

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Hirsute hero Captain America (Chris Evans) is takin' care of bushiness in Avengers: Infinity War.

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Space-Hopping 'Avengers: Infinity War' Raises The Stakes To Infinity — And Beyond

8:51pm April 24, 2018

by Glen Weldon

The Avengers try to keep a space-tyrant from bedazzling his space-glove and performing cosmic genocide. The film doubles down on character interactions both familiar (good) and unfamiliar (less good).

Daniel Giménez Cacho plays an official of the Spanish crown who is stationed at a remote outpost along the Paraguay River in Zama.

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'Zama' Offers A Withering Critique Of Colonialism From Within

12:45pm April 24, 2018

by Justin Chang

Lucrecia Martel's latest film centers on a frustrated Spanish official who is stationed at a remote outpost in South America in 1790. Critic Justin Chang calls Zama "feverishly brilliant."

Amy Schumer Deftly Challenges Beauty Standards In 'I Feel Pretty'

2:20pm April 20, 2018

by David Edelstein

A woman with low self-esteem hits her head and suddenly sees herself as madly attractive. Critic David Edelstein says I Feel Pretty suggests the notion of what's "pretty" should be "elasticized."

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Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and Wong (Benedict Wong) in Avengers: Infinity War.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: Our Summer Movie Preview

6:00am April 20, 2018

by Linda Holmes

Every year at this time, we make wild predictions about what will make money and what will not. But more importantly, we share the films we're looking forward to the most — big and small.

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Godard Mon Amour colorfully chronicles the relationship between Jean-Luc Godard (Louis Garrel) and Anne Wiazaemsky (Stacy Martin).

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'Godard Mon Amour': A Stylish Homage To The French New Wave Treads Water

5:00pm April 19, 2018

by Mark Jenkins

Michel Hazanavicius' film about the romance (and breakup) of director Jean-Luc Godard and actress Anne Wiazemsky adopts many of that director's signature flourishes, to lesser effect.

Father Gabriele Amorth is the subject of William Friedkin's oddly slapdash documentary, The Devil and Father Amorth.

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William Friedkin Meets 'The Devil And Father Amorth'

5:00pm April 19, 2018

by Andrew Lapin

The director of The Exorcist compiles footage of an exorcism he filmed for a magazine article. The bizarre result "seems to have been made by someone who's never seen a movie before."

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A Tormented Veteran Rescues Kids From Abuse In 'You Were Never Really Here'

2:23pm April 13, 2018

by Justin Chang

Joaquin Phoenix plays a shattered soul who makes his way as a thug-for-hire in director Lynne Ramsay's brutal and unsparing new crime film. Justin Chang calls the movie "superior art-house pulp."

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Resistance is feudal: John McEnroe (Shia LaBeouf) and Bjorn Borg (Sverrir Godnason) face off in Borg vs. McEnroe, a dramatized take on their famed '80s rivalry.

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'Borg vs. McEnroe': Game, Set And An Unlikely Match

5:01pm April 12, 2018

by Ella Taylor

This "smoothly crafted, satisfyingly earnest" film features many sports-movie clichés, but digs a bit deeper to find psychological affinities between the two very different athletes.