'Fifty Shades Freed' Is Out Of Tricks As It Ties Up Loose Ends
'Fifty Shades Freed' is not a good movie. Not because it couldn't be one, but because it's artless, boring and not even particularly sexy.
Movie Reviews
Reviewed: This Year's 5 Oscar-Nominated Animated Short Films
A plague of frogs, a sentient lost-and-found, a poignant father-son story, a mordant Roald Dahl fairy tale and Kobe Bryant's ode to basketball are up for the animated short film Oscar this year.
Beguiling And Brutal, 'On Body And Soul' Centers On A Slaughterhouse Romance
Two lonely people working at a slaughterhouse connect in Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi's film. Reviewer Justin Chang says On Body and Soul is a genteel crowd pleaser that could have been edgier.
'A Fantastic Woman' Is As Strong And Complicated As Its Star
Daniela Vega stars as a trans woman who deals with the resentment of her dead lover's family. The film is nominated for best foreign language film at this year's Oscars.
Before The Invasion, A Crash Course In Sensitivity Training: 'Before We Vanish'
In director Kiyoshi Kurosawa's leisurely, genre-blending film, three advance scouts for an alien invasion go undercover to understand human concepts like work, self, family and love.
Dreams End Up On The Slaughterhouse Floor In 'On Body And Soul'
Up for an Oscar for best foreign-language film, Hungary's tale of two workers linked by shared dreams shifts between whimsy and visceral violence without making us care about either.
When A Still Life Isn't Entirely Still: '24 Frames'
Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami's final film is a series of 24 wordless images, each four-and-a-half minutes long, ever-so-slightly animated.
Why Do So Many Rock Stars Die At 27? Argentine Film Explores One (Insane) Theory
In a season when Hollywood mostly releases warmed-over sequels and third-tier horror flicks, 27 is remarkable in one sense: It's original.
'The Maze Runner: The Death Cure': Nice Guy Finishes, At Last
The longest, and last, of the Maze Runner films puts its bland teen heroes through the usual paces, but there are enough strong character actors around to keep things interesting.
In Gritty 'A Ciambra,' A Romani Teen Must Choose: His Friend, Or His Community?
Writer-director Jonas Carpignano captures the street life of a Romani-Italian community in a way that's both uncompromisingly realistic and lyrical.