Movie Reviews

Lily Gladstone and Leonardo DiCaprio in Killers of the Flower Moon.

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Scorsese centers men and their violence once again in 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

1:22pm October 20, 2023

by Justin Chang

Martin Scorsese's film, based on David Grann's book, tells the true story of white men in the 1920s who married into and systematically murdered Osage families to gain claims to their oil-rich land.

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'Killers of the Flower Moon' is a monstrous story of greed, masterfully told

1:15pm October 20, 2023

by Bob Mondello

Martin Scorsese's epic 3.5-hour dramatization of David Grann's true-life tragedy about the Osage Nation stars Lily Gladstone, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.

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Taylor Swift's Eras tour film is precisely as advertised: nothing more and nothing less than a perfectly edited recording of an extraordinary show in all its technical, happiness-inducing splendor.

Now in theaters: A three-hour testament to Taylor Swift's titan era

4:43pm October 13, 2023

by Bilal Qureshi

The Eras Tour film is precisely as advertised: nothing more and nothing less than a pristine recording of a record-shattering concert spectacle. But will it really be a savior for the cinema industry?

Sandra Hüller plays a writer accused of murdering her husband in Anatomy of a Fall.

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'Anatomy of a Fall' dissects a marriage and, maybe, a murder

5:01am October 13, 2023

by Justin Chang

A writer stands accused of killing her husband in this film, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. But as Anatomy of a Fall persuasively suggests, every marriage is a mystery.

Craig (Josh Sharp), God (Bowen Yang) and Trevor (Aaron Jackson) are gooped, gagged and gobsmacked in Dicks: The Musical.

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I mean, it's called 'Dicks: The Musical.' What did you expect?

5:00am October 13, 2023

by Glen Weldon

This gleefully, defiantly queer film isn't much more than an extended put-on, but so what? The many, many tasteless jokes may be broad, but they're narrowly focused to hit their target audience.

There is no excuse to let 'Anatomy of a Fall' fall through the cracks

4:39pm October 12, 2023

by Bob Mondello

A novelist is accused of her husband's murder, and the only witness is their blind son in Justine Triet's Palme d'Or-winning film, Anatomy of a Fall.

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Lance Reddick, Dale Dye and Kiefer Sutherland in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial.

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William Friedkin's stodgy 'Caine Mutiny' adaptation lacks the urgency of the original

1:27pm October 06, 2023

by John Powers

While the drama of the 1954 film hinged on the high stakes of the Pacific theater during World War II, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial involves an all-volunteer navy and no sea battles.

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Carterland is a reappraisal of Jimmy Carter's presidency. He's pictured above at Grand Teton National Park.

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'Carterland' puts a positive spin on an oft-disparaged presidency

4:19pm October 02, 2023

by Bob Mondello

Carterland depicts the one-term presidency of Jimmy Carter as an expansive and largely successful exercise in problem-solving.

Madeleine Yuna Voyles plays Alphie, a pensive young robot child in The Creator.

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Did AI write this film? 'The Creator' offers a muddled plea for human-robot harmony

1:47pm September 29, 2023

by Justin Chang

This sci-fi drama about an ex-special-forces operative who teams up with a humanoid robot excels at world-building — but ultimately fails to create characters that take on lives of their own.

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A cutthroat power couple Luke (Alden Ehrenreich) and Emily (Phoebe Dynevor) end up in a power struggle in Fair Play.

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What happens when your secret fiancee becomes your boss? Find out in 'Fair Play'

11:02am September 27, 2023

by Aisha Harris

A power couple crumbles when one gets promoted over the other at their cutthroat hedge fund firm. Fair Play is a withering melodrama, depicting a relationship contaminated by ambition and jealousy.