Movie Reviews

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'Becoming Cary Grant' Reveals The Self-Invention Of A Hollywood Icon

2:05pm June 09, 2017

by John Powers

Mark Kidel's new Showtime documentary tells the story of the man behind the debonair star. Off screen, Grant was "lonely, insecure and haunted by fears of being abandoned," says critic John Powers.

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'My Cousin Rachel' Spins A 19th-Century Melodrama About A Mysterious Young Widow

1:58pm June 09, 2017

by David Edelstein

Rachel Weisz plays a widow who might have designs on her cousin's fortune in a new adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier's 1951 novel. Critic David Edelstein says the film will keep viewers in suspense.

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Beatriz (Salma Hayek) and Alex (Jay Duplass) in Beatriz at Dinner.

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'Beatriz At Dinner' Skewers A House Full Of Well-Off Guests

5:00pm June 08, 2017

by Ella Taylor

Director Miguel Arteta and screenwriter Mike White collaborate on a film featuring Salma Hayek as a healer who finds herself at a very uncomfortable meal.

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'Beatriz At Dinner' Serves Up A Barbed Satire About Race, Class And Culture

3:03pm June 08, 2017

by Justin Chang

Salma Hayek plays a Mexican-American massage therapist who attends the dinner party of a wealthy client in Beatriz At Dinner. Reviewer Justin Chang calls the film an "elegantly acerbic new comedy."

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'When Time Was New': 'Wonder Woman' Brings Sunlight To The DC Universe

4:55pm June 02, 2017

Wonder Woman is the first superhero film to be headed by a woman both in front of and behind the camera. Star Gal Gadot and director Patty Jenkins worked together to make Diana Prince relatable.

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Gal Gadot Shines As 'Wonder Woman,' Despite The Film's By-The-Numbers Plot

1:56pm June 02, 2017

by David Edelstein

DC Comics' new Wonder Woman adaptation centers on a trained warrior who hates war. Critic David Edelstein says the heroine is the best part of the film's "tacky superhero universe."

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Gal Gadot's physical presence as Wonder Woman was established in Batman v Superman, but in this new film, she handles the Diana Prince side with equal dexterity.

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A Worthy Big-Screen Treatment Of A Long-Neglected 'Wonder Woman'

4:24pm June 01, 2017

by Scott Tobias

Director Patty Jenkins understands the scale of a screen superhero who is a true demigod, not an ordinary millionaire or spider-bite victim.

Married couple Ben (Adam Pally, left) and Anna (Zoe-Lister Jones) form a band with their weird neighbor Dave (Fred Armisen) in Band Aid.

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A Marriage Struggles To The Beat Of 'Band Aid'

12:00pm June 01, 2017

by Ella Taylor

Zoe Lister-Jones and Adam Pally star in an ambling but insightful comedy about a couple that uses music to stop fighting.

'Wonder Woman' Hits The Big Screen

7:41am June 01, 2017

One of comic book's most enduring heroines finally gets her own movie in Wonder Woman. Rachel Martin talks with Claudia Puig of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association about the new superhero film.

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Dwayne Johnson, Ilfenesh Hadera and Kelly Rohrbach in the new guilty pleasure (until the story starts), Baywatch.

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Beaches, Bathing Suits, And Finally On The Big Screen, 'Baywatch'

4:53pm May 26, 2017

by Bob Mondello

NPR movie critic Bob Mondello reviews a movie that could only come out in the summer — Baywatch, starring Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron.

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