Movie Reviews

Saoirse Ronan as Eilis and Emory Cohen as Tony in Brooklyn.

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'Brooklyn' Follows A Dream In Ireland And New York

5:03pm November 05, 2015

by Ella Taylor

Former child actress Saoirse Ronan finds a fully adult role in the adaptation of the Colm Toibin novel about a woman conflicted over pursuing her dreams in America or returning to Ireland.

Drew Barrymore as Jess and Toni Colette as Milly in Miss You Already.

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Tears Aplenty In 'Miss You Already'

5:03pm November 05, 2015

by Scott Tobias

Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette are convincing as lifelong friends facing both good and bad together, even if the film feels ragged and too forcefully directed at times.

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'Our Brand Is Crisis' Stalls And Stumbles

2:02pm October 30, 2015

by Kenneth Turan

The political comedy Our Brand Is Crisis stars Sandra Bullock as an American campaign strategist hired to work for a Bolivian presidential candidate. Critic Kenneth Turan has this review.

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Monica Bellucci as Milly Catena in a scene from Alice Rohrwacher's The Wonders.

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'The Wonders' Of Family And Change

5:03pm October 29, 2015

by Ella Taylor

Director Alice Rohrwacher focuses an observant eye on a rural family with a daughter nearly ready to take flight.

Bradley Cooper as Chef Adam Jones in a scene from Burnt.

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'Burnt' Tastes A Lot Like Last Year's Redemption Story

5:03pm October 29, 2015

by Andrew Lapin

Bradley Cooper plays a chef who suffers no real consequences for acting like a jerk — an awfully common story in the world of movies about geniuses.

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'Our Brand Is Crisis' Is A Satire Oddly Toothless About Politics

5:03pm October 29, 2015

by Scott Tobias

Director David Gordon Green's loose adaptation of a documentary about American political consultants meddling in other nations works as a comedic vehicle for Sandra Bullock, but sputters as satire.

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Graphic Doesn't Mean Interesting, Particularly In 'Love'

5:03pm October 29, 2015

by Mark Jenkins

Director Gaspar Noe manages to make his blandest feature to date despite — or as a result of — filling almost half its running time with raw, unsimulated sex.

Peter Sarsgaard plays social scientist Stanley Milgram in Experimenter.

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'Experimenter' Revisits A Decades-Old Trial Of Free Will And Compassion

1:29pm October 23, 2015

by David Edelstein

A new film revisits a controversial 1961 social science experiment in which volunteer subjects were asked to administer electrical shocks to other human beings. David Edelstein reviews Experimenter.

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Tom Hanks as lawyer James Donovan in Bridge of Spies.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Bridge Of Spies' And Lots More Tom Hanks

9:05am October 23, 2015

by Linda Holmes

On this week's show, Audie Cornish is with us to talk about the latest Steven Spielberg project and about the long career of its star.

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Movie Review: 'Suffragette' Has A Weakness For Earnestness And Contrivance

5:01am October 23, 2015

Suffragette reminds us of the angry and savage battle over women's right to vote was in Britain in the early years of the 20th century.