Movie Reviews

"The train's afoot!": (L to R) Sherlock (Henry Cavill) and Mycroft (Sam Claflin) literally look down on their younger sister Enola (Millie Bobby Brown) in Netflix's Enola Holmes.

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In The Lively 'Enola Holmes,' Sherlock's Little Sister Goes Sleuthing

10:50am September 23, 2020

by Glen Weldon

This bright and breezy Netflix adaptation of a YA novel finds Millie Bobby Brown starring as the brilliant, fourth-wall-busting little sister of Sherlock Holmes.

Tom Holland plays Arvin, a young man who refuses to let evil go unpunished in The Devil All the Time.

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Everyone's A Sinner In 'The Devil All The Time'

1:28pm September 18, 2020

by Justin Chang

The Netflix adaptation of Donald Ray Pollock's novel is grim in ways that can be both exciting and wearying: so many twists and betrayals, so many awful characters, so many horrific acts of violence.

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Charlie Kaufman's 'I'm Thinking Of Ending Things' Is A Wildly Inventive Comic Thriller

2:08pm September 11, 2020

by Justin Chang

The relationship at the center of Kaufman's new Netflix film might not be long for the world, but the main characters are nevertheless awfully hard to get out of your mind.

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What Movies To Expect This Fall

4:27pm September 07, 2020

by Bob Mondello

NPR offers a selective preview of what Hollywood thinks it will be showing in cinemas this fall.

A gifted warrior (Liu Yifei) discovers her true purpose when China comes under attack by nomadic forces in Mulan.

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'Mulan' Reboot Is Beautiful, But Fails To Breathe New Life Into An Old Tale

6:50pm September 03, 2020

by Justin Chang

Spinning a Chinese legend into family-friendly entertainment with worldwide appeal is a tricky business. The new version of Mulan feels like a watered-down version of a potentially captivating story.

Christopher Nolan's Time-Bending Thriller 'Tenet' Reviewed

5:28pm September 03, 2020

by Bob Mondello

Christopher Nolan's time-bending thriller is the film that Hollywood has been counting on to bring audiences back to movie theaters. Tenet was released in movie theaters Thursday.

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Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves play Bill and Ted in Bill & Ted Face The Music.

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'Bill & Ted Face The Music,' And They Make For Good Home Viewing

4:43pm August 28, 2020

by Linda Holmes

It might not be a great film, but the nostalgic draw of the guileless Bill S. Preston Esquire and Ted "Theodore" Logan has never been stronger.

More Persuasively Dickensian: 'The Personal History Of David Copperfield' Reviewed

4:19pm August 27, 2020

by Bob Mondello

Satirist, director and the creator of Veep, Armando Iannucci does Charles Dickens in The Personal History Of David Copperfield. And NPR's critic says there's a lot that's unexpected in the movie.

Grainy footage of kids getting ready to fly down dangerous rides is the most striking image in the documentary Class Action Park.

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'Class Action Park' Remembers The Perils Of A Really Good Time

5:01am August 27, 2020

by Linda Holmes

The documentary Class Action Park tells the story of a New Jersey theme park that was widely beloved, successful and extremely dangerous.

Ethan Hawke plays Serbian American inventor Nikola Tesla in the playful new biopic, Tesla.

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Wild And Daring, 'Tesla' Captures The Spirit Of An Unorthodox Inventor

1:20pm August 21, 2020

by Justin Chang

Ethan Hawke plays the famed Serbian American inventor in a new film that reminds us what a modern creature Tesla was — a figure from the past who never stopped pointing the way to the future.

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