Movie Reviews

Tom (Jesse Eisenberg) and Gemma (Imogen Poots) go house hunting and find something more in Vivarium.

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'Vivarium': House Hunters, Unnatural

5:00pm March 26, 2020

by Scott Tobias

A young couple seeking a house in the 'burbs encounter an unexpected (sub)development and cannot leave. Despite its Twilight Zone premise, the film's "eccentricity and wit" carry it a long way.

Marcel (Jesse Eisenberg) in the film Resistance.

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Marcel Marceau Walks Against The Winds Of War In 'Resistance'

5:00pm March 26, 2020

by Ella Taylor

Jesse Eisenberg stars as the famous mime as he gets involved in the French Resistance during World War II. The film is an "honorable, absorbing homage to the making of a man and his art."

Camp Jened, in upstate New York, was the epicenter of a disability rights movement that led to the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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'Crip Camp' Is A Raucous Celebration Of A World-Changing Place

4:42pm March 25, 2020

by Bob Mondello

Near Woodstock, at an early '70s summer camp for kids with disabilities, a revolution was born that became a civil rights movement, and led to the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

In 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always,' A Teenager With A Choice

4:18pm March 13, 2020

by Bob Mondello

A pregnant teenager travels to New York City to obtain an abortion in Eliza Hittman's drama Never Rarely Sometimes Always.

Sidney Flanigan stars as 17-year-old Autumn in Never Rarely Sometimes Always.

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'Never Rarely Sometimes Always' Will Stay With You Forever

1:50pm March 13, 2020

by Justin Chang

In Eliza Hittman's pointed new movie, a teenager from small-town Pennsylvania doesn't want to tell her parents she's pregnant; instead, she travels to New York City with her cousin for an abortion.

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Bloodshot (Vin Diesel) looks vexed, or surprised or possibly dyspeptic, in Bloodshot.

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In The Derivative Action Flick 'Bloodshot,' Diesel Delivers Low-Octane Thrills

5:36pm March 12, 2020

by Chris Klimek

As a soldier reanimated by nanobots, Vin Diesel — "a lumbering fireplug who runs like John Wayne and fights like Roger Moore" — underperforms.

Autumn (Sidney Flanigan) embarks on a journey to New York in Never Rarely Sometimes Always.

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A Young Woman Faces A Choice In The Sobering 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always'

5:00pm March 12, 2020

by Ella Taylor

Writer-director Eliza Hittman's tale of a traumatized teen (Sidney Flanigan), who travels to New York for an abortion is best when it hews closest to her point-of-view.

Pixar's Latest Adventure Is The Animated Film 'Onward'

11:25am March 09, 2020

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Claudia Puig of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association about the new animated film Onward — two teenage elves set off on a magical quest to bring back their dad.

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Movie Review: 'First Cow'

6:04pm March 08, 2020

by Bob Mondello

Director Kelly Reichardt set her latest western drama in Oregon in the 1820s. It's the story of two drifters who come up with a unique money-making scheme in the midst of a gold rush.

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Review: Pixar's 'Onward'

4:45pm March 06, 2020

by Bob Mondello

Pixar's new animated film ONWARD is about teenage elf brothers who are on a quest to find out if there's enough magic in their world to let them spend a day with their late father.

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