Christmas, Pleasant: 'Last Christmas' Gives You Its Heart
Paul Feig directs Emilia Clarek, Henry Golding and Emma Thompson (who co-wrote the script) in a Yule-themed "fun, if shaggy, character study."
Movie Reviews
'Honey Boy' Is Flawed But Fascinating, Like Its Lead Character
Actor Shia LaBeouf's autobiographical film lacks the nuance of director Alma Ha'rel's previous documentary work, but star Noah Jupe's performance is astounding.
'Doctor Sleep' Is Haunted By The Ghost Of Stanley Kubrick
Mike Flanagan directs a meandering, imitative sequel to both the Stephen King book and the Stanley Kubrick movie, The Shining; its nonhorror elements prove more persuasive than its scares.
A Middling 'Midway'
Roland Emmerich's CGI-heavy depiction of the WWII battle that turned the tide in the Pacific isn't boring, but it's familiar beats ensure it's more a movie about war movies than it is about war.
Shia LaBeouf's 'Honey Boy' Centers On A Character Much Like Himself
Shia LaBeouf wrote and more or less lived Honey Boy's story of a child actor who develops anger issues living with his alcoholic dad.
Movie Review: 'The Irishman' Is An Epic With The Feel Of History
Martin Scorsese's three-and-a-half-hour mob movie, "The Irishman," stars Robert De Niro as a killer for hire, and Al Pacino as Teamsters union boss Jimmy Hoffa.
In 'Terminator: Dark Fate,' A Faltering Franchise Gets A Hard Reset
Linda Hamilton is back — and funny! — as Sarah Connor in a lean, propulsive and women-centered sequel that seeks to wave away the recent sequels in the Terminator franchise.
'Motherless Brooklyn' Is A Noir Miss
Edward Norton's passion project — an over-lit, neo-noir adaptation of Jonathan Lethem's 1999 novel — struggles to convey the novel's interiority.
In Earnest, Contrived Biopic 'Harriet,' Tubman Is An Action Hero
Cynthia Erivo is quite good, and the story of Harriet Tubman is a tale worth telling, but as presented here it's earnest, conventional and "fundamentally inert."
Netflix's 'American Son' Adaptation Exposes The Play's Flaws
The cast and director of the 2018 Broadway play reunite, but the performances prove more nuanced than the characters, revealing a script that takes "shortcuts to catharsis."