Movie Reviews

Movie Review: 'They Shall Not Grow Old'

6:02am January 11, 2019

Rachel Martin talks to Kenneth Turan, film critic for the Los Angeles Times, about the new World War I documentary, They Shall Not Grow Old. It's directed by Academy Award winner Peter Jackson.

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L to R: Jamar (Ario Bayu) and Suwo (Yoshi Sudarso) star in the "nasi goreng Western" Buffalo Boys.

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The Old West Goes Farther West — To Java — In Genre Mashup 'Buffalo Boys'

9:13pm January 10, 2019

by Andrew Lapin

Two cowboys who left Singapore for the American West return home to avenge the death of their father in this giddy, fast-paced B-movie.

Peter Jackson restores archival footage of British soldiers enjoying a meal in the documentary They Shall Not Grow Old.

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'They Shall Not Grow Old': World War I Brought To Astonishing, Harrowing Life

5:00pm January 10, 2019

by Chris Klimek

Peter Jackson's documentary, featuring expertly restored archival footage from the first World War, is "astonishing"; his "digital tools summon empathy, not spectacle."

The Impatience of Jobe: Drug courier Jobe (Jason Grisell) endures a series of trials in the no-budget comedy Jobe'z World.

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It's A Small, Slight 'Jobe'z World'

5:00pm January 10, 2019

by Mark Jenkins

A Manhattan drug courier has a very bad night in this scrappy but underwritten slacker comedy that plays like an extended sketch.

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'Destroyer' Flips The Script On Gender Roles In Cop Movies

1:56pm January 04, 2019

by John Powers

Nicole Kidman gives an intense performance as a drunken, pointedly unlikable police officer in Karyn Kusama's new film. Critic John Powers says Destroyer is a flawed, but fascinating, noir thriller.

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It's a Trap!: (l to r) Zoey (Taylor Russell), Jason (Jay Ellis), Ben (Logan Miller) and Mike (Tyler Labine) navigate puzzles in Escape Room.

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'Escape Room' Serves Up Bloodless Thrills And Pallid Puzzles

5:00pm January 03, 2019

by Scott Tobias

This flat attempt to map contemporary anxieties over the template of more grisly films like Saw only "recalls the mechanized horror trend while sanding off its serrated edges."

2 Movie Reviewers Pick This Year's Standout Films

6:46am December 31, 2018

Noel King talks to Claudia Puig and April Wolfe of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association about their favorite films of 2018.

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'Holmes & Watson' Shows What It Takes To Earn A Rotten Tomatoes Score Of Zero

6:24pm December 27, 2018

The Sherlock Holmes spoof briefly earned zero percent on the film review site. How did it accomplish this anti-feat, and what are some of the other flops to which it's now being compared?

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Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly in Stan & Ollie.

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'Stan And Ollie' Traces 2 Legends Working Hard Past Their Prime

5:00pm December 27, 2018

by Scott Tobias

Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly star as Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in a film that struggles to keep its energy up as it follows the decline of two great film comedians.

Not throwing away his shot(gun): Christian Bale's Dick Cheney smirks and glowers in Vice.

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'On The Basis Of Sex' And 'Vice': 2 Biopics — 1 Bathed In Light, 1 Steeped In Shadow

10:06am December 26, 2018

by Bob Mondello

What's your preference: hagiography or demonization? A biopic about Ruth Bader Ginsburg is blandly positive, while another about Dick Cheney offers an extended, if entertaining, screed.

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