Movie Reviews

Based on the memoirs of an addict and his father, the film stars Timothée Chalamet (left) as Nic Sheff and Steve Carell as David Sheff in a story about the ways addiction narratives don't tend to end neatly — or at all.

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Addiction Without An Ending In 'Beautiful Boy'

5:00pm October 11, 2018

by Linda Holmes

Based on the memoirs of an addict and his father, the film stars Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell in a story about the ways addiction narratives don't tend to end neatly — or at all.

"DO go on": Ike Barinholtz and Tiffany Haddish star in The Oath.

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'The Oath': A House Divided Against Itself, A Family You Cannot Stand

5:00pm October 11, 2018

by Andrew Lapin

Ike Barinholtz writes, directs and produces this timely comedy about a family whose deep political divide widens even further over Thanksgiving dinner. Sloppy at times, but its satiric aim is true.

Nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands: Jimmy (Parker Sevak) and Lisa (Maggie Gyllenhaal) in The Kindergarten Teacher.

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In 'The Kindergarten Teacher,' Gyllenhaal's Nuanced Performance Earns A Gold Star

5:00pm October 11, 2018

by Mark Jenkins

Writer-director Sarah Colangelo's film features a finely calibrated performance from Maggie Gyllenhaal as a teacher obsessed with a student. The result is a "keenly excruciating" tragedy.

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'First Man' Captures The Upheaval Leading Up To Armstrong's 1969 Moon Landing

1:30pm October 11, 2018

by Justin Chang

Justin Chang says a new film about the space race is one of the "noisiest, clunkiest, most inelegant movies about space travel ever made" — all of which helps convey the chaos of space travel.

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Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong in First Man.

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'First Man' Considers Glory, Grief And A Famous Walk On The Moon

10:15am October 11, 2018

by Linda Holmes

Ryan Gosling plays Neil Armstrong in a story about the noise, heat and struggle it takes to overcome forces to which you're meant to surrender.

In '22 July' Filmmaker Paul Greengrass Tells The Story Of Terrorist Attack In Norway

8:03pm October 10, 2018

by Bob Mondello

Filmmaker Paul Greengrass, who has alternated between Bourne movies and true suspense stories, tackles another real-life drama in 22 July: a terrorist attack in Norway that killed 77 people in 2011.

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Isak Bakli Aglen and Jonas Strand Gravli play teens who are on the Norwegian island of Utøya during the 2011 terror attacks in Paul Greengrass' new film, 22 July. The film is being released Wednesday on both Netflix and in 100 theaters worldwide.

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'22 July' Chronicles Norwegian Terror Attacks As A Story Of Horror — And Hope

11:43am October 10, 2018

by John Powers

Paul Greengrass' new film re-creates the 2011 attacks in which a right-wing terrorist killed 77 people, most of them teens. Critic John Powers says 22 July is a superb film that avoids sensationalism.

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For The First Time, A Woman Steps In As 'Doctor Who' Lead

5:16pm October 07, 2018

by Eric Deggans

Jodie Whittaker debuts as the first woman to play the lead in the 50-year-old British sci-fi show, Dr. Who. It's an action-packed start to a highly anticipated season.

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Bradley Cooper And Lady Gaga Shine In A Winning Remake Of 'A Star is Born'

2:11pm October 05, 2018

by David Edelstein

Critic David Edelstein says that despite the film's "mushy" story arc, it's hard to resist Cooper's remake of the classic film about an up-and-coming superstar.

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Venom (a CGI-enhanced Tom Hardy) invites a robber (Sam Medina) out for a bite, while the bodega-keeper (Vickie Eng) looks on.

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Tom Hardy Gets His Teeth Into 'Venom,' Though The Film Lacks Bite

9:39am October 05, 2018

by Chris Klimek

Tom Hardy fully commits to this "limp-but-not-enervatingly-awful" anti-(super)hero horror-comedy that doesn't make a lick of sense.