Latest Movie Reviews
‘In Your Dreams’ Review: Simu Liu and Cristin Milioti Lead Voice Cast of Netflix’s Pixar-esque Animated Charmer
Alex Woo's movie revolves around a tween girl and her younger brother, who enter into a dream world in an effort to save their parents' marriage.
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‘Predator: Badlands’ Review: Elle Fanning Is a Lovable Robot BFF to the Sweetest Predator Yet in a Deft, Disarmingly Kindhearted Franchise Entry
Dan Trachtenberg’s follow-up to 'Prey' co-stars Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi as an outcast member of the extraterrestrial titular species.
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‘Tokyo Taxi’ Review: From Japan, a Sentimental, Senior-Skewed Crowdpleaser
The latest feature from 94-year-old director Yoji Yamada follows a cabbie and elderly passenger on one long, nostalgic ride through Japan’s capital.
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‘Mothertongue’ Review: Subtle and Endearing Chinese Dramedy Explores a Flailing Actress’ Return to Her Hometown
The new film from Korean-Chinese director Zhang Lu ('The Shadowless Tower'), which played in comeptition at the Tokyo Film Festival, revolves around a movie star who heads back to the Sichuan capital of Chengdu.
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‘Kokuho’ Review: Japan’s Oscar Submission Is a Stunning Tale of Art, Ambition and Bloodlines Set in the World of Kabuki
Backstage melodrama meets succession saga in Sang-il Lee's feature, which is toplined by Ryo Yoshizawa and Ryusei Yokohama and features a key supporting performance by Ken Watanabe.
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‘Auction’ Review: Léa Drucker in a Crafty French Tale of Art, Money and Social Class
The latest feature from writer-director Pascal Bonitzer follows what happens after a long lost Egon Schiele painting is discovered by a working-class family in France.
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‘Blue Film’ Review: Reed Birney Stars in a Pedophilia-Themed Drama That’s Rewardingly Provocative, if You Can Stomach It
The actor plays a pedophile who reunites with one of his former students (Kieron Moore) in this Mark Duplass-backed film written and directed by Elliot Tuttle.
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‘The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants’ Review: The Bikini Bottom Crew Triumphs in Another Rollicking Undersea Comedy
Regulars Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass and Bill Fagerbakke return to the franchise, along with guests George Lopez, Sherry Cola, Regina Hall and Mark Hamill.
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‘Anniversary’ Review: Diane Lane and Kyle Chandler Lead a Stupendous Cast in a Family’s-Eye View of Authoritarian Politics
Big Brother is your sister-in-law in Jan Komasa’s thriller, which also stars Madeline Brewer, Zoey Deutch, Phoebe Dynevor, Mckenna Grace, Daryl McCormack and Dylan O’Brien.
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‘Mother Bhumi’ Review: Fan Bingbing Carries a Magical Realist Malaysian Drama That Intrigues More Than It Captivates
The star of 'I Am Not Madam Bovary' and 'X-Men: Days of Future Past' portrays a widowed mother and spiritual healer trying to defend her neighbors as the government takes away their land.
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‘Song Sung Blue’ Review: Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson Bring Sparkling Chemistry and Impressive Musicality to Disarming Boomer Love Story
Ella Anderson, Michael Imperioli and Jim Belushi also star in Craig Brewer’s account of a real-life blue-collar Milwaukee couple whose Neil Diamond tribute act makes them local legends.
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‘The Ark’ Review: Ukraine-Set Doc Puts a Hopeful Spin on a Young Family’s Wartime Pivot
After the Russian invasion, a couple’s plans for a rural idyll give way to an urgent sense of mission as proprietors of an animal sanctuary.
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‘The Man Who Saves the World?’ Review: Thoughtful Doc Profiles, and Presses, Man Claiming to Be a Prophet
Gabe Polsky's documentary follows Patrick McCollum, supposedly identified in an ancient prophecy as the person who will bring people together to preserve the Amazon.
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‘Mistress Dispeller’ Review: An Extramarital Affair Is Dismantled Via Stealth Psychology in a Riveting Documentary
Elizabeth Lo’s second feature-length film looks at a relatively new segment of China’s “love industries,” one that takes a personalized approach to combating climbing adultery rates.
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‘Chainsaw Man — The Movie: Reze Arc’ Review: Hit Manga Gets an Ultra-Violent, Surprisingly Emotional Big-Screen Adaptation
Directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara, the new film is based on a manga from Tatsuki Fujimoto that was previously turned into a TV series.
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‘Regretting You’ Review: Allison Williams and Dave Franco Star in the Movie That Could End the Colleen Hoover Adaptation Craze
Mckenna Grace, Willa Fitzgerald, Scott Eastwood and Mason Thames co-star in Josh Boone's film.
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