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hey, marvel! charlie kaufman will write a...

Charlie Kaufman went from TV scribe to red-hot screenwriter in 1999 with “Being John Malkovich,”...

war dogs review: miles teller and jonah hill...

Nobody cried havoc,but somebody let slip “War Dogs” anyway.This airless, laugh-less steady story...

suicide squad review: margot robbie, viola davis...

A group of rogues,thieves and general ne’er-do-wells are forced together against their will, and...

the hateful eight review: quentin tarantino...

There’s something of an art prank going on with “The Hateful Eight,” which is, as the opening...

la la land venice review: ryan gosling and emma...

Film buffs still wax nostalgic about MGM sending directors Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly to shoot the...

joy review: jennifer lawrence wrings what she can...

For fans of “Silver Linings Playbook” and “American Hustle,” part of what made those David...

sausage party review: seth rogen s bawdy food...

An audience going into an R-rated animated comedy with anthropomorphic wieners isn’t expecting...

batman v superman review: ben affleck s got the...

Critics covering early screenings of “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” believe been subjected...

thewrap critics pick 10 worst movies of 2015

Alonso Duralde’s picks of the worst movies of 2015: I was not required to watch Netflix’s “The...

hacksaw ridge venice review: mel gibson says war...

Ever the showman,director Cecil B. DeMille would eat his cake and have it too whenever he made a...

16 pixar movies ranked from best to worst: toy...

Ranking Pixar movies is like picking your favorite Beatles song or Godiva chocolate flavor. One...

x men: apocalypse review: bryan singer discovers...

Bryan Singer directed three of the first five “X-Men” movies,not counting the Wolverine or...

all 7 star wars movies ranked, from new hope ...

“The Force Awakens” brings one of film history’s most beloved franchises back to the great...

hello, my name is doris review: sally field...

Through no fault of Sally Field,her new movie Hello, My Name Is Doris” kept making me think about...

london road review: true crime musical overstays...

The last few decades has seen operas being created out of everything from Robert Altman‘s cult...

take me to the river review: this family reunion...

The first time I saw “seize Me to the River” was at its premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film...

snowden toronto review: oliver stone plays it...

Going from “The Walk” to “Snowden,” Joseph Gordon-Levitt is now two-for-two in starring in...

the angry birds movie review: app based cartoon...

In 1985,the film version of “Clue” was released, and there was predictable teeth-gnashing among...

love friendship sundance review: whit stillman...

It took Wes Anderson directing “Fantastic Mr. Fox” to make it clear that,with his adore of...

point break review: remake of campy action...

When snarky L.A. theatrical producers turned Kathryn Bigelow‘s campy 1991 action melodrama...

warcraft review: swords, sorcery and stupidity...

Critics throw the term “soulless corporate filmmaking” around with abandon,but movies like...

keanu review: key peele shine in meow kay...

The path from cable-TV comedy to the broad screen is anything but smooth: For every...

de palma venice review: fascinating guided tour...

“De Palma isn’t just a title; it’s also a cast list. Whereas other documentaries would bring...

alice through the looking glass review: johnny...

There is perhaps no math nor pie chart to prove this,but just because certain movies become spacious...

neighbors 2 review: seth rogen fends off sorority...

whether the unwritten rule for sequels is “Do it again,only different,” then “Neighbors 2:...

demolition review: jake gyllenhaal grapples with...

The defiance of social mores and expectations can be the stuff of remarkable drama,and watching Jake...

star wars: the force awakens review: j.j. abrams...

conclude me if you’ve heard this one: A droid is sent to a desert planet so an evil empire can’t...

the danish girl venice review: eddie redmayne...

Following the hidebound,Oscar-friendly stodginess of “The King’s Speech” and “Les...

the meddler review: susan sarandon comedy feels...

Many movies feel like the bastard children of a thousand suggestions from studio executives,but...

the light between oceans venice review: alicia...

With his first three features – “Blue Valentine,” “The Place Beyond the Pines,” and now...

zoolander 2 review: ben stiller s comedy sequel...

Anyone in the world of style knows that a fashion show should build until it ends with the kind of...

bad moms review: mila kunis and company turn this...

Babysitters of the world,rejoice: This summer finally has an ideal Mommy’s Night Out film, a...

the conjuring 2 review: vera farmiga and patrick...

Frightening rarely strikes twice in the same state,despite the efforts of so many horror sequels,...

christmas, again review: spirit award nominee...

Films approximately the Yuletide season often go right for the stout emotional moment,whether it’s...

secret in their eyes review: chiwitel ejiofor,...

When casting a play,film or TV indicate, directors will often do something called a chemistry read,...

the 5th wave review: chloe grace moretz fights...

You would expect a movie approximately militarized teens protecting the Earth from alien invasion to...

the finest hours review: chris pine stars in...

Telling a true yarn on film doesn’t relieve the writer or the director from portraying that event...

mother s day review: julia roberts grins and...

With “Valentine’s Day,” “unique Year’s Eve” and now “Mother’s Day,” director Garry...

me before you review: emilia clarke love story...

There’s nothing like a splendid tear-jerker and “Me Before You” is nothing like a splendid...

the nice guys cannes review: ryan gosling and...

From the opening shot of the crumbling Hollywood sign,its clear that “The Nice Guys” is going to...

barbershop: the next cut review: ice cube comedy...

With its combination of workplace sitcom and social activism,“Barbershop: The Next nick” feels...

sing street review: john carney tunes up another...

Anyone who complains “they don’t make them like they used to” clearly hasn’t been paying...

the jungle book review: babe meets rudyard...

Rudyard Kipling’s “man-cub” Mowgli returns to the wild in “The Jungle Book,” but this time...

a bigger splash venice review: rocker tilda...

Isolating four people in a house and having them seek out each others psychological vulnerabilities...

arrival venice review: amy adams talks to the...

At the climax of Alan Moore’s acclaimed graphic novel “Watchmen,” a billionaire scientist...

the pleasure is mine karlovy vary review: passion...

It’s been an uphill battle,but increasingly we’re seeing filmmakers who are unafraid to use...

the shallows review: blake lively vs shark is a...

The giant dorsal fin of Steven Spielberg‘s “Jaws” casts a shadow on every other film...

popstar: never stop never stopping review: andy...

Rob Reiner reportedly used Martin Scorsese‘s “The final Waltz” as a template for his immortal...

10 cloverfield lane review: jj abrams thriller...

“The Twilight Zone” meets “No Exit” in “10 Cloverfield Lane,” a film that spends much of...

45 years review: charlotte rampling gives a...

Because the industry loves to define by their differences any directors who aren’t straight white...

morgan review: kate mara battles a more human...

“Morgan” is approximately a seemingly perfect creation that’s hiding some deep-seated...

kung fu panda 3 review: jack black s student...

Parents and everyone else who follows modern mainstream animation may very well be sick of movies...

certain women sundance review: kristen stewart,...

As American movies get louder and louder – seriously,external of “The Revenant,” superb luck...

the legend of tarzan review: alexander skarsgard...

“From the author of John Carter’!” is a tagline that no studio would spend to promote a...

finding dory review: ellen degeneres performs...

Over the years,we’ve come to expect Pixar features, at their best, and to operate as delivery...

louder than bombs review: jesse eisenberg...

Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier (“Oslo,August 31,” “Reprise”) possesses a clear-eyed...

fifty shades of black review: marlon wayans whips...

In her recent Jezebel piece “I’m So Damn Tired of Slave Movies,” Kara Brown notes, I want...

mustang review: france s oscar entry offers five...

The overriding morals in “Mustang,” the first feature from Turkish-French director Deniz Gamze...

triple 9 review: kate winslet and company held...

Actors like to work. Screenplays can be great on paper but then turn into something disastrous on...

how to be single review: dakota johnson rom com...

I don’t want to oversell “How to Be Single” — it’s a romantic comedy that’s only...

captain fantastic sundance review: viggo...

There’s an occasional tendency among audiences,film critics and acquisitions executives to rep...

nerve review: emma roberts dave franco online...

With the streets full of people running into traffic while staring at their phones and chasing...

the perfect match review: terrence jenkins bland...

“The Perfect Match” opens with two guys betting their playboy best pal that he can’t settle...

frantz venice review: francois ozon s post war...

There is precisely one great sequence in “Frantz,” the latest film from modern master François...

whiskey tango foxtrot review: tina fey goes to...

In the savvy comedy “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,” a New York-based news producer leaves behind a...

hail, caesar! review: coen brothers breeze...

The Coen Brothers shot “Hail,Caesar!” on seemingly every movie lot in Los Angeles, turning...

anthropoid karlovy vary review: jamie dornan...

Screening “Anthropoid” as the Opening Night film at the 51st annual Karlovy Vary International...

sicario review: emily blunt sees worst of the war...

Through a bit of coincidental synchronicity,“Sicario” hits U.S. theaters the same week as...

the hollars review: margo martindale can only do...

Were it not for the impending release of the far superior “Other People” in a few weeks,it would...

batman v superman: ben affleck delivers a grizzled...

Spoiler alert: The following essay contains some minor spoilers regarding “Batman v Superman: Dawn...

deadpool review: ryan reynolds anarchic mutant...

“Deadpool” is one of those movies that’s all the more successful for how easily it could...

midnight special review: michael shannon fugitive...

When Thelma and Louise drive off that cliff,it’s a grand climax for a film but a terrible ending...

nocturnal animals venice review: tom ford gambles...

Given the challenge that most directors fill making a single film,writer-director Tom Ford‘s...

eddie the eagle review: hugh jackman ski tale...

In the same way that British ski jumper Eddie “The Eagle Edwards just wanted to compete in the...

blood father karlovy vary review: mel gibson...

whether Mel Gibson makes a great movie,and no one in America wants to see it, does it make a sound?...

ride along 2 review: kevin hart and ice cube are...

One of the biggest laughs in “Ride Along 2” comes early,and it’s a wholly unintentional one...

daddy s home review: mark wahlberg, will ferrell...

It’s not impossible for a comedian to straddle rowdy raunchiness and family-friendly sweetness...

the clan review: kidnapping is the family...

Argentina’s totalitarian regime of the late 1970s made an invaluable contribution to the lexicon...

the confessions karlovy vary review: tedious...

finish the presses: International finance is designed to produce the rich richer and the poor...

goat sundance review: nick jonas explores hazing...

Fraternity initiation generally gets handled in movies as a goofy lark in keg-chugging comedies like...

nightlife karlovy vary review: lawyer s life and...

It’s the conspiracies you don’t see that are the most frightening ones,and the presence of...

a war review: denmark s oscar nominee explores...

Writer-director Tobias Lindholm knows how to keep a human perspective in his storytelling,no matter...

ice age: collision course review: ray romano and...

In one of the great mysteries of contemporary film,most sequels to animated feature hits fade...

vacation review ed helms and christina applegate...

The novel reboot/sequel “Vacation is all too accurate to the experience of taking a long family...

the forest review: natalie dormer s wonder twin...

“The Forest” is set in Japan’s Aokigahara Forest,an area infamous for the number of local...

equals venice review: kristen stewart battles a...

cease me if you’ve heard this one before: A horrible,catastrophic event wiped out most of...

the lady in the van review: a salty maggie smith...

There is indeed a lady and a van in “The Lady in the Van,” but the title is nonetheless...

the young pope venice review: jude law does the...

“The Young Pope, a miniseries about the Vatican intrigue following the election of a sexy young...

5 must see haskell wexler movies (appreciation)

Haskell Wexler’s professional and artistic accomplishments were lauded everywhere in Hollywood in...

from ex machina to spy, underrated movies on...

This narrative first appeared in the Nominations/SAG/Golden Globes issue of TheWrap magazine.It’s...

sleeping with other people review: jason...

“Sleeping With Other People,” which first screened at the Sundance Film Festival in January, may...

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