Spy ★★★ Now playing When she’s on her game, Melissa McCarthy is one of the funniest people on the planet. A seasoned improv veteran, her extemporaneous comedy instincts are off the charts—check out the gag reel from Bridesmaids for instant evidence. But so far, McCarthy’s headlining roles in feature films haven’t played out so great. […]
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The Queue: Netflix picks for sci-fi haters
Perhaps you’re familiar with this dilemma: There’s a certain genre of movie that you adore and your significant other hates. Science fiction, say. When it comes to movie night at home, this becomes an issue. You explain to your partner—slowly, gently, as to a child—the many fine qualities of the genre, its rich history, and […]
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Sick of reading about Jurassic World? We suggest some summer-movie alternatives and a brainy beach read
Here’s the thing about summer blockbusters: If you’re interested in them, then you’re probably already sick of reading about them by the time summer preview features roll around. So rather than join the chorus of echoes, we’re suggesting some relatively under-the-radar movies you might like instead. Note that smaller films could reach the Triangle a […]
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Movie review: Meet the Swedish Forrest Gump in The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared★★★ ½ Opening Friday Droll, daffy and entirely enjoyable, The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared is a Swedish comedy whose screwy rhythms extend well beyond its title. Based on Jonas Jonasson’s best-selling comic novel, the film was a gigantic hit in Europe […]
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Thomas Vinterberg takes on Thomas Hardy’s Victorian melodrama Far from the Madding Crowd
Far From the Madding Crowd Opening Friday How do you solve a problem like Bathsheba?
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Movie review: High-school glory days loom over Jack Black and James Marsden in The D Train
The D Train★★ ½ Now playingThe D Train is a comedy that doesn’t really work, but at least it doesn’t work in interesting ways. It’s unpredictable and it takes a lot of risks, some of which pay off. Jack Black headlines as Dan Landsman, a schlubby and insecure Pittsburgh suburbanite whose remaining self-esteem rests on […]
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The Queue: Unconditional love and Oedipal wrecks in Mommy
Adolescence is a trauma we all have to navigate. If we’re lucky, it’s a relatively brief storm on the waters of life. But for Steve Després, the violent and mentally ill teenager in Mommy, adolescence has become a lethal affair. He has a raging hurricane in his head that never lets up. The latest from […]
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Movie review: Superhero blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron assimilates the A.I. sci-fi craze
Avengers: Age of Ultron★★★★Opening Friday Part of the fun of following movies—especially science-fiction movies—is seeing how they reflect our current cultural anxieties. Stories about artificial intelligence go way back, through Blade Runner and 2001: A Space Odyssey all the way to Metropolis. Recent entries such as Ex Machina and Her have updated the genre with […]
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The Queue: Comics talk shop in Kevin Pollak’s Misery Loves Comedy
What is it that’s so compelling about listening to comedians talk about comedy? I’m not sure I know, but I’m hooked. I’ve been listening to Marc Maron’s WTF podcast religiously for years, and have recently been working my way though the archives of Jerry Seinfeld’s high-rent riff on the premise, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
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Documentary Lambert & Stamp tells The Who’s story by way of two backstage Svengalis
LAMBERT & STAMP Opening Friday
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