The exposition scenes in ‘Twisters’ will have you rolling your eyes, then the storm scenes will pop them right out of your skull.
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In ‘Freud’s Last Session,’ Two Great Thinkers Square Off
The rolling conversation between Freud (Anthony Hopkins) and C.S. Lewis (Matthew Goode) covers a lot of ground. God. Death. Sex. Free will. Despair. Fathers. Daughters. War. Morphine. Dental prostheses.
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‘The French Dispatch’ Is Stylish and Easy to Like. But Is it Easy to Love?
The film is jammed with enormously appealing performers, but they’re caught in the exquisite clockwork gears of Anderson’s brain.
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Viola Davis And The Late-Chadwick Boseman Earn Their Oscar Buzz In ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom comes out singing the blues and never stops, even when the music isn’t playing.
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“The Planters” Is a Character-Driven, Low-Budget Comedy Gem
The offbeat DIY film has an early-release virtual theatrical run via the Carolina Theatre’s website.
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No Campy Universal Creature Feature, “The Invisible Man” Takes Modern Terrors Seriously
The Elisabeth Moss vehicle redirects thriller tropes toward anxieties about amoral technology companies, anonymous online predators, gaslighting narcissist men in power, and sudden gun violence.
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Ruin Valentine’s Day with Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus
A bleak comedy from a talented team, “Downhill” is a real conundrum, with some things done very well and others completely botched.
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“The Gentlemen” Is the Guy Ritchiest Guy Ritchie Movie in Years
Action comedy “The Gentleman”turns on an ace Matthew McConaughey performance as a good-guy weed baron, a twisty script, inventive action, and baroque bad-guy dialogue.
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Is the New Stars Wars as Bad as Everyone Says?
To find out, I got drunk at 9:00 a.m. and wrote a spoiler-riddled minute-by-minute recap. TLDR: Adam Driver doesn’t take his shirt off.
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“The Peanut Butter Falcon” Is a Heart-Warming Tom-and-Huck Tall Tale
Shia LaBeouf risks becoming more famous for his offscreen adventures than his onscreen ones, but he’s a genuinely soulful presence here.