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3 movies you should check out in AprilMovies including 'Lean on Pete' and 'A Quiet Place' received top grades from our movie critic, Peter Rainer.
- ‘A Quiet Place’ is about a good deal more than scaring us
At a brisk 90 minutes, it’s one of the most inventive and beautifully crafted and acted horror movies in a very long time, and the main reason for its power is the family crisis at its core.
'Lean on Pete' is a tale of a boy and his horseDirector Andrew Haigh has a real feeling for people – not to mention horses. At his best, he can strike more emotional notes from silence than most directors can with a full chorus of sound.
- ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ turns 50: Why HAL endures
Even after five decades of technological advancement, the murderous artificial intelligence in Stanley Kubrick’s philosophical sci-fi film remains the definitive metaphor for technology’s dark side.
4 movies you should check out this monthFilms including 'Journey's End' and 'The Forgiven' earned top marks from our movie critic, Peter Rainer.
'Ready Player One' is a movie at odds with itselfSteven Spielberg’s frantically uneven film, adapted by Ernest Cline and Zak Penn and set in a grim 2045, posits an immersive virtual world called the OASIS where humans can become their own avatars and do anything imaginable.
'Final Portrait' has stagey action'Portrait' centers on the creation of an artistic depiction of writer James Lord that is created by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti.
'Isle of Dogs' is a stop-motion tour de force that is flabbergastingly originalThe film is director Wes Anderson’s second foray into stop-motion animation, coming after the delightfully inventive 2009 adaptation of Roald Dahl’s 'Fantastic Mr. Fox.'
In 'Tomb Raider,' the chasms are not nearly so wide as the gaps in its plot'Tomb Raider' stars Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft, who is attempting to solve the mystery of her tycoon father’s mysterious seven-year disappearance.
Black comedies don’t come much blacker than 'The Death of Stalin''Stalin' stars a marvelous crew of comic actors, including Rupert Friend, Steve Buscemi, and Michael Palin.
'Journey's End' shows horror of war, spirit that transcends itThe film is based on the oft-performed 1928 play and stars Asa Butterfield, Sam Claflin, and Paul Bettany.
‘A Wrinkle in Time’ is more cheesy than transportingIn the film, middle-school math whiz Meg Murry (Storm Reid) and her precocious younger brother Charles Wallace (Deric McCabe) attempt to locate their vanished physicist father (Chris Pine).
In ‘The Forgiven,' Desmond Tutu faces off with a white separatistThe film’s strength lies in the dialogue between the characters, portrayed by Forest Whitaker and Eric Bana.
First Look'Shape of Water' wins best picture as Oscars wrestles with changeHollywood handed out its top honors after a year that stirred such issues as gender equality and diversity to the surface. Several winners spoke of the importance of representation and the ability of art to 'erase the lines in the sand' that create division.
- 'Movie Nights with the Reagans,' a new memoir
Mark Weinberg, a speechwriter and adviser to the president, recounts the weekend evenings he spent watching movies with the president and first lady at Camp David in the 1980s.
'Red Sparrow' is all grim oppressivenessMary-Louise Parker's cameo is a highlight in the film about a lethal Russian agent (Jennifer Lawrence).
‘Oh Lucy!’ portrays L.A. from a down-and-outer’s viewThe movie needs to be more expansive and antic than it is.
Why the 2018 Oscars matter: A look at the push for diversity that's changing the face of the movie industryHollywood’s biggest night is here again. Here’s a look at what’s dominating the conversation ahead of the prestigious event.
First Look'Last Men in Aleppo' is nominated for an Oscar, but ceremony remains out of reachThe Syrian government has refused to issue a travel visa for a rescue worker featured in the documentary directed by Firas Fayyad. The film follows a group of men in the then rebel-held part of Aleppo who volunteered to save lives during incessant government bombings.
'Annihilation' has cheesy visual effectsThere are times when the film skirts silliness, but director Alex Garland has a gift for locating the horror inside that silliness.
