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Sam Elliott and Laura Prepon are quietly effective in 'The Hero'The film stars Elliott as an over-the-hill actor who was recently diagnosed with cancer. In family scenes, director Brett Haley and co-writer Marc Basch don’t plow any new dramatic ground.
When sparks fly in 'Beatriz at Dinner,' it's entertaining but not surprisingSalma Hayek stars as a masseuse/holistic healer who clashes with a famously boorish billionaire (John Lithgow) during a dinner. Lithgow is so good at playing CEO oiliness that you have to smile.
Footage in documentary ‘Dawson City: Frozen Time’ is all fascinatingThe poetic documentary directed by Bill Morrison that traces the history of the gold mining town from its earlier origins with First Nation peoples to the advent of the gold rush in 1896 up through roughly contemporary times.
'My Cousin Rachel' star Rachel Weisz freshens up the Gothic storyThe film, which is based on a novel by Daphne du Maurier, rises or falls on the casting of Rachel. With Weisz, it ascends to heights it might ordinarily never reach.
First Look‘Wonder Woman’ stirs social media as most tweeted-about film of 2017The film depicting Amazonian heroine ‘Wonder Woman’ has shattered Hollywood’s glass ceiling, simultaneously becoming the best-selling female-directed film in its opening weekend and the most tweeted-about film in 2017.
Uneven 'Churchill' feels more like an exposé than a deep-dish psychological explorationBrian Cox is the latest to portray the legendary politician and the actor brings the private Churchill to the fore. The film becomes more about Churchill’s battle to conquer himself than about the Allies’ battle to defeat the Nazis.
'Wonder Woman' has a frisky, friendly spiritStars Gal Gadot and Chris Pine share a charming chemistry and director Patty Jenkins and screenwriter Allan Heinberg don't overdose on the violence, despite the film's World War I setting.
In intensely harrowing 'Afterimage,' Stalinist repression shatters artist’s lifeThe Polish avant-garde painter Wladyslaw Strzeminski (Boguslaw Linda in a magisterial performance) is the subject of Andrzej Wajda’s final film.
With low expectations, 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales' is amusingSome of the movie gets oppressive, but Javier Bardem is scary-funny as the phantasmal pirate-hunter Captain Salazar and a stormy sea-parting finale is impressive.
'Baywatch' has a disposable plotThe film stars Dwayne Johnson, Kelly Rohrbach, and Zac Efron as a two-time Olympic gold-medal swimmer.
'Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story' revives story of little-known movie coupleStoryboard artist and production designer Harold Michelson and his wife, Lillian, a legendary researcher, are the subjects of the documentary. Both made integral contributions to some of the most iconic movies in Hollywood history.
'Alien: Covenant' is more interesting than 'Prometheus' but still a retreadIn 'Covenant,' the only protagonist of any interest is Michael Fassbender’s humanoid. The film stars Billy Crudup and Katherine Waterston.
'The Commune' actress Trine Dyrholm is the only reason to see filmThe film, about friends who create a commune to experiment with a new way of living, is relatively conventional. It also stars Ulrich Thomsen and Martha Sofie Wallstrom Hansen.
‘The Wedding Plan’ is both unorthodox and ultra-OrthodoxAn American-Israeli director follows up her earlier movie success with a rom-com about a woman who tries to find a suitor to marry on a schedule.
‘Angkor Awakens: A Portrait of Cambodia’ does justice to an anguished historyRobert Lieberman’s documentary focuses on the devastation wrought by the Pol Pot regime and the Khmer Rouge right up to Cambodia’s present.
‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’ lands with a thudThe movie is compulsively watchable, but it’s watchable in the same way as a massive train wreck or the slow-motion demolition of a high-rise.
Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn team up for ‘Snatched’In the action comedy, the costars play a mother and daughter who are kidnapped while vacationing in Ecuador. Hawn hasn’t been in a movie in 15 years.
In 'The Lovers,' Debra Winger's intensity is too much for goofy grab bag of a movieThe movie stars Winger and Tracy Letts as a deeply dissatisfied husband and wife. 'The Lovers' is pitched uneasily between slapstick comedy and stark drama.
'A Woman's Life' director’s poeticism is overly protracted'Life' is set in the Normandy countryside in the first half of the 1800s and is based on Guy de Maupassant’s first novel, “L’Humble Vérité,” or “The Humble Truth.'
Now playing: Hollywood’s dystopian view of Silicon ValleyThe new film 'The Circle' and the HBO series 'Silicon Valley' both turn a critical eye on the prevailing tech culture in Northern California that increasingly defines modern life.
