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Big Bear lacks bite
Joey Kern's buddy comedy (with a hostage!) aims for Hangover excess, but comes up a little short more
Sep 23, 2017 1:03 PM Reviews
Rat Film gets down and dirty
Theo Anthony's doc takes viewers on an unpredictable journey through Baltimore's history of racial segregation more
Sep 22, 2017 2:36 PM Reviews
The Lego Ninjago Movie collapses
After two witty and irreverent Lego movies, the franchise feels like just another product on the shelf more
Sep 22, 2017 12:48 PM Reviews
Brad’s Status could be so much better
But Ben Stiller brings lots of depth to yet another dissatisfied character more
Sep 20, 2017 11:30 PM Reviews
Stronger is a textured take on the Boston Marathon bombing
The film works best when it focuses on Jake Gyllenhaal and Tatiana Maslany’s authentic, real-life characters more
Sep 20, 2017 8:15 PM Reviews
The shine is off Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Sequel brings back the original’s eye-popping action but also its groan-worthy sexism more
Sep 20, 2017 7:30 PM Reviews
Battle Of The Sexes is an unbalanced match
Despite Emma Stone’s strong performance as Billie Jean King, this biopic about the historic tennis match ends up in the mushy middle more
Sep 20, 2017 5:11 PM Reviews
Beach Rats is more than Moonlight set in Brooklyn
Tale of a closeted 19-year-old is an evocative, charged drama featuring a riveting performance by newcomer Harris Dickinson more
Sep 20, 2017 5:06 PM Reviews
Let There Be Light sheds entertaining light on nuclear fusion
Inventive and visually striking doc focuses on what happens when geniuses bounce off one another more
Sep 20, 2017 5:04 PM Reviews
Long Time Running is deeply sad and positively triumphant
Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas de Pencier’s concert doc gives us a chance to see the Hip at their best and say goodbye to frontman Gord Downie more
Sep 13, 2017 11:00 PM Reviews
It Stains The Sands Red is a refreshing take on the zombie sub-genre
Too bad it can’t sustain its creativity in the predictable second half more
Sep 13, 2017 9:14 PM Reviews
Darren Aronofsky’s mother! is one of the best films of the year
Just don’t Google too much about this non-narrative film before watching it more
Sep 13, 2017 9:13 PM Reviews
American Assassin misses its targets
Espionage film about preventing terrorists from attacking is very serious – and very flat more
Sep 13, 2017 7:15 PM Reviews
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Home Again is rom-com comfort food
Reese Witherspoon is completely emotionally invested in the silly premise about a middle-aged woman being wooed by three millennial guys more
Sep 8, 2017 2:08 PM Reviews
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New adaptation of Stephen King classic has what “It” takes
Bill Skarsgård is scarier than Tim Curry’s clown, but this film lacks the depth of Netflix’s Stranger Things more
Sep 6, 2017 11:47 AM Reviews
Tulip Fever wilts
Despite an A-list cast and creative team, this wannabe prestige picture ends up being period piffle more
Sep 1, 2017 2:34 PM Reviews
Blood Honey is bloody terrible
A wildly overqualified cast does their best, but they can’t do anything with this dumb, uninteresting thriller more
Aug 31, 2017 10:10 AM Reviews
Close Encounters still thrills 40 years later
For all its wonder, spectacle and suspense, Steven Spielberg's sci-fi classic is a movie about a smile that changes the course of human history. And there's something wonderful about that. more
Aug 30, 2017 9:58 PM Reviews 2 Comments
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Birth Of The Dragon still isn’t fully developed
Even recut, this look at the early years of martial arts master Bruce Lee is full of unnecessary padding more
Aug 25, 2017 1:47 PM Reviews
Homegrown The Space Between is mostly empty
Homegrown The Space Between is mostly empty more
Aug 24, 2017 10:00 PM Reviews
