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Movie Review: ‘Darkest Hour’

By Naia Daniel December 21, 2017

During its invasion of France and Belgium in World War II, the German army cornered British forces in the French coastal town of Dunkirk. As Britain faced its darkest hour and the threat of an invasion...

WARNER BROS.

Movie Review: ‘The Disaster Artist’

By Alexandra Brunjes December 4, 2017

★★★★☆ “The Disaster Artist,” released Dec. 1, delves deeply into the quirky backstory of “The Room,” arguably the worst movie of all time. “The Room,” described by one of its...

WARNER BROS.

Movie Review: ‘Justice League’

By Kiera Geraghty December 3, 2017

★★☆☆☆ The fifth installment of the DC Extended Universe series, “Justice League” is supposed to be Warner Bros.’ competitive response to Marvel’s successful superhero movie saga....

SYNCOPY INC.

Movie Review: ‘Dunkirk’

By Emma Wenzinger August 7, 2017

★★★★★ Few films succeed in building such emotional depth as writer and director Christopher Nolan’s latest masterpiece, “Dunkirk.” The film achieves greatness not with high drama or...

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Movie Review: ‘The Promise’

By Meghan DeCourcey April 22, 2017

★★★★☆ In 2015, world leaders across the world came together to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, a tragedy in which 1.5 million Armenians were systematically killed...

WARNER BROS

Movie Review: ‘Going in Style’

By Jeff Naft April 7, 2017

★★☆☆☆ What happens when three 75--year-old men walk into a bank? They try to rob it. “Going in Style” tells the story of three lifelong friends who attempt to rob a bank after their...

COURTESY SKYDANCE MEDIA

Movie Review: ‘Life’

By Kathryn Lenihan March 31, 2017

★★☆☆☆ Director Daniel Espinosa brings extraterrestrial life on Mars to audiences in “Life,” in which a rapidly evolving life form that could lead to mass extinction on Earth threatens...

BLEECKER STREET MEDIA

Movie Review: ‘The Lost City of Z’

By Ben Macher March 31, 2017

★★★☆☆ In “The Lost City of Z,” director James Gray’s adaptation of the eponymous book is a tremendous depiction of obsession and the drive to find truth in human history. In contrast...

20 Years Later: A Q&A With Director Danny Boyle

20 Years Later: A Q&A With Director Danny Boyle

By Dani Guerrero March 30, 2017

“First there was an opportunity, then there was a betrayal.” Twenty years have gone by since Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) left Edinburgh. Much has changed, but just as much remains the same....

SONY PICTURES

Movie Review: ‘T2 Trainspotting’

By Mateo Garnica March 24, 2017

★★★★★ The 20-year hiatus between the creation of “Trainspotting” and its sequel left some questions about the viability of a follow-up storyline about the misadventures of a group of Scottish...

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Movie Review: ‘Beauty and the Beast’

By Meghan DeCourcey March 8, 2017

★★★★★ It is a story that everyone knows — the tale as old as time. Yet, somehow, the live-action digital remake of “Beauty and the Beast” still dazzles and leaves the audience longing...

NORDISK FILM

Movie Review: ‘Land of Mine’

By Yewande Ilawole March 3, 2017

★★★★★ Films about World War II typically deal with similar stories, similar types of characters or similar types of narrative voices. As a subject of film, war has always been wildly popular,...

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