Movie Reviews

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'Darkest Hour' Is A Grand, Ham-Fisted Showpiece For Gary Oldman's Churchill

1:40pm November 23, 2017

by Justin Chang

Set during the early days of World War II, Darkest Hour chronicles the tense and tumultuous days following Winston Churchill's appointment as prime minister of England.

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In 'Coco,' Pixar Finds Joyous Life — In Death

5:31pm November 22, 2017

by Bob Mondello

A young Mexican boy who longs for music finds himself in the afterlife. Critic Bob Mondello says Coco will inspire joyous tears — and plenty of long-distance calls to grandmothers.

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Timothée Chalamet stars as Elio in Call Me By Your Name.

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'Call Me By Your Name': Love, Their Way

3:27pm November 22, 2017

by Glen Weldon

Luca Guadagnino's lush adaptation of Andre Aciman's novel about a teenage prodigy's first love affair with a visiting grad student is raw and real and profoundly, indelibly moving.

Gary Oldman stars as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour.

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'Darkest Hour': In A World At War, A War Of Words

7:00am November 22, 2017

by Scott Tobias

Gary Oldman (and a pair of latex jowls) star as Winston Churchill reckoning with the lonely decisions that imperil thousands of soldiers' lives.

Dan Stevens stars as Charles Dickens in The Man Who Invented Christmas.

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'The Man Who Invented Christmas' Is Half History, Half Humbug

7:00am November 22, 2017

by Mark Jenkins

The film "doesn't reinvent much of anything, but its jumble of biography, fantasy, and backstage melodrama" is at least better than yet another version of A Christmas Carol.

A Summer In Italy Simmers With Sexual Longing In 'Call Me By Your Name'

2:47pm November 21, 2017

A teenage boy falls for an older man in a sensual new film by Italian director Luca Guadagnino. Critic David Edelstein says Call Me By Your Name is nothing short of a masterpiece.

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Ingrained Prejudices Collide With Wartime Trauma In 'Mudbound'

3:16pm November 17, 2017

by Justin Chang

Dee Rees' sweeping epic follows two families in the Mississippi Delta during the 1940s. Reviewer Justin Chang says Mudbound is "easily one of the year's most ambitious American movies."

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Movie Reviews: 'Justice League' And 'Mudbound'

8:11am November 17, 2017

Rachel Martin talks to Angelica Jade Bastien, a staff write for the entertainment site Vulture, about a couple of movies out this week: Justice League and Mudbound.

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Later, at the Hall of Just-Us: The Flash (Ezra Miller), Batman (Ben Affleck), and Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) stand prepared in Justice League.

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'Justice League' Is Just Okay

5:45pm November 16, 2017

by Chris Klimek

Various heroes meet for the first time to face down a generic, CGI-generated villain who wants to collect ancient boxes. Think Antiques Roadshow, but loud and evil. (... More evil.)

Rob Morgan, left, plays Hap Jackson and Jason Mitchell plays Ronsel Jackson in Mudbound.

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'Mudbound' Is A Grand, Sweeping Epic Of The Jim Crow South

5:01pm November 16, 2017

by Andrew Lapin

Director Dee Rees adapts Hillary Jordan's 2008 novel about two families — black sharecroppers who've worked the land for years, and the newly arrived, white farm owners — with raw, evocative power.