Movie Reviews

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'Three Billboards' Is a Vigilante-Revenge Thriller That Goes Off The Rails

2:22pm November 09, 2017

by David Edelstein

Frances McDormand is a woman seeking justice for her murdered daughter in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. David Edelstein calls the film "fascinating, then perplexing, then annoying."

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Actor Greta Gerwig Stays Behind The Camera In Her Solo-Directing Debut 'Lady Bird'

5:14pm November 06, 2017

by Bob Mondello

Greta Gerwig makes her solo-directing debut with an autobiographical movie called Lady Bird, a comedy that follows a teenager in her senior year of high school. The story is loosely based on Gerwig's life.

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'Lady Bird' Soars With An Intimate Portrait Of Mother-Daughter Angst

2:58pm November 03, 2017

by David Edelstein

The title character of Greta Gerwig's new comedy is a Sacramento high school senior who's in a love-hate relationship with her mother. Critic David Edelstein says Lady Bird is "packed with insight."

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Thor (Chris Hemsworth) in Thor: Ragnarok.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Thor: Ragnarok'

6:00am November 03, 2017

by Linda Holmes

The panel takes on the latest from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with help from Code Switch co-host and established Taika Waititi fan Shereen Marisol Meraji.

Saoirse Ronan stars as 'Lady Bird' in Lady Bird.

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In The Deft, Insightful 'Lady Bird,' A Girl Grows Up — And Grows Wiser

5:08pm November 02, 2017

by Scott Tobias

Greta Gerwig's directorial debut, a semi-autobiographical examination of her adolescence, vividly captures the stirrings of empathy that transform a selfish teen into a clear-eyed adult.

Ross Lynch stars as Jeffrey Dahmer in My Friend Dahmer, a film based on the graphic novel by Derf Backderf.

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Portrait Of The Killer As A Young Man: 'My Friend Dahmer'

5:01pm November 02, 2017

by Andrew Lapin

The film, based on the graphic novel by Derf Backderf, is neither lurid nor sensationalistic — instead, it's a "nuanced and sad high school movie."

In 11/8/16, 18 documentary filmmakers produce 16 short films examining Election Day 2016.

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'11/8/16': A Day That Changed America, Through Many Lenses

5:01pm November 02, 2017

by Mark Jenkins

This documentary, compiled from 16 short films by different directors shot on Election Day 2016, offers "a tightly woven series of close-ups of a diverse, divided populace."

A Star is Shorn: Chris Hemsworth's God of Thunder gets a cosmic makeover in Thor: Ragnarok.

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'Thor: Ragnarok' Is Hela Good

5:00pm November 02, 2017

by Chris Klimek

The comic sensibility of director Taika Waititi — and a lush, airbrushed-van visual aesthetic — make this the funniest and prettiest Marvel film yet.

Sal (Bryan Cranston), Doc (Steve Carrell) and Richard (Laurence Fishburne) pay their respects in Last Flag Flying.

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In 'Last Flag Flying,' The Horror of War Is Brought Home — Literally

5:00pm November 02, 2017

by Ella Taylor

In this Richard Linklater dramedy, three Vietnam War veterans "embark on an endlessly digressive road trip at once uproarious and rife with detours of the soul."

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'Thor: Ragnarok' Pokes Fun At Itself While Being The Best Thor Film Yet

4:07pm November 02, 2017

by Bob Mondello

Marvel's hammer-throwing superhero is back in Thor: Ragnarok. NPR's Bob Mondello says there are whole worlds at stake in the latest film, and Thor gets some help from the Hulk and his sibling-rival, Loki.