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A Jersey girl dreams of rap stardom in this "conventional dramedy" that highlights star Danielle Macdonald's charisma but reduces other characters to types.
Movie Reviews
'California Typewriter': A Love-Letter To The Carriage-Return Lever
Doug Nichol's documentary profiles the stubborn holdouts — collectors, repairmen, and a few celebrities — who treasure the tactile pleasures of the humble typewriter.
'Dave Made A Maze,' But Dave Forgot A Script
In this gorgeously designed movie, the walls of an elaborate cardboard maze are more substantial than the characters inside it.
Stylishly Gritty, This Chase Thriller Really Is A 'Good Time'
Robert Pattinson plays an amateur crook who maneuvers from one hair-raising situation to another. It's a relentless chase thriller, a funny problem-solving exercise and an exhilarating mood piece.
'The Glass Castle' Nearly Shatters Under The Weight Of Its Metaphors
The film, based on Jeannette Walls' memoir of her nomadic, impoverished childhood, clings to the book's lyrical imagery in ways too overdetermined to work on the big screen.
'The Only Living Boy In New York': A Callow, Shallow Writer Makes Good
In director Marc Webb's indulgent coming-of-age tale, a young Manhattan writer believes the world revolves around him. Unfortunately, the film believes the same thing.
Haunting, Dreamlike 'In This Corner Of The World' Depicts Hiroshima, Before And After
In this beautifully rendered, meticulously researched anime, we view the bustling Japanese city through the eyes of a young daydreamer whose life is shattered by the inconceivable.
A Couple Breaks Up, But Stays Together, In 'After Love'
In this loose, partly improvised French drama, a couple separates after 15 years of marriage — but continues to live in the same apartment.
Friends Coogan And Brydon Take Their Dueling Impressions On A 'Trip To Spain'
In this third film based on their food-tasting show, Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon worry (in the voice of John Hurt) that they'll soon feel as ancient as the dinosaur tracks they find on their travels.
Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Detroit'
With its intense and unsettling depictions of police brutality in the summer of 1967, Detroit got under the panel's skin in different ways.