Movie Reviews

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5 films we can't wait to see: Here's Hollywood's holiday bounty

4:25pm November 24, 2022

by Bob Mondello

Avatar returns, Will Smith stars in a Civil War epic and Bill Nighy is Living. Also, a compelling novel adaptation and three hours of Jazz-era decadence. Find out what else the studios have in store.

Anna Diop plays a Senegalese immigrant pursuing the American Dream in Nanny.

'Nanny' employs African folklore in a haunting Black horror film

4:10pm November 23, 2022

by Pilar Galvan

While the live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid casts Black actors in a preexisting white narrative, Nanny illustrates that Black people have their own folklore; Black mermaids already exist.

The donkey's eyes seem to take the measure of modern life in Jerzy Skolimowski's film, EO.

Arts

This brash film about a wandering donkey may just leave you in tears

5:00am November 23, 2022

by John Powers

Jerzy Skolimowski's thrillingly imaginative new film, EO, follows a former circus donkey on a journey across modern Europe. It's a strange, haunting epic that couldn't feel more of our moment.

New York Times journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor (Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan) investigate allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein in She Said.

Arts

'She Said' follows the journalists who set the #MeToo movement in motion

1:26pm November 18, 2022

by Justin Chang

An engrossing new film focuses on New York Times journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, whose reporting uncovered the crimes of Harvey Weinstein — and the vast network of people who enabled him.

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Move review: 'Bones and All'

4:32pm November 17, 2022

by Bob Mondello

Film director Luca Guadagnino reunites with "Call Me By Your Name" star Timothée Chalamet for "Bones and All," a dark, romance/drama based on author Camille DeAngelis' young adult novel.

Movie Review: 'The Fabelmans'

4:40pm November 14, 2022

by Bob Mondello

Director Steven Spielberg's new movie, "The Fabelmans," is a fictionalized version of his life story, growing up a budding filmmaker in the 1960s in Arizona.

Angela Bassett is Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Arts

'Wakanda Forever' bids farewell to T'Challa and Chadwick Boseman

1:21pm November 11, 2022

by Justin Chang

On- and off-screen tragedies merge as the film reckons with the 2020 death of Chadwick Boseman, honoring the memory of the Black Panther star as respectfully as possible.

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'Wakanda Forever' hopes to replicate the success of 'Black Panther'

5:07am November 11, 2022

The sequel to the Marvel film Black Panther is in wide release this weekend. Wakanda Forever directly addresses the death of the character played by the late Chadwick Boseman.

Young Sammy (Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord) experiences the magic of the movies with his parents (Paul Dano and Michelle Williams) in The Fabelmans.

Arts

See how a young Steven Spielberg fell in love with film in 'The Fabelmans'

1:37pm November 07, 2022

by Justin Chang

Steven Spielberg puts his parents' divorce front and center in a new film about a young filmmaking prodigy. Based on his own childhood, the movie is funny, melancholy and altogether marvelous.

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Good Night Oppy is a suspense-filled ride, crammed with brainstorming, trouble-shooting, deadline-pushing, and frequent nail-biting.

Science

A loving salute to NASA's Mars rover program in 'Good Night Oppy'

12:43pm November 04, 2022

by Bob Mondello

The Mars Rovers Opportunity and Spirit were expected to remain operational for 90 days. Fifteen years later, Oppy was still roving, as the new documentary Good Night Oppy chronicles.

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