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Jordan Peele’s follow-up to ‘Get Out’ will give you nightmares – but in ‘Us,’ it’s the performances that you’ll remember

“Us,” Jordan Peele’s eagerly anticipated follow-up to his smash hit “Get Out,” can’t help but be compared to that earlier movie. As a politically minded genre exercise combining horror and h...

DATE: Mar 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Captain Marvel’ – Marvel’s first movie built around a woman – is not the empowering thrill it wants to be

There’s cosmic significance in “Captain Marvel” – the first female-led installment of the seemingly endless Marvel Studios Avengers franchise – opening on International Women’s Day. As a sto...

DATE: Mar 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Greta’ is a psychological thriller with a regrettable, pseudo-feminist twist

The psychological thriller “Greta” gets off to a promising start: As a camera discreetly follows Isabelle Huppert and Chloë Grace Moretz through a New York City subway, Julie London sings a ...

DATE: Mar 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Green Book’ is the rare Hollywood crowd-pleaser that triumphs on all counts

The title of “Green Book” derives from a period when African-Americans often traveled at their own risk, especially in the Jim Crow South. Unwelcome in many restaurants, hotels and other pub...

DATE: Dec 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Gary Hart movie revisits scandal that seems quaint now

“The Front Runner” chronicles 21 tumultuous days in 1987 when the worlds of politics, journalism and entertainment tilted on their respective axes, a seismic shift in priorities and protocol...

DATE: Dec 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Widows’ isn’t a feel-good feminist heist movie – and that’s why it’s so great

From its first moments, “Widows” signals that audiences aren’t in for just another heist movie. We commence with a tender, deeply sensuous moment between Veronica Rawlins (Viola D...

DATE: Nov 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ bad but entertaining

We can stipulate a few things about “Bohemian Rhapsody.” We can stipulate that it’s not a great movie. We can stipulate that, in many ways, it’s not even a very good movie. As a trite, often...

DATE: Nov 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga’s hotly anticipated ‘A Star is Born’ is here – and it is lavishly delightful

The skeptics scoffed when they heard Bradley Cooper had decided to make his directorial debut with yet another remake of “A Star is Born.” What could this relative newcomer to the Hollywood ...

DATE: Oct 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ is an escapist rom-com delight, but it’s also a lot more than that

“Crazy Rich Asians,” the hotly anticipated film based on Kevin Kwan’s best-selling novel, won’t disappoint fans who have been counting down the days till its arrival, like so many daisy peta...

DATE: Aug 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘BlacKkKlansman’ Spike Lee’s best movie in years

Among Spike Lee’s prodigious filmmaking talents, opening sequences are perhaps his most distinctive. He creates ambitious, operatic overtures for his films, mini-movies that introduce viewer...

DATE: Aug 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

The fun ride of ‘M:I – Fallout’

In “Mission: Impossible – Fallout,” the sixth installment of the espionage-action franchise, Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt receives his latest instructions by way of an old-fashioned tape recorder...

DATE: Jul 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming

‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ is ho-hum, but endearing

One of the nicest things about “Ant-Man,” the 2015 origin story of the eponymous Marvel superhero, was its modesty and congeniality: Sure, “Guardians of the Galaxy” had already come out, inj...

DATE: Jul 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Film, TV and Streaming