Movies

Pitch-black ‘Thoroughbreds’ a meditative portrait of empathy-challenged teenagers (Movie review)

People who lack emotions, ironically, can spur conflicted emotions in filmgoers. As Amanda (“Ready Player One’s” Olivia Cooke) says in “Thoroughbreds,” since she doesn’t feel

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‘Unfriended’ films put the ghost in the machine – sometimes literally (Movie reviews)

The first “Unfriended” (2015; see John’s review below) did a nifty job of tweaking the subgenre of found-footage horror, telling its story entirely through a

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James Gunn’s firing might be the turning point – in a good way – for fans of good movies (Commentary)

Last week, Disney fired “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (2020) writer-director James Gunn (who also wrote and directed the first two pictures) for tweets

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In Spielberg’s ‘Ready Player One,’ is the Oasis a fun game or a stultifying trap? (Movie review)

Director Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of “Ready Player One” – now available for home viewing — captures the spectacle and banter of Ernest Cline’s novel without

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‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ is a fun-sized romp

“Ant-Man and the Wasp,” a rescue story with personal rather than galactic stakes, could be seen as anticlimactic on the heels of “Avengers: Infinity War.”

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‘Roman J. Israel, Esq.’ hampered by inexplicable faux-biopic presentation

“Roman J. Israel, Esq.” had piqued my interest around awards time, but after seeing it hit Redbox I still couldn’t bring myself to rent it.

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‘The Death Cure’ gives ‘Maze Runner’ trilogy a grand finale, makes saga worth revisiting (Movie review)

I almost don’t feel like it is fair for me to review “Maze Runner: The Death Cure” right now. It’s been so long since I

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Yes, I am serious: LaBeouf shines as ‘Borg vs McEnroe’ pulls viewers into minds of tennis greats (Movie review)

If there’s an award for set design successfully mimicking reality, “Borg vs McEnroe” – now available on home video – should win it. I’ve seen

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All 20 Marvel Cinematic Universe films, ranked (Movie commentary)

With “Ant-Man and the Wasp” (in theaters Friday, July 6) marking the Big Two-Oh for the Marvel Cinematic Universe film franchise, it’s high time I reveal

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‘Blockers’ is a sweet but safe gender-swapped ‘American Pie’ (Movie review)

The films of the “American Pie” trilogy open with Jim caught in an embarrassing – and to the audience, hilarious – sexual situation by his

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