Emma Stone

‘Irrational Man’ (2015) held back by the ‘rational’ world

“Irrational Man” (2015) could be watched in a double-bill with “Joker” (2019). Both feature Joaquin Phoenix as a man who looks at the world through

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‘Magic in the Moonlight’ (2014) has fleeting charm

“Magic in the Moonlight” (2014) is a middle-of-the-road Woody Allen rom-com, which still makes it better than most genre works — but leaves one thinking

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Short-lived ‘Drive’ (2007) doesn’t get up to speed

“Drive” (2007, Fox) feels like a “see what sticks” entry from Tim Minear, who co-creates the series with Ben Queen. It boasts good TV actors

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Dark Spidey duology wraps with ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2’ (2014)

Similar to “Spider-Man 3” (2007), so much is going on in “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” (2014) that – even if all that stuff is pretty

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‘Amazing Spider-Man’ (2012) experiments with a darker tone

Like what the Dark Knight Trilogy is to the 1990s “Batman” movies, and what the 21st century “Superman” films are to the Christopher Reeve versions,

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‘The Favourite’ critiques timeless governmental power plays, but isn’t as sharp or funny as it could be (Movie review)

A lot has been made about how horror (“Get Out” last year) and superhero (“Black Panther” this year) films are making inroads with the Oscars,

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‘Battle of the Sexes’ a warm portrayal of King and Riggs and their bizarre, pivotal match (Movie review)

When I first got into tennis fandom and learned about the Billie Jean King-Bobby Riggs Battle of the Sexes of the 1970s, I assumed it

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‘Crazy, Stupid, Love.’ And ‘cute’ and ‘smart’ and ‘funny’ (Movie review)

I love a lot of scenes, a lot of moments, a lot of lines from “Crazy, Stupid, Love.,” the best movie of 2011 so far. But one

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Emma Stone’s ‘Easy A’ earns a solid B (Movie review)

I felt like I saw “Easy A” before I actually saw it because the previews explained the plot with such specificity: Nice girl Olive (Emma Stone) pretends

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‘Zombieland’ kind of fun, completely forgettable (Movie review)

“Zombieland” is a fairly fun movie, but it also stretches this whole “being chased by a pack of zombies” thing to the point where I wonder

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