Based on the novel by Paula Hawkins, “The Girl on the Train” is a whodunit in the vein of “Gone Girl.” Maybe it’s unfair to juxtapose the two stories, but the makers of this film are so clearly hoping to recapture the success of David Fincher and Gillian Flynn’s viciously clever mystery that the comparisons […]
Emily Blunt
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Film Review: “Sicario”
If “The Martian” offers audiences a glimpse of humanity at its best, “Sicario” resides firmly at the opposite end of the spectrum. Its story, about the drug war being waged at the US-Mexican border, offers a rather despairing reminder that wading into morally and ethically murky waters often leaves everyone covered in muck. We follow […]
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“Edge of Tomorrow”
A collection of uninspired trailers sold “Edge of Tomorrow” as a derivative, effects-driven science-fiction action thriller, and to be fair, it is — calling to mind everything from “Aliens” to “Starship Troopers” melded into a high-concept premise inspired by “Groundhog Day.” But what those trailers drastically undersold is how much fun the film is and […]
