Seeking to differentiate his film from the dour tone and muted colors that’s become DC house style, director James Wan and his team run in the total opposite direction. The psychedelic production design fills the frame with as much color as possible.
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Film review: ‘Bumblebee’
The best Transformers movie by a mile (though it’s admittedly not a high bar to clear), against all odds “Bumblebee” ultimately succeeds by finding the beating heart beneath the machinery.
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Film review: ‘Roma’
Telling a small-scale story with the expansive sweep of an epic, Alfonso Cuarón’s semi-autobiographical film charts a year in the lives of a middle-class family, told through the eyes of the live-in maid and nanny.
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Film review: ‘Robin Hood’
The newest version of the classic tale never truly makes a convincing case for its existence, but well, here it is anyway.
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Film review: ‘Boy Erased’
Based on a 2016 memoir by writer Garrard Conley, “Boy Erased” details the author’s experiences being sent to gay conversion therapy after being forcibly outed to his conservative family.
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Review: ‘Wildlife’
On a certain level, the story “Wildlife” tells is not an
unfamiliar one, but it’s a tender and quietly powerful character study filled with understated emotion and incisive empathy.
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Review: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
The film boasts a wonderful lead performance from Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury, but its clichéd narrative and sloppy, safe storytelling let down the larger-than-life figure at its center.
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Film review: ‘The Happy Prince’
Chronicling the tragic last years in the life of Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde, the melancholy biopic is poignant in its depiction of a gay life cut down by the whims of “polite society.”
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Film review: ‘First Man’
Directed with immaculate detail, “First Man” is a stirring tribute to the individuals who dreamed of reaching the stars and succeeded, as well as the sheer force of will and determination it took for them to achieve the seemingly impossible.
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Film preview: ‘The Old Man & the Gun’
As a breezy crime caper, “The Old Man & the Gun” makes for satisfying entertainment, but as a tribute to Redford’s legacy and his remarkable career, it becomes immensely moving.
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Film review: ‘A Star Is Born’
In her first feature film leading role, Lady Gaga makes for a dazzling presence on screen. It’s no shock that she can sing like the dickens, but the pop star is entirely convincing as a young woman still unsure of her talent, and gradually learning to find her voice.
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Film review: ‘Hal’
Chronicling the life and career of filmmaker Hal Ashby, the lively and engaging documentary celebrates the artist behind such bona fide classics of the 1970s as “Harold and Maude,” “The Last Detail,” “Shampoo,” and “Being There.”
