Left free to veer from the straight man role he played in the first film, Paul Rudd gets to unleash his comedic prowess and gift for physical comedy, and remains an affable hero. The film comes loaded with clever gags and inventive size-shifting action.
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Film review: ‘Incredibles 2’
The highly anticipated sequel to the adored 2004 film had a lot to live up to. With plenty of humor, excitement, and heart, it’s still an exhilarating ride.
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Review: ‘The Seagull’
A tale of unrequited love and unfulfilled aspirations, Anton Chekhov’s bitterly tragic comedy gets an enjoyable — if mostly unremarkable — adaptation, boosted by strong performances from its spectacular cast.
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Film review: ‘Ocean’s 8’
The gender-swapped spin-off of the trilogy of “Ocean’s” films hits all the satisfying elements of a heist movie, while offering the distinct pleasure of watching its insanely talented cast have a blast and look great doing it.
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Film review: ‘On Chesil Beach’
The melancholic film follows newlyweds Florence and Edward during their disastrous first night together as man and wife, at a seaside hotel in Southern England in 1962.
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Film review: ‘Life of the Party’
The formulaic film aspires to be both a raucous college comedy and a sweet story about a middle-aged woman learning to get her groove back. Neither thread is entirely satisfying, but what works does so because of Melissa McCarthy’s immensely likable presence.
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Film review: ‘Racer and the Jailbird’
Michaël R. Roskam’s film tries to blend a flashy crime-thriller with somber romantic drama as it tracks the relationship between an affluent race car driver and a career criminal with a heart of gold named. But it fails.
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Film review: ‘Tully’
Charlize Theron plays Marlo, an overwhelmed 40-something wife and mother of two children, with a third on the way. Fearing for his sister’s well-being, Marlo’s brother hires night nanny Tully — a
millennial Mary Poppins.
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Film review: ‘Ready Player One’
“Ready Player One” takes place within the digital world of the OASIS, a world without any rules or physical constraints. But it makes for a film lacking in real human connection, which is a problem when that turns out to be one of the story’s key themes.
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Film review: ‘Pacific Rim: Uprising’
The appeal of the “Pacific Rim” films is right there in their gloriously dopey premise: giant robots fighting giant monsters. If reading that sentence doesn’t immediately fill you with a sense of, “Yes, that sounds like a splendid way to spend two hours in a dark movie theater,” you’re probably wise not to waste your […]
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Film review: ‘A Wrinkle in Time’
“A Wrinkle in Time” arrived in theaters heavy with the weight of expectation. As an adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s beloved 1962 sci-fi novel and the first $100 million movie from a black female director, the film serves as quite the challenge for director Ava DuVernay. Add in the fact that the material she’s adapting has […]
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Film review: ‘The Insult’
Directed by Lebanese filmmaker Ziad Doueiri (“The Attack”), “The Insult” is a thorny morality play about life in the Middle East, as a minor altercation between two men ends up in a court case that ignites long-simmering tensions and anger which eventually threatens to tear their country apart. Tony (Adel Karam) is a hot-headed but […]
