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Repetitive 'Beautiful Boy' still has beautiful momentsThe film, which stars Steve Carell and聽Timoth茅e Chalamet, is overlong and riddled with unneeded flashbacks showing the family in better times.
鈥楢 Star Is Born鈥� returns to the big screenThe latest version is, for first the half, powerfully fresh.
State violence and racial justice: 鈥楾he Hate U Give鈥� could sear on screensFor young people who already walk in the shoes of the story鈥檚 protagonist,聽鈥楾he Hate U Give鈥櫬爋ffers affirmation of their identities, as a Texas librarian says.
鈥楾he Old Man & the Gun鈥� may be Robert Redford鈥檚 last acting roleThe film disserves what Redford, at his best, can be as an actor in favor of a fraudulent, senior citizen variation on glossy movie-star iconography.
Tonal shifts in 'The Sisters Brothers' seem like the result of indecisionThe cast, which includes聽John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Riz Ahmed, and Jake Gyllenhaal, is strong and demonstrates yet again how good acting can carry audiences through movies that otherwise would not be worth the trip.
Two September movies you should seeMonitor film critic Peter Rainer was most impressed this month by a film about聽a young woman who says she has seen the Virgin Mary and a documentary about young people entering a science fair.- Documentary 'Science Fair' showcases humble hopefulsThe movie is聽about the run-up to the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF).
'Pick of the Litter' avoids specifics but is fairly enjoyableThe documentary聽follows five Labrador siblings born into a litter for special training for the Guide Dogs for the Blind organization.
#MeToo pervades Toronto film festTopical documentaries and a fourth version of 鈥楢 Star is Born鈥� stand out.
鈥楾he Apparition鈥� focuses on issues of faith, truthIn聽writer-director Xavier Giannoli's film, a young聽woman in France claims to have been visited by the Virgin Mary.
鈥楾he Bookshop鈥� evokes nostalgia for all things literaryFlorence Green (Emily Mortimer) loves books and decides to convert the run-down home she owns and occupies into a bookshop, the only one within many miles.
Rom-com 'Juliet Naked' is indeed romantic and comedicThe聽adaptation of the Nick Hornby novel is sweet and unprepossessing.
'We the Animals' continually wafts away into artinessThe movie, which focuses on a trio of brothers, is all nuance with no clear sense of place.
Can 鈥楥razy Rich Asians鈥� help redefine how Hollywood portrays Asians?Historically, Hollywood has misrepresented Asians. Understanding how offers lessons on more authentically portraying minorities, eventually making movies like 鈥楥razy Rich Asians鈥� expected rather than exceptions.聽
In MoviePass morass, lessons about risks, opportunities of industry changeMoviePass hoped to fundamentally change the moviegoing experience. A series of problems has put the company in jeopardy, but its bold experiment may help disrupt the movie theater industry. 聽
Landmark cast, high expectations for 'Crazy Rich Asians'The film, which opens Aug. 15, is an extreme rarity 鈥� the first movie from a major Hollywood studio with Asian-Americans at its center since 鈥淭he Joy Luck Club鈥� in 1993.聽According to a study released by the University of Southern California鈥檚 Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, 4.8 percent of speaking characters in Hollywood films in 2017 were Asian.
'BlacKkKlansman' tells a truth-is-stranger-than-fiction story about the KKKIn the early 1970s, African-American police officer Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) joins the Ku Klux Klan, with fellow officer聽Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver), who is white and Jewish, impersonating Ron.
鈥榃hat Will People Say鈥� presents a cultural divide with urgencyNisha (Maria Mozhdah) is a 16-year-old girl who lives on the outskirts of Oslo with her tightknit Pakistani immigrant family until her misbehavior causes her father to take her to live in Pakistan.
First LookOscar's new popular film category sparks backlashFacing declining viewership, the Academy of Motions Pictures Arts and Sciences has created a popular film award category. The move led questions over the category well-reviewed blockbusters such as "Black Panther" would fall under.聽
Sweet 'Christopher Robin' has impressive voice workThe film takes a while to get going.
