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'Black Panther' is easily the best of the Marvel superhero moviesDirector Ryan Coogler is also the co-writer of 鈥淏lack Panther,鈥� with Joe Robert Cole, and he understands better than any of the other Marvel maestros that for a superhero movie to be more than a popcorn jamboree it needs to have a purpose beyond mere cacophony and hijinks.
In 'A Fantastic Woman,' actress Daniela Vega gives a tour de force performanceChilean director Sebasti谩n Lelio鈥檚 鈥淎 Fantastic Woman,鈥� the favorite to win this year鈥檚 Oscar for best foreign language film, is about the tribulations of a transgender woman in present-day Santiago, Chile.
In 'The Insult,' flare-up is microcosm of Lebanese 海角大神-Palestinian tensionsThe film鈥檚 most nuanced summation comes from a lawyer who says, 'No one has a monopoly on suffering.'
海角大神 Bale portrays army captain escorting Cheyenne chief in western 'Hostiles'The film is聽strong, if overlong and over-obvious.聽The actors, who also include Rosamund Pike and Ben Foster, are all strikingly good.
Annette Bening portrays noir star Gloria Grahame in 鈥楩ilm Stars Don鈥檛 Die in Liverpool鈥�Bening keeps you watching, and, to a lesser extent, so does Jamie Bell as Peter Turner, the young British actor who became Grahame鈥檚 lover for a brief spell in the late 1970s and early 鈥�80s.
The movie's ambitions far exceed its grasp in 'All the Money in the World'At 88, Christopher Plummer, who portrays John Paul Getty, is at the top of his game.
An optimistic bear returns in transcendentally cheerful 'Paddington 2'The dream cast includes Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, and Julie Walters, with Ben Whishaw voicing the title character with聽just the right note of prim wistfulness.
Acclaimed screenwriter Aaron Sorkin is in the director's chair for 'Molly's Game'Idris Elba as Molly Bloom's lawyer,聽Charlie Jaffey, is a highlight of the film. At 140 minutes, 鈥淢olly鈥檚 Game鈥� is a long sit, made to seem even longer because of Sorkin鈥檚 flashback structure.
鈥楶hantom Thread鈥� is reportedly final film for Daniel Day-Lewis, our greatest living actorIn addition to the terrific ensemble acting and the pleasures of watching an expertly designed human board game being played out, director Paul Thomas Anderson is showcasing the self-immolation of an artist who is both inspired and undone by his muse.
'The Post' is least successful when it鈥檚 glorying in its own righteousnessIf the movie has any shelf life beyond the current historical moment, it will likely be because of Meryl Streep鈥檚 performance as Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham.- In 'Downsizing,' confounding expectations only goes so far'Downsizing' stars Matt Damon as a man living in a world where聽scientists have come up with a way to shrink humans as a way to save the planet from overconsumption.
The 10 best movies of 2017Jordan Peele's 'Get Out' was the most astonishing writing-directing debut in years, while 'The Florida Project,' about wayfarers living week to week in run-down budget motels outside Disney World, is one of the most lyrical evocations of childhood our critic has ever seen.
'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' is, like the other films in the series, a soap opera in spaceThe latest installment is about on par with the enjoyable 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens.'聽Writer-director Rian Johnson does a creditable, if uninspired, job.
鈥楧unkirk鈥� won box office 鈥� is an Oscar next?The film is now one of the 10 domestically highest-grossing movies of the year. As a historical drama, it stands in sharp contrast to such fellow Top 10 list occupiers as the remake of 'Beauty and the Beast' and superhero movies 'Wonder Woman' and 'Spider-Man: Homecoming.'
鈥業, Tonya鈥� skips Harding鈥檚 love of skating for fatuous ironyMargot Robbie stars as Tonya Harding in a film that is聽all smirk and wink.
'1945' is a compact study of wartime guiltAs a Hungarian village prepares for a wedding after V-E Day, two strangers arrive.
Parts of 'The Shape of Water' recall films like Cocteau鈥檚 'Beauty and the Beast'The cold-war melodrama featuring Michael Shannon, as a big bad government agent, is less interesting than the relationship between the mute Elisa (Sally Hawkins), a night-shift janitor, and the mysterious merman captured in the Amazon.
In 'Wonder Wheel,' Woody Allen's latest, the characters are too thinly drawn'Wonder Wheel' stars Kate Winslet as Ginny,聽a waitress in a clam house who had ambitions to be an actress. Justin Timberlake, Juno Temple, and Jim Belushi co-star.
Romantic film 'Call Me by Your Name' is too determinedly soothingThe film centers on the romance between teenager聽Elio (Timoth茅e Chalamet)聽and Oliver (Armie Hammer), a grad student who has arrived for a summer internship with Elio鈥檚 father (Michael Stuhlbarg).
Gary Oldman takes on the oft-played role of Winston Churchill for biopic 鈥楧arkest Hour鈥�The film聽follows the prime minister after the 1940 election. Kristin Scott Thomas and Stephen Dillane co-star.