Good girl Rachel McAdams gets steamy in ‘Disobedience’
“Disobedience” opens with an ailing Orthodox Jewish rabbi (Anton Lesser) giving what will be his last sermon, on the nature of free will, a divine…
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Superheroes battle to the death in thrilling ‘Avengers: Infinity War’
In general, comic-book villains want to destroy the world. Where’s the fun in that? All you’re left with is nothingness. That’s why Thanos (Josh Brolin),…
Amy Schumer’s ‘I Feel Pretty’ is a tone-deaf failure
Whenever I think of the title “I Feel Pretty,” I get Natalie Wood’s “West Side Story” song stuck in my head. Which feels appropriate, because…
Joaquin Phoenix shows the dark depths of PTSD in ‘You Were Never Really Here’
Joaquin Phoenix is the living, breathing embodiment of post-traumatic stress disorder in Lynne Ramsay’s “You Were Never Really Here.” The Scottish director’s short, blunt thriller…
Claire Foy loses her mind in gripping thriller ‘Unsane’
If you’ve ever spent a day on perma-hold with your health insurance company, you’re likely to find some catharsis in Steven Soderbergh’s “Unsane,” in which…
‘Wrinkle in Time’ just isn’t fun enough
I’ll say this for “A Wrinkle in Time”: It’s all heart. But you need more than that to make a decent action movie, and director…
Jennifer Lawrence flounders in atrocious ‘Red Sparrow’
“Do you know how long it takes to peel the skin from a human body?” a torture-happy Russian goon asks in “Red Sparrow.” I imagine…
‘Black Panther’ is so much more than another superhero movie
‘Black Panther,” the superhero who sprang to life during the tumult of the 1960s, arrives this week with a roar. Like all the best comics…
Clint Eastwood made a huge mistake with his latest movie
Eastwood is at the top of his game for about 10 action-packed minutes in which he directs a recreation of the events of Aug. 21,…
Jason Momoa earns his hunk status in camp thriller ‘Braven’
Ever since he made a splash as a Dothraki warlord on “Game of Thrones,” Jason Momoa has been a force of nature on screens large…