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News Articles: Movie Reviews

Qiaoqiao (Zhao Tao) experiences romance and heartbreak in <em>Caught by the Tides.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

'Caught by the Tides' turns discarded documentary scraps into a remarkable drama

This documentary-drama hybrid is one of the best new movies our critic's seen this year. It draws on archival footage to tell a story of two lovers separating and reuniting over roughly two decades.

May 15, 2025
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  • Justin Chang
Florence Pugh plays Yelena Belova in <em>Thunderbolts*</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

'Thunderbolts*' is an unwieldy jumble, and also the best Marvel film in a while

Thunderbolts* is unapologetically formulaic. And yet, Florence Pugh is terrific; the action is coherent; and the character dynamics strike the right balance of earnest sincerity and glib humor.

May 09, 2025
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By:
  • Justin Chang
<em>Thunderbolts* </em>stars a cast of misfits, including Florence Pugh, Hannah John-Kamen, Wyatt Russell and David Harbour.

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  • Movie Reviews

'Thunderbolts*' is a refreshing misfit hit after many Marvel misfires

Marvel's latest release is a decently effective blend of misfit mercenaries and pop psychology.

May 02, 2025
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
Special collections at the Boston Public Library.<br>

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  • Movie Reviews

A new documentary checks out the many ways libraries are a 'Free For All'

By examining the value of libraries in the distant and recent past, this PBS film makes a compelling case for the importance of the American public library system today.

April 29, 2025
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By:
  • David Bianculli
In <em>The Shrouds,</em> Vincent Cassel plays a widower who uses technology to monitor the remains of his dead wife.

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  • Movie Reviews

'The Shrouds' introduces a new stage of grief: Watching your loved one decompose

David Cronenberg's thriller centers on an unusual technology that allows people to watch their loved ones decompose in real time. The Shrouds is both deeply morbid and disarmingly funny.

April 25, 2025
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By:
  • Justin Chang
Michael B. Jordan plays twins Smoke and Stack in the new movie <em>Sinners</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

'Sinners' gives Michael B. Jordan two roles of a lifetime

In Sinners, Ryan Coogler creates a bold original vision, and Michael B. Jordan is at the top of his game.

April 17, 2025
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By:
  • Aisha Harris
Bowen Yang and Han Gi-Chan in <em>The Wedding Banquet. </em>

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'Sinners,' 'The Wedding Banquet' remake, and more in theaters this weekend

Michael B. Jordan plays twins Smoke and Stack in a music-besotted, blood-drenched supernatural thriller, Sinners. And Bowen Yang and Lily Gladstone in a remake of the groundbreaking 1993 rom-com, The Wedding Banquet.

April 17, 2025
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai plays a Navy SEAL in Ramadi, Iraq, in <em>Warfare</em>.<br>

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  • Movie Reviews

'Warfare' embeds the audience in the chaos of modern combat

Inspired by the true story of a squad of Navy SEALs who came under fire in Iraq in 2006, Warfare offers a moment-by-moment view that manages to say something new about the combat experience.

April 11, 2025
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By:
  • Justin Chang
Rami Malek in <em>The Amateur. </em>

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  • Movies

'The Amateur' and 3 more buzzy movies in theaters this weekend

Rami Malek plays a CIA data analyst out of his depth in The Amateur, while Warfare depicts a real-life Iraqi mission, calibrated as a cinematic show-of-force.

April 10, 2025
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By:
  • Bob Mondello and
  • Aisha Harris
Jack Black as Steve, Jason Momoa as Garrett and Sebastian Hansen as Henry in <em>A Minecraft Movie</em>, out Friday.

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  • Movie Reviews

See 'A Minecraft Movie,' 'A Nice Indian Boy' and 'Freaky Tales' in theaters this week

Jack Black and Jason Momoa star in the first attempt to adapt the blockbuster video game for the big screen. And Pedro Pascal returns in a real-life inspired Bay Area anthology with a lot going on.

April 03, 2025
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By:
  • Bob Mondello and
  • Stephen Thompson
Tom Basden, left, as Herb McGwyer, Carey Mulligan as Nell Mortimer and Tim Key as Charles in <em>The Ballad of Wallis Island.</em>

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  • Movie Reviews

A folk legend gets a reunion he didn't sign up for in this melancholy charmer

An affable lottery winner decides to bring his favorite singer to a remote island off the coast of Wales for a private concert. Turns out, he's invited the singer's ex-bandmate/ex-girlfriend, too.

March 31, 2025
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By:
  • Bob Mondello
Cynthia Meachum, above, is a searcher who became close with Forrest Fenn, the man who hid the treasure. <em>Gold & Greed: The Hunt for Fenn's Treasure </em>is a new Netflix docuseries that<em> </em>chronicles the search.

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  • Movie Reviews

He enticed amateur sleuths into the wilderness with buried treasure. It didn't go well

In 2010, a wealthy man announced that he'd hidden a box of gold and jewels somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. The Netflix docuseries Gold & Greed chronicles the ill-fated search for Fenn's Treasure.

March 29, 2025
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By:
  • Linda Holmes
Jérémie (Félix Kysyl) stays with the newly widowed Martine (Catherine Frot) in the French thriller <em>Misericordia</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

A young man's homecoming sets off erotic shockwaves in this unsettling French thriller

Misericordia is one of the most surprising films our critic's seen this year. It focuses on a man who returns to his small village for a funeral — only to become enmeshed in countless entanglements.

March 28, 2025
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By:
  • Justin Chang
Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega in <em>Death of a Unicorn</em>.

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  • Movie Reviews

New in theaters this week: A dead unicorn, an adopted penguin, and a band reunited

A roadkill unicorn, a family of greedy pharmaceutical moguls, and an innocent teenager are the main ingredients in A24's new grisly horror comedy Death of a Unicorn.

March 27, 2025
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  • Bob Mondello
Robert De Niro plays Frank Costello in <em>The Alto Knights. </em>

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  • Movie Reviews

'The Alto Knights' is a mob drama with a double dose of De Niro and ... not much else

Robert De Niro plays rival mob bosses in a new biographical crime drama. But while it's fun to watch De Niro argue with himself, The Alto Knights ultimately feels dubious and derivative.

March 21, 2025
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  • Justin Chang
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