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‘The Overnight’ Review: Adam Scott Tries to Get His Groove on in Tame Comedy
Scott, Taylor Schilling, Jason Schwartzman and France’s Judith Godrèche play a pair of married couples flirting with swinging in a slight and stereotype-ridden romp
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‘Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’ Review: Sundance-Winning Teen Cancer Drama Is Clever but Cloying
This indie darling offers plenty of whimsical charm, but its premise feels like an exercise in adolescent self-absorption
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‘Love & Mercy’ Review: Paul Dano and John Cusack Play Brian Wilson in Crowd-Pleasing Biopic
Elizabeth Banks and Paul Giamatti co-star in this double-portrait of the genius behind the Beach Boys
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‘Testament of Youth’ Review: Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington Headline a Passionate Pacifist Drama
Vikander (“Ex Machina”) shines in a swooning romance that gives way to a passionate portrait of an activist as a young woman
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‘Results’ Review: Cobie Smulders, Guy Pearce Lampoon Gym Culture
Despite spot-on observations about modern alienation, the turn from satire to rom-com doesn’t quite work in Andrew Bujalski’s latest
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‘Aloft’ Review: Jennifer Connelly and Cillian Murphy Leave Us Cold in a Numbing Drama
“Adrift” is a more fitting title for this unmoored and glacially paced star vehicle, which prizes exasperating inscrutability over effective storytelling
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‘Tomorrowland’ Review: George Clooney’s Dystopian Drama, Like Disneyland, Is Exhausting Fun
Clooney and Britt Robertson star in the film that mimics a roller coaster ride by making us wait far too long for too little payoff
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‘I’ll See You in My Dreams’ Review: Blythe Danner Radiates Warmth and Wisdom in Lovely Drama
Danner and co-star Martin Starr make for wonderful companions — and company — in an honest but never depressing film about old age
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‘Saint Laurent’ Review: France’s Academy Submission Is Disappointing Oscar Bait
The second of two Yves Saint Laurent biopics — the one made without the approval of the designer’s estate — winds up being the more generic and less insightful one
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‘Hot Pursuit’ Review: Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara’s Comedy Is Adam Sandler-Bad
Joyless and perfunctory, this road-trip buddy comedy apparently replaced all its jokes with screaming
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‘Little Boy’ Review: Faith-Based Drama Revisits Anti-Asian Racism During WWII
Despite boasting several important moral lessons, the period piece is more artificial than a polyester teddy bear stuffed with Splenda and Cheez Whiz — and about as appealing
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‘Tangerines’ Review: Estonia’s Oscar Nominee a Heartfelt but Inessential Anti-War Manifesto
War and peace duke it out in a universal tale about the resilience of humanity in times of conflict
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‘The Water Diviner’ Review: Russell Crowe’s Directorial Debut Isn’t Just Another Vanity Project
Seen through Crowe’s beauty-seeking if exoticizing camera, the Turkey-set period epic asks difficult and urgent questions about war and masculinity
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‘The Age of Adaline’ Review: Blake Lively Auditions for Another Vogue Cover in Gorgeous But Forgettable Romance
Lively’s never been better, but “Adaline” is more interested in what she’s wearing than what her character’s thinking
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‘Ex Machina’ Review: Oscar Isaac Makes a Creepy Tech Genius in Chilly A.I. Thriller
Domhnall Gleeson and Alicia Vikander co-star in a stylish and thoughtful directorial debut from Alex Garland
