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‘Small Engine Repair’ Film Review: Bromantic Hangout Tale Works Better as Comedy Than Drama
Playwright-director-costar John Pollono brings his work to the big screen, and it’s most effective when he and Jon Bernthal and Shea Whigham get to bust each other’s chops
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‘Mogul Mowgli’ Film Review: Riz Ahmed Raps Through Canned, Contrived Character Study
Disease metaphors and flat characterization overwhelm this kitchen-sink drama
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‘Reminiscence’ Film Review: Hugh Jackman Stumbles Through Stylish, Soulless Sci-Fi Noir
“Westworld” co-creator Lisa Joy makes her film debut with too much writing and not enough directing
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‘Not Going Quietly’ Film Review: Activist Ady Barkan’s Health-Care Battle Captured with Sensitivity
Passionate documentary goes beyond the sound bites to follow one man’s battle with the system
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‘Naked Singularity’ Film Review: John Boyega Pleads No Contest in Messy Legal Sci-Fi Drama
Courtrooms, cocaine and cosmic philosophy all add up to not very much at all
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‘The Green Knight’ Review: Dev Patel’s Swordsman Gets Lost Amid Fussy Detail
David Lowery’s take on the epic poem seems more interested in the art direction than the storytelling
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‘Tomorrow War’ Film Review: Chris Pratt Battles Future Aliens and a Choppy Script
There’s more telling than showing in this sci-fi action epic, and a lot of the telling is clumsy and obvious
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‘Escape From Pretoria’ Film Review: Daniel Radcliffe Prison-Escape Drama Sags When He’s Off-Screen
This true story of a legendary jailbreak by anti-apartheid protestors skimps on character but delivers some familiar genre thrills
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‘My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising’ Film Review: Rousing Anime Sequel Will Appeal More to Fans than Newcomers
Longtime fans of the action series will get exactly what they came for, not much more or less
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‘Guns Akimbo’ Film Review: Daniel Radcliffe Elevates Goofy, Gory Genre Entry
He’s got guns attached to his hands, and that’s just the beginning of his problems in this amiably violent time-waster
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‘Ip Man 4: The Finale’ Film Review: Stodgy But Stirring Martial Arts Saga Reaches Satisfying Conclusion
Wade through the Chinese nationalism for the Bruce Lee vindication and for white supremacists getting kicked in the face
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‘The Song of Names’ Film Review: Cliched Holocaust Drama Feels Flimsy
Tim Roth and Clive Owen star in the kind of tacky WWII tale that used to be Oscar bait for the Weinsteins
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‘6 Underground’ Film Review: Michael Bay Returns with Another Loud, Dumb Action Epic
Ryan Reynolds stars in an ensemble piece that wants to emulate the “family” of “Fast & Furious,” only without actual characters
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‘Shooting the Mafia’ Film Review: Documentary on Legendary Photographer Leaves Many Questions Unanswered
The images shot by Letizia Battaglia remain striking and brutal, but this film frequently shies away from necessary details
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‘Queen of Hearts’ Film Review: Denmark’s Oscar Entry Explores Incest in Shallow Way
Topics of abuse and consent are also skirted over, albeit with slick cinematography, undermining the compelling lead performance
