Alonso Duralde
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‘Alien Covenant’ Review: Monsters Steal the Show in Stylish But Routine Sequel
Ridley Scott keeps his alien attacks as gross-scary-suspenseful as ever, but none of the dialogue scenes are nearly as compelling
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‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword’ Review: Guy Ritchie’s Excesses Put the ‘A Lot’ in Camelot
How much you enjoy the extreme-ification of the legend will depend on your tolerance for Ritchie’s mad garble of images
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‘3 Generations’ Review: Elle Fanning Tries Hard in Timid Trans Tale
A teen’s transition takes a backseat to the family members (played by Naomi Watts and Susan Sarandon) who must learn how to cope
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‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ Review: Second Album Is All Hooks, No Deep Cuts
Chris Pratt and company keep the banter and breeziness coming, but this sequel comes off more as fun filler than a movie unto itself
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All 8 ‘Star Wars’ Movies Ranked Worst to Best: From ‘New Hope’ to ‘Rogue One’ (Photos)
Is “Rogue One” more “Phantom Menace,” or “New Hope”?
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‘Graduation’ Review: Dark Satire Examines Romanian Corruption
Romanian New Wave master Cristian Mungiu (“4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days”) examines his homeland with characteristic subtlety
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‘Born in China’ Review: Disney Animal Doc Is Cutesy and Contrived, But…Baby Panda!
This year’s Disneynature Earth Day release, narrated by John Krasinski, is a narratively unfocused visual delight
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‘Smurfs: The Lost Village’ Review: Smurfette Stars in Much-Improved, All-Animated Adventure
Aiming this CGI movie directly at kids is but one of many improvements over the last two big-screen outings for the blue ones
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‘Their Finest’ Review: British Screenwriters Keep Calm and Carry On in Stirring WWII Tale
Director Lone Scherfig (“An Education”) manages both to tweak and to champion the wartime perseverance that took place both on and off screen
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‘The Assignment’ Review: Michelle Rodriguez Snarls Through Tacky Trans-sploitation Saga
The handling of trans issues is all wrong here, but then so is everything else in Walter Hill’s shoddy, sloppy revenge tale
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‘The Boss Baby’ Review: Wit and Charm Gets Sunk in Too Much Formula
This sweet tale of sibling rivalry doesn’t need all the requisite chase scenes and ticking clocks of by-the-numbers animation
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‘Life’ Review: Jake Gyllenhaal Battles Space Monster (and Familiarity)
Sci-fi horror flick delivers some impressive jolts despite its inescapable similarities to the “Alien” series
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‘Power Rangers’ Review: TV Teen Superhero Reboot Musters Some Spark
Yes, you’ve seen this origin story and world-saving saga a million times, but the quintet of charismatic leads gives life to this franchise cash-grab
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‘Frantz’ Review: François Ozon’s Post-War Tragedy Lacks Subtlety
The auteur’s examination of the perils of nationalism delivers most of its points with far too heavy a hand
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‘Personal Shopper’ Review: Kristen Stewart Sees Ghosts in Captivating Arthouse Thriller
Olivier Assayas (“Clouds of Sils Maria”) examines 20-somethings, living and dead, who find themselves stuck between places
