Alonso Duralde
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‘Clouds of Sils Maria’ Review: Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, Chloe Grace Moretz Act Up a Storm
A trio of captivating performances helps keep the film grounded even when writer-director Olivier Assayas gets adrift in the plot
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‘The Longest Ride’ Review: Scott Eastwood’s Abs Take Center Stage in Nicholas Sparks Adaptation
Supposed love interest Britt Robertson, not to mention Alan Alda’s magical geezer character, can barely compete with the camera’s obsessive adoration of Clint’s son
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‘Woman in Gold’ Review: Helen Mirren Is All That Glitters in This Paint-by-Numbers Saga
A fascinating true-life story of reclaiming art stolen by the Nazis gets flattened into familiar, feel-good tropes
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‘Furious 7’ Review: Paul Walker Exits, Jason Statham Enters, and You Will Believe a Car Can Fly
Director James Wan (“The Conjuring”) falls just short of Justin Lin’s magic touch, but this latest entry defies logic and gravity to cross the finish line with giddy excitement
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‘While We’re Young’ Review: Ben Stiller Navigates the Gen X-Millennial Gap
Noah Baumbach’s latest reminds us that every generation both envies and fears the one that follows
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‘Do You Believe?’ Review: Better Cast in This Faith Film, But the Same Old Sermonizing
Competent actors than usual can only accomplish so much with more tin-eared proselytizing from the “God’s Not Dead” writers
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‘Danny Collins’ Review: Al Pacino Plays an Over-the-Hill Rocker Who Can’t Handle the Deep Cuts (Video)
This schmaltzy tale of redemption merits a look if only to see Pacino play off talented co-stars like Christopher Plummer, Annette Bening, Bobby Cannavale and Jennifer Garner
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‘Spy’ SXSW Review: Melissa McCarthy Saves the World in a Bawdy, Bloody Espionage Comedy
Reteaming with her director from “Bridesmaids” and “The Heat,” McCarthy scores again as a CIA agent who blossoms with her first field assignment
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‘The Cobbler’ Review: Adam Sandler Fable Takes Too Many Missteps
The good news is that this isn’t one of Sandler’s usual gross-out comedies, the bad news is that it’s a mess anyway
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‘Cinderella’ Review: Kenneth Branagh Tells a Sumptuous, Straightforward Fairy Tale (Video)
If you were expecting “Maleficent”-style revisionism, forget it
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‘Insurgent’ Review: Shailene Woodley Returns in YA Cinema’s Most Generic Franchise
Snazzy effects and slumming Oscar-winners aside, not much makes this film stand out from its many competitors
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‘Run All Night’ Review: Liam Neeson and Ed Harris Face Off in a Pulpy Ticking-Clock Thriller
A boozy, haunted hitman has just one night to protect his son from a crime boss’ wrath in Neeson’s latest entertainingly trashy team-up with director Jaume Collet-Serra
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‘The Gunman’ Review: Sean Penn Would Like to Be Your New Middle-Aged Action Star
Oscar winner aims at both social commentary and post-“Taken” viability in this predictable thriller
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‘Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ Review: Richard Gere Checks In, Plot and Wit Check Out (Video)
Maggie Smith and Judi Dench can do only so much with the sitcom-level complications on display in this sequel
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‘Unfinished Business’ Review: Vince Vaughn and Company Find Some Laughs But Never Close the Deal
It’s not impossible to mix sentimentality, raunch, corporate gamesmanship and the G-8 Summit in a comedy, but this one doesn’t pull it off
