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Audiences seeing Jackie this holiday season (and expecting a History Channel special instead of an ethereal rumination on myth creation) might be shocked to know that they are actually watching director Pablo LarraÃnâs more conventional movie of the moment. In a strange, interesting twist...B
The signs to be hopeful were all there: A pair of dependable movie stars, a bullish Oscar-season spot on the release calendar, a director hot off of an Oscar-nominated film. But alas, Passengers is not very good. In fact, itâs pretty bad. The studio is positioning this new Chris Pratt-...D+
Oh 2016, you trickster, you werenât done with us yet. Will Smith, Helen Mirren, Michael Peña, Edward Norton, Naomie Harris, Kate Winslet, Keira Knightley, Jacob Latimore, and a partridge in a pear tree star in what is hopefully the yearâs last white-elephant giftâa woefully sincere, deeply silly...C-
The thing that has always made George Lucasâ âGalaxy Far Far Awayâ so unique is its richness. Every character, every planet, every plot point and technical spec seems to have been considered. Itâs a thoroughly imagined universe full more obsessive details and arcane backstories than we can probably...B+
Just look around in any American town or city, and you can see people living on the edge of economic stability. Undoubtedly there is too much of itâbut thereâs also too much of it being depicted in a phony, unsubtle manner by moviemakers. The directorial debut of actress Katie Holmes, starring...C
Every once in a while, you come out of a movie theater feeling like youâre walking on air. It doesnât happen often, but when it does, it restores your faith in the power of cinema. Damien Chazelleâs dreamy neo-retro musical La La Land is one of those rare films. Itâs stunningly ambitious...A