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In 'The Last Knight,' round 5 for the Transformers

Wednesday, 12 July 2017, 15:27 Last update: about 9 years ago

A concussed serenity sets in somewhere in the middle of the ceaseless ballet of metal and machismo in Michael Bay's "Transformers: The Last Knight." Freed of concerns like plausibility or story, you...

Giant pig movie 'Okja' gives us a lot to chew over

Tuesday, 11 July 2017, 15:26 Last update: about 9 years ago

Just in time for summer comes a film that seriously threatens the core component of barbeques, baseball games and block parties. To be blunt, "Okja" may force you to put down that hot...

Q&A: Coppola and Kidman on female gaze of 'The Beguiled'

Saturday, 8 July 2017, 12:23 Last update: about 9 years ago

They'd met at parties in passing and had even tried to work together once on a project that fell apart. Coppola loved Kidman's wicked humor and Kidman loved Coppola's cinematic style and vision. So...

Fall in love with 'The Big Sick'

Thursday, 6 July 2017, 12:22 Last update: about 9 years ago

That two people could overcome centuries-old cultural obstacles, the perils of modern dating and a critical illness and end up together is a great story. That those two people also managed to adapt...

Despite delays, timing just right for Tupac biopic star

Wednesday, 5 July 2017, 12:22 Last update: about 9 years ago

Demetrius Shipp Jr. never acted before playing Tupac Shakur in "All Eyez on Me." But his connections to the rapper, and to acting, go back to his childhood. Shipp's uncanny resemblance to Shakur...

'Baby Driver' is a toe-tapping, engine-revving jolt

Tuesday, 4 July 2017, 12:20 Last update: about 9 years ago

There's nothing like an epic getaway chase to kick a movie into high gear, and the first five minutes of "Baby Driver " are pure movie magic. A driver named Baby (Ansel Elgort) sits coolly in a...

'The Book of Henry' loses sight of its own plot

Friday, 30 June 2017, 15:58 Last update: about 9 years ago

When film students in the future search for terrible movies in 2017, they'll have a hard time locating "The Book of Henry." Not because it's good - trust us, it isn't - but because it will be hard to...

Coppola's 'The Beguiled' disturbing and beautiful

Wednesday, 28 June 2017, 15:55 Last update: about 9 years ago

"The Beguiled " is a strange and uncomfortable film in both of its iterations. Sofia Coppola's take is more nuanced than the 1971 original, with deeper insight into the ladies of Ms. Farnsworth's...

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