‘The Legend of Tarzan’ Review: Alexander Skarsgard Swings Through a Bungle in the Jungle
Action saga feels like another by-the-numbers attempt at reviving a familiar hero (see “Carter, John” and “Ranger, Lone”)
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‘The Shallows’ Review: Blake Lively Vs Shark Is a Fairer Fight Than You’d Imagine
Director Jaume Collet-Serra cements his action chops with this suspenseful lady-in-the-water tale
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‘Ice Age: Collision Course’ Review: Ray Romano and Company Return for Another Laugh-less Adventure
This series is so blandly forgettable that parents could probably show an earlier entry to their kids and pretend it’s the new one
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‘Finding Dory’ Review: Ellen DeGeneres Performs Swimmingly in Sprightly Pixar Sequel
This sequel to “Finding Nemo” is less of an assault on the tear ducts, but the laughs and thrills more than compensate
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‘The Conjuring 2’ Review: Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson Scare Up a Chilly British Haunting
This sequel might lack the delightful jolts of its predecessor, but it nonetheless maintains a slow boil of terror that’s consistently unnerving
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‘Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping’ Review: Andy Samberg Crafts Longest-Ever SNL Digital Short
The laughs come steadily in this rock-doc spoof from Samberg and Lonely Island, but ultimately this comedy has all the heft of a summer jam
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‘Warcraft’ Review: Swords, Sorcery and Stupidity Abound in Game Adaptation
Imagine “Battlefield Earth” without the verve and you get this sludgy, tedious fantasy adventure, a fun-starved dud that’s not even unintentionally hilarious
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‘Me Before You’ Review: Emilia Clarke Love Story Has a Terminal Case of the Cutesies
For a romance that’s about infirmity and right-to-die issues, this adaptation of the best-selling novel is overloaded with artificial adorableness
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‘The Nice Guys’ Cannes Review: Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe Are Violently Funny in Occasionally Sour Comedy
Shane Black‘s latest take on the buddy-detective comedy is a blast — except for a misanthropic streak that might make the laughs stick in your...
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‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ Review: Johnny Depp Plays Dress-Up and Has Daddy Issues — Again
This return to an effects-heavy Wonderland improves on its predecessor — but honestly, what wouldn’t?
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‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Review: Bryan Singer Discovers a New Mutant Power: Monotony
Without an interesting villain to hold the story together, this sixth adventure of the super-powered mutant team fails to engage
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‘The Angry Birds Movie’ Review: App-Based Cartoon Has All the Fun of Avian Flu
Jason Sudeikis leads an all-star cast through a movie that hits every square on the Lazily Conceived Family Cartoon bingo card
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‘Neighbors 2’ Review: Seth Rogen Fends Off Sorority Sisters in Raucous Sequel
For a fairly outrageous gross-out comedy, “Sorority Rising” seems strangely skittish about female sexuality, even with Zac Efron around the house
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‘Keanu’ Review: Key & Peele Shine in Meow-kay Comedy
Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, like many sketch comics before them, score laughs and suffer lags in their big-screen outing
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‘Mother’s Day’ Review: Julia Roberts Grins and Bears Another Ghastly Garry Marshall Holiday-Com
Laugh-free and witless, this blandfest seemingly has no idea how human beings speak or behave (or what computers do)
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‘The Meddler’ Review: Susan Sarandon Comedy Feels Strangely Pro-Meddling
Despite some tragic underpinnings to her character’s interference in the lives of others, the movie paints her buttinsky behavior as welcome and helpful
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‘Sing Street’ Review: John Carney Tunes Up Another Sweet Musical Romance
The writer-director behind “Once” and “Begin Again” works his old-fashioned magic for this tale of Irish kids in the 1980s forming a rock band
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‘Barbershop: The Next Cut’ Review: Ice Cube Comedy Layers Workplace Sitcom with Social Advocacy
Ensemble piece attempts to balance gags with an examination of the ills of Chicago’s South Side, and mostly pulls it off
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‘Louder Than Bombs’ Review: Jesse Eisenberg Bolsters Joachim Trier’s Powerful English-Language Debut
Norwegian filmmaker makes a smooth transition with this wrenching but hopeful tale of a family confronting its secrets
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‘Demolition’ Review: Jake Gyllenhaal Grapples With Delayed Grief in Dark Dramedy
Despite a third-act skid into sap, this look at a young widower in denial recalls the early, emotionally subversive films of David O. Russell
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‘The Jungle Book’ Review: ‘Babe’ Meets Rudyard Kipling in Mostly Satisfying Remake
The tigers and the turtles talk in Jon Favreau‘s reimagining of the classic Disney cartoon – and the visual trickery satisfies both the eyes and...
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‘Batman v Superman': Ben Affleck Delivers a Grizzled Batman – and Bruce Wayne as Action Hero
“Argo” director’s casting inspired fanboy freakouts, but critic Alonso Duralde calls the star’s take on the Dark Knight a highlight of new movie
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‘Take Me to the River’ Review: This Family Reunion Plays Like Polanski, With Cicadas
Writer-director Matt Sobel’s extraordinary debut feature boasts a powerful ensemble cast and finds the tension in what people don’t talk about
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‘Batman v Superman’ Review: Ben Affleck’s Got the Cool Car, But Wonder Woman Steals the Show
The movie’s only female non-pawn or hostage, Gal Gadot‘s Amazon warrior saves this sludgy epic from superhero sameness
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‘The Clan’ Review: Kidnapping Is the Family Business — and Business Is Booming
This Argentine Oscar entry from the producers of “Wild Tales” (including Pedro Almodóvar) finds bleak comedy in trickle-down Fascism
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‘Midnight Special’ Review: Michael Shannon Fugitive Tale Drives Confidently, Then Takes Fatal Wrong Turn
Shannon and writer-director Jeff Nichols‘ fourth collaboration sets up a fascinating story and then answers its mysteries with a legendarily disastrous third act
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‘The Perfect Match’ Review: Terrence Jenkins’ Bland Affability Fits This Generic Rom-Com All Too Well
The former E! host plays a Lothario who learns to love in yet another formulaic comedy (produced by Queen Latifah) where the supporting players get...
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‘Hello, My Name Is Doris’ Review: Sally Field Really, Really Tries to Elevate This Sour Comedy
The two-time Oscar winner works hard to create a real character out of this collection of eccentricities, but this shallow, condescending movie constantly undermines her...
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’10 Cloverfield Lane’ Review: JJ Abrams’ Thriller Is ‘Twilight Zone’ Meets ‘No Exit’
Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman and John Gallagher, Jr. survive possible doom in a tale that’s three parts Rod Serling, one part Jean-Paul Sartre
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‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’ Review: Tina Fey Goes to Kabul in Sharp, Savvy Wartime Comedy
Reteaming with “30 Rock” collaborator Robert Carlock gives Fey her best big-screen opportunity to date, as a sheltered news producer who finds herself on the...
