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Four Stars: ‘Lady Bird’ Leaves You Breathless, Charmed and Anxious for More
"Lady Bird is a year-end surprise that lands in 2017's pile of mediocrity like a stray emerald in a pile of discarded rhinestones."
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Richard Linklater’s ‘Last Flag Flying’ Is a Colossal Bore
Starring Steve Carell, 'Last Flag Flying' follows a disgraced Vietnam veteran on a road trip to reclaim the body of his son, who was killed in action in Iraq.
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Woody Harrelson Is Miscast in Rob Reiner’s Disappointing ‘LBJ’
Woody Harrelson plays the colorless political figure who inherited the position as the most powerful man on the planet at a time when U.S. seemed ready to implode.
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‘The Light of the Moon’ Takes a Hard, Frank Look at the Aftermath of Rape
'The Light of the Moon' offers few revelations on the damage of sexual assault, but with the headlines that dominate movie news today, you can't say the topic isn't relevant.
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Broadway’s ‘The Band’s Visit’ Is a Work of Perfection
Now on Broadway, David Yazbek and Itamar Moses' tale of Egyptian musicians lost on a trip to Israel is a triumph of musical comedy.
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‘Murder on the Orient Express’ Remake Is Sorry, Inferior, Unnecessary
In the new and disappointing version of 'Murder on the Orient Express', director Kenneth Branagh throws clues around like confetti.
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‘Three Billboards’ Is a Wannabe Coen Brothers Bag of Dumb Jokes
In this uneven film, Martin McDonagh tries to be one of the Coen brothers—but he’s not an American and he doesn’t understand the language.
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John Leguizamo’s ‘Latin History for Morons’ Is a One-Man Comedy Riot
John Leguizamo sets the record straight on Latin culture, swearing, swooping and swaggering around the Studio 54 stage in his one-man show, 'Latin History for Morons.'
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Zero Stars: Anton Yelchin’s ‘Porto’ Is a Pretentious Load of Swill
The typical kind of empty movie made by a director who thinks it's interesting to watch two people walking down the street carrying boxes.
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Gary Oldman’s Phenomenal Performance Keeps ‘Darkest Hour’ Airborne
As Winston Churchill, Gary Oldman delivers both the dry one-liners and the long, numbing speeches with equal brilliance.
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Dee Rees Displays a Firm Hand and Clear Vision in Southern Saga ‘Mudbound’
Dee Rees makes you feel the dirt and toil of postwar Mississippi keenly in her Southern saga 'Mudbound.'
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Four Stars: ‘Call Me By Your Name’ Is a Heartbreaking Masterpiece
Timothée Chalamet is a pensive teen falling for his father's assistant one sultry Italian summer in Luca Guadagnino's breathtaking 'Call Me By Your Name.'
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‘Harry Clarke’ Is an Odd, Exhilarating Triumph of Theater
In this one-man show by David Cale, Billy Crudup plays a man named Philip, his alter-ego Harry Clarke, and the many other characters the con-artist deceives.
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Woody Allen’s ‘Wonder Wheel’ Is Kate Winslet’s Best in Years
As the older woman scorned, Kate Winslet is a one-woman gale force.
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Steve Martin’s Moronic ‘Meteor Shower’ Shows Off Amy Schumer’s Incompetent...
Written by Steve Martin, 'Meteor Shower' has no point or plot, yet the audience roars with laughter at Amy Schumer's every burp and scream.
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Four Stars: Margot Robbie Leads a Perfect Ensemble in ‘I, Tonya’
A remarkable movie, 'I, Tonya' sets the record straight with an adrenalin rush that overwhelms the senses.
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Zero Stars: Skip John Malkovich Mumbling Through ‘Bullet Head’
'Bullet Head' also gives viewers ample opportunity to ponder whatever happened to the once-promising career of Antonio Banderas.
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One Star: ‘The Shape of Water’ Is a Loopy, Lunkheaded Load of Drivel
Benecio del Toro's 'The Shape of Water' is horror film masquerading as a fairy tale.
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Hugh Jackman Was Let Down by His Material for ‘The Greatest Showman’
"There is no excuse for the pedestrian direction by first-timer Michael Gracey, the weak, ho-hum screenplay by Jenny Bicks and Bill Condon or the noisy but undistinguished score."
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A Terrible Year for Audiences: The 10 Best and 10 Worst Movies of 2017
2017 was a lousy year for audiences.
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