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They Should've Been Enemies.
Instead, a Cold War 'Bromance'

MOVIE REVIEW

Mar 19, 2021 10:00 AM CDT

They Should've Been Enemies. Instead, a Cold War 'Bromance'

'The Courier' tells of unlikely spy's real-life drama

(Newser) - Benedict Cumberbatch stars as an English salesman recruited by British and US intelligence services to spy on the Soviet Union during the Cold War in The Courier , based on the true story of one Greville Wynne. Out Friday, the film—which aired at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival under the...

Coming 2 America Is a Throwback, With 'No Apology'

What Critics Are Saying
About Coming 2 America

MOVIE REVIEW

Mar 5, 2021 9:37 AM CST

What Critics Are Saying About Coming 2 America

'It feels like a feature-length Easter egg in search of a movie'

(Newser) - Zamunda's Prince Akeem returns to Queens, New York, this time in search of an illegitimate son in Coming 2 America , the follow-up to Eddie Murphy's 1988 cult classic Coming to America. Does it live up to its predecessor? Not according to the 51% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes...

You've Never Seen Dementia Depicted Like This

Anthony Hopkins
Astounds in New Role

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Feb 26, 2021 9:23 AM CST

Anthony Hopkins Astounds in New Role

'The Father,' also with Olivia Colman, is called a riveting look at dementia

(Newser) - French novelist and playwright Florian Zeller may be a first-time filmmaker, but he appears to have the skills of a seasoned pro. His debut feature, The Father —adapted from his award-winning 2012 play of the same name—has a 100% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 85 reviews....

Watching Nomadland Is 'Like Discovering a New Country'

Critics on Nomadland:
'This Film Is a Small Miracle'

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Feb 19, 2021 9:20 AM CST

Critics on Nomadland: 'This Film Is a Small Miracle'

Frances McDormand shines in this 'ecstatic hymn to the ties that bind us'

(Newser) - A widow takes to the open road in the wake of the Great Recession in Nomadland , the Golden Globe-nominated film considered a frontrunner for the Best Picture Oscar. In case that's not enough of an indication of how critics are receiving it, the film streaming Friday on Hulu—based...

What Critics Are
Saying About Sia's
Controversial
New Film

MOVIE REVIEW

Feb 11, 2021 7:24 AM CST

What Critics Are Saying About Sia's Controversial New Film

'Music,' about a teen girl on the autism spectrum, is getting widely panned

(Newser) - It's been a tumultuous few months for Sia Furler, whose new film, Music, officially comes out Friday amid a good amount of controversy. Furler's directorial debut—about a newly sober drug dealer named Zu (played by Kate Hudson) who suddenly finds herself the caretaker of her teen half-sister...

The Dig 's Carey Mulligan Should Be Happier With These Reviews

The Dig Pays Respect to
Incredible Real-Life Discovery

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Jan 29, 2021 11:30 AM CST

The Dig Pays Respect to Incredible Real-Life Discovery

Carey Mulligan earns praise as widow overseeing 1939 archaeological dig

(Newser) - In The Dig , an English widow recruits an amateur archaeologist to dig up mysterious mounds on her rural property in Suffolk, suspecting something is buried within. What the pair uncover turns out to be one of the most stunning archaeological finds of the 20th century. Streaming Friday on Netflix, the...

Actress 'Couldn't Believe' the
Review She Got. It Wasn't Good

Jan 28, 2021 12:38 PM CST

Actress 'Couldn't Believe' the Review She Got. It Wasn't Good

Carey Mulligan speaks out against 'Variety' film review criticizing her looks

(Newser) - Carey Mulligan was participating in a video series for Variety this week when she took the opportunity to call out the magazine itself. The actress suggested a review of her new movie, Promising Young Woman , published as the film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival a year ago, was evidence...

Wonder Woman
Evokes Another
Superhero

MOVIE REVIEW

Dec 15, 2020 4:39 PM CST

Wonder Woman Evokes Another Superhero

Installment set in 1984 is a slight step back but still fun, Brian Truitt writes

(Newser) - The latest Wonder Woman film is a more lighthearted, campy version, Brian Truitt writes in USA Today , possibly because the Reagan years in Washington weren't quite as intense as the depths of World War I. But the franchise isn't at the height of its powers, he says, finding...

Bestselling Book Makes for an
'Almost Laughably Bad' Movie

MOVIE REVIEW

Nov 13, 2020 11:17 AM CST

Bestselling Book Makes for an 'Almost Laughably Bad' Movie

Critics pan Ron Howard's 'Hillbilly Elegy' as out of touch

(Newser) - Hillbilly Elegy, the bestselling memoir from JD Vance about the struggles of poor white communities, was heralded as a must-read for understanding the political divide in America upon its release in 2016. Hillbilly Elegy, the new movie adaptation from Netflix, written by The Shape of Water's Vanessa Taylor and...

It's Hard Not to Like Bill & Ted

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Aug 28, 2020 9:41 AM CDT

It's Hard Not to Like Bill & Ted

There's a 'sneaky amiability' to this silly sequel, says one critic

(Newser) - Bill & Ted Face the Music might not be an excellent adventure, but it's up there. Critics give the reunion of stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter (and original writers Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon) an 81% rating on Rotten Tomatoes . In this sequel from director Dean Parisot, middle-aged...

What Critics Say About
Ethan Hawke's Tesla

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Aug 21, 2020 10:20 AM CDT

What Critics Say About Ethan Hawke's Tesla

It's a 'brilliantly internalized performance,' says one

(Newser) - Before there was Tesla the company, there was Tesla the man. Nikola Tesla, to be precise, and a new film—called Tesla—about the pioneering scientist is generally drawing praise for Ethan Hawke's portrayal. See the trailer . The overall score on Rotten Tomatoes is 59%. Examples of what critics...

What Critics Are Saying
About Seth Rogen's Movie

MOVIE REVIEW

Aug 7, 2020 1:31 PM CDT

What Critics Are Saying About Seth Rogen's Movie

The star impresses in 'American Pickle,' the film less so

(Newser) - Seth Rogen is on double duty in An American Pickle , a tale of family and heritage from first-time director Brandon Trost and writer Simon Rich, on whose short story the film is based. Premiering on HBO Max, it follows an early 20th-century Polish-Jewish immigrant and pickle-factory employee who falls into...

What Critics Think About
the New Tom Hanks Film

MOVIE REVIEW

Jul 10, 2020 10:56 AM CDT

What Critics Think About the New Tom Hanks Film

WWII movie 'Greyhound' is getting decent reviews

(Newser) - Tom Hanks sure was busy with Greyhound , the WWII drama about a rookie captain in charge of a convoy of Allied supply ships who battles hordes of Nazi U-boats in his first crossing of the North Atlantic. Hanks stars as Capt. Ernest Krause, but he also produced and wrote the...

Jon Stewart's New
Film Takes a Beating

MOVIE REVIEW

Jun 26, 2020 11:03 AM CDT

Jon Stewart's New Film Takes a Beating

One reviewer likens it to 'a stale corn chip trampled into Party-convention carpeting'

(Newser) - Steve Carrell plays a Democratic political consultant hoping to recruit a widowed farmer and retired Marine to run for office in rural Wisconsin in the aftermath of the 2016 election in Jon Stewart's new political satire Irresistible . But the second feature from the writer-director isn't nearly as well-received...

5 of the Worst Slams
Against Artemis Fowl

MOVIE REVIEW

Jun 12, 2020 8:15 AM CDT

5 of the Worst Slams Against Artemis Fowl

'Nothing to see here'

(Newser) - Disney's Artemis Fowl might've kicked off a franchise had the film adaptation of the first two books of Eoin Colfer's children's fantasy series been at all well-received. Instead, the big-budget movie about a 12-year-old son of a criminal mastermind with a lot of secrets has a...

Shirley Is 'Prickly,' 'Unnerving'

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Jun 8, 2020 5:55 PM CDT

Shirley Is 'Prickly,' 'Unnerving'

Moss shines in 'anti-biopic' of horror writer

(Newser) - Critics say an enthralling performance by Elisabeth Moss as horror writer Shirley Jackson is one of the best things about Shirley, which the New York Times describes as a "gothic, feverish anti-biopic." The 1950s-set movie, very loosely based on the reclusive writer's life, begins with a young...

What Critics Are Saying
About Ben Affleck's Latest

MOVIE REVIEW

Mar 6, 2020 10:47 AM CST

What Critics Are Saying About Ben Affleck's Latest

He's getting great reviews for 'The Way Back'

(Newser) - Ben Affleck plays a version of himself in Gavin O'Connor's The Way Back , though the fictional Jack Cunningham is no actor. The alcoholic construction worker is far removed from his years as a high school basketball star when he's asked to coach his old team, in a...

What Critics Are Saying
About Invisible Man

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Feb 28, 2020 12:37 PM CST

What Critics Are Saying About Invisible Man

The movie and star Elisabeth Moss are getting strong reviews

(Newser) - Elisabeth Moss is winning strong reviews in Invisible Man for her role as a young architect trying to escape an abusive relationship with a brilliant scientist (Oliver Jackson-Cohen). The movie itself (directed by Leigh Whannell) also has a strong 92% fresh rating at Rotten Tomatoes . A sample of what critics...

Downey Jr.'s Latest:
'a Calamity for the Ages'

MOVIE REVIEW

Jan 17, 2020 11:08 AM CST

Downey Jr.'s Latest: 'a Calamity for the Ages'

Actor takes flak for his accent in muddled 'Dolittle'

(Newser) - Robert Downey Jr., Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson, Rami Malek, and Octavia Spencer are just some of the Oscar winners and nominees starring in Dolittle , the latest film about an animal doctor sprung from Hugh Lofting's imagination. Just don't expect any Academy Awards here. The film—credited to director...

What Critics Are Saying
About 1917

MOVIE REVIEW

Jan 10, 2020 1:35 PM CST

What Critics Are Saying About 1917

'Technical wizardry'

(Newser) - With communications down, two young soldiers embark on a mission to alert British forces of an ambush in Sam Mendes' 1917 . It should be no surprise that the film awarded Golden Globes for best motion picture, drama, and best director following a limited 2019 run has an 89% rating from...