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Sunday, July 20, 2025

Film Reviews

Film Reviews
Keira Knightley works a street corner (no, not like that) in "Laggies."

Gone Girl

I like the new Keira Knightley. She’s so much more fun than the old one. The old one never would have played the sort...
Michael Keaton is haunted by the character he created in Birdman.

Fly Away

Remember the conversation in Neighbors this past summer, when Seth Rogen and Zac Efron’s characters argued about whether Michael Keaton or Christian Bale was...

The Man with Two Horns

If Horns reminds you of old Stephen King movie adaptations like Christine, Cujo, and Stand By Me, that’s partly because it’s based on a...
Tessa Thompson (foreground, left) and her friends take a dim view of racial stereotypes in Dear White People.

The Blackness Project

Dear White People vividly reminds us of what we already know: It’s a complicated business growing up black in America. So many stereotypes have...
Bill Murray relaxes while Jaeden Lieberher mows his lawn in St. Vincent.

Household Saint

Really, St. Vincent isn’t anything new. This working-class dramedy is a modestly budgeted independent film, but it’s the same sort of sentimental tripe that...
Joaquín, María, and Manolo stand in front of a Día de los Muertos world in The Book of Life.

Gran Libro

Hollywood doesn’t put out many movies about Latinos that are pitched toward a general audience, let alone ones that are aimed specifically at families....
Brad Pitt (foreground) instructs Logan Lerman about operating the tank called Fury.

Tank Busting

I rather liked David Ayer’s last film, the 2012 found-footage cop drama End of Watch. The financial success of that movie has allowed him...
Jeremy Renner urgently follows another lead in Kill the Messenger.

Webb of Truths

Through the first half of Kill the Messenger, I found myself thinking that this journalism drama would have blown me away if I’d seen...
Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall work out legal strategy and family issues in "The Judge."

Contempt of Court

When reviewing a movie called The Judge, there’s a temptation to use a really corny pun in the headline. “The Judge found guilty of...
Ben Affleck stands next to Rosamund Pike’s picture as he asks for the public’s help in Gone Girl.

Amazing Amy

By now, lots of ink has been spilled about how Ben Affleck’s years as a pop-culture punchline have suited him for the lead role...