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Greta: Stalk of the Town

The odd, flawed thriller Greta is the latest chapter in Isabelle Huppert’s strange career in English. She is deservedly a giant in her native...

Odds and Ends

Time once again for one of my February traditions: This column, in which I tell you about some movies that did not play in...

Film Shorts

OPENING  The Changeover (NR) Based on Margaret Mahy’s novel, this supernatural thriller from New Zealand stars Erana James as a teenager who discovers a malign...

Oscar’s Hidden Gold

If you are watching this year’s Oscars, you’re probably doing it to see how else the ceremony can screw up. First, there was the...

Happy Death Day 2U: One Day More

I enjoyed Happy Death Day when it came out 18 months ago, but I was still skeptical of the idea for a sequel. I...

Film Shorts

OPENING  Arctic (PG-13) Mads Mikkelsen stars in this thriller as a man who tries to survive after a plane crash leaves him stranded in the...

Alita: Body of an Angel

This was always going to happen. Alita: Battle Angel is the first successful Hollywood adaptation of a Japanese manga comic in history. Robert Rodriguez...

Lego 2: Stick to It

Except for one important element, The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part has pretty much everything that the original film had. The jokes are...

Extreme Job: Chicken Cops

I was waiting my whole life for someone to make a movie about fried chicken. I didn’t know that until I actually saw Extreme...

Film Shorts

OPENING  Beneath the Leaves (NR) This thriller stars Kristoffer Polaha as a cop who’s forced to catch the escaped convict (Doug Jones) who kidnapped him...