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Woody introduces the gang to a homemade spork toy with self-esteem issues in "Toy Story 4."
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REVIEW: ‘Bad Words’ ★★&#9733

June 18, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.

Sarcastic, sanctimonious, salacious, sly, slight and surprisingly sweet, the black comedy of "Bad Words," starring and directed by Jason Bateman, is high-minded, foul-mouthed good nonsense. I had wondered where Bateman's...

REVIEW: ‘The Bag Man’ &#9733 1/2

June 17, 2018 at 4:36 p.m.

There are so many good reasons to bag "The Bag Man." Where to begin? Director David Grovic, who co-wrote the mobster thriller with Paul Conway, seems to be inspired by...

REVIEW: ‘The Bag Man’ &#9733 1/2

December 23, 2018 at 4:34 p.m.

There are so many good reasons to bag "The Bag Man." Where to begin? Director David Grovic, who co-wrote the mobster thriller with Paul Conway, seems to be inspired by...

REVIEW: ‘Stranger by the Lake’ ★★&#9733

June 17, 2018 at 4:32 p.m.

Despite the sunshine, gentle breezes and placid waters, something wicked this way comes in "Stranger by the Lake," French filmmaker Alain Guiraudie's tantalizingly erotic fable of love, passion and death....

REVIEW: ‘Stranger by the Lake’ ★★&#9733

December 23, 2018 at 3:58 p.m.

Despite the sunshine, gentle breezes and placid waters, something wicked this way comes in "Stranger by the Lake," French filmmaker Alain Guiraudie's tantalizingly erotic fable of love, passion and death....

REVIEW: ‘Gloria’ ★★&#9733 1/2

June 18, 2018 at 10:26 a.m.

There is a naturalistic charm to the truth-telling going on in "Gloria," Chilean director Sebastian Lelio's near-perfect film about the very imperfect world of a divorced woman of a certain...

Noam Chomsky, smartly animated ★&#9733 1/2

December 24, 2018 at 5:52 a.m.

Academic and author Noam Chomsky is a creative but very structural thinker, stringing ideas together like dominoes. One thought progresses to the next, placed with a logic and precision born...

Societal lessons lurk in a family of cannibals ★&#9733 1/2

December 24, 2018 at 4:56 a.m.

If American Gothic tales intrigue, if a taste for the macabre tempts, the Parkers in "We Are What We Are" are certain to haunt. Starring Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers and...

‘Kings of Summer’: Runaways find haven in life in the woods ★★★

June 18, 2018 at 9:19 p.m.

"The Kings of Summer" is a coming-of-age story that keeps its humor as dry as the sunbaked days of its teen rebellion. Consider that the primary father figure is the...

‘Kings of Summer’: Runaways find haven in life in the woods ★★★

December 24, 2018 at 2:24 a.m.

"The Kings of Summer" is a coming-of-age story that keeps its humor as dry as the sunbaked days of its teen rebellion. Consider that the primary father figure is the...

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