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Morfydd Clark as the Elven commander Galadriel in "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power."

Review: ‘Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ is Amazon’s lavish bid for buzz. It’s off to a pretty good start.

September 1, 2022 at 7:09 p.m.

They dwell in utterly different worlds. HBO's "Game of Thrones" spinoff, "House of the Dragon," is the one with beautifully candlelit buttocks and a steady supply of spilled entrails. "The...

‘Funny Pages’ review: A teenage cartoonist quits school to follow his dream. In Trenton.

August 25, 2022 at 5:53 a.m.

Pick your mentors carefully: Without any overt lectures or lesson plans for the audience, that's the ink- and blood-stained takeaway in "Funny Pages," a bracingly harsh coming-of-age comedy from a...

Hannah Khalique-Brown stars as a cyberterrorism expert unraveling the threat to Britain's next election in "The Undeclared War."

Review: Cyberterrorism thriller ‘The Undeclared War’ imagines a plausible 2024 premise — but it’s not as gripping as it should be

August 20, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

A hit in England and now streaming on Peacock, the six-part Channel 4/Peacock coproduction "The Undeclared War" will likely find a smaller fan base here, especially younger ones (it's rated...

‘Beast’ review: Idris Elba is a father who goes mano-a-gato with a rogue lion. Anything for your family.

August 18, 2022 at 10:55 a.m.

I squared up with "Beast" in full-on beast mode, meaning: pad, pen, popcorn and proportional expectations. Expectations somewhat exceeded! Turns out "Beast" is a fairly good, pretty brutal, dumb-smart survival...

‘She-Hulk’ review: Disney Plus can thank Tatiana Maslany for keeping the MCU’s ‘fun lawyer show’ on the rails

August 17, 2022 at 5:27 p.m.

"I don't want to be a Hulk. I just got my own office!" As Los Angeles deputy district attorney Jennifer Walters, the unerring Tatiana Maslany aces that line like, well,...

Review: ‘Five Days at Memorial’ dramatizes just how bad it got for a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina

August 13, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

Did Dr. Anna Pou, a surgeon at what was then known as Memorial Medical Center in New Orleans, get "Sully"-ed? Was she a valiant physician undeserving of attacks on her...

Ryan Gosling in Netflix's "The Gray Man."

Column: Netflix has an action movie problem. Over on Hulu, ‘Prey’ reveals a better way.

August 12, 2022 at 12:37 p.m.

You know what the Netflix movies "The Gray Man," "Red Notice" and the forthcoming Jamie Foxx vampire hunter splurch "Day Shift" accomplish? They make "Prey" over on Hulu look even...

Aubrey Plaza in the drama "Emily the Criminal," premiering in theaters Aug. 12.

‘Emily the Criminal’ review: In a tough, lean LA crime story, Aubrey Plaza charges it all the way

August 11, 2022 at 5:30 a.m.

There is no less specific, more generic phrase in film criticism than "documentary realism." It assumes all nonfiction filmmakers work in the same style, toward the same intentions, while suggesting...

Filmmaker Kevin Shaw speaks about his latest documentary, "Let the Little Light Shine," at his Bolingbrook home on Aug. 1, 2022.

‘Let the Little Light Shine’ opens Friday: How filmmaker Kevin Shaw shaped Chicago schools controversy into a rousing documentary

August 8, 2022 at 5:00 a.m.

We'll get to the high point — the explosive reception so far for filmmaker Kevin Shaw's irresistible Chicago documentary "Let the Little Light Shine" — in a minute. But first,...

Lydia Gaston, left, and Jo Koy in "Easter Sunday."

‘Easter Sunday’ review: Jo Koy’s Filipino family sets the table for a comedy with feuds, gags, hits and misses

August 4, 2022 at 12:28 p.m.

Years from now nobody's going to watch "Easter Sunday" for lessons in how to frame and cut visual comedy, or the right number of dumbstruck OMG! reaction shots (the film's...

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