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Making fun of schlocky, overwrought superhero movies used to be the Deadpool signature. But with 'Deadpool & Wolverine,' and Disney's push into the Marvel Universe, that thread is lost. Deadpool […]

This film extends the story told in an anime series about high school volleyball teams. For someone unfamiliar with ''Haikyu!!,'' the anime adaptation of a slice-of-life manga about a high [...]

The Oscar best picture hopefuls ''Barbie'' and ''Poor Things'' look nothing alike, but their central characters go on similar journeys. One takes place in a bright, plastic world where everything [...]

The plot is boilerplate and the superhero is not particularly compelling. At least his family members steal the show. Here's what Warner Bros. and DC think we need: another superhero [...]

This charming sequel to the 2018 animated movie expands the multiverse concept, without shamelessly capitalizing on fan service. Question: How many Spider-Men does it take to make a successful multiverse [...]

This dour, visually off-putting two-and-a-half-hour A.S.P.C.A. nightmare of a film may only be for completionist fans. Animal lovers, comic book fans and unofficial adjudicators of narrative continuity, action and style [...]

Makoto Shinkai's latest animated film, about a girl who accidentally unleashes chaos over Japan, is at once mythical and thoroughly modern. Makoto Shinkai is often praised as a descendant of [...]

Both ''Everything Everywhere All at Once'' and the ''Knives Out'' sequel delve into the abyss, where life has no meaning. What they do next is surprising. To hear more audio [...]

In the original and in ''Wakanda Forever,'' heroes and villains are deeply layered, reflecting real-life issues facing people of color around the world. What ingredients make a hero or a [...]

Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell star in this musical spin on ''A Christmas Carol'' from Apple TV+. Weeks before rabid hordes of consumers descend upon department stores like the avian [...]

This devilish stop-motion horror comedy from Henry Selick and Jordan Peele can't quite breathe life into its narrative. Why not try to resurrect the dead? Collect some demons in glass [...]

Dwayne Johnson stars in this overstuffed superhero film about an ancient figure granted god powers. Behold: the proselytizing superhero film! Listen as it cautions against moral absolutism! It is not [...]

Two friends visit their old apartment building and make haunting discoveries in this animated film from Hiroyasu Ishida. You never know what you're getting with real estate: a building could [...]

In films like ''Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul'' and shows like ''The Righteous Gemstones,'' pageantry is the top priority. In church satires there's always a scene in which a [...]

Irondale Ensemble's adaptation of Brecht's antiwar epic captures some of its spirit but lacks any real philosophical or political heft. There's no virtue in war. But there is profit -- [...]

A 13-year-old girl becomes a red panda when she loses her cool in Domee Shi's heartwarming but wayward coming-of-age film. A quirky Asian teenager transforms into a giant red panda [...]

In the film version of ''Tick, Tick ... Boom!,'' about a composer who dreams of Broadway, a ''Rent'' die-hard discovers more to love in musical theater. I watched ''Tick, Tick [...]

... Some never to return. This new Cold War musical about the Soviet-American space race pays tribute to the pups who preceded the cosmonauts. We're in 1957, the height of [...]

Byline: Maya Phillips Disney's new film, about a gifted family in Colombia, has stunning animation, a beautifully composed story and spellbinding songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda. For better or worse, Disney [...]

Disney's new film, about a gifted family in Colombia, has stunning animation, a beautifully composed story and spellbinding songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda. For better or worse, Disney has always been [...]

''Cowboy Bebop'' is widely considered one of the best anime series of all time. Does Netflix's live-action adaptation recapture the magic? Yes and no. The space cowboys are back. Last [...]

The third full-length movie in this franchise offers a formulaic plot and forgettable villain. A villain aims to use a biological weapon to eliminate all mutants? Call Professor X: That [...]

John Pollono directs and stars in an adaptation of his play that adds depth to the original text but also struggles in its translation from stage to screen. What happens [...]

A millennial slacker reckons with his past -- and his family of warriors. Home is where the heart is. Unless you're Shang-Chi. Then home is where your mother's mystical secret [...]

The neon lights are bright, and so is the spirit of this brief but loving history of Broadway. A sunset view of the New York City skyline, speckled with lights, [...]

Ryan Reynolds brings his nice-guy charisma to the role of a video game character who doesn't want to stay on the sidelines. One day you're just heading to your job [...]

The animated musical, about a kinkajou who goes on a journey to deliver a song, may have an uneven story, but the movie's stellar songs, by Lin-Manuel Miranda, reflect the [...]

Scarlett Johansson plays the latest Avenger to get her own movie, but she's overshadowed by Florence Pugh in this Cate Shortland-directed entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. If I were [...]

It's more of the same in this sequel to the 2017 comedy featuring the voice of Alec Baldwin. Grab your briefcases: The boss baby has returned in ''The Boss Baby: [...]

This HBO documentary follows Andy Se±or Jr. as he directs a production of ''Rent'' in Cuba. In the ballad ''La Vie Boheme,'' a colorful cadre of artists raise a toast [...]

A family of lovable kooks are the last hope against a robot apocalypse in this hilarious animated Netflix film. Nothing says ''family bonding'' like a road trip through a robot [...]

Snyder's marathon cut of his film for HBO Max doesn't add much to be happy about. No one knows hope like a fan: hope that your favorite writer won't disappoint [...]

The anime film, which took seven years to produce, combines groovy musical vibes with delightfully deadpan humor. Rock 'n' roll is here to stay, and so is ''On-Gaku: Our Sound,'' [...]

Both ''Judas and the Black Messiah'' and ''BlacKkKlansman'' are rooted in issues of radicalism vs. the system, but the dramas rely on morally opaque characters that undermine the stories. At [...]

This new franchise installment, ''Sponge on the Run,'' wants to be clever in nodding toward genre conventions. But its execution is poor. I'm no stranger to Bikini Bottom. I may [...]

A 10-year-old cynic, a bushy-tailed superhero and a cast stacked with beloved comic actors make this lovable Disney film something to see. One thing Disney's taught us in the last [...]

Patrick Page writes and stars in a meditation on the Bard's villains, moving swiftly through a catalog of characters as if he were a chameleon. Prospero steps out onto the [...]

A headstrong orphan girl gets taken in by a witch and a demon in this computer-animated film from Studio Ghibli. A strong-willed young heroine, a witch, a talking cat, cute [...]

A 1976 TV movie that imagined years as people is a helpful reminder that a new page on the calendar is an arbitrary creation. If 2020 were a person, what [...]

Meryl Streep plays an author trying to reconnect with college friends in Steven Soderbergh's film. A Pulitzer Prize-winning author, her two college buddies and her nephew walk into a cruise [...]