Good Guys Are Boring. Luckily, ‘Mortal Kombat’ Luxuriates in the Bad
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The hell-dwelling desire for vengeance at its core makes the movie more intriguing than it had to be
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‘Together, Together’: A Pregnancy Rom-Com, Minus the Rom
Posted in: Movie ReviewsEd Helms and Patti Harrison have a baby — and keep things strictly professional — in this gentle surrogate-pregnancy comedy
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‘Gunda’: An Intimate Portrait of a Sow’s Life
Posted in: Movie ReviewsDirected by Russian filmmaker Victor Kossakowsky, the doc is 93 minutes of the unfiltered lives of a mother pig
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‘In the Earth’: Ben Wheatley’s Pandemic-Psychedelic Horrorshow
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThe British cult filmmaker returns with an eerie story of a global virus, a quest to find a missing scientist and a journey into the dark side of Mother Nature
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Melissa McCarthy Doesn’t Have All the Fun in ‘Thunder Force’ — Which Is a Good Thing
Posted in: Movie ReviewsOctavia Spencer stars alongside McCarthy in the new superhero spoof streaming on Netflix
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‘Voyagers’: Teenagers, Lost (and Horny) in Space
Posted in: Movie ReviewsKids run wild on a spaceship — and play out a heavy-handed political metaphor — in this Y.A. sci-fi thriller
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‘Concrete Cowboy’: Home on the Inner-City Range
Posted in: Movie ReviewsIdris Elba is an urban cowboy keeping his son on the straight and narrow — and keeping a dying tradition alive — in this portrait of a North Philadelphia subculture
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Godzilla, Meet Kong. Ass, Meet Seat. Face, Meet Palm
Posted in: Movie ReviewsWhoever wins, we all lose (except Hollywood)
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‘Violation’ Is Latest Rape-Revenge Thriller That Seeks to Subvert the Genre
Posted in: Movie ReviewsMadeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli construct a searing, disorienting psychological set-up
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‘Bad Trip’: Eric Andre, Tiffany Haddish and Lil Rel Howery Prank America
Posted in: Movie ReviewsAndré and friends take their public-outrageousness act on the road — and earn a spot in the Gonzo Comedy Hall of Fame
