‘Flag Day’: How Small-Town America Shows Big Love for This Country
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‘Flag Day’: How Small-Town America Shows Big Love for This Country

One indie film flies the red, white, and blue in a show of great patriotism.

‘Supergirl’: This New Superstar Is Going to Be Around for a While
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‘Supergirl’: This New Superstar Is Going to Be Around for a While

Subpar “Supergirl” serves to whet the appetite for when neonate superstar Milly Alcock gets the chance to work with a stronger director.

‘Young Washington’: The Father of Our Country as You’ve Never Seen Him
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‘Young Washington’: The Father of Our Country as You’ve Never Seen Him

This daring historic action piece takes big chances and mostly pays off in big ways.

‘Toy Story 5’: Best of the Bunch With the Most Important Message
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‘Toy Story 5’: Best of the Bunch With the Most Important Message

The nutshell premise concerns our No. 1 societal and cultural malaise—tech is usurping children’s imaginations. “Toy Story 5” addresses this problem winningly.

‘Disclosure Day’: An Alien Envoy Is Spielberg’s Latest Contribution
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‘Disclosure Day’: An Alien Envoy Is Spielberg’s Latest Contribution

‘Disclosure Day’ desperately wants to be profound, but we’ve seen the normally inimitable Spielberg do this before, and there are no surprises here.

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‘Flag Day’: How Small-Town America Shows Big Love for This Country

‘Flag Day’: How Small-Town America Shows Big Love for This Country

One indie film flies the red, white, and blue in a show of great patriotism.

‘Savage House’: Foul, Festering Farce Is Far From ‘Pride and Prejudice’

‘Savage House’: Foul, Festering Farce Is Far From ‘Pride and Prejudice’

The film’s overemphasis of the 18th-century’s dearth of hygiene feels like smoke and mirrors. It has little new to say about upward mobility.

‘Gangland’: Lou Diamond Phillips is Excellent in Depressing Rez Film

‘Gangland’: Lou Diamond Phillips is Excellent in Depressing Rez Film

While director Grashaw made a movie that feels deeply authentic in its bleak portrait of reservation life, there’s no hope to lighten the weight of it all.

‘The Get Out’: Russell Crowe Continues His New Hot Streak

‘The Get Out’: Russell Crowe Continues His New Hot Streak

A crack ensemble cast riffs on the Elmore Leonard adaptation formula hit the spot.

‘Supergirl’: This New Superstar Is Going to Be Around for a While

‘Supergirl’: This New Superstar Is Going to Be Around for a While

Subpar “Supergirl” serves to whet the appetite for when neonate superstar Milly Alcock gets the chance to work with a stronger director.

‘Young Washington’: The Father of Our Country as You’ve Never Seen Him

‘Young Washington’: The Father of Our Country as You’ve Never Seen Him

This daring historic action piece takes big chances and mostly pays off in big ways.

‘Lucky Strike’: Scott Eastwood’s Best Effort Yet is Still Just Above Average

‘Lucky Strike’: Scott Eastwood’s Best Effort Yet is Still Just Above Average

This Battle of the Bulge WW II action thriller steals its own thunder at the start.

‘Couture’: Angelina Jolie Delivers One of Her Career-Best Performances

‘Couture’: Angelina Jolie Delivers One of Her Career-Best Performances

A filmmaker on the cusp of a professional breakthrough is dealt an unexpected bad card.

‘Toy Story 5’: Best of the Bunch With the Most Important Message

‘Toy Story 5’: Best of the Bunch With the Most Important Message

The nutshell premise concerns our No. 1 societal and cultural malaise—tech is usurping children’s imaginations. “Toy Story 5” addresses this problem winningly.

‘Power Ballad’: Paul Rudd’s Comedic Cousin to ‘A Star Is Born’

‘Power Ballad’: Paul Rudd’s Comedic Cousin to ‘A Star Is Born’

Director John Carney asks questions about ambition, recognition, and self-worth without offering easy answers.