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They’re finally too old for it in the middling clip reel ‘Jackass: Best and Last’

After four gross-out features that occasionally reached cinematic greatness, Johnny Knoxville and the gang gather for a hasty and underwhelming final hurrah.

A hot mess, ‘Supergirl’ has a rowdy spirit but a too-terrestrial plot

Craig Gillespie directs the louche party girl, played by Milly Alcock, in a spinoff sequel that thrives on chaos but settles for convention.

Dour and dull, ‘The Death of Robin Hood’ steals our time to give to the gloom

Promising director Michael Sarnoski misses the bulls-eye with this violent, dreary take on the 13th century renegade. Even Hugh Jackman can't save it.

AI meets angst in ‘Toy Story 5,’ in which the gang and the plot feel obsolete

The fifth entry finds the series pulling the same old heartstrings as Jessie, Buzz and Woody once again feel irrelevant. So does the franchise.

Fashion and politics get a radical makeover in the riotous ‘I Love Boosters’

Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie and Taylour Paige play shoplifters undermining the powers that be in a zany, visually uninhibited comedy written and directed by Boots…

At Cannes, the search goes on for a knockout — or at least a decent ending

Disappointing offerings included such anticipated titles as "Her Private Hell," Nicolas Winding Refn's first film in a decade, and Hirokazu Kore-eda's "Sheep in the Box."

Hannah Einbinder and Vin Diesel rev up a Cannes light on Hollywood glamour

Jane Schoenbrun's "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma" supplied slasher-inspired juiciness while "Fatherland" marked the return of Sandra Hüller ("Anatomy of a Fall").

‘Hokum’ finds fresh scares lurking in the shadows of an old Irish hotel

Writer-director Damian McCarthy breathes new life into the well-worn haunted house story, which ain't broke and needs no fixing if you have actors like Adam…

The hellishly hot trend in ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ is pink slips for the media industry

Anne Hathaway, Stanley Tucci, Emily Blunt and an icy Meryl Streep return for a sequel that's less about fashion, more about the horrors of keeping…

Fast, clever and satisfying, ‘Fuze’ is a throwback thriller with a ticking time bomb

Scottish director David Mackenzie ("Hell or High Water," "Relay") specializes in tough, tight genre films and his latest — a bomb plot plus a heist…