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‘Nuclear Now’ Review: Oliver Stone Makes the Case for Power Plants

The director’s new documentary considers our complicated relationship to nuclear energy and argues that it is our best hope against climate change.

‘Quasi’ Review: Medieval Inanity

The new film from the comedy troupe Broken Lizard is a goofy take on the story of the famed hunchback Quasimodo.

‘One True Loves’ Review: A Romance Lost at Sea

A film adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s novel has potential for drama, but it stumbles on stock melodrama.

‘Ride On’ Review: Jackie Chan, Back on the Horse

Chan, playing a former stuntman, has a few good trademark fight scenes, but the film is too busy stuffing sentimental elements into its lowbrow comedy...

‘Praise This’ Review: An Unlikely Savior

The R&B singer-songwriter Chloe Bailey stars in this musical comedy about an aspiring pop singer who lands in a scrappy competitive gospel group.

‘Murder Mystery 2’ Review: The Case of the Innocuous Sequel

Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston return as private detectives in this Netflix follow-up comedy.

‘A Good Person’ Review: Zach Braff’s New Chapter

The filmmaker behind “Garden State” has created a fully drawn female character in Florence Pugh’s grieving addict. But this recovery drama often has too heavy...

‘Full River Red’ Review: A Song Dynasty Blockbuster

The latest film from Zhang Yimou weaves slapstick fun into an investigation of a 12th-century political murder.

‘Therapy Dogs’ Review: It’s Time to Be Real

This low-budget film by a pair of high schoolers offers a bracing, impressionistic portrait of senior year as it’s happening.

‘Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre’ Review: The Getaway Car Is Stuck on Cruise

Guy Ritchie’s latest action-comedy puts Jason Statham and Aubrey Plaza in the middle of a rote heist story.