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‘Reverse the Curse’ Review: Baseball Is Life

The writer-director David Duchovny plays a long-suffering Red Sox fan with cancer who may yet live to see the team defeat the Yankees.

‘Young Woman and the Sea’ Review: Fighting Sexism and Rough Waters

Daisy Ridley plays Gertrude Ederle, who persuades her father to pay for swim lessons, and then goes on to be a pioneer.

‘Sight’ Review: An Eye Doctor’s (Inner) Journey From China

Based on the real life of the pioneering ophthalmologist Ming Wang, this movie follows the character’s struggle to see inside himself.

‘Jeanne du Barry’ Review: A Versailles Scandal at Its Snooziest

Maïwenn wrote, directed and stars in the film, playing opposite Johnny Depp, who is Louis XV. Though he declares he loves her, their chemistry is...

‘Nowhere Special’ Review: Old Bonds, New Family

This understated tear-jerker sees a dying single father making future family plans for his toddler son.

‘Kim’s Video’ Review: Following the Tapes to Italy

This documentary details how the coolest video collection in downtown New York ended up in a small Italian town.

‘The Beautiful Game’ Review: A Different Kind of World Cup

This heart-string-tugging Netflix movie about a homeless soccer team, featuring Bill Nighy and Micheal Ward, puts the emphasis on play and uplift.

‘Road House’ Review: This Remake Amps Up the Action

Jake Gyllenhaal stars a pro fighter turned bouncer at a juke joint in the Florida Keys, taking on Patrick Swayze’s role in the original.

‘Free Time’ Review: Take This Job and Shove It. (Now What?)

Colin Burgess carries this comedy by Ryan Martin Brown about a 20-something who quits his job and finds that life without work isn’t all that...

‘Code 8: Part II’ Review: Helping a Child in Danger

In this Netflix sequel, the acting cousins Robbie and Stephen Amell again play gruff men of action — physical and psychic — navigating an urban...