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Review: ‘In the Company of Rose’ Is a Pleasant Portrait

When the theater and film director James Lapine first met Rose Styron, he knew her as William Styron’s widow. He learned there was a lot...

‘No Hard Feelings’ Review: How Lucky Can a Nerdy Kid Get?

That time when Mom and Dad hired Jennifer Lawrence to introduce you to the pleasures of the opposite sex before you started college.

‘Surrounded’ Review: Letitia Wright Impresses in an Overbaked Western

Playing a woman disguising herself as a man, Wright is haunting and haunted, and Michael K. Williams is an energetic presence in one of his...

‘Apes Together Strong’ Review: Rooting for the Small Investors

The 2021 “short squeeze” of GameStop was a rare victory for the little guy. This documentary explains why the house — Wall Street wealth, that...

‘Padre Pio’ Review: A Movie in Need of a Miracle That Never Comes

In this film directed by Abel Ferrara, Shia LaBeouf gives viewers a contemporary version of the saint — that is, one who curses a blue...

‘The Machine’ Review: A Hard-Partying Comedian Pays for His Sins

In a movie extrapolated from one of his stand-up bits, Bert Kreischer is dragged to Russia to face a gory but still comedic reckoning.

‘About My Father’ Review: Robert De Niro in Dad Mode Again

The comedian Sebastian Maniscalco enlists his “Irishman” colleague in this labored comedy, where gags fall flat.

‘White Men Can’t Jump’ Review: Bouncing Off the Rim

Even the trash talk in a remake of the 1992 street ball comedy has no spark, despite the best efforts of Sinqua Walls and Jack...

‘Queenmaker’ Review: Society Blogger to Self-Made Celebrity

The chronicler of the post-9/11 New York social whirl who is at the center of this documentary was no Manhattan insider but rather a student...

‘Hypnotic’ Review: A Twisty Thriller Sends Ben Affleck on the Run

Alice Braga plays a psychic and Affleck a cop in this action-packed Robert Rodriguez picture that gets a little overly ambitious.