The “Has Fallen” series, “Olympus,” “London” and now, “Angel Has Fallen,” is a curiously enduring franchise. But it seems the character of Mike Banning, a foul-mouthed Secret Service agent played with a lumpy gruffness by Gerard Butler, has filled the void of the everyman action
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Raucous film hilariously captures sweet, sour middle school moments
Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg’s raucous tweenage comedy “Good Boys” dives into the sordid, silly world of sex, drugs and middle school. It’s a film about a specific time, that oh-so-short moment when the world of adults permeates a kid’s consciousness, ill-equipped to process or
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The powerful story of a man falsely accused of rape
Alfred Hitchcock was famously obsessed with the innocent man, falsely accused. In “To Catch a Thief,” “The Wrong Man,” “North by Northwest” and other films, he used the premise to create tantalizing suspense. Despite a similar setup — false accusation and its aftermath — and
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In ‘Fast and the Furious’ spinoff, costars Kirby, Elba take the wheel
It’s pretty incredible how the humble beginnings of 2001’s “The Fast and the Furious” have spawned a nine-film franchise. And the souped-up series shows no signs of slowing down. This summer, star Vin Diesel has tossed the keys to his action superstar costars, Dwayne Johnson
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Tarantino’s deeply personal, darkly funny period piece set in 1969
Quentin Tarantino’s deeply personal, ’60s-cool, darkly funny, trippy, bold and sensational “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” is filled with pitch-perfect vignettes perfectly capturing the vast chasm in the country and in the world of American pop culture in 1969. This is a brilliant and
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It’s no small feat to deliver entertaining and innovative live-action takes on animated treasures that hold such a special place in the hearts and memories of millions, but Disney has built an impressive adaptation track record and has won over many a skeptic. Still, putting
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A refreshing, down-to-earth chapter in the Avengers saga
If you’re still recuperating from the enormous and magnificent but, let’s be honest, also exhausting and sometimes very heavy feast that was “Avengers: Endgame,” the Marvel Universe has just the entree for you: How about a little “Spider-Man” light? It’s a zesty and sweet and
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Modern fairy tale doesn’t quite come together, but it’s almost impossible not to like
Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis’ “Yesterday” requires its viewers to take quite a few leaps of faith. First, you have to wholeheartedly buy into the rule that, categorically, the best songs ever written are by The Beatles. They’re great songs, to be sure. But in
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Beloved characters return along with fantastically entertaining new toys
If you were a kid in the prime of your toy-playing years when the original “Toy Story” was released back in 1995, you’re old enough to have little ones of your own, and if you do, I’ll bet they’ll love “Toy Story 4” as much
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With the success of last year’s Queen biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody,” it might feel too soon for another film about a queer British rock star who soared to fame in the 1970s. But the Elton John biopic “Rocketman” is no “Bohemian Rhapsody” — it’s better. Wilder,
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