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With teen characters named “God,” “Boston,” “Graham Cracker” and “Squishy” acting irrationally, hedonistically and out-of-control, you can’t help but feel “What nutty screenwriter cooked up this?” But “Romeo and Juliet Killers” is based on a true story. Populate it with … Continue reading →

A lot of movies keep their secrets well enough that they make you wonder, “What the hell is this thing about?” It’s not often that a film frustrates even veteran mass consumers of movies like me with that feeling over … Continue reading →

Sandra Bullock, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Zazie Beetz, Joey King and Logan Lerman are the costars in what could be a fusillade of summer fun, coming July 15.

April 1. Looks ferocious, it does. I was guessing Australia, not because of the accents, but because of the ferocity and the weapons and general savagery. But no. British to the hilt.

Well it’s not a dog lover’s movie, that’s for sure. Tales that involve but don’t star sled dogs rarely are. “Against the Ice,” the latest Greenland project from Danish “Game of Thrones” star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, recreates a little-known piece of … Continue reading →

A good rule of thumb about whether or not to watch a movie from the mid-1930s on into the 1950s is to ask, “Is Basil Rathbone in it?” The vulpine baritone with the steely gaze and plummy line-readings dressed up … Continue reading →

Joanna is an English teacher at a Polish high school, battling student indifference and bursts of foul-mouthed exuberance on a daily basis. She’s married to Witek, the school’s headmaster, but he’s “falling apart” and sort of checked out of his … Continue reading →

The children reveal their secrets, mainly to each other, in the Norwegian summer. The director of “Blind” and “Louder than Bombs” is behind “The Innocents.” This IFC thriller comes out May 13.

Leo’s always good, and Thorne seems to hold her own opposite her in this. Avenging mom of a musician gets that revenge March 18.

Honestly, “The Office” ruined the “mockumentary” as a genre. There’s nothing like a long-running TV series, where everybody involved in front of and behind the camera forgets the original conceit of “We’re being candidly filmed while all this nonsense is … Continue reading →