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At times overt and forced, Woman King still makes a potent point in a generally fictional take on this historical story.

The Suicide Squad is hilariously funny and surprisingly political throughout this adventure with superhero misfits.

Strikingly funny and even more strikingly political, The Suicide Squad is an imperfect gem in the superhero pantheon.

Breaking Chicago Widows is a basic heist movie. It opens with a shoot-out. Chased by police, robbers attempt an escape in their van, firing shots from the open rear …

Fenced In Originally written for the stage in 1987, conditioned for film in 2016, and set in post-WWII Pittsburgh, Fences’ lessons and messages cling to no specific time. Through …

Squadmates Jared Leto’s abysmal Joker can’t diminish Margot Robbie’s entertaining Harley Quinn portrayal, but Suicide Squad struggles from the get go. It’s rushed to capitalize on Marvel’s success, and …

For the third time this summer, a villain shoots a spiraling beam into the sky which the protagonists must stop. It’s coincidence, if an amusing one as Warner’s comic …

Lila & Eve purports to be a dramatic portrait of grief in a time of loss. Viola Davis struggles to accept the murder of her son who was shot …

Michael Mann’s soggy two-hour ode to the internet at its worst The NSA has high-level employees dumb enough to open email attachments in order to change their password. This …

A beautiful, emotionally haunting film about loss and love, starring Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy How The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them came about is an interesting tale in …

James Brown Biopic has incredible A/V quality; deserves multiple Oscar noms Following up The Help, director Tate Taylor fishes for more Oscar nominations with his masterful Get On Up, …

Ender's Game becomes a film which is both too fast and too slow, projecting cliff notes in a rush to embellish screens with dizzying zero gravity training spectacles.