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Ben Grimm/The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), Sue Storm/Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal) and Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Joseph Quinn) in “The Fantastic Four: First Steps.” (Marvel Studios/20th Century Studios)

‘The Fantastic Four’ review: In a jet age dream of Manhattan, Marvel’s world-savers take care of business

July 25, 2025 at 1:29 p.m.

Is the new "Fantastic Four" movie fantastic? No, and not everyone will love the amount of downtime in this one. But good is good enough for a Marvel superhero movie...

A small-town sheriff (Joaquin Phoenix) tangles with his political rival, the mayor (Pedro Pascal) in “Eddington.” (A24)

‘Eddington’ review: Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal, once upon an early COVID time in the West

July 17, 2025 at 11:40 a.m.

Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal and Emma Stone take on early 2020 pandemic crises of every sort in Ari Aster's "Eddington."

Eva Victor in “Sorry, Baby,” which she also wrote and directed. (Philip Keith/A24)

Review: ‘Sorry, Baby’ is a witty, moving portrait of life in the aftermath of a college assault

July 7, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.

A college assault shadows the present-day life of a literature professor in "Sorry, Baby."

Benicio Del Toro as Zsa-Zsa Korda and Mia Threapleton as Liesl in “The Phoenician Scheme.” (TPS Productions/Focus Features)

‘The Phoenician Scheme’ review: Wes Anderson and Co. embark on an elaborate save-a-soul mission

June 9, 2025 at 2:09 p.m.

Benicio Del Toro is the star of Wes Anderson's 12th and latest outing.

Tom Hiddleston stars in "The Life of Chuck."

‘Life of Chuck’ review: It’s a wonderful, apocalyptic life in Stephen King land

June 9, 2025 at 2:15 p.m.

Mike Flanagan's gooey, well-acted "The Life of Chuck" stars Tom Hiddleston as an everyman with earnest life lessons to impart.

An 11-year-old boy imagines an intergalactic journey, and then gets one, in Pixar’s “Elio.” (Disney/Pixar)

Top 10 summer movies: ‘Fantastic Four,’ meet ‘Jurassic Park 7’ and the new man from Krypton

June 2, 2025 at 2:33 p.m.

A new "Superman" and a new "Jurassic Park" sequel fill the summer 2025 movie calendar.

Lilo (Maia Kealoha) and and her newfound fellow troublemaker star in “Lilo & Stitch.”

‘Lilo & Stitch’ review: Disney puts another one through the de-animation machine

May 22, 2025 at 11:47 a.m.

Coming off "Marcel the Shell," director Dean Fleischer Camp can't find much fun or charm in Disney's latest recycling project.

Florence Pugh as Yelena, aka Black Widow, in Marvel’s “Thunderbolts*.” (Marvel Studios)

‘Thunderbolts*’ review: Tormented superheroes in the first pretty-good Marvel movie in a while

May 2, 2025 at 3:04 p.m.

Florence Pugh leads a crew of scrappy misfits. "Suicide Squad" did the same thing, but here it works.

Jayme Lawson, Wunmi Mosaku, Michael B. Jordan, Miles Caton and Li Jun Li prepare for battle in "Sinners." (Warner Bros. Pictures)

‘Sinners’ review: In Ryan Coogler’s juicy mashup, a pair of Michael B. Jordans dance with the devil

April 17, 2025 at 3:23 p.m.

With "Sinners," filmmaker Ryan Coogler creates a big, flawed, juicy blues folktale of Black enterprise vs. vampires, literal and figurative.

Jason Statham as Levon Cade in director David Ayer’s “A Working Man.” (Dan Wilson/Amazon MGM Studios)

‘A Working Man’ review: Jason Statham solves a Chicago sex trafficking problem

April 2, 2025 at 3:41 p.m.

Ridiculous, bloodthirsty and, because it's a Jason Statham movie, super-scowly, "A Working Man" has its vicious charms.

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