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Wonder Woman 1984

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Everyone's favorite Amazonian princess returns to save the planet in "Wonder Woman 1984" (Warner Bros.), an entertaining follow-up to the DC Comics superhero's 2017 outing. Director Patty Jenkins is once again [...]

Promising Young Woman

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Vengeance-driven vigilantism is the order of the day in "Promising Young Woman” (Focus). The sad result is that writer-director Emerald Fennell's cinematically impressive, black comedy-tinged drama wastes its opportunity to make [...]

Soul

NEW YORK (CNS) -- As the director of such films as "Up" (2009) and 2015's "Inside Out," Pete Docter has taken cartoons to the heights of artistry, proving that an animated feature can be touching, [...]

News of the World

NEW YORK (CNS) -- The ethnic, sectional and economic tensions of the Reconstruction era are explored in the epic adventure "News of the World" (Universal). So, too, is the redemptive bond uniting its two main [...]

Fatale

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Nearly 35 years have passed since scorned Glenn Close terrorized adulterer Michael Douglas (and boiled a bunny in the process) in "Fatal Attraction." That film's distant cousin -- a poor relation [...]

Monster Hunter

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Don't wait for any explanations while viewing the video game adaptation "Monster Hunter" (Screen Gems) because none will be forthcoming. Director Paul W.S. Anderson, who also wrote the screenplay, has constructed [...]

Gunda

NEW YORK (CNS) -- You may never eat bacon again after watching "Gunda" (Neon), filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky's compelling documentary about life on the farm for the eponymous sow and her piglets. Unlike "Babe" and "Charlotte's [...]

All My Life

NEW YORK (CNS) -- In 2015, engaged Canadian couple Jenn Carter and Solomon Chau gained notoriety when their friends and family sponsored a crowdfunding campaign that raised over $50,000 with the aim of salvaging their [...]

Half Brothers

NEW YORK (CNS) -- The comedy "Half Brothers" (Focus) feels half-baked. Though director Luke Greenfield's odd-couple road trip movie produces the occasional laugh, it's effectively undercut by the fact that neither of its lead characters [...]

The Croods: A New Age

NEW YORK (CNS) -- The most entertaining Stone Age family since the Flintstones returns to the big screen in "The Croods: A New Age" (Universal), a delightful animated comedy suitable for almost all ages. This [...]

The Last Vermeer

NEW YORK (CNS) -- The interest high-ranking officials in the Third Reich showed in collecting valuable art -- more often by foul means than fair -- has proved a rich source of cinematic material in [...]

Unhinged

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Russell Crowe goes rogue in the brutal road rage thriller "Unhinged" (Solstice). In the absence of any effort at character development or any realistic restraint on the mayhem that results, what [...]