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Unlike its televised predecessor, Ali G Indahouse just isn’t that funny.
Alias Betty is either a fascinating study of the relationship between mothers and their children or a disturbing story about sociopaths and their marks. I'm not sure, but both readings of this taut French thriller seem ...
Alice (2020, 105 min., R)
French sex work drama finds a different kind of happy ending
Alice (2022, 98 min., R)
Southern slavery drama with a twist
Anna Kendrick is crushingly brilliant as a woman in an abusive relationship
Every adult is a reaction to a childhood. Our adult form represents the survival of (or the succumbing to) the traumas and triumphs of our youth. For the bastard-born Martin, that means recovering from his mother ...
Sadly, the mirth-to-muck ratio in Tim Burton's new film is deeply imbalanced.
Although it has visual panache, this new story is lifeless
More chest-bursting fun in space
The franchise's fourth outing
Fede Alvarez speed runs through earlier Alien films in this uninspired sequel
Taking its cues from several classic 1950s sci-fi films, Alien Trespass is a deeply affectionate homage to the era when every kid on the block knew what "Klaatu borada nikto" meant.
An asinine grudge match between two of the most memorable Eighties-era screen bugaboos
Alienoid (2022, 142 min., NR)
Time-travelling SF wire fu thriller is as overpacked as it sounds
A group of kids save their vacation home from extraterrestrials while keeping their clueless elders out of the loop.
Apocalyptic monster mash makes big crash.
Alien³ (1992, 115 min., R)
Weaver's Lt. Ripley and H.R. Giger's brainchild face off in Fincher's beautifully shot sequel that goes nowhere.
Aline (2022, 126 min., PG-13)
Bizarre not-quite-a-biopic of Céline Dion
The manga heroine comes to motion capture life
Alive (1993, 127 min., R)
I can remember reading the novel Alive when I was much younger and having, not nightmares per se, but more like uneasy dreams for some time after. Frank Marshall's film version of the story deftly manages ...
Alive (2020, 91 min., NR)
Grisly horror where the doctor is in (and out to lunch)
Medical science seems well on its way to turning the AIDS-haunted gay romance genre into a dated curiosity. But even if, as we all pray, the white smocks succeed in their mission, a handful of these ...
All About My Mother merges all of Almodóvar's noted preoccupations with women on the verge of nervous breakdowns, screwball melodramas, and flamboyant visual touches with a cohesive – and universal – story about the faces and roles we all adopt in public.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead excels as a comic in freefall
Sandra Bullock plays it kooky in this romantic comedy in which she stalks a CNN cameraman (Bradley Cooper) with whom she's smitten.
The ESPN SportsCenterization of action cinema continues apace with All About the Benjamins. My point: Modern actioners increasingly resemble sports highlights shows in their pandering to the Phallo-American community's love of spectacular payoff moments and wise-ass ...
Keep ya head up but don't expect too much from this biopic
Blind Melon singer's home movies give you less insight than you'd think
A blind woman who regains her sight starts to see things differently
Call this one Miracle on 12th Street. No it's not precisely the same story as the 34th Street model (or even one-third the story), but it borrows much of the same whimsy, grit and Christmas sentiment ...