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    Ready Player One Is a Lively and Agreeable Work of Fanboy ArtIt’s a first-rate film fashioned from secondhand materials.
    By David Edelstein
  2. I Kill Giants Is a Strange, Moving Tale of Childhood Grief and FantasyThe adaptation of Joe Kelly’s graphic novel is a major moment for young star Madison Wolfe.
    By Emily Yoshida
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    Isle of Dogs Should Make You Howl With JoyIn Wes Anderson’s latest, nothing fits together and everything harmonizes, magically.
    By David Edelstein
  4. Pacific Rim Uprising Might Be the Most China-Bait Studio Release YetAnd that’s not entirely a bad thing.
    By Emily Yoshida
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    Stanley Tucci’s Final Portrait Is Quietly BrilliantAs a director, Tucci appears to savor the step-by-step process of creation from both his characters and his actors, Armie Hammer and Geoffrey Rush.
    By David Edelstein
  6. Love, Simon Is A Sweet, Toothless, and Utterly Unstoppable Love StoryLike the chorus of a latter-day Taylor Swift song, it will lift you up, goddammit, and good luck trying to stop it.
    By Emily Yoshida
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    Steven Soderbergh’s Unsane Toys With RealityLike most of his films, Soderbergh’s new thriller, starring Claire Foy, tests a complicated thesis.
    By David Edelstein
  8. 7 Days in Entebbe Muddles an Otherwise Fascinating StoryRosamund Pike and Daniel Brühl can’t save Jose Padilha’s latest.
    By David Edelstein
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    Tomb Raider Is the Sort of Pulpy Action Fun That We UndervalueStarring Alicia Vikander, the film does everything right that last year’s The Mummy did so garishly, painfully wrong.
    By David Edelstein
  10. Flower Is a Bizarrely Off-Putting Teen FabricationZoey Deutch stars in Max Winkler’s contrived depiction of teens on a mission to get revenge.
    By Emily Yoshida
  11. David Oyelowo Is a Hilarious Revelation in the Pulpy Crime Lark GringoIt’s a surprising high point in Oyelowo’s already distinguished career, and a not-at-all shabby debut for director Nash Edgerton.
    By Emily Yoshida
  12. The Wobbly and Woozy A Wrinkle in Time Only Works When It’s GroundedLet’s joyously welcome Ava DuVernay back to Earth.
    By David Edelstein
  13. The Death of Stalin Walks the Line Between Satire and HorrorArmando Iannucci gets that grotesque horrors often emanate from egotists, clowns, and stumblebums, from small-minded people with unchecked powers.
    By David Edelstein
  14. Thoroughbreds Is Too Cold-Blooded for Its Own GoodThe monotonous, would-be edgy teen murder movie is proof that sociopaths make for pretty boring protagonists.
    By Emily Yoshida
  15. Eli Roth’s Death Wish Remake Is Practically an NRA PromoIt couldn’t have arrived at a worse time (or a better one, depending on your perspective).
    By David Edelstein
  16. Mute Is Meh, But Gets Points for Being Extremely RandomDuncan Jones’s latest feels like its plot has been laid out in a Mad Lib.
    By David Edelstein
  17. Red Sparrow Is Convoluted and UninvolvingHow could Jennifer Lawrence, a delight in drama and comedy, have done this to herself?
    By David Edelstein
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    Foxtrot Is a Punishing Drama That Toes the Line of Black ComedyIsraeli director Samuel Maoz’s alternately acclaimed and reviled film is thick with grief, confusion, and metaphor.
    By David Edelstein
  19. Game Night Will Make You Wish Rachel McAdams Still Made ComediesThe Jason Bateman–starring comedy is better than it needs to be, thanks to sharp setups and a few great performances.
    By Emily Yoshida
  20. Annihilation Is Flawed, But Unforgettably Mind-BendingAlex Garland’s searingly personal variation on Jeff VanderMeer’s novel has structure issues, but the ending knocks it out of the park.
    By Emily Yoshida
  21. Western Is an Empathetic Snapshot of an Obscure Corner of European LifeToni Erdmann director Maren Ade produced Valeska Grisebach’s culture-clash drama.
    By Emily Yoshida
  22. Alex Ross Perry’s Nostalgia Is a Deep Look at Impermanence and PainAny film flooded with this level of emotion is worthy of our respect — and our tears.
    By David Edelstein
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    Black Panther Is Unusually Gripping and Grounded for a Superhero FilmChadwick Boseman is simply magnetic as T’Challa, the African king fighting evil in the guise of a wildcat.
    By David Edelstein
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    The Party Puts Its Politics Front and CenterWriter-director Sally Potter returns with a brief and darkly amusing specimen of the dinner-party-from-hell subgenre.
    By David Edelstein
  25. With Irreplaceable You, Netflix Does Gugu Mbatha-Raw Dirty AgainThe tragic romantic comedy is another low point on a promising actor’s résumé.
    By Emily Yoshida
  26. Double Lover Is a French Erotic Thriller Made for Valentine’s DayFrançois Ozon gives you twin sex, pegging, and an opening shot not likely to be forgotten.
    By Emily Yoshida
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    Review: Loveless Conjures Humanism Out of WretchednessRussian director Andrey Zvyagintsev’s drama is about a state of mind, a lament, an indictment of crimes against the human spirit.
    By David Edelstein
  28. Permission Begins As a Rom-Com and Turns Into a Rom-SquirmUngainly as it is, though, it delivers a hell of a kick.
    By David Edelstein
  29. Peter Rabbit Reframes the Childhood Classic As Country Home AlonePeter Rabbit arms Beatrix Potter’s beloved character with electrocution, explosives, and that damn Portugal the Man song.
    By Emily Yoshida
  30. The 15:17 to Paris Is a Rickety Celebration of Old-fashioned American HeroismI like it — in spite of its dumbbell infelicities.
    By David Edelstein
  31. Fifty Shades Freed Sure Is the Last Fifty Shades MovieIt turns out the darkest shade all along was … money.
    By Emily Yoshida
  32. Golden Exits Is a Quietly Haunting Brooklyn Ensemble PieceAlex Ross Perry’s thoughtful domestic drama stars Jason Schwartzman, Chloë Sevigny, and Emily Browning.
    By Emily Yoshida
  33. The Cloverfield Paradox Has Some Colossal IssuesThe problem with retrofits is that they can’t spiral off in entertaining new directions. They have to come crashing back to Franchise-Land.
    By David Edelstein
  34. A Fantastic Woman Is an Agonizing Tale of Grief and OthernessThe Chilean awards contender is a little too chilly for its own good.
    By Emily Yoshida
  35. Please Stand By Is a Thoughtful But Stiff Look at AutismDakota Fanning plays a young woman on the spectrum who travels to L.A. to deliver her Star Trek script.
    By David Edelstein
  36. In a Weak Year at Sundance, Will Any of the Fest’s Movies Score with Oscar?And will Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Maggie Gyllenhaal, or Toni Collette nab a Best Actress nom?
    By Kyle Buchanan
  37. A Futile and Stupid Gesture Captures Doug Kenney While Respecting His MysteryIt’s not particularly illuminating, but it’s far from futile.
    By David Edelstein
  38. As Oscar Wilde, Rupert Everett Lifts The Happy Prince Into the StratosphereThe Happy Prince proves that a film can be both bleak and warm-spirited, as befits its mighty subject.
    By David Edelstein
  39. Daisy Ridley’s Ophelia Is a Juicy, Crowd-Pleasing Shakespeare RevampBut perhaps, given the runaway strength of Naomi Watts’s supporting performance, it should have been titled Gertrude.
    By David Edelstein
  40. Rose Byrne and Ethan Hawke’s Juliet, Naked Revitalizes the Romantic ComedyJesse Peretz’s adaptation of Nick Hornby’s novel explores what happens when a superfan’s idol and girlfriend strike up a relationship of their own.
    By David Edelstein
  41. Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Kindergarten Teacher Is an Electrifying CringefestGyllenhaal is complex and empathetic in a tale of a woman looking to give her life some purpose.
    By Emily Yoshida
  42. Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade Captures Middle School in the Time of SnapchatBurnham’s directorial breakout is masterful, and it’s rivaled only by the breakout performance of its 14-year-old star Elsie Fisher.
    By Emily Yoshida
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    Kathryn Hahn Is Dazzling in Private Life, a Tale About Makeshift FamiliesHahn and Paul Giamatti star in a comedy (of sorts) about a couple whose relentlessly unsuccessful attempts to conceive are stressing them out.
    By David Edelstein
  44. 12 Strong Is an Underwhelming Tribute to the ‘Horse Soldiers’ of the Afghan WarThe film based on Doug Stanton’s book doesn’t do justice to the powerful true story of the 12 Americans who gathered intel in Afghanistan after 9/11.
    By David Edelstein
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    The Final Year Gives an Insider’s Perspective of the Obama PresidencyGreg Barker’s swift documentary covers the achievements, mistakes, and compromises that make the Obama legacy alternately exhilarating and depressing.
    By David Edelstein
  46. The Martin Scorsese–Produced A Ciambra Is a Rough-and-Tumble Coming-of-Age TaleJonas Carpignano’s new film about teenage boyhood in the south of Italy is part of a growing genre of ambitious, affecting quasi-documentaries.
    By Emily Yoshida
  47. Maze Runner: The Death Cure Is a Thrilling Series Ender With Too Many ClimaxesThere is at least an hour of grand finale-ing.
    By Emily Yoshida
  48. Mary and The Witch’s Flower Is a Rickety But Likable Debut for Studio PonocThe Studio Ghibli successor has big shoes to fill — and a long shadow to escape.
    By Emily Yoshida
  49. The Insult, Lebanon’s Oscar Entry, Is an Evenhanded Look at Racial AnimusPart of the film is a crackerjack courtroom drama. What’s dull is the trajectory.
    By David Edelstein
  50. Proud Mary Is Rhythmless, But Has Some Standout PerformancesTaraji P. Henson holds her pedestal but doesn’t do much on top of it, while Billy Brown smolders in a vacuum.
    By David Edelstein
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