Movie Review: Avengers: Age of Ultron Is Fun, But Crowded
Joss Whedon, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, and company versus the looming Marvel mothership.
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Movie Reviews: Nirvana Roars Again in Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
Also: MST3K vets lower the boom on The Room.
Movie Review: A Mixed Verdict for True Story
James Franco and Jonah Hill play it straight in a suspense-free true-crime drama.
Ex Machina: A Small Sci-Fi Classic
Oscar Isaac and Domhnall Gleeson match wits with a beautiful robot.
Furious 7 Is Fast Cars, Bikinis, and Non-Stop Fun
Vin Diesel is back behind the wheel in a pretty terrific sequel.
Movie Reviews: While We're Young Might Be Baumbach's Best Yet, Get Hard Is Funny But Forgettable
Ben Stiller and Adam Driver in dueling generations. Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart in a familiar comedy raunch-fest.
Movie Reviews: Insurgent and Kumiko Fail to Impress
Shailene Woodley in a sub-par sequel and Rinko Kikuchi in an overhyped Sundance item.
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief and The Wrecking Crew
Strange tales from the church of Xenu, and the secret weapon of '60s rock.
Focus and Maps to the Stars
Will Smith outshone by Margot Robbie, David Cronenberg in Hollywood hell.
The Oscars: Parsing a Year Filled with Good Movies
Predictions are basically pointless but, as always, irresistible.
Fifty Shades of Grey and Kingsman: The Secret Service
Dakota Johnson in (very light) bondage, Colin Firth on the neo-Bond spy beat.
Jupiter Ascending
The Wachowskis flame out in a welter of digital overkill.
Still Alice and Wild Card
Julianne Moore at a new peak, Jason Statham in search of action.
Mortdecai and Black Sea
Johnny Depp's sad career slide continues, Jude Law goes for the gold.
American Sniper and Blackhat
Bradley Cooper commandeers Clint Eastwood's powerful war movie, Chris Hemsworth withers in Michael Mann's cyber-crime misfire.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Peter Jackson's bloated trilogy finally wheezes to an end.
Free Speech and Free Jazz
A documentary captures the life of civil libertarian and music critic Nat Hentoff.
Horrible Bosses 2
Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston succumb to sequelitis.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Jennifer Lawrence in a disappointing half-movie, a vampire in the Iranian wild west.
Nightcrawler and Horns
Jake Gyllenhaal brings the creepy, Daniel Radcliffe gets lost in a failed fright flick.
Birdman and Fury
Michael Keaton at his high-flying best, Brad Pitt bogged down in the mud of war.
Whiplash and The Judge
J.K. Simmons and Miles Teller jazz it up, Downey and Duvall go to court.
The Equalizer and Jimi: All Is by My Side
Denzel Washington kickstarts a franchise, Andre Benjamin illuminates a Hendrix biopic.
The Maze Runner and A Walk Among the Tombstones
More teen dystopia, and some middling Liam Neeson crime action.
The Skeleton Twins and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (Them)
Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig get serious, Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy sail the sea of heartbreak.
Wetlands and The Longest Week
A wild German import, and a limp Woody Allen tribute Jason Bateman can't quite save.
The November Man and Life of Crime
Pierce Brosnan gets back in the spy game, Jennifer Aniston takes on Elmore Leonard.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Another all-star helping of blood and bullets from Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller.
Frank: Radiant Music and Madness. The Giver: Unnecessary Helping of Teen Dys-dopia.
Michael Fassbender gets a big head, and Jeff Bridges mutters through yet another post-apocalyptic franchise attempt.
What If: A Rom-Com Gem. Land Ho!: A Charming Indie Road Trip.
Zoe Kazan and Daniel Radcliffe in love and confusion, and two unconquerable codgers on an Icelandic adventure.
Guardians of the Galaxy: Beautiful Schlock. Get on Up Does Some Justice.
A spaced-out blockbuster and a problematic tribute to the great James Brown.
Magic in the Moonlight: Good Woody. Lucy: Girl Powers.
Colin Firth joins Allen on the Côte d'Azur, and Scarlett Johansson explores several new mental dimensions.
Boyhood: Life Itself. I Origins: Adrift in the Spirit World.
Richard Linklater delivers a long-form masterwork, Michael Pitt and Brit Marling get lost in a sci-fi muddle.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Blockbuster With a Brain
Director Matt Reeves elevates the Big Summer Movie into something worth thinking about.
A Hard Day's Night: Beatlemania Revisited
Richard Lester's pop classic shines again in a new Criterion restoration.
