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'The Good Liar' can't make the most of its dream Mirren-McKellen pairing

6 years 11 months ago
The world-class pairing of Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen is the only calling card that "The Good Liar" needs. Yet even these two knighted performers -- in a rare star vehicle for a pair of senior citizens -- can't elevate this adaptation of Nicholas Searle's book, which clearly wants to be twisty and Hitchcockian but never quite gets there.

'Charlie's Angels' isn't enough fun to earn its wings

6 years 11 months ago
"Charlie's Angels" has just enough fun with the premise to be tolerable, and not enough to justify a reboot that nobody really needed. This latest big-screen spin on the 1970s TV series brings playfulness and a stronger feminist streak courtesy of writer-director-co-star Elizabeth Banks, but it lacks the consistency to earn its wings.

'Man Made' views the transgender experience through a bodybuilding lens

6 years 11 months ago
"Man Made" looks at the transgender experience through what seems like a highly specific lens: The only bodybuilding competition for transgender participants. But focusing on competitors at different stages, facing a variety of issues, offers a complex, nuanced view, in a way that does a lot of heavy lifting for a small film.

'Lady and the Tramp' issues a familiar bark to introduce Disney+

6 years 11 months ago
Disney's strategy of turning animated classics into live-action movies takes a streaming detour with "Lady and the Tramp," a respectable if uninspired version of the 1955 film that grooms some of its more problematic elements. Premiering on Disney+, it's a modest addition to the genre that passes, barely, the "Who's a good family movie?" test.
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