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Movie Review: Aardvark

Movie Review: ‘Aardvark’

By Paulina Enck April 19, 2018

★☆☆☆☆ “Aardvark,” writer and director Brian Shoaf’s new film, is incredibly difficult to endure and provides little entertainment or emotional power across its 84-minute run time. The...

HIGHWAY MAN FILMS

Movie Review: ‘The Rider’

By Charlotte Lindsay April 19, 2018

★★★★☆ The opening scene of “The Rider” sets the tone for the entire movie: Viewers see horse trainer and rodeo star Brady Blackburn’s stapled skull under harsh lighting, matching...

NEW LINE CINEMA

Movie Review: ‘Rampage’

By Gabrielle Irwin April 18, 2018

★★★★☆ “Rampage,” director Brad Peyton’s latest film, enticingly combines a far-fetched plot with compelling animations and on-screen chemistry for an experience that is equally humorous...

AMERICAN IMPERIAL PICTURES

Movie Review: ‘Isle of Dogs’

By Megan Shapiro April 18, 2018

★★★★★ “Isle of Dogs,” Wes Anderson’s ninth feature film and second movie using stop-motion animation, is just as charming and visually stunning as the rest of his critically acclaimed...

BEFORE THE DOOR PICTURES

Movie Review: ‘Aardvark’

By Paulina Enck April 16, 2018

★☆☆☆☆ “Aardvark,” writer and director Brian Shoaf’s new film, is incredibly difficult to endure and provides little entertainment or emotional power across its 84-minute run time. The...

TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX

Movie Review: ‘Red Sparrow’

By Faris Bseiso April 6, 2018

★★★☆☆ On paper, “Red Sparrow,” a spy movie based on a book by the same name, written by a former CIA operative seems to have all the ingredients of a blockbuster staple. Unfortunately,...

GREENWICH ENTERTAINMENT

Movie Review: ‘Itzhak’

By Charlotte Lindsay April 5, 2018

★★★★★ “Judge me by what I do, but don’t judge me by what I can’t do,” says Itzhak Perlman, world-class violinist and star of documentary “Itzhak.” Listening to Perlman play...

20TH CENTURY FOX

Movie Review: ‘Love, Simon’

By Christian Paz April 3, 2018

★★★★★ Amid the tired and unsatisfying crowd of coming-of-age movies and high school romantic comedies plaguing the 2010s, “Love, Simon” is a refreshing breath of authentic, modern...

WARNER BROS.

Movie Review: ‘Ready Player One’

By Cynthia Sun April 2, 2018

★★★☆☆ Best known for genre-defining Hollywood classics like “E.T. the Extraterrestrial” and “Jurassic Park,” Steven Spielberg brings Ernest Cline’s 2011 bestselling novel to...

Movie Review: ‘Pacific Rim Uprising’

By Kiera Geraghty March 26, 2018

★★★☆☆ Anchored by the charismatic John Boyega of “Star Wars” fame, “Pacific Rim Uprising” is an enjoyable, stylish and fast-paced ride teeming with action, but ultimately fails...

ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL

Environmental Film Festival Combines Art and Activism

By Alexandra Brunjes March 23, 2018

Screening over 100 films at nearly 30 locations across Washington, D.C., the D.C. Environmental Film Festival is informing and impressing audiences from March 15 to 25 with a broad selection of environmental...

PARAMOUNT PICTURES

Movie Review: ‘Annihilation’

By Megan Shapiro March 22, 2018

★★★★★ Back in 2015, director Alex Garland made his debut with surprise hit “Ex Machina,” which blended compelling visuals with a poignant discussion of sentience, transcending the...

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