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When film quiets down, larger questions of existence resound stronger than its branding

The Disney live-action adaptation takes on gender more boldly than it handles warfare

Olivia Wilde goes all in as a vigilante who targets domestic abusers

A great deal of the movie’s enjoyment comes from its four principals

Natalie Portman delivers a powerful performance as a pop star seeking her identity

Danielle Macdonald stars as a plus-size teenager in this sweet and sour story

Keira Knightley takes the character from youth to adulthood with expressive physicality

Frances McDormand is a force to reckon with in this drama, ably supported by an excellent Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell

Comedy that peddles the idea that all we need to combat oppressive forces is the power of positive thinking is an exhausted one

Jon Hamm shines in this complex Middle East-set thriller, but in the absence of Arab voices, the movie never takes a satisfying shape