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Gay teen rom-com shines with radically ordinary story of young love — and great leads
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Category Archives: Drama
Sneak Peek: ‘Approaching the Unknown’
In “Approaching the Unknown,” an American astronaut prepares for a mission to Mars.
New trailer: ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’
She has the best squad.
New trailer: ‘Snowden’
That’s quite the Google search.
‘X-Men: First Class’ (2011) review: ‘Always remember: Mutant, and proud’
Separation. Manipulation. Murder. Anger. Vengeance. And that’s just during the first 10 minutes.
Sneak Peek: ‘Dear Eleanor’
In “Dear Eleanor,” two teenage girls travel across the United States in 1962, during the chaos of the Cuban missile crisis, in search of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Sneak Peek: ‘Café Society’
In “Café Society,” set in the 1930s, a young Bronx native moves to Hollywood where he falls in love with the secretary of his powerful uncle, an agent to the stars.
Sneak Peek: ‘The Founder’
“The Founder” tells the story of of McDonald’s founder, Ray Kroc.
Sneak Peek: ‘The Infiltrator’
In “The Infiltrator,” a U.S. Customs official uncovers a money laundering scheme involving Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.
Sneak Peek: ‘Hands of Stone’
In “Hands of Stone,” the legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other’s lives.
New trailer: ‘Equals’
And now we have “1984” for the teenager who doesn’t want to read it.
Sneak Peek: ‘No Men Beyond This Point’
In “No Men Beyond This Point,” in a world where women have become asexual and are no longer giving birth to males, a quiet, unassuming housekeeper named Andrew Myers finds himself at the center of a battle to keep men from going extinct.
Sneak Peek: ‘The Birth of a Nation’
In “The Birth of a Nation,” Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virginia that results in a violent retaliation from whites.
Sneak Peek: ‘Deepwater Horizon’
“Deepwater Horizon” is a story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
Sneak Peek: ‘Genius’
“Genius” is a chronicle of Max Perkins’s time as the book editor at Scribner, where he oversaw works by Thomas Wolfe, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and others.
Sneak Peek: ‘Back in the Day’
In “Back in the Day,” a young boxer is taken under the wing of a mob boss after his mother dies and his father is run out of town for being an abusive alcoholic.
Sneak Peek: ‘The Shallows’
In “The Shallows,” when Nancy is attacked by a great white shark while surfing alone, she is stranded just a short distance from shore.
New trailer: ‘Criminal’
This doesn’t seem well-thought out.
Sneak Peek: ‘Ben-Hur’ (2016)
In “Ben-Hur” (2016), a falsely accused Jewish nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his Roman best friend, who betrayed him.
New trailer: ‘High-Rise’
Getting a distinct “Snowpiercer” vibe here.
Sneak Peek: ‘One More Time’
In “One More Time,” a New York City crooner plots his comeback.
Sneak Peek: ‘A Hologram for the King’
In “A Hologram for the King,” a failed American businessman looks to recoup his losses by traveling to Saudi Arabia and selling his idea to a wealthy monarch.
Sneak Peek: ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’
In “Florence Foster Jenkins,” a New York heiress dreams of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
Sneak Peek: ‘The Adderall Diaries’
In “The Adderall Diaries,” writer and Adderall enthusiast Stephen Elliott reaches a low point when his estranged father resurfaces, claiming that Stephen has fabricated much of the dark childhood that that fuels his writing.
Sneak Peek: ‘Nina’
“Nina” is the story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson.
Sneak Peek: ‘The Meddler’
In “The Meddler,” an aging widow from New York City follows her daughter to Los Angeles in hopes of starting a new life after her husband passes away.
