Ant-Man and the Wasp ★★★ 1/2 “After the epic events of Avengers: Infinity War left half of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s inhabitants for dead, it’s nice to check back in with Scott Lang (Paul Rudd).” Read more >>

BlacKkKlansman ★★★ 1/2 Spike Lee’s latest ‘Joint’ offers a wildly entertaining punch to the gut. Read more >>

Christopher Robin ★ “Disney’s Christopher Robin not only ranks as the worst film by Marc Forster (director of Quantum of Solace, the worst of the Daniel Craig James Bond pictures), but also the worst of Disney’s live-action updates of their catalogue of animated classics.” Read more >>

Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot ★★★ 1/2 “Joaquin Phoenix wheels past cliches in Gus Van Sant’s engaging biopic.” Read more >>

Eighth Grade ★★★ “…gear up for a dose of discomfort, take your kid to the theater, and then cringe as you mutually sink into your seats when oral sex is discussed and you remember that, yeah, this is how middle school was.” Read more >>

The Equalizer 2 ★★ 1/2 “The main plot, meanwhile, involves a highly predictable conspiracy unfolding within McCall’s old agency, leading to a rain-swept climax that will make you yearn for a return visit to the home improvement store.” Read more >>

Incredibles 2 ★★ “Rather than conjuring a satisfying return, Bird replaced the boundless creativity of his 2004 masterwork with a predictable plot that barely coasts on autopilot.” Read more >>

Leave No Trace ★★★ 1/2 “With her latest, Cambridge native Debra Granik proves that her 2010 film, the Ozark-set drama Winter’s Bone, was no flash-in-the-pan.” Read more >>

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again ★ “This is nothing short of a poorly shot and staged cash grab, framed around a thin story that focuses once again on Amanda Seyfried’s Sophie…” Read more >>

Mission: Impossible—Fallout ★★★ “It had to happen sooner or later. After 22 years, the sixth entry in the Mission: Impossible movie franchise is the first installment that isn’t better than the one that preceded it. But then, it’s difficult to top perfection.” Read more >>

Puzzle ★★★ 1/2 Scottish actress Kelly Macdonald gives a moving performance in Marc Turtletaub’s Puzzle Read more >>

The Spy Who Dumped Me ★★ “Director and co-writer Susanna Fogel’s The Spy Who Dumped Me probably looked OK on paper, but even if you enjoyed Mila Kunis’ turns in movies like Bad Moms, her Audrey and McKinnon’s Morgan are about as believable as best friends as Donald Trump and Barack Obama would be.” Read more >>

The Third Murder ★★★ 1/2 “The opening moments of this first of two dramas we’ll be seeing this year from masterful Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda find a middle-aged man bludgeoning another with a wrench, before he pours gasoline on the body and sets it ablaze in an empty field late at night. Or does he?” Read more >>

Three Identical Strangers  ★★★ 1/2 “If you’re intrigued by the title of filmmaker Tim Wardle’s stranger-than-fiction documentary, do yourself a favor: Stop reading and simply see the movie.” Read more >>