सोमवार, 20 जुलाई 2015

Movies Update: Amy Schumer, Pie Fights, Minions and More

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The armed Scarlet Overkill (voiced by Sandra Bullock), who encounters, from left, Stuart, Kevin and Bob in
Review: Positions Wanted by Minions Experienced at Serving Evildoers

By MANOHLA DARGIS

Those look-alike yellow guys become miserable when they have no one to help, albeit incompetently, in the first movie that's all about them.
. Movie Overview
Amy Schumer in Marina del Rey, Calif.
The Sneaky Power of Amy Schumer, in 'Trainwreck' and Elsewhere

By MELENA RYZIK

The stand-up comedian and Comedy Central star brings her singular blend of humor and feminism to the big screen with "Trainwreck."



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Movie Reviews
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, right, as a transgender prostitute stung by infidelity, and Mickey O'Hagan, in a comedy by Sean Baker.
Review: 'Tangerine,' a Madcap Buddy Picture About Transgender Prostitutes

By MANOHLA DARGIS

Sean Baker's fast, funny comedy, shot on iPhones, doesn't dive deep into transgender identity but shows that femininity is a mask that can be slipped on and off.
. Movie Overview
Robin Williams in
Review: Robin Williams as a Hustler-Hiring Husband in 'Boulevard'

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

Mr. Williams plays a 60-year-old bank officer in a passionless marriage whose life is shaken up by the company of a male hustler.
. Movie Overview
Ryan Reynolds in
Review: In 'Self/less,' Immortality at a Cost

By A. O. SCOTT

Ben Kingsley plays a terminally ill real estate magnate who pays a lot of money to have his consciousness uploaded into Ryan Reynolds's body.
. Movie Overview
David Thorpe wrote, directed and stars in the documentary
Review: 'Do I Sound Gay?' Examines a Manner of Speaking

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

This documentary, written and directed by David Thorpe, dissects the stereotype of the so-called gay voice.
. Movie Overview
Natalia Tena and David Verdaguer play a couple shifting to a long-distance relationship, in a film by Carlos Marques-Marcet.
Review: In '10.000 km,' Lovers an Ocean Apart Struggle to Connect

By A. O. SCOTT

Carlos Marques-Marcet's film about a couple's shift to a long-distance relationship looks at the role technology plays in negotiating absence.
. Movie Overview
Cassidy Gifford in
Review: 'The Gallows' Somehow Finds More Horror Footage

By NEIL GENZLINGER

This movie about high school students trapped in a seemingly haunted auditorium has plenty of rickety camerawork, but that doesn't add to the scariness.
. Movie Overview
Lea van Acken and Florian Stetter in
Review: 'Stations of the Cross,' a Portrait of Religious Fervor

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

This movie by the German director Dietrich Brüggemann can be viewed three ways: as a critique, a spiritual work or a sly comedy.
. Movie Overview
Hugo Weaving, left, Joseph Fiennes and Nicole Kidman star in
Review: In 'Strangerland,' Relocating Does Little to Ease a Family's Strains

By BEN KENIGSBERG

This fiction feature debut from Kim Farrant centers on a family of new arrivals in an Australian desert town, which is soon clouded by mystery and a dust storm.
. Movie Overview
Alex Holdridge and Linnea Saasen in
Review: 'Meet Me in Montenegro,' Romance for Ex-Lovers

By NICOLAS RAPOLD

The directors Linnea Saasen and Alex Holdridge both wrote and starred in this film, which is a semi-autobiographical love story of their own lives.
. Movie Overview
Video Features
'The Stanford Prison Experiment' (With Movie Trailer): Kyle Patrick Alvarez Narrates a Scene

By MEKADO MURPHY

The director discusses a sequence from his movie.

News & Features
Comedy's Sweet Weapon: The Cream Pie

By DAN BARRY

The missing reel has been found for "The Battle of the Century," a 1927 Laurel and Hardy film that features a fight that used 3,000 pies.

On Video
Eddie Cantor in a less animated moment in
Wisecracks in Drag and Blackface in 'Eddie Cantor 4-Film Collection'

By J. HOBERMAN

The "Eddie Cantor 4-Film Collection" from Warner Archive examines a high-energy singer-dancer-comedian who personified a certain image of New York in his era.


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