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Mr. Miyagi’s absence is felt in ‘Karate Kid: Legends’

Mr. Miyagi was known for waxing poetic. So the fact that "Karate Kid: Legends" has nothing to say is all the more disappointing. One of the most interesting aspects of the original "The Karate Kid" and its early sequels is Mr. Miyagi's radical proclivity for mercy, often mistaken for ...

‘Thunderbolts’ is Marvel, and Florence Pugh, in high gear

As they so often do in Marvel Land, worlds collide in "Thunderbolts." But in this refreshingly earthbound iteration of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the collision isn't a matter of interplanetary strife. "Thunderbolts" has been touted as the unlikely meeting of two of the dominant forces in ...

A tactile, retro-coded fantasy in ‘The Legend of Ochi’

"The Legend of Ochi," a scrappy and darkly whimsical fable about a misunderstood teenage girl on a dangerous quest, has the feeling of a film you might have stumbled on and loved as a kid. Something tactile, something fantastical and, maybe, something a little dangerous — the kind of movie ...

‘The Accountant 2,’ with Ben Affleck, isn’t quite a write-off

Hordes of horror films line up for Halloween and a sleigh full of Christmas movies arrive annually in December, but there is slightly less competition around the paper-pushing rite of Tax Day. Yet on the heels of tax season, here is "The Accountant 2," Gavin O'Connor's sequel to the 2016 film ...