
Latest from The Boston Globe

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A documentary to sing about ( Globe 06/27/2013 4:00 PM )
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Johnny Depp: acting his age? ( Globe 06/29/2013 6:00 PM )
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Backup singers step into the spotlight in '20 Feet From Stardom' ( Globe 06/27/2013 7:10 PM )
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Politics (and casualties) as usual in 'White House Down' ( Globe 06/27/2013 4:43 PM )
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Nat Faxon and Jim Rash making a splah ( Globe 06/29/2013 6:00 PM )
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Getting off to a good start zoom ( Globe 06/29/2013 6:00 PM )
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Movie review: 'A Hijacking' is a business drama with human lives as leverage ( Globe 06/27/2013 4:34 PM )
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Cinemania: worst first-date movies cinemania ( Globe 06/29/2013 6:00 PM )
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Hearing secret harmonies ( Globe 06/27/2013 4:32 PM )
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Getting behind 'the banality of evil' ( Globe 06/29/2013 6:00 PM )

Features

Summer movies highlights
A bald, buff Matt Damon comes to theaters in "Elysium." See other coming attractions.
MTV Movie Awards
"The Avengers" was the night's big winner, but Kim Kardashian and her baby bump were the talk of the evening.

Video: Movie reviews


Take 2 reviews and podcast
Look for new reviews by Ty Burr at the end of each week in multiple formats.
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Galleries
Best movies of 2012
Which movies did Globe critics Ty Burr and Wesley Morris like the most this year? Check out their top 10 lists.
Top 50 funniest movies
Looking for a list of funny movies to watch? Our top 50 funny movies is your guide to the best comedy flicks.
Top 50 scary movies
Don't watch these with the lights off. See our new list of the creepiest movies of all time.
Blog
Cinemania: best TV shows on the big screen
Maybe “The Lone Ranger” (opens July 3) will prove an exception to the rule, but it seems like most attempts by Hollywood to transfer a hit TV series to the big screen end in failure. “The Beverly Hillbillies,”(1993), “McHale’s Navy,”(1997),......


Weekend box office
(Week of June 24/Source: IMDB)
| 1. 'Monsters University' |
$86M |
| 2. 'World War Z' |
$66M |
| 3. 'Man of Steel' |
$41.2M |
| 4. 'This is the End' |
$13M |
| 5. 'Now You See Me' |
$7.87M |

Features
Affleck rules the Oscars
Check out our complete coverage of the Oscars, including Ben Affleck's best picture win for "Argo."
Golden Globes highlights and wins
Hosts Tina Fey (left) and Amy Poehler showcased their humor throughout the night. See more highlights.
Hollywood in the Hub
More movie studios are using Boston as their set. Check out star sightings around town.
Top 50 college movies
There are rare American features, which have something to say about the university experience. Here is our list.
Slasher movie countdown
An assortment of lurid, macabre movies that are decidedly not romantic comedies.
Quiz
Which romantic movie character are you?
Answer these 11 questions to see which character from a romantic film you are most like.
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10 great Boston films
Critics Ty Burr and Mark Feeney offer up contenders for the best Boston flick ever.
Featured reviews

Take 2: Twenty Feet From Stardom
'20 Feet From Stardom' an ear-opening film
Morgan Nevilles lovely documentary celebrates the back-up singers, those women whose voices are all over classic rock and 60s pop but whose names never made it to the liner notes.


'The Heat'
If youre going to make a dopey, foul-mouthed, predictable lady-buddy-cop movie, you might as well make it funny. And until it overstays its welcome, The Heat is shamefully funny. 

'White House Down'
Intentionally or not, this is the comedy hit of the summer. Each nutty scenario is surpassed by the next, ludicrous story lines coalesce with expert orchestration, and absurd details return with perfect timing to build to a crescendo of hilarity. 

'A Hijacking'
This coolly assured nail-biter from Denmark takes a story were familiar with from international headlines Somali pirates storming commercial vessels and holding their crews for ransom and turns it into high-stakes human poker. 

'Unfinished Song'
Terence Stamp and Vanessa Redgrave, as well as supporting actors Christopher Eccleston and Gemma Arterton, raise Paul Andrew Williamss entry in the golden age genre from mawkish to genuinely heartwarming.


'Maniac'
Elijah Wood plays a creep who kills women and attaches their scalps to mannequins in this remake of the notorious 1980 slasher flick.


'Monsters University'
This is not a bad movie, and to small children it will be a very good one, but its closer to average than one would wish from the company that gave us Up, Wall-E, and the Toy Story series.


'World War Z'
Brad Pitt saves the planet from a global zombie pandemic? The surprise of this absorbing, frightening movie is that what sounds ridiculous on paper turns out be a gripper on the screen.

'Much Ado About Nothing'
Joss Whedons Much Ado About Nothing is just about the sloppiest Shakespeare ever put on the screen, but it may also be the most exhilarating.

'The Bling Ring'
Based closely on a Vanity Fair article about a group of jaded Los Angeles teens who robbed celebrity homes for brand-name clothes and thrills, it bears some resemblance to the recent Spring Breakers but without the go-for-broke craziness. 

'Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself'
Plimpton failed at the various professions he pursued, including Bruins goalie. That was the point. That failure was at the heart of Plimptons appeal.

'Fill the Void'
By bringing to life complex and sympathetic characters in a precisely observed setting and social framework, and by presenting that isolated world as a microcosm, Rama Burshtein has achieved a gripping film without victims or villains.

'Sign Painters'
A movie with a title like that about a subject like that must be pretty drab, right? Not hardly. Sign Painters, which has been put together with equal parts affection and skill, is fresh and passionate and unexpected. 
Latest news
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Movie capsules: Short reviews of what's in theaters ( Globe 07/01/2013 12:00 AM )
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Lake Bell, Glenn Close, and David O. Russell on the island for Nantucket Film Festival ( Globe Story 06/30/2013 6:14 PM )
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Ben Affleck scouting in Georgia for 'Live by Night'? ( Globe Story 06/30/2013 5:10 PM )
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'The Heat' hot at box office but 'Monsters' rule ( AP 06/30/2013 4:48 PM )
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'Citizen Kane' will launch film series ( Globe 06/30/2013 12:00 AM )
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Johnny Depp: acting his age? ( Globe 06/29/2013 6:00 PM )
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Cinemania: worst first-date movies cinemania ( Globe 06/29/2013 6:00 PM )
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Nat Faxon and Jim Rash making a splah ( Globe 06/29/2013 6:00 PM )
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Letters to the Arts Editor ( Globe 06/29/2013 6:00 PM )
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Getting behind 'the banality of evil' ( Globe 06/29/2013 6:00 PM )
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Getting off to a good start zoom ( Globe 06/29/2013 6:00 PM )
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DVD reviews ( Globe 06/29/2013 6:00 PM )
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Crossing the border, crossing the line ( Globe 06/29/2013 6:00 PM )
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Grenier on drug documentary, 'Entourage' encore ( AP 06/28/2013 4:04 PM )
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Film academy invites 276 people to join its ranks ( AP 06/28/2013 3:11 PM )
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48th edition film fest opens at Czech spa town ( AP 06/28/2013 2:23 PM )
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Paramount announces plans for 'Terminator' trilogy ( AP 06/28/2013 1:54 PM )
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Jason Statham showcases acting range in new film ( AP 06/28/2013 1:49 PM )
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Actor Michael Beach accepts indie award from Roxbury International Film Festival ( Globe Story 06/27/2013 8:31 PM )
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Capsule reviews of new movie releases ( AP 06/27/2013 7:57 PM )
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Movie stars ( Globe 06/27/2013 7:10 PM )
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Backup singers step into the spotlight in '20 Feet From Stardom' ( Globe 06/27/2013 7:10 PM )
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McCarthy, Bullock put life into buddy cop boys club in 'The Heat' ( Globe 06/27/2013 4:46 PM )
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Politics (and casualties) as usual in 'White House Down' ( Globe 06/27/2013 4:43 PM )
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Movie review: 'A Hijacking' is a business drama with human lives as leverage ( Globe 06/27/2013 4:34 PM )













