Vivo is a decent tune when it’s not riffing on smarter animated musicals

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Vivo is a decent tune when it’s not riffing on smarter animated musicals

Lin-Manuel Miranda fronts a fun but occasionally frenetic and overly busy cartoon musical.

James Gunn rescues The Suicide Squad with a raunchy, silly sequel

DC finally recovers from its worst movie with a followup that leans into the irreverent comic-book mayhem of its source material (and its director).

“Love and Monsters” brings sweetness to the post-apocalypse

Dylan O'Brien turns the end of the world into a call for empathy in this sweet take on the genre.

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Filmmaker of the Month

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” Found Poignancy In Its Cosmic Weirdos

James Gunn's interstellar hangout movie is weird and messy, but deeply, admiringly focused on its characters and an earnest emotional core.

Fantasy Island Review: A Nightmare of a Getaway

Jeff Wadlow's adaptation of the late-'70s TV show is a thrill-free getaway that only entertains when it goes from generic to incoherent.

Brightburn Review: With Great Power Comes Great Sociopathy

James Gunn produces a lean, mean, messy genre exercise that supposes Superman was more Damien than Clark Kent.

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