J. Kim Murphy

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‘The Legend of Ochi’ Review: Practical Magic Breathes Life Into A24’s Grounded Fantasy Preaching Man’s Coexistence With Nature

The Ochi exist. Furry monkey-like creatures of an orange-hued pelt with pronounced ears and huge dark eyes, the Ochi could feel just at home in the “Star Wars” universe, James Cameron’s...

Box Office: ‘Flight Risk’ Gets Off the Ground With $4.4 Million Opening Day

Mel Gibson and Mark Wahlberg‘s “Flight Risk” is facing no traffic on the runway, lifting off to an easy No. 1 opening in what is turning out to be another sleepy...

‘The Things You Kill’ Review: Family Secrets Cause a Man to Unravel in a Psychologically Intricate Homecoming Drama

Late in the incisive psychological drama “The Things You Kill,” Ali (Ekin Koç), a married man in his thirties, opens up about a traumatic episode in his childhood and the reasons...

M. Night Shyamalan Cleared of Copyright Charges in ‘Servant’ Trial, Jury Rules

A federal jury ruled unanimously in favor of M. Night Shyamalan and Apple on Friday, ending a copyright trial that saw the defendants accused of stealing elements from an independent feature...

‘The Dating Game’ Review: Forever Alone Bachelors Cultivated by China’s Former One-Child Policy Get Some Generic Pity in Unfocused Doc

After nearly four decades of its one-child policy, designed to curb population growth and reform the country’s economy, China has fully removed all childrearing limits in recent years. But the cultural...

‘Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore’ Review: The Trailblazing Deaf Oscar Winner Opens Up in a Winning Documentary

In her documentary “Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore,” the star continues to explore the at times lonesome space she has occupied since bursting on the scene in 1986: that of being...

Box Office: ‘Wolf Man’ Closely Dogged by ‘One of Them Days’ After $4.4 Million Opening Day, ‘Mufasa’ Primed to Pounce Back on No. 1

It’s one of those weekends at the box office, with two new releases pawing at one another in a closer-than-expected race. Sony’s buddy comedy “One of Them Days” is coming in...

‘Night Call’ Review: Brutal Belgian Survive-the-Night Thriller Hits Hardest With Cutting Social Commentary

In his feature debut, Belgian filmmaker Michiel Blanchart takes a simple and familiar action film set-up and gives it his own spin by adding pertinent social commentary. In “Night Call,” Mady...

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