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  • ‘Minions & Monsters’

    The Minions' new star vehicle goes back to early Hollywood and hits a creative high. Even when bending to convention, it's such a weird, unsupervised-feeling amusement that it holds your goodwill.

  • Critics Pick

    ‘The Invite’

    Olivia Wilde directs a bravura dinner-party dramedy that's like 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' redone as vintage Woody Allen. The movie keeps you laughing, and it never stops surprising.

  • Critics Pick

    ‘Toy Story 5’

    By now, choosing your favorite 'Toy Story' film is like playing favorites with Beatles albums. The nimble, moving, irresistible fifth entry charts the rise of tech toys, insisting on the joys of play.

  • ‘Supergirl’

    Milly Alcock, who's like Kristy McNichol meets the Feral Kid, takes charge in a dystopian superhero movie so flat it's super-horrendous. It's got a terrible script and a fake 'punk rock' attitude.

  • ‘Amadeus’

    Jefferson Mays shines as a funny and frothing Salieri in a gorgeously mounted, essential revival.

  • ‘Bug’

    Carrie Coon's gutting performance elevates this horror thriller.

  • ‘Paranormal Activity’

    Only nominally related to the Blumhouse horror franchise, the haunted-house show ditches hidden cameras for live scares.

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