Movie Reviews

Documentarian Martin Doblmeier’s film “Heschel” makes its debut May 5 on public television stations nationwide.

Created and marketed, largely if not exclusively, for the fanbase of the Japanese comic book and television franchise from which it’s derived, the animated fantasy “Demon Slayer the Movie: Mugen Train” (Sony) offers others neither timetable nor roadmap.

The problems with “Mortal Kombat” (Warner Bros.) go well beyond off-kilter spelling.

While its tone is mostly upbeat, the presence of some mature and ethically dubious material means the sports-themed blend of comedy and drama “Big Shot” (Disney+) is not for little ones.

Popular with the public, though not with critics, the trilogy of “Mighty Ducks” films released between 1992 and 1996 were sufficiently successful at the box office that the folks at the Magic Kingdom have decided to repurpose the concept for television.

Thanks largely to repeated TV airings of “The Wizard of Oz,” each generation of Americans rediscovers the classic 1939 film and embraces it as their own.

The tedious sci-fi parable “Voyagers” (Lionsgate) seems designed to prove that in space, no one can hear you yawn.

The historical dramatization “Roe v. Wade” (Quiver) is a re-creation of events surrounding the landmark 1973 Supreme Court case that legalized abortion across the United States.