Claire Foy, celebrated for her recent portrayal of the young Elizabeth II on the Netflix series “The Crown,” takes on a similarly named but much less stately persona as the title character in “The Girl in the Spider’s Web” (Columbia).
Movie: ‘The Girl in the Spider’s Web’
Movie: ‘Nobody’s Fool’
Writer-director Tyler Perry goes raunchy with the romantic comedy “Nobody’s Fool” (Paramount). The vulgar film that results traffics in a flippant, degraded view of human sexuality.
Movie: ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’
Directors Lasse Hallstrom and Joe Johnston’s riff on both the story and the ballet, “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” (Disney), may turn out to be much less durable than some of the other works derived from Hoffman’s original “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King.”
Movie: ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
Rami Malek gives himself completely to the role of Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody” (Fox), director Bryan Singer’s biopic of the lead singer of the rock group Queen, with impressive artistic results.
Video looks at religion’s redemptive role on imprisoned gang members
While researching a video project on gangs in El Salvador in 2015, freelance journalist Danny Gold stopped to talk to a guard who told him how a prison group with little to look forward to had found a positive path forward in life — and it involved religion.
Movie: ‘Indivisible’
Though perhaps more admirable than engaging, director and co-writer David G. Evans’ movie effectively conveys the experience of many servicemen and women during and after their time in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Movie: ‘Hunter Killer’
Is it worrisome or reassuring that the only person standing between the world and a nuclear holocaust is Gerard Butler? Viewers of the military potboiler “Hunter Killer” (Summit) will have to decide for themselves.
Movie: ‘The Old Man & the Gun’
A career criminal as a jaunty old coot is the conceit that propels “The Old Man & the Gun” (Fox Searchlight).