Grafting the buddy picture onto the framework of the classic political thriller, director Jang Hoon also manages to find time for lighter moments of human comedy, and those seemingly disparate elements are deftly navigated by Song and his fellow fully dimensional characters.

Alias Grace is a story about storytelling – one character compares Grace with Scheherazade – which makes [lead actress Sarah] Gadon essential to its success. She is mesmerizing.

A long-winded but engrossing kidnap thriller.

The film acknowledges its subjects as people, rather than simply a stand-in for the movements they are a part of. … The value of the film lies in showing that the efforts are being made to promote a common understanding.

Battle of the Sexes breaks little new ground as either a sports film or a lesbian romance, but it’s lively, funny, and, if you’re unlucky enough to be a feminist in 2017, vicariously wish-fulfilling.

While much of the original script remains the same, screenwriters Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos, as well as long-time Disney composer Alan Menken (who also wrote for the original, along with the late Howard Ashman), sprinkle in just enough new material and character development to help it feel fresh.