Critics Consensus

Power Rangers Splits Critics and Life Is Fine

Plus, CHIPS is stale and Prevenge is Certified Fresh.


This week at the movies, we have beautiful people making a huge mistake in space (Life, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Rebecca Ferguson) and a pair of TV series from yesteryear making the leap to the silver screen (Saban’s Power Rangers, with Elizabeth Banks and Bryan Cranston; and CHiPs, starring Dax Shepard and Michael Peña). What are the critics saying?





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  • , about a pregnant woman driven into a killing spree by her unborn child, is at 95 percent.
  • , a documentary look at the life and murder of jazz musician Lee Morgan, is at 95 percent.
  • , about a girl grappling with the tempting — and costly — opportunity to bring her brother back from the dead, is at 89 percent.
  • , about the personal and professional travails of an actress at a crossroads, is at 88 percent.
  • , a fact-based drama about a young outcast who violently retaliates against society, is at 79 percent.
  • , starring Woody Harrelson as a middle-aged misanthrope, is at 44 percent.
  • , a drama offering a look at the post-apocalypse through the eyes of a couple vacationing in Iceland, is at 44 percent.
  • , starring Melissa Leo as real-life atheist activist Madalyn Murray O’Hair, is at 43 percent.