Justin Chang

Director Fede Álvarez is a strong director of action, and he riffs inventively on classic Alien beats. It’s an efficient and reasonably entertaining thriller that traffics more in nostalgia than novelty.

Our film critic Justin Chang recommends the independent drama "Good One," which premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival and opens in theaters August 9. It's the first feature written and directed by India Donaldson and stars James Le Gros and Lily Collias as father and daughter on a camping trip that goes gradually and suspensefully awry. Here's Justin's review.

In the new Marvel Comics-inspired movie "Deadpool And Wolverine," Ryan Reynolds revisits his role as the wise-cracking antihero Deadpool, while Hugh Jackman returns as the fiercely brooding Wolverine from the "X-Men" films. Our critic Justin Chang says the new movie is as rude and crude as its target audience will want and expect but that it also offers a few nuggets of nostalgia for old-school X-Men fans. Here's Justin's review.