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After viewing Melissa McCarthy’s goofy comedy “The Boss,” you may be tempted to say, “You’re fired!” McCarthy plays a self-centered business tycoon who gets busted for insider trading and attempts a comeback after her jail stint. The language is foul …

After viewing Melissa McCarthy’s goofy comedy “The Boss,” you may be tempted to say, “You’re fired!” McCarthy plays a self-centered business tycoon who gets busted for insider trading and attempts a comeback after her jail stint. The language is foul and the humor is as crass as it is broad. McCarthy’s comic skill is the movie’s only saving grace. To say “The Boss” is a slight improvement over McCarthy’s “Tammy” is damning with faint praise. If you like “The X-Files,” then the involving sci-fi opus “Midnight Special” might be right up your alley. Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst and Sam Shepard are part of a terrific cast that breathes life into the tale of a strange child whose supernatural gifts bring about conflict between a religious cult and the federal government. You probably won’t know where this strange tale is headed, and that’s a good thing. Sam Rockwell and Anna Kendrick are charismatic actors but their considerable charms aren’t quite enough to save the overly wacky screwball comedy “Mr. Right.” Sam is a super skillful hitman who falls for the eccentric Anna who, it turns out, has some violent talents of her own. The bloody mayhem and quirky humor…

Hank Williams was one of the greatest country music stars of all time. His short and complicated life could make a truly great movie. Sadly, the musical biopic “I Saw the Light,” ain’t it. British actor Tom Hiddleston stars as …

The much-heralded superhero smack down has finally arrived. “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” is action-packed and visually striking. Problem is, it’s just not much fun. Ben Affleck dons the cowl as the Dark Knight and Henry Cavill returns as …

In a future dystopian society, pretty young people will stand around looking bored while computer generated mayhem swirls around them. Or at least that’s how it plays out in “The Divergent Series: Allegiant,” the third film in the four-part franchise …

Back in 2008, producer J.J. Abrams surprised audiences with a nifty sci-fi opus called, cryptically, “Cloverfield.” It seemed to have arrived out of nowhere and when on to become a box office smash. Well, Abrams has yet another surprise up …