Doctor Strange
When traditional medicine fails a doctor who has just lost his limbs from a car accident, he looks for healing, and hope, in a mysterious enclave.
28 December 1922, New York City, New York, USA
17 June 1976, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, UK
11 August 1983, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
10 July 1977, Forest Gate, London, England, UK
5 November 1960, London, England, UK
27 June 1961, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
5 July 1968, Long Beach, California, USA
February 17, 2017
The effects are the closest most of us will get to tripping balls in a Disney movie outside of dropping acid and watching "Pink Elephants on Parade" on a YouTube loop.
December 31, 2016
Cumberbatch, both a natural comedian and a subtle one, knows how to get a big laugh from nothing more than an arched eyebrow.
November 04, 2016
The Marvel Comics movie universe gets a bit bigger, though not appreciably better, with Doctor Strange.
January 18, 2017
OK, so Dr. Strange is not as soulful as expected. But in this particular reality, I'll take what I can get.
March 23, 2017
When Doctor Strange works, it's for the same reasons most of the Marvel movies do: They aren't afraid of humor, and they know what's funny.
December 31, 2016
Doctor Strange, intended to be a mind-bending, rule-breaking rebuke to the squares of superhero cinema, turns out to be a rebel in name only -- the textbook definition of a bad trip.
November 14, 2016
With Dr. Strange the Marvel magic seems largely to have run out-which is unfortunate, given the movie's titular protagonist is himself a magician.
March 10, 2017
Doctor Strange has all the strengths of a Marvel movie-a well-told story, a well-tuned sense of humor about itself, a personal drama to shape the hero's journey-as well as all the weaknesses (conventions of a superhero origin tale are getting repetitive).
January 02, 2017
Though Doctor Strange's impressive visual effects and head-spinning mythology might seem a bit much for Marvel's typical filmgoing crowd, its story is rudimentary enough to keep the more far-reaching elements relatively grounded.
November 04, 2016
Doctor Strange is about as weird as any Marvel movie is going to get these days, which is not particularly weird.
January 02, 2017
Doctor Strange's last act is so trippy and exciting that you can almost forgive that generic story.
November 07, 2016
Lives up to its title, in mostly good ways.
