“Troll 2” By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI This month’s picks feature torrents, trolls and time travel. ‘Troll 2’ Since “Troll” (2022) is the most watched non-English language movie on Netflix (according to the streamer), odds were good that a sequel would materialize. Lo and behold, Norwegian director Roar Uthaug is back with more Kaiju mayhem featuring humans in wool sweaters and practical fleece confronting XXL creatures from Nordic folklore. The first movie’s three leads return a

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“One Battle After Another” By KYLE BUCHANAN “One Battle After Another” claimed its first televised trophies Sunday night, earning the best-picture prize at the Critics Choice Awards. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film about a burned-out revolutionary searching for his daughter won three awards total, including honors for directing and adapted screenplay. “This is the best time I ever had making a movie, and I feel like it shows,” Anderson said. The Critics Choice Awar