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Esther Zuckerman

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Extra Geography (2026) B EDIT ““Extra Geography” is most thrilling when it leans into the undercurrent of nastiness that exists just beneath the manicured surface of this environment where properness is highly valued. ” – IndieWire Jan 25, 2026 Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% EDIT “Cameron spins moments of genuinely awe, even if he frustratingly repeats familiar beats of The Way of Water. Still, there’s also something comforting about returning to this land...” – Bloomberg News Dec 16, 2025 Full Review One Battle After Another (2025) 94% EDIT “All these multilayered performances are housed in some of the most virtuosic filmmaking I’ve seen in recent memory. ” – Bloomberg News Sep 17, 2025 Full Review Glenrothan (2025) EDIT “There’s a clunkiness that pervades the entire enterprise. The dialogue is particularly wooden and the actors struggle through mixed metaphors.” – New Statesman Sep 12, 2025 Full Review Poetic License (2025) 90% A- EDIT “Not everyone turns out to be a Sofia Coppola, but it’s a relief to report that the directorial debut of Maude Apatow is utterly delightful.” – IndieWire Sep 8, 2025 Full Review Freakier Friday (2025) 73% EDIT “Freakier Friday, directed by Nisha Ganatra, has defied the odds. It’s charming and genuinely sweet, and it made me both giggle and tear up. That alone is a win.” – Bloomberg News Aug 5, 2025 Full Review The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) 86% EDIT “While Superman felt bracingly modern with the political sentiments to boot, The Fantastic Four has a halo of cobwebs it can’t quite shake off.” – Bloomberg News Jul 22, 2025 Full Review Superman (2025) 83% EDIT “...Gunn’s big swings with this movie aren’t merely about sticking it to anti-immigrant bigots, and it would be a mistake to overstate its seriousness. But like his golden age roots of truth and justice,...this Superman also stands for something bigger...” – Bloomberg News Jul 11, 2025 Full Review Civil War (2024) 81% EDIT “There are no mystifying forces at work in Civil War; everyone you see on screen is terrifyingly mundane.” – Bloomberg News Jul 1, 2025 Full Review Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) 82% EDIT “Vol. 3 keeps much of the goofy humor of previous Guardians installments and melds it with a wonderfully bizarro and often deeply tragic narrative...” – Bloomberg News Jul 1, 2025 Full Review Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) 76% EDIT “The wild glory of the visuals will take your mind off the dopiness of the dialogue. ” – Bloomberg News Jul 1, 2025 Full Review Materialists (2025) 77% EDIT “So often we’re asked to look down upon characters who crave wealth. Materialists is merely being realistic: It’s something we all think about.” – Bloomberg News Jul 1, 2025 Full Review The Last of the Sea Women (2024) 97% EDIT “It’s a visually stunning portrait of a group of funny, passionate women. Yes, it could stand to be a little more rigorous, but it’s a breezy introduction to a fascinating world.” – Bloomberg News Jul 1, 2025 Full Review Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) 31% EDIT “Folie à Deux is a punishingly dull affair. It’s a pointless sequel with very little plot. It wastes the talent on screen, and it squanders the genuinely intriguing conceit of its characters breaking into song.” – Bloomberg News Jul 1, 2025 Full Review Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) 50% EDIT “There’s dumb fun -- like the best of the last trilogy, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, which puts dinos in the trappings of a haunted house film. And then there’s just dumb. This falls into the latter category.” – Bloomberg News Jun 30, 2025 Full Review F1 The Movie (2025) 82% EDIT “It’s not as if F1 bucks sports movie conventions; it just executes them, for the most part, extremely well.” – Bloomberg News Jun 24, 2025 Full Review Mountainhead (2025) 74% EDIT “There’s an immediacy to Armstrong’s satire that’s almost impulsive. But the anger that spurred Mountainhead’s creation is also its best quality. Armstrong is pissed off and has decided to channel that into brutal jokes.” – Bloomberg News Jun 24, 2025 Full Review Thunderbolts* (2025) 88% EDIT “To my shock, Thunderbolts* is the best thing Marvel has put out in ages -- a well-acted piece of popcorn entertainment that balances zippy humor with actual depth. Is it a cinematic masterpiece? No. Will it restore your faith in the franchise? Maybe yes.” – Bloomberg News Jun 24, 2025 Full Review Nosferatu (2024) 85% EDIT “It gives the Nosferatu tale back some of the power that it has lost over countless representations. Here, you’re left in Dracula’s thrall, his craggy fingers around your throat.” – Bloomberg News Jun 24, 2025 Full Review Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) 56% EDIT “Simply put, it looks really weird when photorealistic lions sing songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda. But what really drags Mufasa down is the lackluster storyline and the bluntly obvious screenplay by Jeff Nathanson.” – Bloomberg News Jun 24, 2025 Full Review Gladiator II (2024) 70% EDIT “Gladiator II is ultimately a bigger, more bombastic and thematically messier movie than Gladiator, but it thrives on excellent performances and Scott’s knack for capturing ferocious fight sequences.” – Bloomberg News Jun 24, 2025 Full Review Wicked (2024) 88% EDIT “Wicked will likely never win over skeptics or those who have an allergy to earnestness, but longtime devotees of the admittedly silly but big-hearted musical will fall in love bringing newcomers into their club. ” – Bloomberg News Jun 24, 2025 Full Review Juror #2 (2024) 93% EDIT “It feels like one of those endlessly rewatchable ’90s legal thrillers, and it also has some weighty stuff on its mind as it interrogates the nature of what actually makes a man guilty and what it means to have justice served.” – Bloomberg News Jun 24, 2025 Full Review 28 Years Later (2025) 88% EDIT “One of the strangest, most exhilarating blockbusters in recent memory. It's a truly bizarre piece of art that's somehow both grotesque and extremely moving.” – Bloomberg News Jun 18, 2025 Full Review The Wild Robot (2024) 97% EDIT “The lessons of The Wild Robot are simple, but the artistry it uses to get there is anything but. It’s the kind of kids movie that feels all too rare with its painterly backdrops and genuine earnestness. The whole family is likely to fall in love.” – The Daily Beast Jun 5, 2025 Full Review
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