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Scarborn (2023) EDIT “The lines of “Scarborn” are so solid that what’s between them won’t be missed, not by anyone looking for righteous history and heroic adventure.” – Wall Street Journal May 1, 2026 Full Review Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996) 47% 3/4 EDIT “No, "Brain Candy" is not for kids. But for adults, especially those cursed with a twisted, jaded or perverse sense of humor, will find plenty in it to laugh about.” – Newsday Apr 28, 2026 Full Review A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough (2026) EDIT “The tale doesn’t need any artificial twists. They occur naturally. There’s character development. Foreshadowing. The implication that aberrant personality disorders might not be the exclusive purview of humans.” – Wall Street Journal Apr 23, 2026 Full Review Magellan (2025) 88% EDIT “Most buffs expect more motion in their pictures than what they get from director Lav Diaz and “Magellan.” Still, the 2025 film weaves a spell if you let it. ” – Wall Street Journal Apr 23, 2026 Full Review Apex (2026) 63% EDIT “[Charlize Theron] may be giving the most athletically demanding performance of her action-movie career. Certain clichés and hiccups aside, however, “Apex” is spectacular.” – Wall Street Journal Apr 23, 2026 Full Review Fight Club (1999) 81% 2/4 EDIT “Basically, Fight Club -- dedicated to the proposition that men's lives have become routine -- becomes a routine itself. ” – Newsday Apr 21, 2026 Full Review Jerry West: The Logo (2026) EDIT ““The Logo” is directed by “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris, who is too much of a presence in his own movie. It’s his first documentary. It may be the first one he’s seen. ” – Wall Street Journal Apr 16, 2026 Full Review #Skyking (2026) EDIT “While Ms. Gillespie can’t solve the mystery of why exactly her subject did what he did, she has created a novel kind of crime film, one aided in no small way by what seems to be the complete flight recording from Russell’s mad act. ” – Wall Street Journal Apr 13, 2026 Full Review Austenland (2013) 32% EDIT “The series is one with an abundance of senses and sensibilities, but even the fiercest admirers of Jane Austen -- especially the fiercest admirers of Jane Austen -- will blanch at the extremes of Jane Hayes.” – Wall Street Journal Apr 3, 2026 Full Review The Truth and Tragedy of Moriah Wilson (2026) EDIT “There is certainly pain and grief involved in the Moriah Wilson story, but each such moment here is counterbalanced by another dazzling photo of the cyclist’s smiling face.” – Wall Street Journal Apr 3, 2026 Full Review Big vs Small (2020) EDIT “The photography is often astounding, whether it is by Mr. Bonython or cinematographer Sakke Kantosalo or by the drone team under the latter’s direction.” – Wall Street Journal Mar 26, 2026 Full Review Project Hail Mary (2026) 94% EDIT ““Project Hail Mary” certainly qualifies as an uplifting experience at the cinema, being a mix of selflessness, sacrifice, camaraderie and even a certain amount of melancholy. ” – America Magazine Mar 24, 2026 Full Review Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026) 90% EDIT “Many actors are pigeonholed by a successful TV series. Mr. Murphy remains aloft.” – Wall Street Journal Mar 21, 2026 Full Review 1000 Women in Horror (2025) 100% EDIT ““1000 Women” is briskly entertaining and wildly informative as a clip show, insightful in its academic analysis, and the structure of the film enables a tidy organization of an often messy bunch of films.” – Wall Street Journal Mar 21, 2026 Full Review RoboCop 3 (1993) 18% 2/4 EDIT “There's a cheesy feel to the production values in "R3" as well as to the story.” – Newsday Mar 16, 2026 Full Review Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare (2026) EDIT “While essentially a disaster film, the visually alarming and nerve-racking “Fukushima” is also a cross-cultural psychodrama, about an industry, and perhaps a society, having a meltdown all its own.” – Wall Street Journal Mar 5, 2026 Full Review Paul McCartney: Man on the Run (2025) 100% EDIT “There are embarrassing moments. They aren’t explained away. But in a deliberately raggedy film, we find a raggedy man. ” – Wall Street Journal Feb 26, 2026 Full Review The Postman (1994) 92% 3.5/4 EDIT “The Postman rings a lot more than twice in Michael Radford's The Postman; sentiment seems to have its sticky, fat finger stuck in the bell. You'll let them in, though, because both are delivering a kind of simple truth that justifies opening the door.” – Newsday Feb 23, 2026 Full Review Sun Ra: Do the Impossible (2024) EDIT “Like Sun Ra’s music, the motion picture is deliberately fractured, the virtues to be found in the departures from the expected, the familiar, the comfortable.” – Wall Street Journal Feb 20, 2026 Full Review Muppet Treasure Island (1996) 80% 2/4 EDIT “You may not be able to squeeze brine out of a stone, but you can, apparently, squeeze those cuddly Muppets till a bit more treasure trickles out. As much as we love them, it's tough watching inanimate objects cruelly exploited.” – Newsday Feb 12, 2026 Full Review Marty Supreme (2025) 93% EDIT “What’s predictable enough is how effortlessly Chalamet generates sympathy for Marty Mauser, who in the cold light of the final credits deserves very little of it. But such is what movie stars do. ” – America Magazine Feb 10, 2026 Full Review Queen of Chess (2026) 88% EDIT “Ms. Kennedy does such an outstanding job of creating suspense out of what is now 30-year-old history... I don’t play chess. It didn’t matter.” – Wall Street Journal Feb 6, 2026 Full Review Erin Brockovich (2000) 87% EDIT “That it works as well as it does -- and it does -- is testimony to both Roberts' pure screen presence and the particular genius of Steven Soderbergh. ” – Newsday Feb 6, 2026 Full Review Miracle: The Boys of '80 (2026) EDIT “All this is recalled in highly entertaining fashion, the highlights on ice interspersed with the warm memories of the players, many of whom still harbor mixed feelings about Brooks.” – Wall Street Journal Jan 30, 2026 Full Review Beast of War (2025) 89% EDIT “It’s terrifying -- perhaps more terrifying in how it compels the viewer to imagine being in the same situation than in how the subsequent shark attacks are actually staged; some viewers will likely be as disturbed by the claustrophobia as by the teeth.” – Wall Street Journal Jan 17, 2026 Full Review
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