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Neely Swanson

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A Poet (2025) 100% EDIT ““A Poet,” the subversively funny, sad and poignant film written and directed by Simón Mesa Soto, will gradually enmesh you until you feel a kinship with sad, lonely loser Oscar, a failed poet.” – Easy Reader (California) Jan 31, 2026 Full Review H Is for Hawk (2025) 80% EDIT “Claire Foy is an exceptional Helen. She lets you see all the enthusiastic promise that her character held and breaks your heart as you see her obsession take over every aspect of her life.” – Beverly Hills Courier Jan 30, 2026 Full Review A Private Life (2025) 81% EDIT “Although primarily a character study of the psychiatrist, in lesser hands, Steiner’s personal rehabilitation would not ring true, but Foster, the consummate actor, makes it believable.” – Beverly Hills Courier Jan 24, 2026 Full Review No Other Choice (2025) 97% EDIT “It is a payoff that makes the bloated 2½ hour run time worthwhile. The problem is that in each setup, it takes too long to get to the payoff, making the film drag. My enthusiasm would have been greater if “No Other Choice” had been 90 minutes long.” – Beverly Hills Courier Jan 1, 2026 Full Review The Choral (2025) 67% EDIT ““The Choral” is a good movie and worth a view. Its themes are effective and universal. I was just hoping it would be better and more resonant.” – Beverly Hills Courier Dec 30, 2025 Full Review Come Closer (2024) EDIT “We see the end result but not enough of the development leading up to it. Eden has cut a swath of personal destruction that leaves little room for one single incident to sell the transition to empathy.” – Beverly Hills Courier Dec 22, 2025 Full Review The Secret Agent (2025) 98% EDIT “Quiet, determined, devoted, Moura is the everyman, the ordinary citizen thrust into extraordinary circumstances... It is difficult to imagine anyone else in this role. ” – Easy Reader (California) Dec 8, 2025 Full Review Blue Eyed Girl (2025) EDIT “A story that’s been told before but tell it well and it’s worthwhile to revisit. “Blue Eyed Girl” is told very well with a winning cast of characters, the very definition of an independent film. ” – Easy Reader (California) Nov 24, 2025 Full Review The Running Man (2025) 63% EDIT “Wright has constructed a movie of scenes, all of which seem to stand alone but never completely mesh into a cohesive unit. ” – Beverly Hills Courier Nov 24, 2025 Full Review Rebuilding (2025) 93% EDIT ““Rebuilding” is a simmer of a movie on a low, steady fire. There’s no action, no noise, no explosive reveals; just a slow melding of sights and sounds and smells yielding a fragrance of human emotions. ” – Easy Reader (California) Nov 14, 2025 Full Review Peter Hujar's Day (2025) 92% EDIT “Whishaw melts into the character, pulling you into the time and place... In a career full of interesting characters, this is one of his best. ” – Easy Reader (California) Nov 10, 2025 Full Review Nuremberg (2025) 72% EDIT “Long, at 145 minutes, “Nuremberg” could have used some trimming and better editing. I wish it had been a more interesting film, but it does have a compelling performance by Russell Crowe that is reason enough to see it.” – Beverly Hills Courier Nov 10, 2025 Full Review Die My Love (2025) 74% EDIT “Jennifer Lawrence, always a marvel and a reason to see any film in which she appears, exhibits even more depth and range than she has previously. See the movie for her performance but not for the film. ” – Easy Reader (California) Nov 7, 2025 Full Review It Was Just an Accident (2025) 98% EDIT “A genre-defying movie, “It Was Just an Accident” hops between slapstick comedy and chilling thriller, oftentimes blending the two. These sudden shifts between the absurd and the dramatic are both the film’s strength and weakness.” – Beverly Hills Courier Oct 24, 2025 Full Review Among Neighbors (2024) EDIT “Potash’s determination and fortitude to follow these stories plays out in so many satisfying ways. His ability to gradually tease out what Pelagia has kept hidden inside her for more than 70 years is breathtaking.” – Beverly Hills Courier Oct 17, 2025 Full Review Blue Moon (2025) 91% EDIT “There are multiple reasons this film doesn’t work. First and foremost, it is all talk and no action, primarily because the talk isn’t very interesting. ” – Beverly Hills Courier Oct 3, 2025 Full Review Eleanor the Great (2025) 66% EDIT “This charming film, with unexpected depth and humor, tells a story that, in lesser hands, would teeter on the edge of poor taste and mawkish sentimentality, but instead boldly exploits a sensitive topic to great effect. ” – Easy Reader (California) Sep 30, 2025 Full Review The History of Sound (2025) 69% EDIT ““The History of Sound” is not a “Brokeback Mountain” of country music. It is an ode to love in all its permutations. It is love found, love lost and love that endures, tied up in the notes and melodies of songs discovered where least expected.” – Beverly Hills Courier Sep 26, 2025 Full Review Code 3 (2025) 78% EDIT “Unfortunately what keeps “Code 3” from taking off is the lead, Rainn Wilson as Randy. His effectiveness comes in waves. Funny in the lighter moments, he has trouble mediating the emotions of the fraught times. ” – Easy Reader (California) Sep 24, 2025 Full Review Riefenstahl (2024) 97% EDIT “Diving into previously unavailable material makes this an important, must-see film, deconstructing the mask she so carefully fabricated after the war. ” – Beverly Hills Courier Sep 24, 2025 Full Review The Baltimorons (2025) 95% EDIT “Programmatic, it’s easy to guess what will happen and why... But stick with it because Michael Strassner, Cliff, and Liz Larsen, Didi, find their footing and add a layer of depth that wasn’t there at the beginning.” – Easy Reader (California) Sep 10, 2025 Full Review The Roses (2025) 64% EDIT “The Roses is a very good movie, but what makes it exceptional are the two leads: Benedict Cumberbatch as Theo and Olivia Coleman as Ivy. ” – Beverly Hills Courier Sep 10, 2025 Full Review Love, Brooklyn (2025) 69% EDIT “An unusual story of depth, “Love, Brooklyn,” delivers more than one would expect of a film exploring a triangle.” – Easy Reader (California) Sep 6, 2025 Full Review Diva (1981) 97% EDIT “This movie is the very embodiment of style over substance and succeeds wildly. It is advised that you let “Diva” sweep over you, like the tsunami of action that it is. Don’t try to keep up, you’ll drown. ” – Easy Reader (California) Sep 3, 2025 Full Review Relay (2024) 82% EDIT “This is an exceptional thriller whose surface plot disguises its depth of focus. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.” – Beverly Hills Courier Aug 19, 2025 Full Review
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