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8/10
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The North
(2025)
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Perry Norton
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Anyway, it’s beautiful, and it’s brilliant, and much like a walk, it’s good for you.
Posted Apr 30, 2026
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10/10
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Mistura
(2024)
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Ricky Archuleta
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For its heart, beauty, and soul-stirring performances, Mistura is absolutely worth the watch.
Posted Apr 30, 2026
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10/10
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Touch Me
(2025)
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Michael Talbot-Haynes
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Touch Me is worthy of the same regard as the great hard drug classics like Trainspotting and Requiem For A Dream.
Posted Apr 29, 2026
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4/10
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Ballistic
(2025)
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Rick Hong
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Unfortunately, the film ultimately falls short in terms of direction.
Posted Apr 28, 2026
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8/10
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Heat Score
(2025)
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Alan Ng
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It’s thrilling and erotic from start to finish.
Posted Apr 28, 2026
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6/10
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Chicken Dinner Restaurant
(2023)
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Alan Ng
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The material is raw and sure to please fans of long-form amateur improv comedy.
Posted Apr 27, 2026
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7.5/10
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Michael
(2026)
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Alan Ng
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What Fuqua delivered instead is a celebration, and the audience in my theater responded to it.
Posted Apr 27, 2026
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8/10
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Mabel
(2024)
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Ben Glidden
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In Mabel, the plant life is just as alive as the characters around it.
Posted Apr 27, 2026
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8/10
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No Ordinary Heist
(2026)
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Alan Ng
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No Ordinary Heist is a middle-class thriller, thrilling nonetheless. It’s a con put on by ordinary men, and Marsan and Hardwicke give incredible performances in what truly is no ordinary heist.
Posted Apr 27, 2026
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8.5/10
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The Greatest of These: Presented by City of Refuge
(2026)
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Alan Ng
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Nick Nanton’s The Greatest of These is a timely reminder that the antidote to a world drowning in bad news isn’t a policy or a program — it’s a person willing to show up and love somebody. See this film.
Posted Apr 24, 2026
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7/10
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Love Trap
(2026)
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Bradley Gibson
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Love Trap is a high-intensity emotional spectacle with nothing held back. The journey is painful, but the viewer can take away valuable lessons learned or simply indulge in watching a slow-motion train wreck.
Posted Apr 23, 2026
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8.5/10
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Project Hail Mary
(2026)
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Alan Ng
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What makes Project Hail Mary click is that it balances both science and suspense. Like The Martian, the fun comes from watching a smart character get dropped into one impossible problem after another and then watching him science his way out.
Posted Apr 23, 2026
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7/10
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Departures
(2025)
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Ben Glidden
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The ride has plenty of ups and downs, but it’s definitely one worth sticking around for.
Posted Apr 22, 2026
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8/10
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Exit 8
(2025)
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Alan Ng
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Sci-fi isn’t about robots or space stations. At its best, it takes some aspect of humanity, pushes it to its extreme, and shows you what breaks. That’s exactly what Kawamura does here.
Posted Apr 22, 2026
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8.5/10
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Mile End Kicks
(2025)
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Ben Glidden
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Levack’s screenplay is sharp, deeply human, painful, but genuinely hilarious. Y
Posted Apr 22, 2026
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8/10
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Revelations of Divine Love
(2025)
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Benjamin Franz
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This is heady and passionate work.
Posted Apr 21, 2026
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9.5/10
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Watching Mr. Pearson
(2026)
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Bobby LePire
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Watching Mr. Pearson is a touching drama that looks at aging, relating to others, and how dreams never die. The direction is strong, the writing is great, and the cast is perfect.
Posted Apr 20, 2026
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7.5/10
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By His Hand
(2025)
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Alan Ng
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By His Hand emphasizes story over spectacle, and under Taylor Paur’s direction, story wins.
Posted Apr 20, 2026
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7/10
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Everyone Is Lying to You for Money
(2025)
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Rick Hong
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Like Bourdain, [McKenzie] also pulls back the curtain with lightheartedness and humor. The joke is never lost that he will always be remembered most as Ryan Atwood.
Posted Apr 20, 2026
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8/10
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Panda Plan 2: The Magical Tribe
(2026)
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Ethan Padgett
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Hui’s film has the right amount of action sequences, bonkers comedy, and well-written characters for a madcap matinee screening.
Posted Apr 20, 2026
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6/10
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Amityvillenado
(2026)
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Michael Talbot-Haynes
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Many will find it nauseating, but that is the point. If you love vomiting to new school punk tunes, Amityvillenado is the outhouse party you have been waiting for.
Posted Apr 20, 2026
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7.5/10
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Normal
(2025)
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Bradley Gibson
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Normal is action-centric brain candy, with some pokes at timely social/political topics. It’s not that heavy, however, this film won’t change your life. It will allow you to relax into catharsis and put a smile on your face.
Posted Apr 17, 2026
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8/10
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Lee Cronin's The Mummy
(2026)
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Tom Atkinson
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Lee Cronin’s The Mummy may not fully cohere, but it certainly doesn’t play it safe. The extent to which you enjoy the film will depend on your tolerance for excess.
Posted Apr 17, 2026
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9/10
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Assassin
(2025)
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Benjamin Franz
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I deem Assassin a wonderful film, and one the entire family would enjoy. Seek it out, however you can.
Posted Apr 16, 2026
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9.5/10
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Daughters of the Forest
(2026)
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Bobby LePire
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Most importantly, the cinematography is so spectacular that it transports all watching to a truly new place, one where past, present, future, science, and ritual collide in a beautiful kaleidoscope.
Posted Apr 16, 2026
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7/10
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A Blind Bargain
(2025)
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Bradley Gibson
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Bunnell’s re-imagined A Blind Bargain is a melodrama in the style of a 1970s exploitation film. He captures the essence of that time in a lively, entertaining celebration, while honoring the silent film roots of Lon Chaney’s earlier work.
Posted Apr 16, 2026
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9/10
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Dead Souls
(2025)
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Bobby LePire
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Dead Souls is mannered, very mannered, which might throw some audience members off. But the comedy, drama, and mystery all work well.
Posted Apr 16, 2026
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4.5/10
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City Wide Fever
(2025)
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Michael Talbot-Haynes
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For a picture trying to ape high Italian, this results in something looking like an 80s Growing Pains Saturday Night Murder Special.
Posted Apr 15, 2026
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8/10
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Dead Lover
(2025)
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Terry Sherwood
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Dead Lover isn’t polished, and it isn’t for everyone. It’s crude, messy, and proudly weird. But that’s exactly why it works.
Posted Apr 14, 2026
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7/10
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The Containment
(2024)
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Terry Sherwood
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The Containment is a film caught between reverence and reinvention.
Posted Apr 13, 2026
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9/10
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Blazing Fists
(2025)
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Michael Talbot-Haynes
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Blazing Fists shows that after all these decades, this director’s brand of cinematic anarchy remains untarnished. Thanks to Miike, punk is alive and is living well in Japan.
Posted Apr 13, 2026
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7/10
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Slowburn Shoot: An Indie Wrestling Story
(2026)
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Mikkel Frederiksen
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Slowburn Shoot is not for the diehards, nor is it for the uninitiated, but for those who fall somewhere in between: those enamored with the showmanship, the drive, and the camaraderie found in semi-professional wrestling.
Posted Apr 13, 2026
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9/10
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Holy Days
(2026)
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Ben Glidden
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Holy Days is the definitive feel-good movie of 2026 so far. From its vibrant tone to its wholesome story, you’re guaranteed to walk out of the theater with a smile on your face.
Posted Apr 13, 2026
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8/10
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Mr. Burton
(2025)
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Benjamin Franz
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If you’re in the market for a handsome acting biopic, Mr. Burton is a fantastic selection.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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8/10
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Jamarcus Rose & Da 5 Bullet Holes
(2025)
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Alan Ng
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Jamarcus Rose & Da 5 Bullet Holes is a testament to Marcellus Cox’s gift for packing an entire world of emotion, meaning, and consequence into a short runtime.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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6/10
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Dragn
(2025)
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Alex Saveliev
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DRAGN defines what used to be called a “straight-to-VOD” feature — the kind of midnight movie best enjoyed with lowered expectations and altered states of mind.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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8.5/10
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Micro Budget
(2024)
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Ethan Padgett
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If anything, Evans’s film encourages an empathetic understanding of the challenges in indie filmmaking. Moviemaking is tough; sometimes you need to just laugh at all the idiosyncrasies of the process.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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7.5/10
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Death Cycle
(2025)
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Michael Talbot-Haynes
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Despite its fancy flaws, Death Cycle is a two-wheeled thrill kill fest that runs on blood instead of petrol.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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8/10
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Disremember
(2025)
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Alan Ng
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It is a genuinely well-crafted psychological thriller with a story strong enough to carry the weight, and the one-man production is just a bonus.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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8.5/10
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Wait List: A Love-ish Story
(2025)
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Kent Hill
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Markowitz’s script bears hallmarks of Nichols’ work, using sharp, witty, and painful dialogue to reveal character flaws. It also captures that feeling of being an outsider in your own living room.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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7/10
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I Know Exactly How You Die
(2026)
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Bradley Gibson
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A clever upending of expected tropes that will keep you guessing until the credits roll… and after.
Posted Apr 07, 2026
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8/10
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SHEEPDOG
(2025)
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Sabina Dana Plasse
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Sheepdog lingers long after watching, especially when you see someone struggling. Maybe you realize that not everyone’s downfall and self-affliction is just about themselves, but rather about something much larger brought on by dedicated service.
Posted Apr 07, 2026
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3/10
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Pizza Movie
(2026)
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Rick Hong
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If Pizza Movie is a gamble into that [stoner comedy] genre, even as a direct-to-streaming release, then I might have to agree with Stark.
Posted Apr 07, 2026
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7/10
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Finding the Zone
(2026)
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Alan Ng
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Everything ties up neatly, and yes, the ending is exactly what you’d expect. But sometimes that’s the point. This is a movie that wants to leave you feeling good, and on that front, it delivers.
Posted Apr 07, 2026
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10/10
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The Addiction of Hope
(2025)
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Ricky Archuleta
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Ultimately, The Addiction of Hope is a rare, grounded experience in a world of flashy spectacles.
Posted Apr 07, 2026
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8/10
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Andy Warhol: A Life in Art
(2022)
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Alan Ng
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Suffice it to say, you’ll see an Andy you’ve never seen before.
Posted Apr 07, 2026
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6.5/10
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The Drama
(2026)
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Bradley Gibson
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Despite the flaws in the script, Pattinson and Zendaya deliver their roles beautifully.
Posted Apr 06, 2026
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7/10
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Souls Chapel
(2025)
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Bobby LePire
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Souls Chapel is an interesting story told by a cast who is clearly trying.
Posted Apr 06, 2026
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5.5/10
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
(2026)
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Alan Ng
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The Bowser Junior relationship was funny—genuinely funny—and Yoshi was great and fun to have around. But animation needs a story, and this one's storytelling needs serious work.
Posted Apr 06, 2026
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10/10
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Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
(2026)
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Rick Hong
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Grabsinski doesn’t waste the audience’s time with all the nuances of how the time machine works. He just gets to the story, the purpose of why Nick uses it, and the fun, crazy antics that come from it.
Posted Apr 06, 2026
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