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Project Hail Mary
(2026)
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Tim Stevens
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[A] dozen years after their last completed directing work—2014’s 22 Jump Street—[Lord and Miller] demonstrate they still have plenty of skill for the work.
Posted Mar 20, 2026
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THE BRIDE!
(2026)
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Lisa Laman
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Despite Buckley and Bale arriving ready for madness, The Bride! only fleetingly rises to their level.
Posted Mar 13, 2026
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undertone
(2025)
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Lisa Laman
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No need to track down ancient demons or listen to nursery rhymes backwards to figure out why undertone never reaches its full potential. Tuason’s rudimentary narrative impulses are the primary problem.
Posted Mar 13, 2026
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War Machine
(2026)
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Tim Stevens
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It is a rough-and-tumble movie that moves quickly and leaves maximum devastation. If the actors can pour out some humanity onscreen along the way, well, so be it.
Posted Mar 07, 2026
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
(2025)
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Tim Stevens
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[A] film that starts with promise and energy to burn closes on a fizzle.
Posted Mar 05, 2026
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Shelter
(2026)
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Tim Stevens
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Think The Professional with less action and far less creep factor.
Posted Mar 04, 2026
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Send Help
(2026)
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Tim Stevens
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And the gore. Oh, the gore. It’s goopy, gross, and frequently hilarious.
Posted Mar 03, 2026
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The Rip
(2026)
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Tim Stevens
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It won’t be anyone’s idea of something special, but it does, at least, entertain.
Posted Mar 02, 2026
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In the Blink of an Eye
(2026)
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Tim Stevens
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[Andrew Stanton] getting another shot at live action, albeit almost 15 years later and on a streaming service, is an occasion for celebration. Unfortunately, the second attempt is In the Blink of an Eye
Posted Feb 28, 2026
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Pillion
(2025)
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Sarah Gorr
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[O]ne of the year’s first true must-watches.
Posted Feb 06, 2026
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
(2026)
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Lisa Laman
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Offering up such a fresh tableau really lets DaCosta’s filmmaking instincts soar, particularly in a bombastic climactic set piece that’s nothing short of enthralling.
Posted Jan 21, 2026
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Primate
(2025)
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Lisa Laman
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Primate’s weird screenwriting problems are especially exasperating as the monkey, er, ape business is far better-than-expected.
Posted Jan 10, 2026
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Primate
(2025)
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Sarah Gorr
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Primate is classic B-movie schlock in the grand tradition of Grizzly and Alligator.
Posted Jan 10, 2026
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People We Meet on Vacation
(2026)
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Tim Stevens
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In the case of People We Meet on Vacation take the trip on the page, not on the screen.
Posted Jan 09, 2026
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Magellan
(2025)
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Sarah Gorr
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Diaz manages an impossible feat instead. He expands the story of Magellan while shrinking the man at the same time.
Posted Jan 09, 2026
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Dust Bunny
(2025)
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Lisa Laman
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[Dust Bunny's] full of vibrant images and aesthetics that a fresh wave of audiences can call their own.
Posted Dec 19, 2025
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The Housemaid
(2025)
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Lisa Laman
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Unfortunately, [Paul Feig's] straightforward visual sensibilities rob The Housemaid of the unpredictability it needs to flourish as a trashy thriller.
Posted Dec 19, 2025
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The Voice of Hind Rajab
(2025)
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Sarah Gorr
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The Voice of Hind Rajab needs not just to be witnessed, but witnessed right now as the war in Palestine rages on, ceasefire or no.
Posted Dec 16, 2025
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Jay Kelly
(2025)
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Tim Stevens
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To the film’s credit, it frequently eschews answers, putting ellipses, not periods, at the end of thoughts.
Posted Dec 10, 2025
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Hamnet
(2025)
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Lisa Laman
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Writer/director Chloé Zhao’s latest cinematic triumph, Hamnet, unflinchingly chronicles corporal agony.
Posted Dec 09, 2025
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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
(2025)
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Tim Stevens
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It is Johnson’s most earnest effort in the Knives sequence and likely the best studio film about religion this year. But if you are as allergic to religion as Blanc himself, please don’t let this fact scare you off.
Posted Dec 03, 2025
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Wicked: For Good
(2025)
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Lisa Laman
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[T]he film geek in me couldn’t ignore how Chu’s cinematic vision too often lacks verve.
Posted Dec 02, 2025
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It Was Just an Accident
(2025)
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Lisa Laman
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[A] remarkably crafted production rife with extraordinary performances, imagery, and even a smattering of deftly executed comedic moments.
Posted Dec 02, 2025
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No Other Choice
(2025)
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Sarah Gorr
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Handily, one of the best films of the year.
Posted Nov 26, 2025
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The Running Man
(2025)
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Lisa Laman
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The revolution may start with The Running Man, but it is a stumbling beginning.
Posted Nov 14, 2025
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Now You See Me: Now You Don't
(2025)
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Tim Stevens
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It’s silly, cheesy, and unapologetically over-the-top. It may not be Houdini, but for generations raised on Copperfield maximalism, mindfreaking, and Blaine unsettling, invasive arrogance, it fits the bill.
Posted Nov 11, 2025
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Die My Love
(2025)
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Sarah Gorr
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Lawrence’s turn is so powerful that it is as if the actor alone understands Grace even as she is a mystery to the audience and maybe even herself.
Posted Nov 03, 2025
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Theater Is Dead
(2025)
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Lisa Laman
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A movie that once breezed along at a good clip now juggles way too many narrative elements for its own good.
Posted Nov 01, 2025
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CAMP
(2025)
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Lisa Laman
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valon Fast’s attempt to make Ginger Snaps/Jennifer’s Body/Raw by way of Lost Highway is better as individual pieces than as a cohesive whole
Posted Nov 01, 2025
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A Useful Ghost
(2025)
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Lisa Laman
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Boonbunchachoke keeps things inspired right until the intentionally abrupt cut to credits.
Posted Nov 01, 2025
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The Restoration at Grayson Manor
(2025)
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Lisa Laman
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If there’s a problem, though, it’s that McQuaid and Chapman can’t come up with a fittingly bizarre or darkly hysterical finale to wrap everything up.
Posted Nov 01, 2025
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Frankenstein
(2025)
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Lisa Laman
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[T]here’s a shocking dearth of vigor.
Posted Nov 01, 2025
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Good Fortune
(2025)
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Lisa Laman
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Good Fortune’s low-key tempo is sometimes competent but not very impactful. Not even the charms of Keanu Reeves and Keke Palmer can minimize that reality.
Posted Nov 01, 2025
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Ballad of a Small Player
(2025)
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Tim Stevens
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[T]he audience is left with a picture easy to admire but hard to feel for.
Posted Oct 31, 2025
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Happy Gilmore 2
(2025)
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Tim Stevens
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It is still, ultimately, a very silly exercise in nostalgia.
Posted Oct 31, 2025
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Night Always Comes
(2025)
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Tim Stevens
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Night Always Comes is the very definition of less than the sum of its parts.
Posted Oct 31, 2025
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A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
(2025)
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Tim Stevens
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The film's most interesting structural choice also proves its undoing.
Posted Oct 31, 2025
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The Woman in Cabin 10
(2025)
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Tim Stevens
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It isn’t that things don’t wrap up, but rather that they do so cleanly, so blandly that The Woman in Cabin 10 is already evaporating from your mind as you reach for the remote.
Posted Oct 21, 2025
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Re-Animator
(1985)
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Cian Tsang
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Re-Animator isn’t tasteful, but it’s absolutely artful.
Posted Oct 15, 2025
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Play Dirty
(2025)
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Tim Stevens
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Play Dirty is ultimately a headscratcher. There’s humor, there’s action, there’s femme fatales and tragic loyal friends. And yet, as a whole, it never pays off on all that promise.
Posted Oct 10, 2025
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Roofman
(2025)
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Lisa Laman
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Cianfrance can’t quite nail his own feat of transitioning from Blue Valentine bleakness to crowd-pleaser cinema.
Posted Oct 08, 2025
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Are We Good?
(2025)
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Sarah Gorr
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This is also the real genius of Feinartz. In narrowing his lens to the journey with grief and how it fits into the context of Maron's life, the film expands.
Posted Oct 02, 2025
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If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
(2025)
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Sarah Gorr
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Writer and director Mary Bronstein sucks us inside Linda’s (Rose Byrne) head and pins us there.
Posted Sep 26, 2025
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One Battle After Another
(2025)
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Lisa Laman
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One Battle After Another’s virtues would enthrall in any era.
Posted Sep 26, 2025
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The Lost Bus
(2025)
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Tim Stevens
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It is a shot of adrenaline right to the heart that keeps all but the coolest of cucumbers staring at the screen. However, the film’s postlude reminds the audience that there was little beyond that adrenaline.
Posted Sep 24, 2025
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HIM
(2025)
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Lisa Laman
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[S]tagnancy epitomizes HIM’s greatest sin. It’s a buttoned-up movie struggling to channel freak impulses.
Posted Sep 19, 2025
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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
(2025)
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Lisa Laman
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Throughout A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, there’s often too much exposition or self-referential “isn’t this weird?” quips.
Posted Sep 19, 2025
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The Long Walk
(2025)
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Lisa Laman
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Accentuating the compelling nature of The Long Walk is its sterling collection of performances.
Posted Sep 12, 2025
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The History of Sound
(2025)
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Sarah Gorr
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It’s nothing short of sheer magic.
Posted Sep 09, 2025
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Highest 2 Lowest
(2025)
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Tim Stevens
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The result is a frequently compelling effort that never clearly says anything beyond, “Enjoy this ride.”
Posted Aug 29, 2025
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