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Steve Pond

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All of a Sudden (2026) EDIT “All of a Sudden circles back to the idea of hope in impossible situations; it gently insists that no one is normal, and it helps us find the beauty in that.” – TheWrap May 15, 2026 Full Review Fatherland (2026) 96% EDIT “It’s more of a chamber piece, a snapshot of a few days in which a two people grapple with personal loss, artistic and political divides and a looming question for Germans in the aftermath of World War II” – TheWrap May 14, 2026 Full Review A Woman's Life (2026) 94% EDIT “There’s much to admire in its embrace of a thorny character, its judicious use of music and its control of pace and mood, but it rarely prompts the passion on display in its opening image.” – TheWrap May 13, 2026 Full Review Ashes (2026) 83% EDIT “Luna lays out a life in little flashes, and Anna Diaz holds the screen as he does. “Ashes” is a quiet return to directing, but it’s unsettling and hard to shake.” – TheWrap May 13, 2026 Full Review In Waves (2026) EDIT “It’s a work of indie imagination that springs from a graphic novel but also recalls coming-of-age films like “The Fault in Our Stars.” Dungo’s drawings inspired it, but AJ and Kristen’s joy and pain help it connect.” – TheWrap May 13, 2026 Full Review The Electric Kiss (2026) 59% EDIT “Part Gallic rom-com and part meditation on grief, “The Electric Kiss” slips and slides and provides a slight way to begin the film festival, but not an unpleasant one. ” – TheWrap May 13, 2026 Full Review Driver's Ed (2025) 71% EDIT “The fact that “Driver’s Ed” is an R-rated teen comedy may make it something of an anomaly these days, but it’s a fairly gentle and mostly goofy one that’s essentially spinning its wheels.. ” – TheWrap Sep 15, 2025 Full Review Dust Bunny (2025) 85% EDIT “Designed as a horror movie for the entire family, the film has its scares, but it’s just too wacky and too much fun to be disturbing. ” – TheWrap Sep 9, 2025 Full Review EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert (2025) 97% EDIT “Offstage Elvis informs onstage Elvis and vice versa, and the zeal with which Luhrmann whips it all up into an undefinable Elvispalooza is fit for a King.” – TheWrap Sep 9, 2025 Full Review Motor City (2025) 70% EDIT “It shouldn’t work but it pretty much does, at least for those who are big enough pulp fans to go along with this wacky thrill ride. ” – TheWrap Sep 8, 2025 Full Review Roofman (2025) 87% EDIT “The tonal juggling act isn’t always seamless, but in a way, the contradictions are what give “Roofman” its life. It’s a sad movie, really, but it’s also a lot of fun. And if that doesn’t make sense, maybe it’s the whole point.” – TheWrap Sep 7, 2025 Full Review The Lost Bus (2025) 88% EDIT “There are times when the fiery landscape is staggering and times when it screams CG, but few directors can rev up a movie and keep it at a fever pitch the way Greengrass can. ” – TheWrap Sep 7, 2025 Full Review John Candy: I Like Me (2025) 89% EDIT “This doesn’t make for a dark movie – the copious clips of Candy’s performances always keep things light and entertaining – but it does bring additional shadows into the story, which helps flesh out an affectionate, good-hearted portrait. ” – TheWrap Sep 5, 2025 Full Review A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (2025) 75% EDIT “By the time it’s over, Jared Harris has delivered a particularly wrenching performance as the Secretary of Defense, whose daughter is in Chicago, and one of Bertelmann’s best scores has gone from portentous chords to insistent pulses to staccato strings. ” – TheWrap Sep 3, 2025 Full Review The Smashing Machine (2025) 71% EDIT “It’s not one of those triumphant sports movies we’re all tired of, but it’s not wrong to say that there is some triumph here.” – TheWrap Sep 2, 2025 Full Review Calle Málaga (2025) 98% EDIT “Calle Malaga is a delicate film to pull off, but Touzani and Maura find the right balance from the start. ” – TheWrap Sep 2, 2025 Full Review Broken English (2025) 92% EDIT “Disruptive and distracting, charming and challenging, the film by Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth uses a fictional framework to tell a true story, even as it questions the nature of truth and strips away the usual signposts in a nonfiction film.” – TheWrap Sep 2, 2025 Full Review HIGHWAY 99: A Double Album (2025) EDIT “Then again, “Highway 99 a double album” is just full of lots of those three-minute songs, and Hawke is right when he says that they deserve a party. ” – TheWrap Sep 2, 2025 Full Review Pompei: Below the Clouds (2025) 98% EDIT ““Below the Clouds” doesn’t have the immediacy of “Fire at Sea” and “Notturno”; it’s not timely the way those films were, but there’s something evanescent and timeless about it.” – TheWrap Sep 1, 2025 Full Review The Wizard of the Kremlin (2025) 47% EDIT ““The Wizard of the Kremlin” is a loud, bold film that is held together by the quiet performance at its center.” – TheWrap Aug 31, 2025 Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% EDIT “It’s a filmmaker returning to his roots at a time when he has the skills to make those roots grow into something huge and singular. ” – TheWrap Aug 30, 2025 Full Review Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) 61% EDIT “A bracing and moving antidote to beefed-up, heavily fictionalized rock biopics... Cooper’s movie looks for little moments rather than grand statements, and trusts those to speak as loudly as they did on the “Nebraska” album itself.” – TheWrap Aug 30, 2025 Full Review No Other Choice (2025) 97% EDIT “It’s not as virtuoso a blend of social commentary and wacko violence as, say, Park’s countryman and occasional collaborator Bong Joon Ho’s “Parasite,” but it’s a kick nonetheless.” – TheWrap Aug 29, 2025 Full Review After the Hunt (2025) 37% EDIT ““After the Hunt” does not make a strong case for moving to New Haven -- though all those delicious moral dilemmas and snarky one-liners are a good reason for actors to continue to flock to Guadagnino.” – TheWrap Aug 29, 2025 Full Review Jay Kelly (2025) 76% EDIT “It would be tempting to say that “Jay Kelly” belongs to Clooney, but that’s not true. Adam Sandler has his own wrenching moments as Kelly’s long-suffering manager, as do Laura Dern, Riley Keough, Stacy Keach and an arsenal of supporting players.” – TheWrap Aug 28, 2025 Full Review
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