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Honey Bunch (2025) 91% 3/5 EDIT “It's a soulful, slow-burning, and achingly sincere love story that veers into an appreciated level of derangement.” – Dread Central Feb 13, 2026 Full Review Cold Storage (2026) 77% 3.5/5 EDIT “Cold Storage is an infectious blast of squirm-in-your-seat outbreak horrors. An overuse of post-production animation holds scenes back ... [but] is ultimately a winner.” – Daily Dead Feb 11, 2026 Full Review Rock Springs (2026) 74% 3/5 EDIT “Miao's intentions are straightforward, and the ending leaves us with a sense of relief, but it's a bumpier ride than necessary.” – Daily Dead Feb 8, 2026 Full Review The Incomer (2026) 91% 7/10 EDIT “It’s an easy, breezy character study with fantastical flourishes, but the focus always remains on inviting performances.” – TheWrap Feb 8, 2026 Full Review The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (2026) 100% 8/10 EDIT “The Only Living Pickpocket in New York is a tremendous sophomore feature from Noah Segan, anchored by another classic John Turturro performance.” – IGN Movies Feb 8, 2026 Full Review Union County (2026) 97% 7/10 EDIT “Union County is an impressively understated portrayal of the highs and lows of battling addiction, noteworthy for its solemn authenticity.” – IGN Movies Feb 8, 2026 Full Review The Strangers: Chapter 3 (2026) 18% .5/5 EDIT “It’s so bad that Bertino should be able to sue for damages to The Strangers’ reputation.” – Inverse Feb 6, 2026 Full Review When a Witness Recants (2026) 3.5/5 EDIT “The documentary’s power shines through in its final act, when Porter dares to push beyond the informality of talking heads.” – TheWrap Jan 29, 2026 Full Review Troublemaker (2026) 3/5 EDIT “It’s a daunting, overwhelming playbook that details how to disassemble oppressive regimes ... less a high school social studies essay and more an examination of the act of rebellion.” – TheWrap Jan 29, 2026 Full Review undertone (2025) 88% 3/5 EDIT “In execution, there are menacingly sublime flourishes—but pacing is not bulletproof as an audio-forward experience.” – Daily Dead Jan 28, 2026 Full Review Give Me the Ball! (2026) 4.5/5 EDIT “It’s an ode to perseverance and refusing to be told you can’t succeed ... King’s altruisms are the spark that keeps flames of protest and change ablaze.” – TheWrap Jan 28, 2026 Full Review Frank & Louis (2026) 91% 3/5 EDIT “A sentimental glimpse into incarcerated lifestyles that stitches hope into a tapestry of emotional storytelling.” – TheWrap Jan 27, 2026 Full Review The Gallerist (2026) 54% 3/5 EDIT “It’s far-fetched and diabolical in the right moments, however stunted the overall execution becomes ... Perhaps not the perfect score, but a nifty, noxious endeavor nonetheless.” – TheWrap Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (2026) 74% 3.5/5 EDIT “To dub "Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass" dumb fun is an honest-to-gosh compliment ... Wain and Marino concoct a comedic formula that harkens back to spoofy 1980s riots hinged on acceptable stupidity.” – TheWrap Jan 27, 2026 Full Review The Shitheads (2026) 70% 2.5 EDIT “The Shitheads isn’t Macon Blair at his best, but it’s Macon Blair playing to his wheelhouse ... a high-floor, lower-ceiling experience for fans of the filmmaker.” – TheWrap Jan 25, 2026 Full Review Josephine (2026) 97% 4.5/5 EDIT “Josephine is a special, hard-to-stomach yet immaculately handled movie that demands your attention ... fearlessness is Beth de Araújo’s superpower.” – TheWrap Jan 25, 2026 Full Review Leviticus (2026) 95% 3.5/5 EDIT “Familiarity isn’t an instant negative, as Leviticus proves; it’s all about how filmmakers put their unique spin on reusable templates.” – Daily Dead Jan 25, 2026 Full Review Buddy (2026) 83% 3.5/5 EDIT “It takes our snuggliest memories and feeds them through a meat grinder, never playing it safe or caring about the ages of those in danger.” – Daily Dead Jan 25, 2026 Full Review Saccharine (2026) 70% 3.5/5 EDIT “...a nasty, sugar-glazed thriller that stands on its highlight moments.” – Daily Dead Jan 25, 2026 Full Review Mum, I'm Alien Pregnant (2026) 93% 3/5 EDIT “It's scrappy—both a testament to its ingenuity and, at times, a comment about what the effects cannot achieve—but even more importantly, it's a goofy and gag-worthy midnighter.” – Daily Dead Jan 25, 2026 Full Review Return to Silent Hill (2026) 19% 2/5 EDIT “Between the poor performances, dismally edited storytelling, and fumbled fright-night entertainment, Return to Silent Hill is anything but a warm welcome home for horror movie and video game fans.” – Daily Dead Jan 21, 2026 Full Review Killer Whale (2026) 20% 1.5/5 EDIT “Killer Whale is a Titanic failure of the aquatic-horror subgenre.” – Daily Dead Jan 16, 2026 Full Review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 92% 4/5 EDIT “ 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is a splendid step-up from its predecessor ... a richer and even more daring examination of the best bits about 28 YEARS LATER.” – Daily Dead Jan 13, 2026 Full Review Anaconda (2025) 48% 4/10 EDIT “Anaconda is a disappointing effort from director Tom Gormican, who cannot crack the code on Sony's bewildering aquatic not-really-horror reboot.” – IGN Movies Dec 23, 2025 Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% 2.5/5 EDIT “It's not that performers cannot convey emotions through motion-capture techniques, but rather that the stories around them do not enable grand moments of resilience or tragedy.” – Matt Donato (Authory) Dec 16, 2025 Full Review
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