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8/10
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Redux Redux
(2025)
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Gregory Nussen
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Sometimes the central metaphors of the film are so cleanly didactic they risk becoming preachy, but, more often than not, the film tilts in such inventive ways that recognition only breeds appreciation.
Posted Feb 16, 2026
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4/10
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Hellfire
(2026)
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Gregory Nussen
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Richard Lowry's script is bare bones, but mostly in a way that allows space for the main attraction, which is Lang, sweaty, bloodied and broken, to mow down scores of bad dudes. It's not complicated.
Posted Feb 14, 2026
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6/10
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The Mortuary Assistant
(2026)
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Grant Hermanns
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...with the terror never really registering and overstuffing its short runtime with lore, the movie feels like a throwback to the ambitious-yet-mediocre days of the video game adaptation genre.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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10/10
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12 Monkeys
(1995)
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Grant Hermanns
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Even more supportive of the script's twisty nature is the mesmerizing direction from Gilliam. Utilizing the same hyperstylized art design he had on Brazil, the Oscar nominee brought a haunting feel to the apocalyptic future.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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9/10
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The Hateful Eight
(2015)
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Grant Hermanns
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The tension simmers perfectly through the whole film, even after what appears to be the occasional reprieve, and with a cast at the top of their game, and direction that never feels like it's distracting from the core excitement.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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4/10
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Night of the Reaper
(2025)
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Grant Hermanns
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It doesn't really have enough going for it to stand apart from its genre counterparts. It's a fairly slow, low-stakes journey that, despite its interesting ending twists, never has enough of a hook to feel like more than a slasher retread.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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4/10
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The Jester 2
(2025)
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Grant Hermanns
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In his apparent effort to pull from the success of Terrifier 2, he learned the wrong lessons regarding mythology pacing and crafting a compelling final girl, making this slasher sequel another learning experience rather than a celebration.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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8/10
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Bang Bang
(2024)
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Grant Hermanns
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Janowitz's script has lots of potential to break free from its trope-filled genre, and has moments of doing so, but if it weren't for the great performances at the forefront, it'd be easy to become disillusioned with the darker parts of the film.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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4/10
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Whisper of the Witch
(2024)
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Grant Hermanns
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The haunted object formula actually has some proper stakes, while the imagery proves memorable enough. Yet its clumsy story, bizarre character choices, and awful dubbing turn it into a truly messy affair.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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9/10
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Lurker
(2025)
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Grant Hermanns
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In addition to providing a great script, Russell proves to have an excellent eye in the director's chair. He and cinematographer Pat Scola nicely mix a range of visual styles for their scenes, making particular use of handheld close-ups.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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8/10
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V for Vendetta
(2005)
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Grant Hermanns
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With McTeigue and cinematographer Adrian Biddle also making some of the more emotionally powerful scenes feel just as grand, V for Vendetta remains an absolute treasure to watch 20 years later.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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8/10
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Mission: Impossible
(1996)
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Grant Hermanns
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De Palma delivered some great imagery for future filmmakers. Even as the stakes in the film continue to rise and the set pieces become bigger, he never forgets to keep the characters in the forefront of the camera to make the film feel intimate.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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10/10
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Jaws
(1975)
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Grant Hermanns
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While Spielberg's stylish direction and the haunting shark may be what initially draws us back to watch the film, it's the excellent performances of Jaws' cast that keep us hooked from start to finish.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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3/10
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Lake Jesup: Bonecrusher's Revenge
(2025)
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Grant Hermanns
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Where Steven Spielberg's Jaws hid its shark villain due to practical production issues and a desire to build tension, it seems they tried to hide Bonecrusher for most of Gator Lake simply because they didn't spend enough money on a good-looking puppet.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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5/10
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Predator: Killer of Killers
(2025)
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Grant Hermanns
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It's really disappointing how much of a mess Predator: Killer of Killers is by comparison to Prey. It's a directionless way to continue the franchise and tide audiences over while they wait for Badlands' release.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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7/10
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Nonnas
(2025)
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Grant Hermanns
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Featuring everything from handmade pasta to beautifully rolled cannolis and even the unique delicacy of capuzzelle, I could practically smell the kitchen through the screen, and it certainly kept me hooked on hanging out with the movie's charming cast.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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3/10
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The Trouble with Jessica
(2023)
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Grant Hermanns
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Despite all of their posturing about morality and ethics, there are few moments that allow us to sympathize or empathize with them, adding up to a largely frustrating escalation of events and character moments.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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1/10
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The Grove
(2025)
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Grant Hermanns
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White lacks any real charisma, emotion, or humor. He follows in the footsteps of Tommy Wiseau in putting himself at the forefront of the film in the belief of authentically playing his lead role while also having steamy scenes with his co-star.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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8/10
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The Rule of Jenny Pen
(2024)
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Grant Hermanns
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With the film oscillating between a darkly humorous take on aging to a genuinely unsettling psychological thriller, it's important to have actors who navigate that tightrope well, and Ashcroft couldn't have chosen better than when casting John Lithgow.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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6/10
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Rock Springs
(2026)
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Grant Hermanns
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Rock Springs is an unfortunate mixed bag... The themes she highlights are relevant and admirable, and she has a great cast, but in failing to make a cohesive whole of her different halves, it's hard to invest in her tackling of generational trauma.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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7/10
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Kokuho
(2025)
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Gregory Nussen
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When it focuses on their artistry and their individual relationships to it, the piece sings. That's in large part thanks to two extraordinary performances from Yoshizawa and Yokohama, who bring a largess to their respective characters' inner lives.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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4/10
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Dracula
(2025)
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Gregory Nussen
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...but it never leans far enough into that area to even register as purposefully funny. Most damning, however, is that the film looks just terrible. Garishly colored and overly lit, it can feel like we are a vampire who is suddenly subjected to sunlight.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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3/10
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The Strangers: Chapter 3
(2026)
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Gregory Nussen
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The finale of this tired franchise only finds a moment of intrigue in the dying gasp of its final seconds, if only because Harlin’s choices are so bonkers it’ll make you momentarily wake up to laugh incredulously.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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3/10
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The Infinite Husk
(2025)
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Emedo Ashibeze
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A repeating piano ostinato that bears criminal similarity to Hans Zimmer’s Cornfield Chase in Interstellar fails to evoke the transcendentally hope the 2014 film did. Nolan understood the effect of time and what it steals from life; Silverstine doesn't.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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6/10
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Misdirection
(2025)
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Gregory Nussen
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Because everyone is lying to some degree, motives are suspect throughout, which provides for an effective, if simple, formula for persistent tension. Generic from top to bottom isn't always a bad thing, and Misdirection goes down easy.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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4/10
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
(2025)
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Gregory Nussen
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The film has a fun time satirizing a world that is so broken and seems to be rushing headlong into techno-authoritarianism, but its not precise enough to hit its target effectively. And, in its place is an endless slog of cutesy, saccharine humor.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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7/10
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GOAT
(2026)
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Gregory Nussen
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It makes the progressive implication that if ball is ball, then all belong, and that our courts and fields and rings should not be discriminatory. That's an especially needed message when queer, trans and non-white athletes are being villainized.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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8/10
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My Father's Shadow
(2025)
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Gregory Nussen
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A deceptively complex film which marries the tentative hopes and fears of a country on the brink of a new age with the dynamic of a family caught in the web of financial scarcity, My Father's Shadow captures a rare feeling of heartache, and of love.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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7/10
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Cold Storage
(2026)
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Grant Hermanns
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Despite many of its foibles, Cold Storage isn't entirely a wasted effort. Koepp's script is plenty humorous and delivers exactly what one expects from its genre trappings, even if also taking a touch too long to get to a bigger sense of tension.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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2/10
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Gale: Yellow Brick Road
(2026)
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Grant Hermanns
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The creepy imagery in the first act improperly sells just how dull the movie ultimately ends up being for the majority of its overlong runtime.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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5/10
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Honey Bunch
(2025)
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Gregory Nussen
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Honey Bunch can frequently feel more like pastiche than as a genuine film. It's to the actors' credit that it works when it does, and what it ultimately posits about marriage is as grossly haunting as it is disturbingly poetic.
Posted Feb 12, 2026
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6/10
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Crime 101
(2026)
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Gregory Nussen
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This is a purposefully languid movie that proves real, genuine tension can be built without crash landing right on your head. In an era of fast cuts and escalating explosions, it is refreshing to watch something this confident in its own particular DNA.
Posted Feb 11, 2026
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4/10
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Wuthering Heights
(2026)
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Gregory Nussen
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Despite some moments of wondrous physical beauty — or, perhaps, because of them — Wuthering Heights is flavorless, skin-deep and oddly staid.
Posted Feb 11, 2026
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9/10
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The Muppet Show
(2026)
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Cher Thompson
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The Muppet Show special is funny, warm with nostalgia, and offers a fresh take on the classic variety show.
Posted Feb 04, 2026
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4/10
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Moses the Black
(2026)
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Emedo Ashibeze
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Serbian filmmaker Yelena Popovic onboards a couple of black entertainers as stars, alongside seasoned actor Omar Epps, for an embracing yet no less dark film whose message won’t fade anytime soon.
Posted Feb 03, 2026
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4/10
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Queen of Chess
(2026)
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Gregory Nussen
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Frustratingly, Queen of Chess doesn't delve into either the inherent tension of the game nor the lifetime of sexual discrimination Polgár has faced.
Posted Feb 03, 2026
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3/10
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Solo Mio
(2026)
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Gregory Nussen
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Other than a handful of trite shots of James participating in all manner of stereotypical Roman tourist activity, Solo Mio gives us no genuine insight into whom this man is, nor what he might want out of life except a wife.
Posted Feb 03, 2026
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5/10
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Shelter
(2026)
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Gregory Nussen
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Shelter is more or less exactly what it should be: a solidly choreographed action thriller with kinetically-charged fight scenes.
Posted Jan 29, 2026
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6/10
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Time and Water
(2026)
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Gregory Nussen
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By the time Magnason has related the death of Iceland's ice caps to global warming, the film has lost its ability to be a clarion call.
Posted Jan 28, 2026
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5/10
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See You When I See You
(2026)
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Gregory Nussen
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At its best, See You When I See You makes cinematic what has previously felt so dry in other films: a therapy session.
Posted Jan 28, 2026
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8/10
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The Oldest Person in the World
(2026)
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Gregory Nussen
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A soft and gentle hug of a film, one that reifies life's most sacred values while retaining the essential mystery behind our most pressing questions.
Posted Jan 27, 2026
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7/10
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Public Access
(2026)
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Gregory Nussen
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Smith's kaleidoscopic and deeply moving documentary is a wildly impressive archival project that curates a wide breadth of footage from a period of public television that was especially radical in its application of free speech.
Posted Jan 27, 2026
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5/10
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I Want Your Sex
(2026)
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Gregory Nussen
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It's a funny film, an occasionally sexy film, and it's definitely an odd film, but its never really any of those things for as much as it could be and never quite for the reasons Araki thinks it is.
Posted Jan 27, 2026
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3/10
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The Moment
(2026)
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Gregory Nussen
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There is a certain hubris to making a film that is absolutely devoid of stakes, but it's hard to describe that gall as anything but absurdly arrogant, or else woefully out of touch.
Posted Jan 27, 2026
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4/10
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Bedford Park
(2026)
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Gregory Nussen
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Without any proper attention paid to momentum, it feels impossible to believe there's any chemistry percolating here
Posted Jan 27, 2026
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5/10
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Silenced
(2026)
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Gregory Nussen
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Silenced works as a solid primer in helping us understand the gaps of the #MeToo movement and the enduring work we all must put in to erase implicit gender bias in the courtroom.
Posted Jan 27, 2026
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8/10
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The Friend's House Is Here
(2026)
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Gregory Nussen
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An extraordinary film of uncommon bravery, it acts as a protest by the nature of its very existence, a story of underground artists refusing censorship and authoritarianism in favor of a life lived with joy in truthfulness.
Posted Jan 27, 2026
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6/10
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Islands
(2025)
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Emedo Ashibeze
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It’s watchable, occasionally absorbing, but rarely urgent. It’s hard to shake off the feeling that Gerster introduces narrative ideas he has little interest in fully developing.
Posted Jan 27, 2026
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4/10
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Worldbreaker
(2025)
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Emedo Ashibeze
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Worldbreaker’s problem, however, is not necessarily a lack of a grand budget but a prosaic script that underexplores the movie's full potential, resulting in an experience unworthy of its own sci-fi ambitions.
Posted Jan 27, 2026
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8/10
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Wicker
(2026)
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Gregory Nussen
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Brought to life by yet another astounding performance by Olivia Colman, Wicker's treasure is in its hopeless romanticism that insists that pure love and adamant individuality can create irrevocable progress through osmosis.
Posted Jan 27, 2026
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