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Because of Cupid
(2026)
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Liz Kocan
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Because of Cupid is the perfect fantasy for the fantasy-resistant. It combines a dash of whimsy and magic with a clever and funny script laden with tons of literary and mythology references.
Posted Feb 14, 2026
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La Grazia
(2025)
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John Serba
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La Grazia ultimately will be minor Sorrentino, but it still offers enough fodder for the eye and mind to warrant a watch.
Posted Feb 14, 2026
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Eternity
(2025)
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John Serba
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Two hours in Eternity is more than enough.
Posted Feb 14, 2026
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State of Fear
(2026)
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John Serba
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State of Fear is trending toward being a deeply underappreciated action film. So appreciate it, dammit!
Posted Feb 14, 2026
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Tyler Perry's Joe's College Road Trip
(2026)
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John Serba
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No doubt about it, Tyler Perry’s Joe’s College Road Trip is a Tyler Perry movie.
Posted Feb 14, 2026
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Katt Williams: The Last Report
(2026)
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Sean L. McCarthy
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For all of the tough talk from Williams on podcasts and onstage, he’s also equally bold in this hour about wanting to make his audiences feel better about themselves.
Posted Feb 14, 2026
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B
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
(2025)
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Jesse Hassenger
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Verbinski’s film never errs on the side of moderation and trying to find some bizarre common ground between annihilation and survival.
Posted Feb 13, 2026
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Marty Supreme
(2025)
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John Serba
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You’ll loathe Marty but love Marty Supreme.
Posted Feb 11, 2026
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The Way to You
(2026)
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Maddy Casale
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The Way To You is a breezy, charming, and engaging romantic comedy that is sure to serve up some easy viewing and laughs this Valentine’s season.
Posted Feb 11, 2026
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We Bury the Dead
(2024)
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John Serba
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Where other actors might be content to half-zombie-shuffle through low-budget films like this for an easy paycheck, Ridley’s commitment to her performance is admirable. We Bury the Dead has modest ambitions, and meets them for the most part.
Posted Feb 11, 2026
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The Secret Agent
(2025)
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John Serba
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The Secret Agent is an amazing film from a new master of the form.
Posted Feb 07, 2026
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Ella McCay
(2025)
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John Serba
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Ella McKay is not OK.
Posted Feb 06, 2026
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Queen of Chess
(2026)
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John Serba
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Queen of Chess leaves a few too many rocks unturned to be truly substantive. But as a surface-level summary of Judit’s impressive, inspiring achievements, it works rather well.
Posted Feb 06, 2026
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Relationship Goals
(2026)
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John Serba
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I’d say Relationship Goals is as subtle as a fart in church.
Posted Feb 06, 2026
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The Muppet Show
(2026)
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Joel Keller
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It took 45 years, but seeing The Muppet Show back as if it never left is not only comforting and nostalgic, but it’s still really entertaining.
Posted Feb 06, 2026
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The Housemaid
(2025)
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John Serba
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The Housemaid exists firmly in the not-bad/could-be-better realm. We expected nonsense, and nonsense we got, and appreciators of such will find plenty to gnaw on here.
Posted Feb 06, 2026
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Copshop
(2021)
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John Serba
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Copshop is too much fun for too long, so steering anyone away from it would be disingenuous.
Posted Feb 06, 2026
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Missing the Boat
(2026)
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Liz Kocan
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Missing The Boat‘s silly but smart script elevates a predictable storyline into a movie that’s packed with funny characters, clever dialogue, and winning performances.
Posted Feb 06, 2026
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Hamnet
(2025)
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John Serba
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Buckley’s performance feels like an act of possession.
Posted Feb 06, 2026
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Mo Gilligan: In The Moment
(2026)
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Sean L. McCarthy
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If you’re not an avid fan of Gilligan’s yet, I’m not sure how much this hour is going to win you over, even if you skip ahead to his closing musical number.
Posted Feb 06, 2026
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The Strangers: Chapter 2
(2025)
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John Serba
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More like The Strangers: Chapter Spew.
Posted Feb 02, 2026
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Greenland 2: Migration
(2026)
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John Serba
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Greenland 2 is just greenbland.
Posted Feb 02, 2026
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Zootopia 2
(2025)
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John Serba
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The first film struck me as a cut above Just Fine. By comparison, Zootopia 2 is more of a grower, and I can imagine multiple jokes emerging with multiple viewings. This is smart, highly enjoyable stuff.
Posted Feb 02, 2026
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1/5
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Melania
(2026)
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Jesse Hassenger
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Melania mistakes its subject’s fame for star quality, and mistakes a life of leisure for one of accomplishment and importance, forcing Ratner to create a film that’s all lazy patchwork.
Posted Jan 31, 2026
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Eleanor the Great
(2025)
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John Serba
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Eleanor the Great is a well-intentioned miscalculation.
Posted Jan 29, 2026
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Anaconda
(2025)
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John Serba
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CGI’s better than ’97 at least. Other than that? Meh.
Posted Jan 29, 2026
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The Wrecking Crew
(2026)
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John Serba
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The Wrecking Crew hits all its marks, but without a more creatively rigorous approach to classic action-comedy tropes, it quickly gets wearisome.
Posted Jan 29, 2026
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Peter Hujar's Day
(2025)
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John Serba
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I can objectively say it’s admirable in its form, an experimental film with a highly focused specificity of intent.
Posted Jan 29, 2026
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Mike Epps: Delusional
(2026)
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Sean L. McCarthy
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If you only see one Mike Epps stand-up special, make it this one.
Posted Jan 29, 2026
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Caught by Love
(2026)
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Maddy Casale
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The most unique and engaging thing about Caught by Love is its stunning shots of Malta. Take that away, and there’s not enough emotional honesty, charm, or plot stakes to set this movie apart from other run-of-the-mill rom-coms.
Posted Jan 27, 2026
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Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie
(2025)
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John Serba
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Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie is just fine.
Posted Jan 27, 2026
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Beast of War
(2025)
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John Serba
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Beast of War is far from groundbreaking, and the story is thin. But it’s also a taut 87 minutes, and offers just enough of a variation on familiar stories to be worth your time.
Posted Jan 27, 2026
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The Big Fake
(2026)
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John Serba
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The Big Fake is more period fashion show than intriguing drama.
Posted Jan 27, 2026
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Cosmic Princess Kaguya!
(2026)
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Maddy Casale
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While Cosmic Princess Kaguya! is definitely not the most accessible or comprehensible movie for the general viewer, it will likely be a homerun for anyone who falls into its intended target audience.
Posted Jan 27, 2026
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Mr. Nobody Against Putin
(2025)
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Marshall Shaffer
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Mr. Nobody Against Putin provides an invaluable look at daily life under Putin’s Russia.
Posted Jan 27, 2026
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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
(2025)
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John Serba
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It’s a testament to the film’s tonal ineffectiveness that I kept wondering why, as Sarah and David allowed themselves to be yanked through this dull, maudlin star-crossed-lover horse-manure story full of cloyingly precious tender moments.
Posted Jan 22, 2026
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Twinless
(2025)
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John Serba
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Twinless is enough of a rollercoaster that you feel like you’re still on it the day after you watch it. It clung to me like a shroud. It’s not immediately likable, but the more you ponder, the greater its status in the mind.
Posted Jan 22, 2026
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Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart
(2026)
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John Serba
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Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart is well-meaning, it’s well-done, it’s unexceptional – but it’s also worthwhile.
Posted Jan 22, 2026
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The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
(2025)
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John Serba
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It takes a bit of intestinal fortitude to make it through Search for SquarePants’ surreal joke barrage. But you’ve probably been acclimated to the SpongeBob waters by now.
Posted Jan 22, 2026
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Love on the Amazon
(2026)
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Liz Kocan
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While Love on the Amazon has its moments, there are better versions and variations on this film out there.
Posted Jan 22, 2026
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Rental Family
(2025)
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John Serba
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Rental Family is a finely crafted melodrama with a strong central performance that nonetheless reeks of unfulfilled potential. Mixed feelings then, but it tugs at our heartstrings in a meaningful enough manner to warrant a mild recommendation.
Posted Jan 17, 2026
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Song Sung Blue
(2025)
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John Serba
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Song Sung Blue perfectly channels the mega-cornball showbiz majesty of the hokemeister Diamond himself, who wrote and sang songs that transformed base emotions into grandiose gestures.
Posted Jan 17, 2026
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The Rip
(2026)
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John Serba
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The Rip delivers as advertised, albeit in a disappointingly unmemorable manner compared to Carnahan’s better films.
Posted Jan 17, 2026
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Bone Lake
(2024)
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John Serba
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Bone Lake is no game-changer, but its rock solid filmmaking and fleeting flirtations with greatness has us looking forward to Morgan’s next film.
Posted Jan 17, 2026
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Good Night, and Good Luck Live
(2025)
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John Serba
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It’s easy to see why the play earned a handful of Tony nominations for its convincing mise-en-scene.
Posted Jan 14, 2026
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Soul on Fire
(2025)
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John Serba
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Soul on Fire seems to think it can coast on the inherent power of its true story, but its sub-par execution doesn’t do its subject much justice.
Posted Jan 14, 2026
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People We Meet on Vacation
(2026)
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John Serba
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People We Meet on Vacation is engineered to be predictably satisfying, and offers few real surprises. It’s generally content to be vague on character details and heavy on the romantic yearning, rendering it less substantial than it could be.
Posted Jan 09, 2026
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Predator: Badlands
(2025)
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John Serba
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Oh, and stop your whining that Predator has gone PG-13 and lost its edge. Badlands delivers the goods enough that you won’t miss the blood and guts.
Posted Jan 09, 2026
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10DANCE
(2025)
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Johnny Loftus
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There is a ton of heart and a lot of lush looks in 10Dance’s portrayal of the burgeoning romantic bond between two pro ballroom dancers.
Posted Jan 09, 2026
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The Home
(2025)
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John Serba
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The plot works its way through its hodgepodge of this ‘n’ that plot mechanisms to get to a conclusion that’ underwhelming and over the top at the same time.
Posted Jan 09, 2026
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