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The Brittney Griner Story (2026) EDIT “The film is a sturdy, informative recitation of facts -- though one does long for a bit more style, and perhaps for a wider purview. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 28, 2026 Full Review In the Blink of an Eye (2026) EDIT “There is so little texture to these character arcs that the actors are mostly just working in service of a blandly uplifting message. It’s as if they’ve all been commissioned by a well-funded science museum.” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Chasing Summer (2026) EDIT “The movie’s weirdness is so, well, weird that it flies past interesting and lands in utterly baffling. It’s among the most discordant pairings of director and material that I’ve seen in some time. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (2026) 73% EDIT “Both goofy and edgy, the film may not land every punchline, but it satisfies in visceral, pleasurable ways that a more sophisticated comedy could not. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 26, 2026 Full Review The Musical (2026) EDIT “This is a show that needed much more tweaking before rehearsals even began. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 26, 2026 Full Review The Gallerist (2026) 54% EDIT “What reads as fun on paper -- Natalie Portman plays a desperate Miami gallery owner trying to pass off a dead body as conceptual art -- is rendered clumsy and inert on screen. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 26, 2026 Full Review Wicker (2026) 92% EDIT “A warming, sometimes poignant pleasure, a film full of lively personality and possessed of a rather humane outlook on our petty foibles. It is not exactly forgiving, though; the movie has a harder, more merciless edge than one might expect. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 26, 2026 Full Review undertone (2025) 86% EDIT “The film becomes so frustratingly derivative that all its other flaws, perhaps once forgivable, are cast into much harsher light. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 25, 2026 Full Review Extra Geography (2026) EDIT “At its best, Extra Geography is a wistful look at the crucibles of young adulthood, at two people forming and re-forming into shapes that may no longer be compatible with one another.” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 25, 2026 Full Review Leviticus (2026) 100% EDIT “Leviticus has the sturdy nerve and conviction to plainly state that sometimes home and family are irredeemable and worth abandoning. It is not so concerned with changing hearts and minds, but with saving lives. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 25, 2026 Full Review The Moment (2026) 55% EDIT “Those devoted to the Charli cause will no doubt get more out of the film than an out-of-touch oldster like myself ever could. But the film probably should have endeavored to be more broadly accessible.” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 24, 2026 Full Review Hanging by a Wire (2026) EDIT “Perhaps if the film was more polished, and had some added depth, it might feel more substantial. As is, Hanging by a Wire is a gripping story not told thoroughly enough.... Still, there is enough visceral stuff in the movie to make it an engaging sit.” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 23, 2026 Full Review Predator: Badlands (2025) 86% EDIT “The film simply wants to be the best version of a zillionth Predator installment that it can be. If it has to complicate -- and, yes, soften -- the branding to do that, so be it. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Nov 4, 2025 Full Review Regretting You (2025) 29% EDIT “With its cloyingly sun-dappled North Carolina backdrops, maudlin score and severely undeveloped emotional and social intelligence, the film often evokes a dreaded entity: the cinematic oeuvre of Nicholas Sparks.” – The Hollywood Reporter Oct 22, 2025 Full Review Shelby Oaks (2023) 55% EDIT “There is a fine line between reverent homage and cheap pastiche; Shelby Oaks largely exists on the latter side. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Oct 21, 2025 Full Review The Twits (2025) 50% EDIT “It’s funny that a film that initially seems destined to be a minor, forgettable toss-off can suddenly distinguish itself, to the point that most of its flaws are either waved away or embraced.” – The Hollywood Reporter Oct 14, 2025 Full Review The Smashing Machine (2025) 70% EDIT “The Smashing Machine is hard to love, because its nebulous form offers so little to grab onto and hold tight. But there is a lot to be appreciated: the film’s sensitivity and modesty, its refusal to grandstand or sensationalize.” – Rolling Stone Oct 2, 2025 Full Review One Battle After Another (2025) 94% EDIT “It is a frightening and galvanizing vision, Anderson putting away his complicated nostalgia for old (and more easily understood) days to confront, with disarmingly noble purpose, the here and now. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Sep 17, 2025 Full Review A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025) 36% EDIT “Pairing indie darling Kogonada with white-hot, potentially commercial material indeed seemed like a big, bold, beautiful idea. What a shame that what resulted is such plasticky schmaltz.” – The Hollywood Reporter Sep 16, 2025 Full Review Easy's Waltz (2025) 75% EDIT “What really rescues the film from tedium are its jags of sharp dialogue and the laid-back smoothness of its performances. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Sep 12, 2025 Full Review The Fence (2025) 70% 2/5 EDIT “The film is, frankly, rather dull. Whatever fires Denis is trying to stoke never catch -- not the intended air of dread, not the tingle of sexual transgression, not the creep of old history now demanding to be reckoned with.” – Guardian Sep 11, 2025 Full Review Eternity (2025) 77% EDIT “It’s all quite clever and sweet, even as a great current of sadness runs under just about every conversation in the film. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Sep 9, 2025 Full Review Hamnet (2025) 86% 4/5 EDIT “Hamnet too often gives off the effortful hum of prestige awards-bait. But Zhao’s hallmark compassion and curiosity remains, qualities necessary to Hamnet, which could easily tilt into the realm of manipulative tearjerkers.” – Guardian Sep 8, 2025 Full Review Hedda (2025) 89% 2/5 EDIT “It’s an impressive feat of technical film-making, which has now become a hallmark of DaCosta’s work. But she caves to baser impulses in reinterpreting an old and, some might say, crusty play. ” – Guardian Sep 8, 2025 Full Review Poetic License (2025) 90% 4/5 EDIT “Poetic License is far from mere pastiche. It has a distinct, youthful sensibility and sources its comedy more from recognisably human behaviour than from profane, one-liner riffing.” – Guardian Sep 8, 2025 Full Review
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