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2.5/5
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H Is for Hawk
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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H is for Hawk ultimately stays low to the ground once it takes off, struggling to reckon with the feelings it evokes.
Posted Jan 22, 2026
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4/5
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
(2026)
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Christopher Cross
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Underneath the blood and guts is a beautifully layered depiction of a society trying to find its way forward and a fitting chapter in this delirious saga of civilization breaking down.
Posted Jan 20, 2026
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3.5/5
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We Bury the Dead
(2024)
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Christopher Cross
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Hilditch’s economical screenplay is far smarter than the average horror film that leans on special effects or a single clever concept to set itself apart.
Posted Jan 19, 2026
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3.5/5
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All You Need Is Kill
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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With plenty of eyecandy for animation aficionados and propulsive action bolstered by a strong thematic presence, All You Need Is Kill carries its heart into battle with a clear eye towards the future of mankind.
Posted Jan 16, 2026
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3/5
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The Rip
(2026)
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Christopher Cross
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While it may not be the most effective at what it does, it delivers a sturdy enough spectacle that is slightly nerve-racking and mostly entertaining.
Posted Jan 16, 2026
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3.5/5
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Dead Man's Wire
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Van Sant’s return to feature filmmaking after a seven-year hiatus is sturdy, reliable work, even when it sometimes feels too riled up to nail down its thematic potency.
Posted Jan 14, 2026
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2/5
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The Choral
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Every time it feels like it has something poignant to say, it’s muffled by the inescapable desire to be uncontroversial.
Posted Jan 09, 2026
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4.5/5
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The Voice of Hind Rajab
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Ben Hania not only succeeds in creating something vital but also demonstrates the ways in which dramatization can be as effective and essential as documentary filmmaking.
Posted Dec 31, 2025
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2.5/5
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Nuremberg
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Nuremberg wastes an exceptional Russell Crowe performance and interesting perspectives on the inception of the Nuremberg trials for a weightless cavalcade of digestible quips and a shallow parallel to the modern political climate.
Posted Nov 07, 2025
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4/5
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Urchin
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Dickinson’s influences are worn firmly on his debut’s sleeve, but he doesn’t rest on simply evoking the texture and feel of past directors’ works.
Posted Nov 05, 2025
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4/5
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Nouvelle Vague
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Nouvelle Vague is a breezy journey through the beginnings of the French New Wave and a call to arms for aspiring filmmakers to pick up their cameras and make a movie.
Posted Oct 30, 2025
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5/5
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Blue Heron
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Blue Heron is a remarkably assured feature debut that cleverly plays with form to staggering effect.
Posted Oct 28, 2025
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4/5
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Blue Moon
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Hawke’s portrayal of the famed lyricist is so deliciously nuanced that it makes you feel for him just as much as you hate his ego.
Posted Oct 23, 2025
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4/5
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It Was Just an Accident
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Panahi continues to be one of the most vital voices in cinema today, and It Was Just an Accident represents a director whose tonal departure still works confidently towards the same defiance of letting oppressors take what little humanity one has left.
Posted Oct 22, 2025
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3.5/5
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Kiss of the Spider Woman maintains a tonal balance between fantasy and reality, whilst delivering the kind of musical spectacle that only film can provide.
Posted Oct 16, 2025
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2.5/5
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Coyotes
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Minihan’s latest is a silly horror-thriller that squanders most of its potential in the name of cheap thrills and even cheaper effects.
Posted Oct 10, 2025
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3.5/5
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Good Boy
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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By exploring not just how the perspective would shift, but how the tone of the film would also be transformed, Good Boy’s canine companion’s journey resonates strongly through the attempt to save a lost soul from unimaginable suffering.
Posted Oct 08, 2025
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3/5
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Play Dirty
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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An entertaining enough romp through the thieves’ den, Play Dirty might find an audience over time, but it never quite sets itself apart from recent action comedies—which is an ironic fate for a Shane Black film.
Posted Oct 01, 2025
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4/5
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Carolina Caroline
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Another dependably heartfelt addition to Rehmeier’s impressive survey of Americana, Carolina Caroline is a cross-country Bonnie and Clyde riff that leverages the chemistry of its stars and a breezy screenplay
Posted Sep 29, 2025
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4/5
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Obsession
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Through confident direction, a chaotic and unnerving lead performance from Inde Navarrette, and an ingenious skewering of relationship dynamics, Barker immediately establishes himself as a fresh and exciting voice within horror.
Posted Sep 19, 2025
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4/5
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Forastera
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Aleñar Iglesias’ screenplay is acutely aware of the role of mourning in the healing process. The outcome is a graceful execution and a touching conclusion in a movie that embraces its pain to find something truly cathartic in its wake.
Posted Sep 17, 2025
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3.5/5
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The Blue Trail
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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An eclectic, jazzy score and lush visuals of Amazonian waterways, covered in a thick jungle canopy, accent a unique and resonant film that rebukes a predetermined future and celebrates life’s never-ending revelations.
Posted Sep 17, 2025
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3.5/5
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Junk World
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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The craft remains unassailable, but Hori’s surprise return to the Junk Head universe is a case of diminishing returns despite some truly awe-inspiring set pieces and a commitment to its worldbuilding that is rarely seen in this kind of film.
Posted Sep 16, 2025
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1.5/5
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Karmadonna
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Radivojević’s maximalist holy crusade is a silly rampage of extreme finger-pointing that is painfully boring in execution.
Posted Sep 16, 2025
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4.5/5
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No Other Choice
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Unsurprisingly incisive in its commentary on late-stage capitalism as a form of soul-sucking warfare, No Other Choice channels Park’s devilish wit through an incredibly empathetic performance by Lee.
Posted Sep 15, 2025
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3/5
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Normal
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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There’s ambition in the film’s set-up, but it slowly whittles itself down into another mildly crowd-pleasing action vehicle for Odenkirk, slightly elevated by Wheatley’s direction.
Posted Sep 13, 2025
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5/5
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Hamnet
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Hamnet offers the kind of therapeutic quality that art with difficult subject matter should always strive to achieve.
Posted Sep 12, 2025
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4/5
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Frankenstein
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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The writer-director has crafted an impressive behemoth of an adaptation that plays to his strengths while integrating his own fixations into a gothic horror film driven by curiosity and passion.
Posted Sep 11, 2025
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4.5/5
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The Furious
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Kenji Tanigaki’s latest film makes up for any slight hiccups with a refreshingly non-stop storm of violence and carnage that quickly solidifies itself as one of the best action films of the decade.
Posted Sep 10, 2025
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3.5/5
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Mare's Nest
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Rivers’ latest film is an elegant examination of language, history, and the natural world that quickly exchanges a straightforward curiosity and the pursuit of knowledge for something far more opaque and muddied in its execution.
Posted Sep 05, 2025
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2/5
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Eenie Meanie
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Eenie Meanie is frequently at odds with itself and does little to distance its run-of-the-mill one-last-job narrative from the many other films of its ilk.
Posted Aug 22, 2025
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4/5
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Folktales
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Ewing and Grady’s documentary is a beautiful ode to what humans have always been capable of and a stark reminder of what is being lost as society becomes increasingly dependent on technology and less
Posted Aug 20, 2025
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2.5/5
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Nobody 2
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Nobody 2 is a candy-coated detour that tries to recapture the magic of the original without bringing anything meaningful to the table.
Posted Aug 15, 2025
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4.5/5
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Weapons
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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A satisfyingly macabre experience that reinforces Cregger’s directorial voice in an ambitious pursuit for meaning from the darkness, Weapons is a colossal achievement and a tour de force for everyone involved.
Posted Aug 08, 2025
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4.5/5
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Cloud
(2024)
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Christopher Cross
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Kurosawa’s dive into the degradation of humanity in a digital age is a poignant tale told with unwavering resolve. Situated among other films that have explored the moral complexity of revenge, Cloud stands among the best of them.
Posted Jul 18, 2025
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3/5
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Ghost Killer
(2024)
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Christopher Cross
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It’s arguably Sonomura’s best film as a director and by far the most entertaining, but the potential left on the table remains a disappointing constant in his directorial career.
Posted Jul 16, 2025
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3.5/5
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Dollhouse
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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A notable addition to the J-horror canon, balancing cheap thrills with a grief-stricken narrative, Yaguchi delivers a memorably creepy mystery.
Posted Jul 15, 2025
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3/5
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Hot Spring Shark Attack
(2024)
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Christopher Cross
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Morihito Inoue’s Hot Spring Shark Attack is the kind of insane, low-budget horror-comedy that dares to dream bigger than its financial circumstances can allow.
Posted Jul 10, 2025
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3.5/5
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F1 The Movie
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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An extremely sturdy motion picture that does everything you expect it to do in a very effective manner, F1: The Movie is an achievement in immersion that shifts into autopilot when it steps outside the driver’s seat.
Posted Jun 27, 2025
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3.5/5
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Dangerous Animals
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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A sun-soaked horror film that delves into the psychology of mankind’s obsession with sharks and the necessity of connection, Byrne has crafted a satisfyingly violent shark film...
Posted Jun 12, 2025
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4/5
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Predator: Killer of Killers
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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A singular vision of violence spurred on by competition, honour, and survival, Trachtenberg’s umbrella of stories connected by one of the most fearsome alien creatures in the universe is a satisfying lore-building exercise...
Posted Jun 12, 2025
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3.5/5
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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning is a satisfying, though slightly frustrating, celebration of the series that maintains its quality craftsmanship and thrilling spectacle.
Posted May 14, 2025
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4/5
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Havoc
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Havoc is unrelenting. Evans has crafted another barnburner of an action film, one that explores the humanity within the desperation of individuals fighting to stay afloat.
Posted Apr 24, 2025
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3.5/5
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Dog Man
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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A fun movie, but one that lives and dies by how much its animation wins you over.
Posted Apr 09, 2025
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3/5
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Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Suffering from many of the downfalls of the omnibus film, Kaiju No. 8: Mission Recon makes up for those with tremendous set pieces and a compelling wrinkle in its narrative that unfortunately fails to be adequately addressed before the credits roll.
Posted Apr 09, 2025
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2.5/5
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Revelations
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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A messy narrative that works best when settled on a single character, Revelations too often drags its feet trying to perfectly position its religious musings with moral convictions...
Posted Apr 02, 2025
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3.5/5
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Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore serves as a reminder of the blood, sweat, and tears that go into making significant changes to an industry that is steadfast in its ways...
Posted Mar 21, 2025
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2/5
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Ash
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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As an experiment in how much further cinema can depict the depths of madness in outer space, Ash is relatively successful. It just can’t justify why this particular expedition is worth exploring.
Posted Mar 20, 2025
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2.5/5
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The Rule of Jenny Pen
(2024)
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Christopher Cross
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A psychological horror film that understands how to torment its characters and audience in equal measure, Ashcroft’s film is unfortunately too repetitive and committed to the wrong elements to sustain itself.
Posted Mar 07, 2025
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2.5/5
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Demon City
(2025)
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Christopher Cross
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A boilerplate revenge tale told between bursts of ultraviolence, Tanaka’s latest film sacrifices strong characters and nuanced storytelling for something unremarkably brutal.
Posted Mar 05, 2025
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