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Mercy
(2026)
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Josh Bell
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Pratt’s tough-guy posturing is even more pathetic when he has no other actor physically present to play against, and Ferguson is all too successful at maintaining Maddox's bland impartiality.
Posted Jan 23, 2026
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
(2025)
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Josh Bell
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With a running time of 197 minutes, Fire and Ash is the longest of the three Avatar movies, and it’s easily the most tedious to watch.
Posted Dec 19, 2025
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Five Nights at Freddy's 2
(2025)
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Josh Bell
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There are plenty of Easter eggs in Five Nights at Freddy's 2, but those don't make up for the terrible plotting, characterization, pacing, dialogue, and performances.
Posted Dec 05, 2025
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One Battle After Another
(2025)
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Josh Bell
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Whenever Anderson seems to be losing his way, he comes back with a startling burst of violence or a surprisingly tender emotional moment.
Posted Sep 25, 2025
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HIM
(2025)
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Josh Bell
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There are some striking and unsettling images in Him, but they don't meaningfully connect to each other or to the story's themes, and they ultimately amount to very little.
Posted Sep 19, 2025
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Nobody 2
(2025)
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Josh Bell
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The real appeal is seeing Hutch deliver beatdowns to squadrons of goons who underestimate him, and Nobody 2 doesn't make viewers wait long before he's taking on the criminal enterprise based in a low-rent riverside vacation town.
Posted Aug 15, 2025
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps
(2025)
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Josh Bell
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It's old-fashioned in an appealing, honest way, delivering a simple, engaging superhero story without franchise baggage.
Posted Jul 24, 2025
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I Know What You Did Last Summer
(2025)
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Josh Bell
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I Know What You Did Last Summer is a watchable modern slasher movie that doesn't do much to justify its own existence, and in that way it effectively captures the spirit of its predecessor.
Posted Jul 17, 2025
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M3GAN 2.0
(2025)
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Josh Bell
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I'll take an ambitious mess over a boring retread, and even at its messiest, M3GAN 2.0 is lively and fun, full of the same snarky humor and gleeful nastiness as the original.
Posted Jun 27, 2025
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Materialists
(2025)
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Josh Bell
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Song effortlessly maneuvers Lucy into believing in true love again, and she works the same magic on the audience.
Posted Jun 12, 2025
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Another Simple Favor
(2025)
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Josh Bell
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While Another Simple Favor has its entertaining moments, the filmmakers are clearly trying way too hard to deliver what audiences loved about the first movie -- only more so.
Posted May 01, 2025
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Captain America: Brave New World
(2025)
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Josh Bell
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It represents the MCU on autopilot, and while that means everything runs smoothly, it never goes anywhere particularly interesting.
Posted Feb 14, 2025
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Star Trek: Section 31
(2025)
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Josh Bell
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At best, it finds clever ways to tweak familiar Star Trek elements in service of a fast-paced, action-packed espionage story. At worst, it comes off as a try-hard pretender, full of stale quips and faux-edgy characters.
Posted Jan 24, 2025
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Wolf Man
(2025)
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Josh Bell
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It's a solid horror movie rather than a harrowing, psychologically complex drama with horror trappings, but that's enough to keep the audience engaged for 100 minutes or so.
Posted Jan 17, 2025
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Nosferatu
(2024)
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Josh Bell
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As gloomy and oppressive as Nosferatu can be at times, it's also consistently entertaining, and it may be Eggers' most accessible film to date.
Posted Dec 25, 2024
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Moana 2
(2024)
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Josh Bell
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It's a mildly entertaining return to the world of the first movie, but it lacks the excitement and wonder that made the original Moana such a hit.
Posted Nov 27, 2024
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Red One
(2024)
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Josh Bell
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It's hard to believe that Amazon spent hundreds of millions of dollars on this loud, empty and hideous-looking holiday lump of coal, which brings a superficial superhero movie approach to familiar Christmas material.
Posted Nov 14, 2024
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Venom: The Last Dance
(2024)
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Josh Bell
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It's a chaotic, often incoherent plot that makes poor use of elements from the previous movies as well as mythology from Marvel's recent Venom comic books.
Posted Oct 24, 2024
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Smile 2
(2024)
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Josh Bell
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There are plenty of jump scares, but they rarely feel cheap, instead creating a sense of raw anxiety in the audience that matches Skye's mental state.
Posted Oct 18, 2024
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
(2024)
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Josh Bell
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There's no question that Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is a Hollywood legacy sequel, with all the constraints that implies, but it still feels like the most engaged Burton has been with his filmmaking in a long time.
Posted Sep 10, 2024
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Alien: Romulus
(2024)
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Josh Bell
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It's an impeccably crafted sci-fi horror movie that sustains high levels of suspense and intensity for almost its entire running time, but it's also a bit hollow, functioning as a reflection of the bolder films that came before it.
Posted Aug 14, 2024
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