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The Rip (2026) Coleman Spilde Nothing makes much sense to begin with. Every plot detail feels like a balloon drifting ever so slowly into the air, waiting for a character to grab the string and yank the story balloon back down to reiterate it.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) Melanie McFarland Fiennes’ outrageous pageantry sharpens “The Bone Temple” into a tragedy as opposed to just another bloodbath.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
A Private Life (2025) Coleman Spilde Once one gets past the initial shock, awe and envy of seeing Foster in her first French-speaking leading role, it’s easy to be swept away by the veteran actor’s exquisite, fluent mastery of the language.
Posted Jan 21, 2026  Edit critic review
Goodbye June (2025) Coleman Spilde "Goodbye June” is far from a catastrophe, but it’s perhaps a greater sin that the film would be far more interesting if it were.
Posted Jan 02, 2026  Edit critic review
The Chronology of Water (2025) Coleman Spilde “The Chronology of Water” feels like the natural next step [for Kristen Stewart]: a film that refuses to dull its bite and forces the viewer into its abrasive tone, confident that they’ll grow accustomed to its rhythm.
Posted Jan 02, 2026  Edit critic review
The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) Coleman Spilde As a film, Mona Fastvold’s magnificent religious epic, “The Testament of Ann Lee,” is the finest piece of cinema this year -- a startling and clear-headed work of genius, led by a remarkable Amanda Seyfried in the film’s titular role.
Posted Dec 29, 2025  Edit critic review
Marty Supreme (2025) Coleman Spilde For Marty and his namesake film, perfection is not attainable. But sometimes, its pursuit delivers something even more interesting and memorable than a banal picture of perfection: someone to root for, flaws and all.
Posted Dec 29, 2025  Edit critic review
Oh. What. Fun. (2025) Coleman Spilde “Oh. What. Fun.” may not be a perfect film, but it’s just right for anyone who turns into a needy terror around the holidays, whether they realize it or not.
Posted Dec 04, 2025  Edit critic review
Eternity (2025) Coleman Spilde “Eternity” understands the desperation for a modicum of autonomy in this world, yet cleverly reminds viewers that having a choice doesn’t necessarily make life any easier.
Posted Dec 01, 2025  Edit critic review
Hamnet (2025) Coleman Spilde In “Hamlet,” there is tragedy, yes, but there is also comedy, action, betrayal and a sense of the divine. The absence of those elements here makes “Hamnet” simply derivative.
Posted Dec 01, 2025  Edit critic review
Sentimental Value (2025) Coleman Spilde Trier’s film overflows with the kind of genuinely impactful potential that we go to the movies for, the type that leaves us feeling understood more than it makes us feel good.
Posted Nov 26, 2025  Edit critic review
Wicked: For Good (2025) Coleman Spilde By stretching this story to its absolute limits and removing its darkest components, there is no rousing plume of rage to compel the viewer. There is only emptiness: a hollow space where a heart should be, ready to be filled with cold, hard cash.
Posted Nov 26, 2025  Edit critic review
A Christmas Carol (1984) Louis Bayard Thanks to the work of these players, we grasp something of what Dickens was trying to get across, that virtue is eternally at war, that it can give way at every point.
Posted Nov 26, 2025  Edit critic review
Come See Me in the Good Light (2025) Andi Zeisler Very few people have the privilege of a good death; “Come See Me in the Good Light” shows both that Gibson did not take theirs for granted, and that even the luckiest of deaths is no bulwark against sorrow.
Posted Nov 20, 2025  Edit critic review
Christy (2025) Coleman Spilde Put into the same boxing ring to duke it out, the movie’s unintentional silliness easily KO’s its blips of emotional gravity. But it’s not just that the script is formulaic but that its star doesn’t carry the same conviction as the film’s subject.
Posted Nov 20, 2025  Edit critic review
Die My Love (2025) Coleman Spilde No one burns as brightly as Lawrence. Left to her own devices by a pandering script, she alone draws the line where loneliness ends and freedom begins, keeping “Die My Love” from plunging completely into its self-made inferno.
Posted Nov 07, 2025  Edit critic review
Arco (2025) Coleman Spilde “Arco” will entrance kids and pre-teen viewers with its just-crude-enough animation style, providing the film with a taste of scrappy ’70s psychedelia and distinctly French character illustration.
Posted Nov 05, 2025  Edit critic review
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025) Coleman Spilde “Little Amélie” employs swaths of eye-popping color, broad shapes and thoughtfully rendered two-dimensional art style and camera movements to bewitch slightly younger viewers.
Posted Nov 05, 2025  Edit critic review
Bugonia (2025) Coleman Spilde Perhaps this nihilism will prove too trenchant and reactive for some viewers. That’s perfectly fine: Sometimes it feels good to scream for help, even if it will never come.
Posted Oct 31, 2025  Edit critic review
Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost (2025) Coleman Spilde This may be a personal story of love and loss, but in an age when self-importance drives isolation, it’s wonderful and even edifying to see how Jerry and Anne found ways to practice compromise in their relationship.
Posted Oct 22, 2025  Edit critic review
John Candy: I Like Me (2025) Coleman Spilde Candy’s pursuit of goodness comes up repeatedly throughout “I Like Me,” to the point where a viewer can understand that, even amongst all of life’s pressures and its difficulties, it’s easy to live with integrity if you keep it by your side at all times.
Posted Oct 15, 2025  Edit critic review
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025) Coleman Spilde Only a film this forthright can have such power. Bronstein and Byrne’s dual honesty is as affecting as it gets.
Posted Oct 10, 2025  Edit critic review
No Other Choice (2025) Coleman Spilde Park’s graphic elegance may be at odds with the awkward, idle indignities depicted onscreen, but the discrepancy between the two generates an edge-of-your-seat tension. What will happen next, and how will it look?
Posted Oct 07, 2025  Edit critic review
The Smashing Machine (2025) Coleman Spilde There’s nothing here that the viewer can’t glean from the documentary, and in fact, the doc is a far more edifying and affecting work than Safdie’s stylish regurgitation.
Posted Oct 07, 2025  Edit critic review
Jay Kelly (2025) Coleman Spilde It’s rare to watch an actor contend with their decisions so forthrightly, to admit to and accept the fact that they’ve let themselves be subsumed by stardom.
Posted Oct 03, 2025  Edit critic review
One Battle After Another (2025) Coleman Spilde Replete with fury-charged performances and sprinkled with obsidian comedy, Anderson strikes a keen balance between tones that ring all too familiar.
Posted Sep 30, 2025  Edit critic review
HIM (2025) Coleman Spilde In Withers, “HIM” finds a star more than capable of holding a just-fine movie on his rippling shoulders, making it look better by association. He’s a joy to watch, charming and appropriately intense when the material calls for it.
Posted Sep 24, 2025  Edit critic review
Canceled: The Paula Deen Story (2025) Coleman Spilde The film does pose important questions about just how far social media takedowns and cultural perception have changed in the 10-plus years since Deen’s quote-unquote cancellation.
Posted Sep 11, 2025  Edit critic review
A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant (2025) Coleman Spilde The process of political cartooning, absorbingly detailed in Banowsky’s film, is a multi-faceted procedure that requires the artist to be not only present but multiple steps ahead.
Posted Sep 11, 2025  Edit critic review
This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Stephanie Zacharek The band's stage performances in the film are delectably overblown and hugely satisfying.
Posted Sep 04, 2025  Edit critic review
Caught Stealing (2025) Coleman Spilde The entire film is such a refreshing change of pace and tone from Aronofsky’s typically dour material that it feels like the director is intentionally turning a page.
Posted Aug 29, 2025  Edit critic review
Lurker (2025) Coleman Spilde Lurker feels less like a narrative thriller and more like a chilling, genuine document of how easy it’s become to manipulate those around us in a hyper-digital world, where the mere proximity to celebrity can be as powerful as celebrity itself.
Posted Aug 29, 2025  Edit critic review
Honey Don't! (2025) Coleman Spilde Deftly walking the line between exploitation and control in Honey Dont!, Qualley authoritatively states that she’s in charge of how and when she’ll be desired, becoming a subversive screen siren for a new, all-too-prudish age.
Posted Aug 29, 2025  Edit critic review
The Naked Gun (2025) Coleman Spilde Happily, “The Naked Gun” takes all the right jabs at widespread institutional failure while throwing another elbow at the people who are responsible for it.
Posted Aug 01, 2025  Edit critic review
Together (2025) Coleman Spilde While “Together” builds nicely to its thrilling (if slightly predictable) climax, it’s Shanks’ steadfast honesty that really delights.
Posted Jul 31, 2025  Edit critic review
Sorry, Baby (2025) Coleman Spilde The wit isn’t glib, nor facetious. Rather, it’s plain and true, and “Sorry, Baby” isn’t afraid to delve into the darkness and look for the places where the light can still peek through.
Posted Jul 29, 2025  Edit critic review
Happy Gilmore 2 (2025) Coleman Spilde If it has any worth at all, Happy Gilmore 2 will at least be irrefutable proof that, more often than not, the humor we loved decades ago will age.
Posted Jul 29, 2025  Edit critic review
Oh, Hi! (2025) Coleman Spilde Brooks and Gordon could easily get away with making “Oh, Hi!” a reverse “Misery”... Instead, they opt for a film that’s far more sophisticated and surprising.
Posted Jul 29, 2025  Edit critic review
Eddington (2025) Coleman Spilde The film certainly looks and functions better than the average piece of COVID media, but it rings just as self-serving, more of an exercise in anxiety management for its creator than something with tangible meaning for the viewer.
Posted Jul 29, 2025  Edit critic review
Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985) Stephanie Zacharek The only thing wrong with “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” is that the real world looks so drab and colorless by comparison.
Posted Jul 28, 2025  Edit critic review
Superman (2025) Coleman Spilde It is genuinely heartening to see a movie this massive refuse to shy away from how divided and broken our world is.
Posted Jul 15, 2025  Edit critic review
Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) Coleman Spilde Its stars may be a refreshing, new sight among a whole lot of primordial fare, but by casting for charm, “Jurassic World Rebirth” unintentionally questions just how much appeal this franchise has left.
Posted Jul 03, 2025  Edit critic review
Shark Whisperer (2025) Coleman Spilde As much as “Shark Whisperer” tries to explore the warring perspectives between Ramsey and her naysayers, the documentary quickly becomes mired by Ramsey’s inability to see anyone’s side but her own.
Posted Jul 03, 2025  Edit critic review
F1 The Movie (2025) Coleman Spilde F1: The Movie is not just a movie, it's a film constructed to look like entertainment, with all of the bells and whistles ringing so loudly you'll forget that what you're watching has very little in the way of actual story.
Posted Jul 03, 2025  Edit critic review
My Mom Jayne (2025) Coleman Spilde Through a tender touch that only a daughter could have for a parent, Hargitay beautifully excavates the truth from a memory long lost, finally letting go of the one mystery that kept her from her mother for so long.
Posted Jun 27, 2025  Edit critic review
28 Years Later (2025) Coleman Spilde While Boyle’s unmissable visual style is reason enough to catch “28 Years Later” in a theater, it’s far from an earth-shattering experience.
Posted Jun 20, 2025  Edit critic review
The Life of Chuck (2024) Coleman Spilde Flanagan’s pastiche of palatable comfort might be well-meaning and familiar. But in modern practice, The Life of Chuck is no more than a nostalgia tranquilizer, designed to comfort you after you roll your ankle on a two-step.
Posted Jun 16, 2025  Edit critic review
Materialists (2025) Coleman Spilde Song resists the urge to follow any formula herself, forging questions about love and romance that can’t all be answered by the time the credits roll and the lights go up.
Posted Jun 16, 2025  Edit critic review
Dangerous Animals (2025) Coleman Spilde Dangerous Animals meets all of the rubric criteria for not just a great shark film, but a fantastic time at the theater during the summer movie season.
Posted Jun 12, 2025  Edit critic review
The Ritual (2025) Andy Crump It’s a sin that the film itself falls so short of its moment.
Posted Jun 06, 2025  Edit critic review
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