CHRISTY (2025) has good pieces, including a strong performance from Sydney Sweeney. But while the biopic doesn't sugar coat its darker subject matter, the overall result is strangely conventional. My review.
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Despite starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson, DIE MY LOVE is not even remotely a commercial film, but I think it's really onto something in how it explores the subject of postpartum depression.
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Dare I say that PREDATOR: BADLANDS is probably the best entry in the entire franchise? I do dare.
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DIE MY LOVE (2025) is an ambitious undertaking from director Lynne Ramsay and actors Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson. But I'm not sure taking such a big swing makes it entirely successful. My review.
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A non-binary teen struggles to find acceptance and a sense of self in the coming-of-age drama I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
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Although by no means terrible, NUREMBERG easily ranks as one of the year's biggest disappointments.
I'll tell you why in my review, which you can read here: aisleseat.com/nuremberg.html
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KAREN KINGSBURY'S THE CHRISTMAS RING is the perfect movie for people who thought REGRETTING YOU was too subtle. Kelsey Grammer and Jana Kramer star. It hits theaters later this week.
Here's my review: aisleseat.com/christmas-ri...
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#NiaDaCosta talks complicated women, pushing up against conformity, and the importance of joy while discussing her scintillating adaptation of #HenrikIbsen's #HEDDA. @ofcs.bsky.social @johncweaver.bsky.social
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REGRETTING YOU has so many plot threads that it doesn't need a director so much as it needs a traffic cop.
Here's my review: aisleseat.com/regretting-y...
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Colin Farrell brings his A game to BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER (2025). Unfortunately, the rest of the film does not keep up with him. My review.
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Jafar Panahi's latest work, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT, expands into more theaters this weekend. Trust me, we're going to be hearing about this film a lot during the upcoming awards season.
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A shot from Yorgos Lanthimos' new film, BUGONIA. Two men in protective suits bend over to observe a woman with a shaved head on a cot.
Movie Review: BUGONIA
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Another Yorgos Lanthimos knockout that uses our biases and what we think of as "common knowledge" against us in this dark, absurdist comedy.
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A family is torn apart as America rapidly turns into a fascist regime in the drama ANNIVERSARY. It hits theaters this week and is bound to rub some people the wrong way.
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The animated STITCH HEAD opens in theaters on Wednesday, and it's a decent little Halloween movie for families.
Here's my review: aisleseat.com/stitch-head....
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The Boss takes his personal depression and turns it into the "Nebraska" album in the musical biopic SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE.
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The John Hughes-inspired teen comedy THIS TOO SHALL PASS is one of the year's most wonderful surprises. Plus, it has a killer soundtrack. Look for it in select theaters or on digital/VOD today!
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A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (2025) is an effective and suspenseful thriller...until it isn't. My review.
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Kathryn Bigelow's A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE imagines a nuclear strike in America from the POV of the government and military officials who realize the country is under attack. Rebecca Ferguson and Idris Elba star.
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Thank you, @netflix.com for a lovely screening of @jaykellyfilm.bsky.social and the chance to hobnob with its equally lovely star. @ofcs.bsky.social
Maika Monroe and Mary Elizabeth Winstead headline Hulu's new remake of the 1992 Curtis Hanson thriller THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE. And baby, does this movie ever have problems.
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In which @yoavpotash.bsky.social explains why @amongneighbors.com is anything but just another Holocaust film. This deeply moving, ultimately hopeful look at anti-Semitism in post-war Poland plays the @voguetheatersf.bsky.social this weekend. @ofcs.bsky.social
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After watching the Thunder win the NBA championship and the Mariners lose to the Blue Jays, this documentary hit harder than I expected. My review of WHO KILLED THE MONTREAL EXPOS? (2025).
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Given the people involved, I really expected GOOD FORTUNE to be a lot funnier than it is. Gotta love Keanu, though.
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PETS ON A TRAIN is surprisingly cute, even if it lacks Samuel L. Jackson screaming about how he's sick of these motherf***ing pets on this motherf***ing train.
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BLACK PHONE 2 is a triumph of horror sequel-making. Scott Derrickson and @crobertcargill.bsky.social know how to do it right and how to do it meaningfully. Prepare to get seriously creeped out!
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Movie Review: BLACK PHONE 2
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I think I had unreasonable expectations for this one, so that's why this is a little late. Really had to clarify my thoughts. This one's a corker, y'all.
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TRUTH & TREASON tells the true story of a 16-year-old boy who took on Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party. This is a movie whose message could not be more relevant to our modern world. It's in theaters nationwide this week.
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A late one: V/H/S/HALLOWEEN
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Thought this one would be better, considering its trick-or-treat season throughline. The two stories I liked the best--"Ut Supra Sic Infra" and "Kidprint--are good enough to get this movie into the "good for a watch" zone.
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TRON: ARES is worth seeing in a theater just to hear that incredible Nine Inch Nails score booming out of the Dolby surround speakers.
Here's my review: aisleseat.com/tron-ares.html
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In terms of its sights and sounds, TRON: ARES (2025) soars. However, its characters, story, and themes don’t work quite as well. My review.
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