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Jocelyn Noveck

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Greenland 2: Migration (2026) 51% 1.5/4 EDIT “This sequel may be focused more on emotion and character -- since the whole comet thing happened long ago -- but the problem is, none of this is compellingly rendered, and is forgotten when convenient.” – Associated Press Jan 9, 2026 Full Review The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) 87% 3/4 EDIT “It’s not unreasonable to ask: Why put so much energy and attention and craftsmanship into telling this particular story? Well, one answer is pretty simple: they had Seyfried.” – Associated Press Dec 29, 2025 Full Review Marty Supreme (2025) 93% 4/4 EDIT “[Marty is] played by Chalamet in a delicious synergy of actor, role and whatever fairy dust makes a performance feel both preordained and magically fresh.” – Associated Press Dec 22, 2025 Full Review Ella McCay (2025) 22% 1/4 EDIT “It’s hard to understand how “Ella McCay,” the first original feature from writer-director Brooks in 15 years, goes so utterly haywire. Is this really the same mind that wrote the memorable “Broadcast News”? “Terms of Endearment”? “As Good As It Gets”?” – Associated Press Dec 10, 2025 Full Review Hamnet (2025) 86% 3.5/4 EDIT “[Chloé Zhao] goes straight for the tear ducts, with crucial help from a superb cast led by Buckley -- who, like her character, seems to have an extraordinary ability to dispense with artifice and access a wildness simmering beneath the surface. ” – Associated Press Nov 25, 2025 Full Review Rental Family (2025) 87% 2.5/4 EDIT “The broader message may simply be that genuine connection, that holy grail we all crave, can sometimes be found in the oddest of places -- even in a bizarre no man's land between fake relationships and real ones.” – Associated Press Nov 20, 2025 Full Review Regretting You (2025) 29% 1.5/4 EDIT “ “Regretting You” ...has its share of grief. But the strange way the tears give way to smiles, quips and then full-on rom-com corniness feels a little awkward — and then just weird and annoying.” – Associated Press Oct 24, 2025 Full Review The Mastermind (2025) 90% 3/4 EDIT “Reichardt has removed all spectacle, telling instead a moody tale of a man who makes a dumb mistake and slowly loses everything, like a tumble down a mountain in slow motion.” – Associated Press Oct 16, 2025 Full Review If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (2025) 92% 3/4 EDIT “Bronstein chooses not to show the child’s face. Byrne’s face, though, it is hard to forget, as it registers fatigue, frustration, fury and everything in between. The film is a wonderful collaboration between her and writer-director Bronstein.” – Associated Press Oct 8, 2025 Full Review Anemone (2025) 53% 2.5/4 EDIT “The first and most important thing to say about “Anemone,” a bleak, somber, absorbing but also sometimes frustratingly opaque collaboration with his director son Ronan, is that it’s brought Day-Lewis back.” – Associated Press Oct 2, 2025 Full Review Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025) 91% 2.5/4 EDIT “This final movie will give loyal Downton fans what they want: a satisfying bit of closure and the sense that the future, though a bit scary, may look kindly on Downton Abbey as long as Mary is in charge.” – Associated Press Sep 11, 2025 Full Review Twinless (2025) 97% 3/4 EDIT “What was it Shakespeare said about love, that it looks with the mind, not the eyes? Sweeney’s film argues that grief is also subjective, and that it doesn’t always follow logical paths -- or even acceptable ones.” – Associated Press Sep 4, 2025 Full Review The Thursday Murder Club (2025) 77% 2.5/4 EDIT “The script could certainly be sharper, the comedy more clever. But for two hours on Netflix, Coopers Chase is rather a comfy place to be, with some moments to cherish.” – Associated Press Aug 27, 2025 Full Review Freakier Friday (2025) 73% 2.5/4 EDIT “The problem is that sometimes, it’s actually hard to keep track of who’s inhabiting whom, and therefore why they’re doing what. Not to say that “Freakier Friday,” directed with gusto by Nisha Ganatra, doesn’t have moments of comic glee.” – Associated Press Aug 6, 2025 Full Review Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight (2024) 91% 3/4 EDIT “In Venter’s performance, Davidtz has found something pretty close: a child actor who can carry an entire film and never seem like she’s acting. ” – Associated Press Jul 10, 2025 Full Review Materialists (2025) 77% 2.5/4 EDIT “A smart rom-com that tries to be honest about life and still leave us smiling -- that math seems to add up just fine.” – Associated Press Jun 12, 2025 Full Review Ballerina (2025) 75% 2/4 EDIT “It must be said, the cheers from moviegoers are, as ever, disconcerting.” – Associated Press Jun 5, 2025 Full Review The Phoenician Scheme (2025) 77% 2.5/4 EDIT “A vivid presence despite her dry-as-dust tone, [Mia] Threapleton makes a splendid Andersonian debut here.” – Associated Press May 29, 2025 Full Review Final Destination Bloodlines (2025) 92% 2.5/4 EDIT “You may watch “Final Destination Bloodlines” through fingers covering your face. But chances are high you’ll be smiling, too.” – Associated Press May 14, 2025 Full Review Rust (2024) 58% 1.5/4 EDIT “For its unique circumstances, one can imagine “Rust” coming and going without much of a ripple.” – Associated Press May 1, 2025 Full Review Sinners (2025) 97% 3.5/4 EDIT “By far the most creatively ambitious, culturally layered, artistically bold twin-led cinematic outing yet -- if this sentence feels like a lot, get ready for the movie!” – Associated Press Apr 16, 2025 Full Review Freaky Tales (2024) 75% 2/4 EDIT “Clearly, the cast had a great time. But for us, there’s a sense by then that maybe you sorta had to be there.” – Associated Press Apr 3, 2025 Full Review The Alto Knights (2025) 40% 2/4 EDIT “The Alto Knights, despite its pedigree, doesn’t rise anywhere near the heights of its glorious predecessors. It is, rather, an enjoyable if choppily paced look at a relationship between two men, where unfortunately we’re arriving pretty late in the game.” – Associated Press Mar 20, 2025 Full Review Mickey 17 (2025) 78% 2/4 EDIT “There’s creativity to spare, and much of it surrounds the ways [Bong Joon Ho] finds for his lead character to expire -- again and again. The bad news, besides, well, all the death, is that much of this film devolves into narrative chaos, bloat and excess.” – Associated Press Mar 5, 2025 Full Review The Monkey (2025) 77% 2/4 EDIT “Does the blend work? That depends partly on how easy it is for you to laugh at cartoonish violence. But combining this with an exploration of brotherly ties and missing dads, as Perkins does, lends the enterprise an uneven feel.” – Associated Press Feb 20, 2025 Full Review
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