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Sara Clements

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Sentient (2026) 7/10 EDIT “The film’s real strength lies in its refusal to point fingers, instead offering a heartfelt look at the heavy emotional toll this work takes on both the animals and the people who care for them.” – Next Best Picture Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Shame and Money (2026) 7/10 EDIT “Morina crafts an empathetic portrait of resilience, anchored by lead performances that find a profound, humanistic dignity within the crushing weight of an unforgiving society.” – Next Best Picture Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Hold Onto Me (2026) 8/10 EDIT “Aristidou’s debut is a profound exercise in observation, with a rugged, sun-drenched honesty that unearths a resilient beauty within the wreckage of a fractured relationship between father and daughter.” – Next Best Picture Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Ghost in the Machine (2026) 5/10 EDIT “Despite its analytical depth, it suffers from structural bloat, often feeling like a dense, overheated bombardment of information that strains under its own weight.” – Next Best Picture Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Bedford Park (2026) 90% 8/10 EDIT “The film’s brilliance is anchored by great performances that let the narrative move beyond the surface level, offering a profound investigation into the weight of intergenerational pain and the quiet resilience required to find a place to finally breathe.” – Next Best Picture Jan 24, 2026 Full Review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 93% A EDIT “DaCosta takes the directorial reins from Boyle, infusing Alex Garland’s script with a sense of horror that feels more subdued and intimate, yet no less incendiary. ” – Nerdspin Jan 16, 2026 Full Review Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) 92% EDIT “Johnson has crafted not only his best script yet, but perhaps his most human work as a sermon disguised as a whodunit, offering unlikely grace to a broken, divided world.” – Peliplat Dec 3, 2025 Full Review Zootopia 2 (2025) 91% EDIT “Zootopia 2 arrives with an ambition that is both exhilarating and unexpected. It picks up precisely where the first film ended. But that’s not only in timeline; it captures the same emotional tension, social complexity, and thematic daring. ” – Peliplat Nov 27, 2025 Full Review Train Dreams (2025) 95% EDIT “Train Dreams is one of the best films of the year. It’s a breathtaking work of art that fuses history, emotion, and nature into a single, haunting melody. ” – Peliplat Nov 14, 2025 Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% EDIT “With Frankenstein, [Del Toro] brings Mary Shelley’s novel to life as intricately as the Doctor does his Creature, rendered in baroque decadence, steeped in melancholy, and pulsing with the raw ache of creation.” – Peliplat Oct 30, 2025 Full Review Hedda (2025) 89% EDIT “In DaCosta’s hands, Hedda is a masterful play of tension and manipulation. Her adaptation is intoxicating and intelligent; a story about women who will not stay dead, no matter how society tries to bury them.” – Peliplat Oct 24, 2025 Full Review Roofman (2025) 87% A- EDIT “Roofman is based on the almost unbelievable true story of the “Roofman Robber,” but beneath its stranger-than-fiction premise lies a heartbreakingly human tale of failure, family, and the fantasy of redemption.” – Nerdspin Oct 10, 2025 Full Review Nouvelle Vague (2025) 91% A- EDIT “What unfolds is not just a biopic or a behind-the-scenes reenactment; it’s a cinephile’s dream. It’s a film about filmmaking that revels in spontaneity, celebrates rebellion, and honours the radical power of creative freedom.” – Nerdspin Oct 8, 2025 Full Review Christy (2025) 67% EDIT “Sydney Sweeney’s portrayal is as bruising as it is brave, capturing the paradox of a woman who had to become both a fighter and a prisoner to survive.” – Peliplat Oct 8, 2025 Full Review Sentimental Value (2025) 97% EDIT “There is humour in Sentimental Value, moments of connection, and a sense that, despite the fractures, love still flickers between the ruins. This gives the film a very welcome softness.” – Peliplat Oct 2, 2025 Full Review No Other Choice (2025) 97% EDIT “In lesser hands, this might’ve been a grim trudge. But Park turns it into a viciously funny romp – albeit one that slices like a paper cut. ” – Peliplat Sep 28, 2025 Full Review The History of Sound (2025) 70% EDIT “In its most moving moments, The History of Sound proves that love, like a song, can echo across decades, even after its final note has faded. It’s a film that explores the song of one individual's life and the impact of who he decided to compose it with.” – Peliplat Sep 20, 2025 Full Review Little Lorraine (2025) 100% 7/10 EDIT ““Little Lorraine” delivers a haunting and atmospheric portrait of a community in crisis, grounded by strong performances and a clear-eyed refusal to romanticize the desperation that drives ordinary people to crime.” – Next Best Picture Sep 15, 2025 Full Review Winter of the Crow (2025) 7/10 EDIT “Lesley Manville delivers a quietly commanding performance in a film that transforms a bleak winter landscape into a tense, emotionally rich portrait of resistance and survival.” – Next Best Picture Sep 15, 2025 Full Review Retreat (2025) 80% 6/10 EDIT “"Retreat" is a bold and immersive portrayal of deaf identity, offering a richly textured world that challenges how we think about language, belonging, and self-determination.” – Next Best Picture Sep 8, 2025 Full Review The Man in My Basement (2025) 40% 6/10 EDIT “It's at its best when it explores the weight of inherited Black history through intimate dialogue, haunting imagery, and a richly atmospheric sense of place.” – Next Best Picture Sep 6, 2025 Full Review Blood Lines (2025) 5/10 EDIT “ “Blood Lines” shines in its quietest moments, offering a tender, culturally rich portrayal of Métis life anchored by Dana Solomon’s deeply felt performance and a moving mother-daughter relationship at its emotional core.” – Next Best Picture Sep 6, 2025 Full Review The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025) 58% 7/10 EDIT “It’s a fitting end to the Warrens’ cinematic journey and a graceful farewell to a franchise that gave us more than we ever expected.” – Next Best Picture Sep 4, 2025 Full Review Boys Go to Jupiter (2024) 93% 6/10 EDIT “In the end, “Boys Go to Jupiter“ may not fully stick the landing, but it’s a bold, vibrant, and unmistakably personal work of animated cinema. It won’t be for everyone, but like any great piece of outsider art, it doesn’t try to be.” – Next Best Picture Aug 27, 2025 Full Review The Balconettes (2024) 76% EDIT “If Merlant can find a way to channel that incandescent rage with a little more restraint in future projects, we may be looking at the rise of a bold new auteur.” – Peliplat Aug 23, 2025 Full Review
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