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2.5/5
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
(2025)
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Matt Donato
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It's not that performers cannot convey emotions through motion-capture techniques, but rather that the stories around them do not enable grand moments of resilience or tragedy.
Posted Dec 16, 2025
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2.5/5
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The Running Man
(2025)
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Matt Donato
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It's a jumble of well-intentioned rebellion and confused execution, albeit with a splash of explosive excitement to keep us distracted ... without Wright's name in the credits, I'd never believe this was an Edgar Wright flick.
Posted Nov 13, 2025
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3/5
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Roofman
(2025)
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Matt Donato
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Roofman is … fine. But given the laurels of all involved, that's a disappointment.
Posted Oct 11, 2025
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1.5/5
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Love Hurts
(2025)
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Matt Donato
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I would do anything for love but watch Love Hurts again.
Posted Feb 06, 2025
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3/5
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Red Rooms
(2023)
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Matt Donato
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Gariépy and Babin ensure their performances keep butts in seats, but filmmaker Pascal Plante isn’t reinventing an internet-horror wheel that’s been spinning since movies like The Den.
Posted Dec 24, 2024
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2.5/5
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Babygirl
(2024)
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Matt Donato
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Performances draw us in, but a surface-safe interpretation of what could be perceived as predatory behaviors (on either side) never feels appropriately dangerous.
Posted Dec 24, 2024
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4/5
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The Wild Robot
(2024)
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Matt Donato
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Emotions run high no matter your age, as Sanders rescues our hearts from feelings of coldness and isolation
Posted Dec 24, 2024
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2.5/5
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Hard Truths
(2024)
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Matt Donato
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Marianne Jean-Baptiste is deservingly getting awards season hype, but the hardest truth here is how repetitive Leigh’s film becomes.
Posted Dec 24, 2024
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3/5
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A Real Pain
(2024)
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Matt Donato
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A Real Pain lets its characters be vulnerable, uninhibited, and messy in ways that feel anti-Hollywood.
Posted Dec 24, 2024
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3/5
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Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
(2024)
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Matt Donato
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Aardman’s latest stop-motion comedy is a comfortable representation of the studio’s delightful trademarks, if nothing more.
Posted Dec 24, 2024
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4.5/5
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Sing Sing
(2023)
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Matt Donato
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It’s a moving triumph ... pardon the phrasing, but Sing Sing absolutely sings
Posted Dec 24, 2024
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2.5/5
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Nightbitch
(2024)
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Matt Donato
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Marielle Heller's balancing of humorous animality and the film's furious reclamation of motherhood feels like two clashing movies (derogatory).
Posted Dec 03, 2024
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3.5/5
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Saturday Night
(2024)
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Matt Donato
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Jason Reitman's fictional(ish) recounting of the 90 minutes leading into Saturday Night Live's first game-changing episode is an odd yet addictive experience.
Posted Dec 03, 2024
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4.5/5
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Dìdi
(2024)
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Matt Donato
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Sean Wang's painstaking recreation of the 2000s teenage experience is picture-perfect.
Posted Dec 03, 2024
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3.5/5
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A Different Man
(2024)
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Matt Donato
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Aaron Schimberg's one-of-a-kind character study lingers in the right way.
Posted Dec 03, 2024
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4/5
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Wicked
(2024)
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Matt Donato
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I couldn't help getting swept up in Wicked's big-time whimsy and musicality or wiping away tears during "Defying Gravity."
Posted Dec 03, 2024
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2/5
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Emilia Pérez
(2024)
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Matt Donato
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I fell off in Bangkok and never got back on.
Posted Dec 03, 2024
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3.5/5
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Deadpool & Wolverine
(2024)
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Matt Donato
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As I reckon with my warring feelings over Deadpool & Wolverine, I'm still pleased by the film's existence, even if it doesn't answer all of the MCU's prayers.
Posted Jul 25, 2024
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3.5/5
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
(2024)
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Matt Donato
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is above average but not an immortal icon.
Posted May 17, 2024
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4/5
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The Last Stop in Yuma County
(2023)
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Matt Donato
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Galluppi sustains the film's tension through methodical patience, stretching conversational standoffs until their breaking point.
Posted May 12, 2024
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3.5/5
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Abigail
(2024)
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Matt Donato
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It’s stupendously gory, devilishly funny, and boasts all the trademarks of an excellent popcorn movie.
Posted Apr 18, 2024
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1.5/5
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Madame Web
(2024)
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Matt Donato
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Madame Web feels like a Frankenstein made of spare Spider-Parts dissected and rebuilt by the studio machine.
Posted Apr 08, 2024
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