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3/5
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The Rip
(2026)
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Matt Goldberg
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Joe Carnahan's crime thriller feels like a nice throwback to '90s genre pictures, but it pulls a few too many punches.
Posted Jan 28, 2026
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Ghost in the Machine
(2026)
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Chase Hutchinson
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Valerie Veatch’s blistering "Ghost in the Machine" is a radical, necessary Molotov cocktail of a documentary that’s being thrown right into the heart of our nonsense, nightmarish world of overinflated AI hype.
Posted Jan 28, 2026
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3/5
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Frank & Louis
(2026)
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Matt Donato
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A sentimental glimpse into incarcerated lifestyles that stitches hope into a tapestry of emotional storytelling.
Posted Jan 27, 2026
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3/5
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The Gallerist
(2026)
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Matt Donato
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It’s far-fetched and diabolical in the right moments, however stunted the overall execution becomes ... Perhaps not the perfect score, but a nifty, noxious endeavor nonetheless.
Posted Jan 27, 2026
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3.5/5
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Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
(2026)
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Matt Donato
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To dub "Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass" dumb fun is an honest-to-gosh compliment ... Wain and Marino concoct a comedic formula that harkens back to spoofy 1980s riots hinged on acceptable stupidity.
Posted Jan 27, 2026
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Chasing Summer
(2026)
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Chase Hutchinson
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Though there are flashes of more chaotic comedy that get the pulse racing here and there, for the most part "Chasing Summer" is a surprisingly safe genre riff.
Posted Jan 27, 2026
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The Friend's House Is Here
(2026)
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Katie Rife
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Although this is a story about innocence lost, the overwhelming impression left by “The Friend’s House is Here” is one of sweetness and hope.
Posted Jan 27, 2026
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Soul Patrol
(2026)
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Elizabeth Weitzman
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Long overdue, and exceptionally moving.
Posted Jan 26, 2026
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Silenced
(2026)
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Elizabeth Weitzman
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Miles' important documentary has undeniably essential stories to tell.
Posted Jan 26, 2026
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Nuisance Bear
(2026)
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Elizabeth Weitzman
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Undeniably affecting, and visually striking.
Posted Jan 26, 2026
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undertone
(2025)
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Chase Hutchinson
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Most podcasts remain disposable, yet this film about a truly cursed one captures not just the evil that may lurk within them, but wields a sonic power that, for the brave, is one you’ll want to listen back to.
Posted Jan 26, 2026
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Bedford Park
(2026)
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Zachary Lee
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This is a deeply sincere film, one that avoids the cringe of melodrama by rooting all that transpires, the quiet and vociferous, elation and tragedy, in the lives of its characters.
Posted Jan 26, 2026
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Union County
(2026)
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Chase Hutchinson
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At every turn, the film earns every emotional, lived-in development, instilling this slice-of-life portrait with such a quiet humanity that it can feel like you’re sitting at the tables and in the meeting rooms along with all the characters.
Posted Jan 26, 2026
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The Invite
(2026)
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Adam Chitwood
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An uproarious, deeply felt and impeccably crafted chamber piece that not only serves as Wilde’s best directorial work to date, but solidifies her as a major talent both in front of and behind the camera.
Posted Jan 26, 2026
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The Musical
(2026)
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Chase Hutchinson
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That this is Bonilla’s feature directorial debut makes one only hope she keeps making comedies like this, as every escalation, cutaway, and lighting cue is perfectly executed. Doug may be a terrible director, but she proves to be a great one.
Posted Jan 26, 2026
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zi
(2026)
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Chase Hutchinson
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As shot by his frequent collaborator, the cinematographer Benjamin Loeb, and cut together by Kogonada himself, "Zi" blurs the lines between tone poem and hangout movie, letting both merge together to become something unexpectedly moving.
Posted Jan 26, 2026
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Buddy
(2026)
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Chase Hutchinson
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Each time you think you’re seeing the daylight of something potentially better to explore on the horizon, "Buddy" keeps dragging you back into the banal darkness. Like the kids, you deserve far better than whatever this lackluster production amounts to.
Posted Jan 26, 2026
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2.5
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The Shitheads
(2026)
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Matt Donato
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The Shitheads isn’t Macon Blair at his best, but it’s Macon Blair playing to his wheelhouse ... a high-floor, lower-ceiling experience for fans of the filmmaker.
Posted Jan 25, 2026
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4.5/5
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Josephine
(2026)
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Matt Donato
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Josephine is a special, hard-to-stomach yet immaculately handled movie that demands your attention ... fearlessness is Beth de Araújo’s superpower.
Posted Jan 25, 2026
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Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
(2026)
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Katie Rife
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Whenever the quirk threatens to overwhelm the emotion in Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!, Kubota Wladyka turns the camera onto his star’s face, and she almost invariably brings it back into balance.
Posted Jan 24, 2026
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Leviticus
(2026)
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Chase Hutchinson
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Chiarella’s film is small in scope but shattering in emotional range, slowly burrowing under your skin. Once it makes its home there, there is no shaking free of its haunting, heartbreaking and surprisingly harmonious vision.
Posted Jan 24, 2026
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Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story
(2026)
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Elizabeth Weitzman
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In less-experienced hands, Bamford's story might have been a midnight movie that played well to just a few admirers. But this moving doc happens to have been made by fans who know a thing or two about crafting a narrative.
Posted Jan 24, 2026
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The Moment
(2026)
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Chase Hutchinson
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It’s honest about the deception that is inherent to celebrity, confronting us with one compromise after another, building to a pitch-perfect finale needle-drop over a captivating monologue that elevates the comedy into a work of grand, messy ambition.
Posted Jan 24, 2026
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I Want Your Sex
(2026)
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Chase Hutchinson
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Even as the structure of the story creates a sense of inevitability to everything that can undercut the fun of seeing it fall apart, the often campy and heightened way each scene plays out means you’re always drawn in by something.
Posted Jan 24, 2026
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Saccharine
(2026)
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Chase Hutchinson
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"Saccharine" is not a film that goes down easy, but you may just find yourself hungering to return for a second course to get a better sense of what James is serving up.
Posted Jan 23, 2026
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The History of Concrete
(2026)
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Chase Hutchinson
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Though an extension of the same tone that was experienced in his HBO series, this feature is more than just one very long episode of his show. Instead, it’s like Wilson has fully become a funnier, more frenetic version of Frederick Wiseman.
Posted Jan 23, 2026
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Carousel
(2026)
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Chase Hutchinson
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With "Carousel," Lambert’s new romantic drama starring the excellent duo of Chris Pine and Jenny Slate, she strikes gold yet again.
Posted Jan 23, 2026
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Killer Whale
(2026)
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William Bibbiani
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Almost nothing [Brechin] could do would spin this everyday hay into gold, but she can remind us why we keep hay around in the first place.
Posted Jan 14, 2026
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
(2026)
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William Bibbiani
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Nia DaCosta’s smart, freaky sequel zooms in on the ongoing battle between sense and senselessness until it finds strong, connective tissue between science and religion.
Posted Jan 13, 2026
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Primate
(2025)
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William Bibbiani
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You could pick nits with 'Primate,' and I guess that would be thematically appropriate, but the film’s tight runtime and uncomplicated, visceral storytelling don’t give the mind any opportunity to wander.
Posted Jan 09, 2026
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Greenland 2: Migration
(2026)
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William Bibbiani
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These 'Greenland' films may not always have a coherent point, but when they focus on the nuts and bolts of survival and the toll that surviving takes on these characters, they’re efficient, effectively crafted genre pictures.
Posted Jan 08, 2026
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The Dutchman
(2025)
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William Bibbiani
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It’s easy to appreciate the ambition of Gaines’ new take on 'Dutchman,' but the original tale is fighting back, and it’s got the upper hand.
Posted Jan 02, 2026
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3.5/5
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We Bury the Dead
(2024)
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Matt Goldberg
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Zak Hilditch’s movie thrives on matters of grief and closure rather than typical undead thrills.
Posted Dec 31, 2025
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A Private Life
(2025)
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Ben Croll
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Though certain tonal leaps don’t always land, the film still offers plenty of fun, especially when centering around two exes more interested in each other than the case at hand.
Posted Dec 31, 2025
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The Plague
(2025)
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William Bibbiani
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I’d say if 'The Plague' wasn’t nominated for Best Original Score there’s something terribly wrong with the Oscars, but 'The Plague' didn’t even make the short list, so there’s just something terribly wrong with the Oscars.
Posted Dec 24, 2025
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Anaconda
(2025)
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William Bibbiani
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This new 'Anaconda' is so busy talking about how silly it is to make a new 'Anaconda' that it never actually makes a good 'Anaconda."
Posted Dec 23, 2025
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Song Sung Blue
(2025)
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William Bibbiani
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Life is too damn hard to get so damn mad about a sweet, mostly effective drama like 'Song Sung Blue.'
Posted Dec 23, 2025
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The Housemaid
(2025)
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William Bibbiani
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Glorious, angry, hilarious, nail-biting fun from a director, writer and cast who all know exactly what they’re doing, and relish in the fact that they’re practically getting away with murder.
Posted Dec 16, 2025
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
(2025)
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William Bibbiani
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Disney gave James Cameron carte blanche and a blank check to do whatever he wanted, and he wanted to do 'Avatar: The Way of Water' again, except not as good.
Posted Dec 16, 2025
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Not Without Hope
(2025)
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William Bibbiani
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'Not Without Hope' never completely comes together but when it works, it’s absorbing disaster filmmaking.
Posted Dec 13, 2025
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Dead Man's Wire
(2025)
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William Bibbiani
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[Bill] Skarsgård is a captivating chaos gremlin, and Montgomery is — in an easily overlooked, but absolutely vital role — an exceptional foil.
Posted Dec 13, 2025
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Hamnet
(2025)
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Michael Ordoña
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Hamnet is a technical, artistic, intellectual, and emotional feast.
Posted Dec 11, 2025
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Influencers
(2025)
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William Bibbiani
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A sadistic delight, just like its predecessor.
Posted Dec 11, 2025
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Goodbye June
(2025)
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William Bibbiani
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'Goodbye June' is just hyperemotional tourism. We’re lookie-loos popping our heads in for the saddest moment in this family’s lives. We don’t even get to know them very well.
Posted Dec 11, 2025
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Scarlet
(2025)
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William Bibbiani
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'Scarlet' might be [Mamoru Hosoda]'s most narratively ambitious work to date, adapting and warping one of the most famous tales ever told, adding new layers of complexity, and centuries of new, invaluable context.
Posted Dec 10, 2025
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Ella McCay
(2025)
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William Bibbiani
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'Ella McCay' is a film about American politics in the same way that Pixar’s 'Cars' is a movie about cars. As in yes, these are definitely films about politics and cars. But no, politics and cars don't work like that.
Posted Dec 10, 2025
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Merrily We Roll Along
(2025)
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William Bibbiani
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Despite one wonky misstep, it captures some real magic.
Posted Dec 06, 2025
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Five Nights at Freddy's 2
(2025)
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Michael Ordoña
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The script is the quintessence of lead. It lumbers from functional scene to functional scene at a golem’s pace with a dismissal of logic that borders on the contemptuous -- or the insane.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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Rosemead
(2025)
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William Bibbiani
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However depressing 'Rosemead' is, and it’s depressing in all italics, it’s just not deep enough to make running this gauntlet worthwhile.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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100 Nights of Hero
(2025)
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William Bibbiani
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On one hand this reads like a Chaucer story, albeit a modern one that tackles topics even Chaucer would have struggled with. On the other, arch is still arch, so it may be hard for some audiences to appreciate Jackman’s wavelength.
Posted Dec 04, 2025
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