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5/5
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Young Mothers
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Another is the dignity that the filmmakers allow these young women, even when they make the bad choices one would expect from hormonally challenged teenage girls. Never judgmental and deeply moving, this lean Dardenne drama wields a big impact.
Posted Jan 23, 2026
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5/5
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Sound of Falling
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Haunting images layer the past and the present over the course of the film, making quiet connections that transport the audience to other worlds and times and, ultimately, to mortality.
Posted Jan 23, 2026
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3/5
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Mercy
(2026)
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Thelma Adams
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It’s sleuthing by scrolling, with a life hanging in the balance. Pratt handles the role well enough, and it’s a tense ride. You just hope it doesn’t come to this in real life.
Posted Jan 23, 2026
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4/5
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Dead Man's Wire
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Suspenseful, entertaining and swift, the hostage caper revels in the 1970s Indianapolis setting, recalling the 1975 classic Dog Day Afternoon.
Posted Jan 17, 2026
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4/5
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
(2026)
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Thelma Adams
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Is part two of last year’s 28 Years Later -- where a rage virus infects and torments the world -- gross? You betcha. It’s also witty and propulsive.
Posted Jan 17, 2026
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5/5
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A Private Life
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Auteuil and Foster have mad exes-turned-lovers chemistry as, together, they pursue the murderer while producing a delicious and cerebral mystery that doesn’t need big explosions to have a big emotional impact.
Posted Jan 17, 2026
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3/5
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The Testament of Ann Lee
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Amanda Seyfried has the integrity, charisma and pipes to carry the central role of messiah... But for those who admire the sect’s spare, spiritual music, composer Daniel Blumberg’s score is way too busy.
Posted Jan 09, 2026
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3/5
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Magellan
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Gael García Bernal fully inhabits the titular conquistador in a performance both present and potent, on a quest that began with optimism but ended in dire straits.
Posted Jan 09, 2026
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3/5
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The Chronology of Water
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Imogen Poots creates a stunning portrayal of the swimming prodigy who front-crawls her way out of the gutter... The film’s central flaw, not unlike that of some swimmers, is that it slows to a bit of a slog.
Posted Jan 09, 2026
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3/5
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The Plague
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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The Plague is well-acted, claustrophobic and such a very sad statement about how young boys on the cusp of puberty prey on the weak.
Posted Jan 02, 2026
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4/5
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No Other Choice
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Too many Americans can relate to the crippling gut-punch of a job loss, with the ripple effects that threaten the bonds of family and shatter their social position. No Other Choice pushes the trauma one step further.
Posted Jan 02, 2026
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Father Mother Sister Brother
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Wry, emotional and off-kilter, Father Mother Sister Brother is the antithesis of a Hallmark Christmas movie, and so much the better for it.
Posted Jan 02, 2026
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3/5
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Song Sung Blue
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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The pair wallow in an overabundance of dramatic turns that pile up like a tonal train wreck. Still, for “Forever in Blue Jeans” lovers, this is the sing-along, cry-along movie for you.
Posted Dec 30, 2025
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3/5
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Marty Supreme
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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It's weighed down by a hefty 149-minute running time more suitable for Apocalypse Now.
Posted Dec 30, 2025
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3/5
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The Choral
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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The ageless music is sublime, beautifully sung by trained vocalists (not actors lip-synching), but the movie itself is musty, like a forgotten Christmas present stashed in a closet only to be unwrapped years later.
Posted Dec 30, 2025
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4/5
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Is This Thing On?
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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There’s wisdom here, and laughs, and hope for redemption for an ordinary guy who blazes his own path out of midlife emotional quicksand.
Posted Dec 20, 2025
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4/5
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H Is for Hawk
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Grief is an individual journey, but it's possible to see the universal agony of mourning a parent in this very specific, well-acted, intelligent tale of loss and recovery.
Posted Dec 20, 2025
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3/5
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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With minimal emotional traction but amazing visuals, they all spin toward a final teeth-rattling battle where, yes, good prevails over evil.
Posted Dec 20, 2025
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4/5
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Goodbye June
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Goodbye June brought me to tears by releasing pent-up emotions on the screen and in my heart.
Posted Dec 12, 2025
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3/5
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Ella McCay
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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There are bright moments and some laughs, and the ever-brilliant Albert Brooks shines despite a truncated role. But the whole effort, alas, is overstuffed and undercooked.
Posted Dec 12, 2025
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4/5
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Dust Bunny
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Mikkelsen, who has made many off-kilter Danish comedies as well as award-winning dramas, and has terrific comic timing, is fabulous connecting with his young costar, charming the audience while performing stunts that would impress Jackie Chan.
Posted Dec 12, 2025
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4/5
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Rosemead
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Liu, in a challenging, unvarnished part far from her more polished characters in Charlie’s Angels or TV’s Elementary, does some of her best work, making a large impact on a smaller canvas.
Posted Dec 05, 2025
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4/5
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Merrily We Roll Along
(2025)
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Thom Geier
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Some of the camerawork and edits can be clunky, and the audience reactions distracting, but musical theater fans will relish the chance to see a near-perfect production of this Sondheim gem.
Posted Dec 05, 2025
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4/5
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Fackham Hall
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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There are twists, turns and ridiculous faux pas in a congenially entertaining riff on the series’ more ridiculous aspects, delivered without spite but with love and a wink.
Posted Dec 05, 2025
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5/5
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Hamnet
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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With sensational Irish actors Buckley and Mescal and a dynamic script, the message here is that tragedy can be transmuted into art and touch theaters full of strangers as well as the individuals directly involved.
Posted Dec 01, 2025
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4/5
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Now You See Me: Now You Don't
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Absolutely delightful as a villainous diamond heiress is Rosamund Pike with a wicked South African accent and a twinkle in her jaded eye.
Posted Nov 17, 2025
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3/5
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Jay Kelly
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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There’s a crush of talent here but less wisdom than a trip to the corner guru.
Posted Nov 17, 2025
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4/5
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If You See Something
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Despite being somewhat slow and rough, If You See Something boldly raises that question in a contemporary political drama about star-crossed lovers navigating a dangerous world.
Posted Nov 17, 2025
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4/5
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Nuremberg
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Crowe’s impeccable German accent and hauteur are Oscar-wattage, complemented by restrained and resonant performances by Rami Malek as an American psychiatrist with his own agenda.
Posted Nov 07, 2025
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4/5
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Christy
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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The sports drama, while a little saggy and repetitive, ends on a triumphant and inclusive note.
Posted Nov 07, 2025
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2/5
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Anniversary
(2025)
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Thom Geier
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Anniversary has the feel of a multi-episode (perhaps even multi-season) TV series that’s been chopped to feature-film length, drained of both subtlety and coherence.
Posted Oct 31, 2025
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4/5
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Bugonia
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Proof that not every new movie is a cookie-cutter audience pleaser. Expect the unexpected in a sublimely ridiculous corporate kidnap caper with a side of science fiction.
Posted Oct 31, 2025
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4/5
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Hedda
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Director Nia DaCosta’s movie blows new life into the Ibsen classic, creating a drama that is as sexy and beguiling as its tragic antiheroine, and as relevant today as it was in the Victorian era when the controversial work was first penned.
Posted Oct 26, 2025
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3/5
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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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...the biopic never finds its groove, lacking the raw, percussive drive and deep connection of Springsteen’s best songs.
Posted Oct 26, 2025
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4/5
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Frankenstein
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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As much as I appreciate the craftsmanship, this version is not quite the electrifying new vision I’d need to justify the exhumation of the patchwork monster.
Posted Oct 17, 2025
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4/5
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Blue Moon
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Free of sentimentality, dipped in regret, Blue Moon is a sophisticated love song to a bygone era.
Posted Oct 17, 2025
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4/5
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After the Hunt
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Julia Roberts, 57, excels when her character has a dark, damaged streak that contrasts with her megawatt smile. In this psychological drama, she leaps into an academic snake pit as Alma.
Posted Oct 17, 2025
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3/5
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A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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This dramatic third-act choice oddly dampens rather than heightens the suspense. From that moment, A House of Dynamite fizzles.
Posted Oct 12, 2025
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3/5
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Lopez performs all the dance steps and hits every note but can’t marry them to any deep emotion. While her singing isn’t flat, her performance is. The result is a showy, uneven musical that fails to hit the novel’s high notes or convey its bite.
Posted Oct 12, 2025
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3/5
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The Smashing Machine
(2025)
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Thom Geier
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The overlong film, with its brutal fight scenes and hagiographic portrait of its hero, doesn’t go far enough to push the bounds of the sports biopic genre.
Posted Oct 03, 2025
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5/5
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Anemone
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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The drama, cowritten with and directed by the star’s son, Ronan Day-Lewis, also finds in Bean the perfect foil: strong, largely silent and watchful. Their fraternal duet is a thing of cinematic beauty in a movie that leans into the rough edges.
Posted Oct 03, 2025
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3/5
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One Battle After Another
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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While many sequences go whiz-bang, and laughs and dark ironies bubble up, the arch, lengthy film never takes flight, remaining episodic -- just one battle after another.
Posted Sep 26, 2025
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4/5
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Eleanor the Great
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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The definition of truth, and the nature of grief, are explored through a salty, shrewd and satisfying performance from Squibb, who deserves and elevates all the roles that come her way.
Posted Sep 26, 2025
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3/5
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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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By turns painfully whimsical and deeply moving, it’s one big beautiful mess that could have been bolder.
Posted Sep 19, 2025
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4/5
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Fuze
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Fuze may not be on the Oscar track, but it’s an enjoyable, ticking-clock caper about karma, explosives, friendship and betrayal.
Posted Sep 16, 2025
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5/5
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The Last Viking
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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It’s a journey down a resonant rabbit hole with Mikkelsen, hilariously permed, fearlessly silly, emotionally complex and endlessly endearing.
Posted Sep 16, 2025
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4/5
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The Eyes of Ghana
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Produced for Netflix by Michelle and Barack Obama, this fascinating documentary puts vibrant cameraman Chris Hesse, 93, at its center.
Posted Sep 16, 2025
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5/5
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The Secret Agent
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Wagner Moura, best known for brilliantly playing the drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in TV’s Narcos, is a force of nature as tech expert Marcelo.
Posted Sep 16, 2025
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4/5
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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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A cut above its 2022 predecessor, Glass Onion, the gothic plot, while darker, maintains its comic edge.
Posted Sep 16, 2025
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5/5
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Sentimental Value
(2025)
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Thelma Adams
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Sentimental Value gives the audience a sense that they’ve lived an entire life in the span of a single movie.
Posted Sep 16, 2025
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