Recent Reviews

Wil (2023)
This gut-wrenching drama of war-time perils challenges you to assess your own capacity for compromise
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Queen of Chess (2026)
What grandmaster Judit Polgar has to teach you has little to do with chess and much to do with life
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Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
This lyrical, beautiful, and profoundly sad tale is one you should experience, though once may be enough
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Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)
The well-worn mystery format gets an adequately thrilling spin thanks to Glenn Close and Josh O'Connor
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Caramelo (2025)
Here’s a syrupy sweet tale of a shaggy dog and a shaggy man, who save each other’s lives
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Mantis (2025)
Park Gyu-young stands out in this stylish martial arts tale as an assassin aiming to get the respect she deserves
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KPop Demon Hunters (2025)
Catchy tunes, mesmerizing animation, and the eternal struggle between good and evil. Sit back, relax, and enjoy
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
New York is freezing over. Who ya gonna call? Everybody. All ghostbusters unite to defrost the city
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The Thursday Murder Club (2025)
You expect a lot from Helen Mirren, Ben Kingsley, and Pierce Brosnan, and they deliver in this delightful whodunit
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Hitchcock (2012)
Psycho, the movie that defined modern horror, serves as a diverting backdrop for a love story
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Predestination (2014)
Have a look at this Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook brain-bender. If you can figure it out, let me know
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Spy Game (2001)
Robert Redford keeps you – and his colleagues – guessing as he races to save protégé Brad Pitt
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Recent Quick Takes
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
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In this not terribly inventive sword and sorcery caper, Chris Pine has enough snappy dialog to keep you chuckling.
The Mother (2023)
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Jennifer Lopez brings the intensity, but the plot is outrageously overblown at every turn
Family Pack (2024)
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A silly and mildly entertaining tale of a family transported to the middle ages to fight werewolves
Knights of the Zodiac (2023)
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So sad to see Sean Bean wasted in this adolescently scripted mashup of martial arts and mythology
Land of Bad (2024)
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Yet another "things go sideways" rescue mission. Rousing gun fights. Lots of explosions. Capture and torture
Night in Paradise (2020)
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Gangster gets sold out, with bloody results. But Jeon Yeo-been shines as a terminal case with a deadly aim
Meg 2: The Trench (2023)
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It’s not as bad as you’d think. So while it’s a waste of time, it’s your time to waste
The Front Line (2011)
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The vicious battle of Aerok Hill leaves North and South Korean soldiers unable to remember why they even fought
Sand Storm (2016)
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It's not a war story – only it is, of sorts – about modern Arab women's struggle against millennia-old traditions