Exhilarating ‘WEAPONS’ Unloads a Doozy of a Horror Story
Cregger delivers just about everything a genre fan could ask for with Weapons: a twisted, well-acted dark fairytale with an unforgettable villain turn. It’s truly one of a kind -…
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‘HIGHEST 2 LOWEST’ a Campy Epic of Urban Success and Crime
‘Highest 2 Lowest’, an Apple and A24 co-production, sees American auteur Spike Lee transplant Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 classic to modern-day NYC with bristling detail. It’s at once melodramatic and Shakespearean,…
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Unnecessary and Disposal ‘NOBODY 2’ Still an Entertaining Funhouse Riff on the Post-Wick Action Movie
Bob Odenkirk returns as everyman assassin Hutch Mansell in a vacation-themed sequel that extends the brand no further than swapping his hoodie for a Hawaiian shirt. At a brisk 89…
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‘FREAKIER FRIDAY’ Escapes the Content Mines of Disney+ to Pollute the Theater
The winsome cast (especially Jamie Lee Curtis) almost salvages the low effort 'Freakier Friday' through sheer force of will, but even if the ending sort of works on the most…
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Liam Neeson Wields a New Particular Set of Skills in ‘THE NAKED GUN’
Spoof comedy is back, and the unlikely team of writer-director Akiva Schaffer with stars Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson might just be the chaotic salve modern comedy desperately needed. By…
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25 Best Movies of the 2020’s You Probably Haven’t Seen
An epic reboot of the slasher franchise trades cannibals for cults and reinvents itself as a survivalist horror epic. It’s smarter, bloodier, and way more ambitious than you’d expect from…
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Fantastically Dull ‘THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS’ Miscalculates Introduction to First Family
'The Fantastic Four: First Steps' is yet another reminder that Marvel’s multiverse era is more about setups and disappointments than payoffs. And while this entry is relatively self-contained, it still…
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Being ‘TOGETHER’ Becomes the Ultimate Act of Codependency
'Together' is a twisted, tactile meditation on love, compromise, and the bodily cost of staying too close for too long, brought to life by Michael Shanks' sharp direction and a…
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All These Years Later, ‘I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER’ Is Still Copying ‘Scream’
Just as the 1997 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' rode the coattails of 'Scream' (1996), the 2025 installment follow the legacy sequel blueprint of 'Scream' (2022). Despite being…
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Ari Aster’s ‘EDDINGTON’ Sloppily Relitigates Pandemic Woes
Ari Aster gets carried away skewering the pandemic and people's response to it in this "modern Western" that tackles too much without much in the way of point or conviction.…