Here are some reviews of films coming out at the theater this week as well as others that may be in theaters or newly on home video.
Opening: Nov. 1, 2024
Wide (United States)
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Limited (United States)
Emilia Pérez
David “DC” Bolling @ DC’s Take
- Excerpt: Emilia Pérez‘s grapples with important issues such as self-discovery. While it may appear flawed in its execution, there’s still mileage to gain from its three main performances and vibrant style.
Juror #2
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Why Warner Brothers is limiting the release of Eastwood’s 34th film to 50 theaters is a mystery, but if you take the time to seek it out, you will be rewarded with a morally twisty courtroom thriller led by a great cast.
A Real Pain
David “DC” Bolling @ DC’s Take
- Excerpt: Funny and easing you in to resonate with its two characters, it’s an impressively beautiful film made all the better with Eisenberg and a possible career highlight in Culkin’s work.
2024 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
Anora
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Conclave
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A Different Man
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Saturday Night
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Sing Sing
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Smile 2
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The Substance
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We Live In Time
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The Wild Robot
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All We Imagine as Light
Black Box Diaries
- Excerpt: Itô’s determination to tell her story as a journalist and survivor is the ineradicable truth that survives even the most devastating trauma.
Con Job
- Excerpt: Comedies come in all shapes and sizes. In this case, director Ian Niles along with co-writer Guy Harry have concocted a “conedy” that may well have been entitled Death Do Reveal Us.
Dahomey
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: It’s a powerful account of just how complex the concept of colonialism remains and how its hold on freed nations doesn’t automatically disappear via independence.
- Excerpt: Filmmaker Mati Diop follows 26 artifacts from the Kingdom of Dahomey (which some may recall from 2022’s The Woman King) as they are returned by France to Benin. Assessing this move from the perspective of the pieces themselves—including an elaborate carved throne, a towering statue of King Ghézo, and metallic markers of death—as well as the recipients of these revenants, Diop takes a brisk yet thoughtful look at whether even antiquities can go home again.
The Devil’s Bath
- Excerpt: The Devil made (allowed) me to do it
Duino
Escape from Extinction: Rewilding
- Excerpt: Narrator Meryl Streep’s cool-as-a-cucumber narration deftly underscores the production’s salient points while never preaching.
Feeling Randy
- Excerpt: Desperately in Search of a Finish
Goodbye, Farewell
Bavner Donaldo @ Cinejour [Indonesian]
Look Into My Eyes
- Excerpt: Lana Wilson’s soulful, patient, appropriately skeptical documentary takes psychics at their word but also peers behind the curtain in revealing ways.
Love Lies
Bavner Donaldo @ Cinejour [Indonesian]
Magpie
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Ridley and Latif play their parts in this pulpy thriller’s machinations to perfection, so don’t be embarrassed if you end up standing to cheer the satisfying result.
Sebastian Zavala @ LoudAndClearReviews.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: It is a movie about a failing marriage and the difficulties of raising kids, but told from a fresh point of view, emphasising the role of a toxic, selfish and self-absorbed man in the destruction of a seemingly idyllic family.
Misericordia
Murdering the Devil
- Excerpt: Murdering the Devil is a delightful feminist satire that renders an unholy battle of the sexes in incredible, eye-catching color. From the moment the playful opening credits—spelled out in colorful blocks—kick in to the tune of a woman crooning that she’d rather have the Abominable Snowman than no man at all, you know you’re in for a cinematic treat.
Nightbitch
David “DC” Bolling @ DC’s Take
- Excerpt: Nightbitch only sometimes works from the premise perspective, but those who’ve read the book or have an idea of how it’ll turn out will be pleased, especially with Amy Adams’s winning performance.
Out
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF IBELIN is thus as much of an eye-opening journey for Mats’ parents post-mortem as it is evidence of the one he took for himself.
The Remnant
Bavner Donaldo @ Cinejour [Indonesian]
The Sacrifice
- Excerpt: Shot in exile from his native Soviet Union on the Swedish island of Gotland, Tarkovsky teamed up with many of Ingmar Bergman’s longtime collaborators—including actor Erland Josephson and cinematographer Sven Nykvist—to tell the hauntingly beautiful tale of an aging intellectual who embraces both Christianity and paganism in an attempt to stave off the apocalypse.
- Excerpt: Remastered version of 1986 original
Séance
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Kerr simply has a knack for making sure their duplicitous natures are sympathetic enough to accept their plight before finally pulling the rug to show one’s actions are truly unforgivable.
Dennis Schwartz @ dennisschwartzreviews
- Excerpt: Engaging Mystery story
Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In
Bavner Donaldo @ Cinejour [Indonesian]
Venom: The Last Dance
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: A circus of throwaway characters and comic-book lore. The MVP is Tom Hardy, who does his best, and it’s almost enough to redeem this silly, haphazard mess.
Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: It’s more of the same, just more uninspired. It feels like a forced ending, with a tone that vacillates between sentimental and ridiculous, and that never manages to develop its ideas well, even if most of them are unoriginal.
Venom: The Last Dance
David “DC” Bolling @ DC’s Take
- Excerpt: You got Tom Hardy’s saving grace performance and some brief, fun moments within the Eddie/Venom bonding. However, it proves this trilogy has no real winners when they’re around a lousy script and lackluster action to follow suit.
Wizards Beyond Waverly Place
Allison Rose @ FlickDirect.com
- Excerpt: Henrie is the same goofy, dorky, lovable older brother we remember from the original Wizards of Waverly Plac
Woman of the Hour
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: Succeeds in depicting a culture that objectifies women, but it doesn’t dive into the procedural errors that made Rodney Alcala’s murder spree possible.
