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: Apr. 26, 2024
Wide (United States)
Boy Kills World
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Challengers
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Limited (United States)
Nowhere Special
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: it is Norton’s quiet perseverance that both propels the film and keeps it from becoming maudlin.
MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: Beautiful and heartbreaking. A beguiling portrait of love, grief, and the pragmatism that unites them, built up via tender moments of the most ordinary sort. James Norton’s performance is revelatory.
2024 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
The Beekeeper
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Civil War
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Drive-Away Dolls
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Monkey Man
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Sasquatch Sunset
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Abigail
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: the same hunted-in-a-locked-manor-house scenario as “Ready or Not,” this time with a supernatural element and the hunted the majority and while it eventually runs out of gas, its cast, especially young Alisha Weir, helps get us over the tedious bits.
- Excerpt: Aided by thorough performances, Abigail kicks our asses with style and a whole lot of spectacular action.
Dennis Schwartz @ dennis schwartz reviews
- Excerpt: A work of schlock art.
Arcadian
MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: It exists safely within the vast subgenre of postcollapse afterscapes, but it does what it does well, with nicely drawn characters, a sense of cultural mythmaking, and freakishly unsettling creatures.
The Beautiful Game
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: A heartwarming journey to the Homeless World Cup that ultimately scores.
Housekeeping for Beginners
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: A real slice of life drama, HOUSEKEEPING FOR BEGINNERS proves a steady stream of unfortunate events caused by an escalating sense of being trapped despite their “prison” being the one place that actually gives them freedom.
Infested
Christopher Reed @ Film Festival Today
- Excerpt: We emerge with the sensation of thousands of feet crawling all over us, an infestation of the cinematic soul that’s not so easy to shake.
Problemista
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: Writer, director, and star Julio Torres’ off-kilter take makes for an intriguing cinematic experience.
Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: There is no joy here. Everyone we’re meant to empathize with comes with a bag of dreariness.
Spy x Family Code: White
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: SPY X FAMILY excels both in the familial comedy and thrilling suspense. It definitely feels episodic in nature with a desire to make more installments, so don’t expect anything crazy in terms of narrative besides a nice mix of exposition and adventure.
Swede Caroline
- Excerpt: Swede Caroline is one of the most low-key hilarious films in recent history, where the mundane is gloriously elevated into high comedy.
We Grown Now
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: an elegy for a lost community while celebrating the people who carry it with them.
