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: Feb. 14, 2025
Wide (United States)
Captain America: Brave New World
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Paddington in Peru
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Limited (United States)
97th Oscar-Nominated Shorts: Animation
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: My hands down favorite and the most inventive entry is recent Annie award winner “Wander to Wonder,” the name of a bizarre children’s TV show hosted by Uncle Gilly and featuring three miniature humanoid creatures, Mary, Billybud, and Fumbleton…
97th Oscar-Nominated Shorts: Live Action
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: 2025’s Oscar nominated live action shorts could easily be confused with the documentary shorts, at least three based on true stories, all of them exhibiting social justice themes and little in the way of humor.
2025 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
Companion
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Heart Eyes
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Love Hurts
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Presence
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Wolf Man
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Cash for Gold
- Excerpt: As a screenwriter, Puette could have trusted the audience more, perhaps a character name less on the nose, and an unnecessary swerve into intense peril for dramatic purposes that makes it harder to believe in almost-immediate scenes of reconciliation and forgiveness. It is the compassion the film has for its characters that is the film’s true grace.
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera
- Excerpt: Den of Thieves 2: Pantera fails to capture the magic of the first film. Maybe next time, if there is a next time, let’s not wait 6 years between sequels!
The Gorge
- Excerpt: A lively sci-fi/action/horror film with a serious spark, The Gorge is enjoyable to its closing credits and a nifty exercise in tension.
- Excerpt: A lively sci-fi/action/horror film with a serious spark, The Gorge is enjoyable to its closing credits and a nifty exercise in tension.
Kinda Pregnant
- Excerpt: Amy Schumer delivers her usual chaos in a fun, light watch filled with familiar gags and formulas, though it never quite pushes beyond the expected.
The Mehta Boys
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Two Women
Sebastian Zavala @ Cinencuentro.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Thanks to its absurd tone, excellent performances and sensual and (sometimes) funny sex scenes, I had a good time with this film. It’s not every day that we get to see a sex comedy-drama, let alone one directed with confidence.
You, Me & Her
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Married filmmakers director Dan Levy Dagerman and star/writer Ringel consider how opening a marriage sexually, and more importantly talking about it, may help repair diverging paths and responsibilities…a concept only partially realized.
2024 Films
All We Imagine as Light
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The Apprentice
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Armand
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The Brutalist
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A Complete Unknown
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Emilia Pérez
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Maria
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MaXXXine
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Mufasa: The Lion King
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Nickel Boys
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Nosferatu
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A Real Pain
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig
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A/way
Dennis Schwartz @ dennisschwartzreviews.com
- Excerpt: Watchable.
Panda Plan
Sebastian Zavala @ Loud and Clear Reviews [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Kids deserve better; their parents certainly do too. Heck, even pandas deserve better, and they’re going extinct because they’re too lazy to move and look for their food!
September 5
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: What sets this account apart is its frame of reference when a sports television crew found themselves thrust into reporting on a terrorist attack at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
