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. 24, 2023
Wide (United States)
Cocaine Bear
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Limited (United States)
Linoleum
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Writer/director Colin West performs several sleights of hand with his sophomore feature, a movie about failed dreams and dysfunctional families that keeps bending time and space, evolving into a parallel universe love story.
2023 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
2022 Oscar Nominated Shorts
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Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
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Knock at the Cabin
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Magic Mike’s Last Dance
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Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Why put these ideas into a fictional thriller? It only sustains the chasm between conspiracy and reality to the point where the whole feels like a satire of its own earnest motives.
Emily
Andrea Chase @ KillerMovieReviews.com
- Excerpt: Passionate, intelligent, and endlessly imaginative, she is here presented in all her contradictions with tantalizing speculations on what may have been suppressed in those personal letters she tasked her sisters to burn upon her death.
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: EMILY is a gorgeous film—emotive, thrilling, and also quite charming whenever it pairs Emily up with another to wryly smile while others scowl at them. Mackey performs the role with an infectious energy that runs through the highs and the lows.
Fantastic Machine
Bavner Donaldo @ Cinejour [Indonesian]
Hidden Blade
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: On a purely aesthetic basis, this is a slick and handsomely made production
The Integrity of Joseph Chambers
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Thankfully, that repetition serves an authentic series of mistakes and second thoughts leading to what one can only be described as catatonic shock.
Jethica
Sarah E Boslaugh @ The Arts STL
- Excerpt: …has the freshness of a micro-budget film that relies on creativity and ingenuity to make up for a lack of financial resources.
Lost
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Magazine Dreams
Gregory Carlson @ southpawfilmworks.net
Maybe I Do
Bev Questad @ itsjustmovies.com
- Excerpt: While Jacobs may not plumb the inner depths of marriage or the soul, “Maybe I Do” guarantees laughter with its fabulously talented cast.
No Bears
The Other Fellow
Sarah E Boslaugh @ The Arts STL
- Excerpt: I’d never claim that The Other Fellow is a consequential film, and it could certainly use tighter editing, but it’s pleasant enough if you’re in the mood.
The Outwaters
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: It’s an escalation in attempts to induce fear and discomfort that seems to go on endlessly with flashes of brilliance being left to languish amidst the mundane and/or indecipherable.
The Quiet Migration
Bavner Donaldo @ Cinejour [Indonesian]
A Radiant Girl
- Excerpt: deeply personal film for Kiberlain, partly inspired by her own family history, it is a haunting depiction of everyday life under fascism and a timely reminder that the echoes of the past can still be heard today — and we would do well to listen.
Sharper
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: It’s like watching a magic act unfold – it’s entertaining as long as we don’t pay attention to what’s going on behind the curtain.
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: I must admit I was satisfied by the experience. But you’d have to be willfully ignorant not to understand why others wouldn’t since the plot brings nothing new to the table with a progression that rarely holds real stakes.
Shotgun Wedding
- Excerpt: Shotgun Wedding manages to ring a bell on comic and romantic moments while concentrating on its exciting action sequences.
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Gregory Carlson @ southpawfilmworks.net
Split at the Root
Marilyn Ferdinand @ Alliance of Women Film Journalists
- Excerpt: Director Linda Goldstein Knowlton uses talking-head interviews, file footage of ICE arrests, reenactments, and animation to tell the story of two of the thousands of families caught in the legal labyrinth and physical dangers immigrants have faced for more than 100 years of failed immigration policy in the United States.
The Strays
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: Nathaniel Martello-White has announced himself with a very strong debut. If this is his starting point, I can only imagine what heights he’ll take us next.
2022 Films
Amsterdam
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Armageddon Time
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Babylon
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The Fabelmans
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Good Night Oppy
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Navalny
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Motherland
Bev Questad @ itsjustmovies.com
- Excerpt: A work of passion, “Motherland” tells the story of ongoing genocide that is ignored by the UN and its member nations (except Macron’s France).
The Quiet Girl
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: illustrates how selfishness and neglect diminish the human spirit and celebrates how simple acts of kindness encourage it to blossom.
Return to Seoul
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: This journey is less about forgiveness or hate than it is acceptance. Acceptance for her past, present, and future as well as the role she plays in all three no matter what externally unfair hand she might have been dealt.
Ted K
Mark Leeper @ Mark Leeper’s Reviews
- Excerpt: TED K is the story of Ted Kaczynski, a.k.a. the Unabomber. As Ted Kaczynski, Sharlto Copley (probably best known for DISTRICT 9) really carries this film.
War on the Diamond
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
Wildcat
Bev Questad @ itsjustmovies.com
- Excerpt: “Wildcat,” exploring what it means to be wild both in nature and humanity, has exceptional cinematography, an outstanding story, and an emotional impact that beats out the field of feature films this year.
