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: Jan. 24, 2025
Wide (United States)
Inheritance
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Presence
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Expanding (United States)
The Brutalist
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The Colors Within
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2025 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
Wolf Man
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Back in Action
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: Diaz and Foxx may have had fun teaming up, but that doesn’t make for a fun viewing experience.
- Excerpt: A lighthearted action romp, this Netflix flick coasts on the charm of Cameron Diaz and Jamie Foxx, delivering familiar but entertaining thrills.
Sebastian Zavala @ Loud and Clear Reviews [English AND Spanish (all Loud and Clear reviews are in English, the rest in Spanish)]
- Excerpt: Back in Action has clearly been designed to be as familiar and comforting as possible.
Brave the Dark
Sebastian Zavala @ Loud and Clear Reviews [English AND Spanish (all Loud and Clear reviews are in English, the rest in Spanish)]
- Excerpt: What we have here is a movie ostensibly based on a true story that manages to be rather inspirational and intriguing without feeling manipulative or exaggerated.
Extremely Unique Dynamic
- Excerpt: Let them eat cookie!
From Ground Zero
- Excerpt: Thanks to Masharawi, 22 short films from Palestinians under horrendous siege in Gaza have come to life, death and a wide audience.
The Girl in the Pool
Grand Theft Hamlet
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: The most memorable moments are, of course, those that are completely unplanned. It’s fun to get lost in the spontaneity of jumping without a safety net.
Wish You Were Here
2024 Films
Anora
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Better Man
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Blink Twice
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Conclave
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Juror #2
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Kraven the Hunter
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Nickel Boys
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Nosferatu
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3
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The Substance
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Sugarcane
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Trap
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Wicked
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Alipato At Muog
Panos Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
American Trash
Dennis Schwartz @ dennisschwartzreviews.com
- Excerpt: Sordid crime thriller.
The Brokenhearted
Panos Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “The Brokenhearted” could perhaps tone down its whole approach towards the drama, particularly in the last part of the film, but the combination of action and drama in general works quite well, as does the visual approach, in an overall package that definitely offers entertainment aplenty.
Close Your Eyes
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: So, rather than make this film about “saving” Julio, Erice makes it about Miguel waking up to the magic of his own artistic possibility through him. It’s about reconciling past and present, memory and reality.
Eat the Night
- Excerpt: Are you game for it?
The Holiday Club
- Excerpt: Timely for the season, this is a Rom-sort-of-Com that, using the structure of major holidays over a year from Valentine’s to Valentine’s, tries to bake up a narrative for all of those who love, loath or laugh at “regulated” celebrations who are bound to find at least a couple of scenes that match their views—either pro or con festivities.
Jigra
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
A Legend
Sebastian Zavala @ Loud and Clear Reviews [English AND Spanish (all Loud and Clear reviews are in English, the rest in Spanish)]
- Excerpt: All this is ruined by the uneven pacing, a distinct lack of energy, the use of shoddy CGI, and most gravely, a disturbingly de-aged Jackie Chan who wouldn’t look out of place in a PlayStation 3 videogame.
Like a Dragon: Yakuza
Panos Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Although the title has a number of serious issues, in the end, and perhaps especially for the viewer who does not know the original, “Like a Dragon: Yakuza” emerges as an entertaining series, with the cast and acting and the production values carrying it above mediocrity
Man With No Past
Sebastian Zavala @ Loud and Clear Reviews [English AND Spanish (all Loud and Clear reviews are in English, the rest in Spanish)]
- Excerpt: Despite its interesting characteristics, Man With No Past is too tedious, too repetitive and too haphazardly constructed to be worth a recommendation.
The Prosecutor
Panos Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
Saint Nick of Bethlehem
Panos Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “Saint Nick of Bethlehem” is not high art, but is fun to watch, and an overall pleasant Christmas experience.
Santosh
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Suri weaves a fantastic script that truly does lull us into the copaganda inherent to a police officer being in the lead. Goswami is great in the lead role because we always see her compassion—even when the darkness too many others trade in takes hold.
- Excerpt: Thank goodness, it couldn’t happen here
Sujo
- Excerpt: The production opens with a seemingly harmless array of animals: dogs, horses, goats going about their business, until one of them—a fine looking stallion—shucks off his tether and dashes away to freedom. And thus the narrative is succinctly revealed one hoof at a time.
Unstoppable
- Excerpt: Unstoppable succeeds as a conventional sports movie that mostly colors within the lines but does so effectively.
Yana-Wara
- Excerpt: Some films are hard to watch (much of this is, especially the results of an abortion). Nonetheless, most of them say what needs to be said and, the best of the lot, lets the viewer decide just what is just or not.
Yatagarasu: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master
Panos Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Despite some technical shortcomings, if the season ended in the tenth episode, it w?uld definitely be among the top of the year. The second part however, brings the whole thing down significantly, although not to a point to strip “Yatagarasu: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master” from a place on the best of the year.
