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: Jun. 14, 2024
Wide (United States)
Inside Out 2
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Limited (United States)
The Grab
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: may alert some to the dangers of foreign investment, but those country’s needs must also be addressed and if they rely on Westerners cutting back on over consumption, the future does not look bright.
2024 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
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I Saw the TV Glow
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Immaculate
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In a Violent Nature
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1980: The Unforgettable Day
Panos Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “1980: The Unforgettable Day” seems to have drawn much from Shin Sang-ok’s family comedy/dramas of the 60s, in a style that is hit or miss throughout the movie. However, the entertainment Kang offers here is plenty and the movie passes in leisure, in what is perhaps its biggest trait.
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge
- Excerpt: How to embrace age
Eternal Playground
Sebastian Zavala @ Cinencuentro [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Without being something tremendously ambitious, it becomes an emotionally honest experience, made from a personal perspective. Character construction is credible, and the nostalgic tone complements the narrative.
Group Therapy
Sebastian Zavala @ Cinencuentro [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Without many ambitions, the film manages to connect on an emotional level with the viewer, showing them that even the most successful or happy or fun people have their own struggles, but that they can use their problems to move on.
Hit Man
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: Dark rom-com features tonal shifts that swing wildly from sunny romance to deadly crime.
- Excerpt: The throwback element of Hit Man baits the hook and keeps you watching. It’s been a while since audiences have been given a Grosse Point Blank and honestly, it’s refreshing to have a film which is so breezily entertaining, thrilling, brainy, and romantic. Hit Man is cheeky, hot, and a hell of a ride.
I Used To Be Funny
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Writer/director Ally Pankiw (TV’s ‘The Great’) makes her feature filmmaking debut with a mystery buffeted by a dual tale of trauma.
In the Room Where He Waits
- Excerpt: In the Room Where He Waits is as complex as it is brilliant. Not only one of the best queer Australian films of the year it is also one of the best Australian debut features. Haunting, deeply affecting, and resonant.
Jim Henson: Idea Man
Gregory Carlson @ southpawfilmworks.net
Betty Jo Tucker @ AuthorsDen
- Excerpt: Jim Henson’s joyful artistry lives on for all of us to see.
Longing
- Excerpt: “Longing” is a manifestation of how grief makes emotions overtake reason and the inherent resilience that sometimes requires you to come back to reality. That reality will be diminished but somehow make you whole.
Manga d’Terra
Paulo Portugal @ Insider [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Basil da Cunha é dos cineastas lusos mais interessantes da atualidade, com presença nas principais montras de festivais, como Cannes (Nuvem, Os Vivos Também Choram, Até Ver a Luz) ou Locarno (O Fim do Mundo), entre muitos outros. Manga d’Terra eleva-nos com o seu poder e ritmo musical feminino.
She Is Conann
Gregory J. Smalley @ 366 Weird Movies
- Excerpt: In his ‘incoherent’ manner, Mandico discombobulates the viewer between masculine and feminine, monochrome and color, melodrama and farce, art and trash… invigorating.
Some Rain Must Fall
- Excerpt: “What am I doing here?”
This Closeness
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: There’s a lot to like in this journey of two horrible people reminding a third that, despite his insecurities making him believe he’s destined for loneliness, at least he isn’t as desperate to trick himself into thinking the opposite as them.
The Watchers
Sarah Gopaul @ Digital Journal
- Excerpt: As the story weaves its way through twists and turns, the cast ensures audiences follow them on the journey. And even though the ending is predictable, it’s an engaging debut feature.
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: The only thing more muted than the pace is my enthusiasm for this movie.
Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Some will appreciate the mythology injected into the narrative, the work of Dakota Fanning and Georgina Campbell, and the grim, atmospheric cinematography. But others will not stand the fantastic elements or the stretched ending.
2023 Films
Godzilla Minus One
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Dennis Schwartz @ dennisschwartzreviews
- Excerpt: A heartfelt gem.
Last Bloom
Panos Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Although some issues can be found throughout “Last Bloom” the sum of pros and cons definitely leans towards the latter, with the regular recipe offering a rewarding, in terms of entertainment, experience, yet once more.
