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: Mar. 22, 2024
Wide (United States)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
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Immaculate
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Late Night with the Devil
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Limited (United States)
Riddle of Fire
- Excerpt: Shot through with the warm amber hue of nostalgia—and not just because it was captured on Kodak 16mm film, with all of the rich color and texture that entails—Riddle of Fire is a giddy romp through the woods of rural Wyoming that harkens back to the best kid-focused fantasy flicks of yesteryear, the kinds of original movies that modern Hollywood has largely abandoned in favor of bloated blockbusters based on established intellectual property.
2024 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
Arthur the King
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Bob Marley: One Love
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Dune: Part Two
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Love Lies Bleeding
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Madame Web
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One Life
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The American Society of Magical Negroes
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
Asleep in My Palm
The Book of Solutions
Club Zero
- Excerpt: Starring Mia Wasikowska in a delightfully bizarre performance as a teacher introducing her privileged pupils to the concept of “conscious eating,” Club Zero focuses on a group of students full of youthful idealism and the desire to improve the world around them—a desire that is hijacked by Wasikowska’s character and transformed into something far more sinister.
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Exhuma
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Jang packs so much into his script that Western audiences may begin to lose patience in the film’s second half, but he has an ace up his sleeve with Choi Min-Sik, the actor’s charismatic performance keeping us rooting for him…
- Excerpt: Exhuma rises above the horror genre with heart, purpose… and some scares to fit the bill.
Farewell, Mister Haffmann
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: “Farewell, Mister Haffmann’s” filmmakers and cast will keep you guessing until the last in this unconventional WWII psychological thriller.
Inshallah a Boy
- Excerpt: …the film’s real focus is on Nawal and how, despite being greeted by new obstacles at every turn, she remains determined to claim a life for herself and her daughter.
Just Getting By
Bev Questad @ itsjustmovies.com
- Excerpt: “Just Getting By” aptly points out that we only weaken ourselves when we don’t take care of our own foundational needs.
Knox Goes Away
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: Contains plenty of good performances trapped in a narrative that never shifts out of first gear.
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Is [the main plot emotionally] convenient? Yes. Of course. But Keaton and Poirier do enough to render those conveniences into backdrop. What John does to outrun them is what matters.
Kung Fu Panda 4
Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: It is a digestible, entertaining sequel, with a fast pace and clear motivations. Its central theme—how one must cope with change—should resonate with both children and adults.
Merry Christmas
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Problemista
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: Despite a fiery supporting performance from Tilda Swinton, Julio Torres’ first feature film, Problemista, feels like it hasn’t worked out all its kinks yet. Unique and personal but mired by amateur execution, this immigrant comedy-drama just can’t quite get off the ground.
Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island
- Excerpt: Hutner’s film offers an alternative history of the meltdown at Three Mile Island, with a focus not on the cause of the accident or the official reports on what happened (although they are quoted from time to time) but the effects on the people who lived nearby.
Road House
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: This is a glossy B-level movie that is over the top, bloody, and a bit of a mess. Sometimes, that’s all we want.
Sew Torn
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: A crafty midnight movie about the choices we make inevitably leading to doom, ‘Sew Torn’ is a ripping calling card for director Freddy Macdonald and his future storytelling prowess.
Snack Shack
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: While SNACK SHACK has its moments of sentimentality and familiarity, it never falls prey to bringing its conventions to life conventionally.
Uproar
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: The ambition to tackle heavy themes make this an engaging and heartfelt viewing experience.
You’ll Never Find Me
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: With dueling unreliable narrators cycling through brief periods of camaraderie alternating with distrust, the film creates great tension, allowing it to slacken then clenching us in its grip again.
2023 Films
20 Days in Mariupol
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American Symphony
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Beyond Utopia
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The Iron Claw
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May December
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Origin
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Perfect Days
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Robot Dreams
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Rustin
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Four Daughters
Bev Questad @ itsjustmovies.com
- Excerpt: While “Four Daughters” does provide a startling and creatively filmed window on the potential effects of female abuse and repression and how that may relate to extremism, it is a subjective, idiosyncratic account that lacks the lens and objectivity of a true documentary.
Lord of Misrule
Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Much could have been done with all this material, but “Lord of Misrule” ends up doing very little, resulting in an occasionally interesting experience, but one generally lacking in ambition and atmosphere.
Monster
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: Renowned filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda delivers an intriguing psychological drama that constantly contradicts our comprehension of the truth.
The Promised Land
Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: A thrilling historical drama that works on a visceral, intellectual and emotional level, and that immerses us in a world that feels very foreign, but that in several aspects, unfortunately, is still very similar to ours.
Strange Way of Life
The Teacher’s Lounge
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ SpiritualityandPractice.com
- Excerpt: Portrait of a school in crisis that mirrors clashes in the larger society between authorities in power and those accused of wrongdoing.
