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. 24, 2023
Wide (United States)
John Wick: Chapter 4
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The Lost King
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Limited (United States)
A Good Person
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Despite a number of character choices which defy credibility, “A Good Person” is an honest portrayal of grief, addiction, forgiveness and accepting personal responsibility and Braff’s best film to date…Pugh has delivered for him in spades
2023 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
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Shazam! Fury of the Gods
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All the World Is Sleeping
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: The second half is thus where the film shines. Those glimpses into the past solidify into memories, the generational trauma and economic strife showing just how quickly someone can get caught in a systemically broken cycle of poverty and addiction.
Appendage
- Excerpt: Appendage didn’t work for me. While I can praise the creature design and give the cast an A for effort, stretching this 6 minute story into an hour-and-a-half cheap-looking film might have been a mistake.
Boston Strangler
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: This takes the true crime element and reconfigures it as a study of gender dynamics, the balance between the police and media, and the determination of those working to crack the case.
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: Underwhelming, despite strong central performances.
Full River Red
Jared Mobarak @ The Film Stage
- Excerpt: So, for every person who finds the [comedic] tone helps make this mystery feel breezier than you expect, there’s bound to be another who cannot separate [its] surface distraction from an otherwise highly convoluted tapestry of convenient twists and turns.
Inside
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: Willem Dafoe is one of the few actors who can command the screen all by himself. That’s precisely what he does in Inside, a one-man movie that allows him to give an awe-inspiring tour de force performance.
Kuttey
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Leave
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: The answers ultimately come very quickly at the eleventh hour, tidily wrapping up what is an overly drawn-out narrative of repetitive examples of patriarchal domineering. I think von Rittberg [does] a good job keeping us invested, though.
The Magician’s Elephant
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: It’s not that this film does anything wrong – it’s that it doesn’t really do much of anything at all.
The Magician’s Elephant
- Excerpt: From the encounter with the fortune teller, who gently guides Peter to make sure he shapes his one question to get the most helpful response to the lessons he learns about accepting help, about learning from failure, about “what if?” as a path to re-framing the question, and, most of all, about factoring in the needs of others, we see all of the elements that go into finding solutions, even if they are not the solution you thought you were aiming for.
Moving On
- Excerpt: On the one hand, it undeniably has its moments of insight. On the other, it settles far too often for first-choice plot turns and gags so familiar you can pretty much call them out in advance…
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: Watching these two screen legends get even is way more fun than watching them go to the Super Bowl.
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Fonda is fantastic in the lead role, reliving horrors and exorcising demons. Tomlin is just as good, stealing so many scenes with an unmatched delivery and timing.
Rodeo
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: It’s about finding a purpose beyond the status quo and the existential crisis born from being a part of a family that only fosters equality amongst those who are forced to serve. And there isn’t a single inauthentic moment.
Ten Little Mistresses
Bavner Donaldo @ Cinejour [Indonesian]
Wildflower
Sarah Gopaul @ Digital Journal
- Excerpt: She’s a witty young woman, and tells her tale with humour and adept self-awareness.
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: The script [is] cavalier at times with its subject matter, but that shouldn’t be surprising since effect being positioned above cause is its modus operandi. Its first goal is to entertain and that inherently undercuts its dramatic potency.
2022 Films
Armageddon Time
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The Banshees of Inisherin
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
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Vengeance
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Women Talking
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Asia’s Elephant Whisperer: The Last Mahout
- Excerpt: Beauty of the beasts
Devotion
- Excerpt: Such an educational, inspiring, and moving story. Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell are astounding and J.D. Dillard’s direction is impactful.
Raymond & Ray
Mark Leeper @ Mark Leeper’s Reviews
- Excerpt: In RAYMOND & RAY, the title characters (played by Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke) are two very different half-brothers on a road trip to their father’s funeral. The brothers use the time to vent their anger at each other and at their father, and of course family secrets are also discussed and revealed, as is predictable in this sort of film.
