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: May 17, 2024
Wide (United States)
Back to Black
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IF
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Limited (United States)
Babes
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Director Pamela Adlon makes the leap to the big screen with a film that does for motherhood what “Bridesmaids” did for female wedding parties…justifies its ick factor with its warts-and-all approach to birthing babies.
2024 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
Dune: Part Two
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The Fall Guy
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
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The Big Bend
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Considering that many of its themes are quite serious, Wagner also throws in some laugh-out-loud moments while cinematographer Paul Atkins (“Voyage of Time”) evokes mysterious implications from the astounding natural landscape.
La Chimera
Gregory Carlson @ southpawfilmworks.net
Dario Argento: Panico
Gregory J. Smalley @ 366 Weird Movies
- Excerpt: …gives you exactly what you would expect from this kind of biodoc: choice clips, some behind-the-scenes stuff, and a bunch of talking heads saying nice things about its subject (while awkwardly trying to avoid talking much about his twenty-first century work).
Force of Nature: The Dry 2
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: FORCE OF NATURE might be a solid continuation of Falk’s mythology, but it’s also proof that the same franchise IP potential used to help sales can hinder a story’s ability to succeed on its own.
I Saw the TV Glow
- Excerpt: I Saw the TV Glow lives up to the hype: an intensely Lynchian horror film that delivers on the promise Schoenbrun showed in We’re All Going to the World’s Fair while spinning a stunning, shimmering tale of teenage angst, suburban ennui, queer identity, and the solace sought in the strange world of a mysterious television show.
The Idea of You
- Excerpt: Features a clichéd rom-com narrative, but the chemistry between Hathaway and Galitzine might captivate some viewers.
The Last Stop in Yuma County
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: It’s a fantastic cast of actors lending some humor, anxiety, and calm to the proceedings. You never know what will happen when someone takes a wrong step and a gun gets fired.
The Roundup: Punishment
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: This one might be the tamest so far (I still haven’t seen THE OUTLAWS), but it’s still a lot of fun. Park Ji-hwan steals the show. Kim Mu-yeol is brutally menacing. And Don Lee is having a blast.
Turtles All The Way Down
Dennis Schwartz @ dennis schwartz reviews
- Excerpt: More ludicrous than perceptive.
Wildcat
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Ethan Hawke has weighted the film in favor of O’Connor’s stories, leaving their writer still something of a mystery…but if the Hawkes’ goal was to engage the public with Flannery O’Connor’s writing, they succeeded.
2022 Films
The Almond and the Seahorse
- Excerpt: The film does what it wants to without fanfare or huge dramatics; it takes us past disabilities to the humans within.
