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 3, 2024
Wide (United States)
The Fall Guy
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Boy Kills World
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Challengers
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The First Omen
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The Greatest Hits
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Late Night with the Devil
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Sasquatch Sunset
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Wicked Little Letters
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Cash Out
- Excerpt: Cash Out contains a high-powered cast but squanders their talents with every passing second.
The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Arnow structures the film as short vignettes stacked up. There’s an idiosyncratic rhythm as a result that augments both the dry humor and threat of tedium. I do think Arnow does a good job keeping things fun, though.
Film Is Dead. Long Live Film!
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: made me nostalgic for the early days of Reeling when one of our crew members, a collector himself, would screen film prints in his dusty old basement, friends crammed together on old kitchen chairs amidst rusty tools and cans of paint.
Humane
- Excerpt: While Humane doesn’t feel like a cinematic game-changer in the same way films like Videodrome and Possessor did—the messaging is a bit too heavy-handed and the style not nearly visceral or memorable enough—it’s still a solid contribution to the horror genre from another member of Canada’s freakiest filmmaking family.
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: Henry Cavill leads a charismatic cast in this thrilling blend of action and comedy.
Musica
Dan Stalcup @ The Goods: Film Reviews
- Excerpt: Though shallow as a narrative and confused about its genre, it’s still a fun film to watch as a clever quasi-musical with terrific editing.
Nowhere Special
Jared Mobarak @ The Film Stage
- Excerpt: Norton is wonderful in the role, lending it a vulnerability that shines through the stoic nature of a man doing his best to show no fear.
The Old Oak
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: a fitting capper to Loach’s career…Turner is perfectly cast as the man with empathy…a savvily crafted protagonist whose listening gift as a bartender allows the audience an understanding of the less-than-welcoming locals.
Riddle of Fire
Gregory J. Smalley @ 366 Weird Movies
- Excerpt: …plays out like one of those kid-centered live-action Disney movies of the 70s, if the tykes were foul-mouthed (but still endearing) thieves, and the director was a drugged-out hippie… full of stylistic and cultural references, but somehow still feels largely sui generis.
Spermworld
Gregory Carlson @ southpawfilmworks.net
We Grown Now
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: As [two friends] arrive at an age where they can no longer ignore the injustices done to them while the city escalates the reach of its systemic racism, they must choose to either let the nihilism take hold or continue to dream.
