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: Oct. 18, 2024
Wide (United States)
Exhibiting Forgiveness
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Rumours
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Smile 2
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Expanding (United States)
We Live In Time
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Limited (United States)
Anora
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Madison grabs the spotlight as the sweet paid party girl who turns Tasmanian Devil when threatened and who will put a real human face on the sex worker, her last scene an unexpected tonal shift which casts a new light on all that’s come before.
2024 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
The Apprentice
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Joker: Folie à Deux
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Saturday Night
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The Substance
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Terrifier 3
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The Body Politic
- Excerpt: What’s a city to do?
Bonus Track
- Excerpt: Truth Lies Open to All
Caddo Lake
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: It makes for an extremely hopeful film despite the looming darkness brought on by past ghosts and present anger. By meeting these characters at their most jaded and closed off, there’s nowhere else to go but the clarity of healing.
Daddy’s Head
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: What we’re seeing is the catalyst for change without any of the change. It’s like a ninety-minute introduction to the real tough drama that skips past it for a quick, bow-tied conclusion instead.
Escape from Extinction: Rewilding
- Excerpt: Can we still win this war?
Evolution of the Black Quarterback
- Excerpt: History in the Making
Falling Stars
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: It’s a solid result with some compelling yet minimal world-building to help the conceit feel lived-in even if the moments providing it don’t have much bearing on the plot itself.
Frewaka
Greedy People
Dennis Schwartz @ dennisschwartzreviews
- Excerpt: A minor crime film, with a dark humor and some laughs.
Hellboy: The Crooked Man
Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: It’s not horrible because it’s offensively incompetent, but rather because it had an intriguing concept, a good source and a solid cast, and it used it all to develop a tedious, at times incoherent and disappointing experience.
It’s What’s Inside
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: Just watched the body-swapping thriller and now I wish I could swap bodies with someone who didn’t.
Mad About the Boy
- Excerpt: Well-groomed, witty and decadent
Me, Myself & the Void
The Outrun
Gregory Carlson @ southpawfilmworks.net
Piece by Piece
Candice Frederick @ HuffPost
Harrison Martin @ Flixfrog
- Excerpt: Piece by Piece is a brilliant and bold entry in the Lego Movie franchise. Every scene brought a smile to my face. I didn’t realize how funny Pharrell is.
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Benjamin Ree not only recreates a life after death, he makes a strong case for digital connection in a film he keeps visually interesting…with animated recreations of Mats’ World of Warfare sessions culled from a 42,000 page gaming archive.
Stolen Time
- Excerpt: Who’s to blame?
The Summer with Carmen
- Excerpt: Movie script 101
The Surfer
This Is Not a War Story
- Excerpt: Two lost souls
Woman of the Hour
- Excerpt: Anna Kendrick’s solid directorial debut, Woman of the Hour, is a tough, uncomfortable examination of patriarchal misogyny and sexism.
2023 Films
My Partner
- Excerpt: Everybody paddles together
