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. 4, 2024
Wide (United States)
Joker: Folie à Deux
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Limited (United States)
Leap of Faith
Christopher Reed @ Film Festival Today
- Excerpt: Leap of Faith features stunning cinematography (shot by four different camera people). Even the interiors showcase beautiful compositions and lighting.
The Outrun
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Adapting Amy Liptrot’s memoir with the author, director Nora Fingscheidt gives us a fractured character study consisting of childhood memories, the more recent London past, the Orkney present and Rona’s interior thoughts arranged in shuffle mode.
2024 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
Alien: Romulus
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Blink Twice
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Deadpool & Wolverine
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Fly Me to the Moon
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In a Violent Nature
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Longlegs
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Megalopolis
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My Old Ass
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A Quiet Place: Day One
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Speak No Evil
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The Substance
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Transformers One
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The Wild Robot
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Wolfs
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AfrAId
Herman Dhaliwal @ Cinema Sanctum
Anora
Christopher Cross @ Asynchronous Media
Azrael
Sebastian Zavala @ Cinencuentro.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: It works thanks to its rich concept, the highly visual development of its story, the disgusting gore and moments of tension it delivers, and of course, a great performance by Samara Weaving, who should already be a Hollywood star.
A Different Man
Farragut Forward
- Excerpt: This is a “getting the gang back together” adventure that you don’t want to miss out on.
Grand Tour
Paulo Portugal @ insider.pt [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: O cinema é uma viagem. Uma viagem do cinema. Que se faz no tempo e no espaço. É a partir do virtuosismo cinematográfico de Miguel Gomes que se constrói a refinada exploração artística que faz de Grand Tour o seu mais fascinante exercício de cinema.
Greedy People
House of Spoils
- Excerpt: In their second film together, writer-directors Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy serve up a clashing menu featuring both pulpy campfire-tale marshmallows and the Michelin-chasing dishes of a spiraling, hubristic chef.
Matt and Mara
Christopher Cross @ Asynchronous Media
Memory
Diego Salgado @ Sofilm [Spanish]
Never Let Go
Herman Dhaliwal @ Cinema Sanctum
Nickel Boys
Kenji Fujishima @ Slant Magazine
Queer
Dennis Schwartz @ dennisschwartzreviews
- Excerpt: Craig’s performance is crazy good.
Rebel Ridge
Herman Dhaliwal @ Cinema Sanctum
Sleep
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Yu understands that a potentially mentally unstable Soo-jin will match the violence of a potentially possessed Hyun-su. That’s the true horror: that humanity can be just as terrifying as any malevolent spirit.
Strange Harvest – Occult Murder in the Inland Empire
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Remove the cosmic aspects and you do feel like you’re on this bloody ride of murder as captured by [cameras]. It’s just impossible to do so when the film leans into its “Lovecraftian” appeal so hard that the marketing push uses it as a selling point.
The Universal Theory
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Whereas most [multiverse] examples focus on a single vantage with which to designate superiority (a “true” timeline), Kröger leans into the chaotic nature inherent to the collective ignorance of believing ourselves to be the protagonist.
V/H/S/Beyond
Wolfs
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: On occasion, seeing movie stars simply be movie stars is enough to make for an enjoyable experience. Of course, the mileage may vary from person to person.
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: The long-awaited reunion of Brad Pitt & George Clooney on screen together, but it’s a dull crime caper filled with bickering, not brilliance.
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: WOLFS won’t be winning any Oscars, but it’s an entertaining lark with two game actors playing to their age despite their pedigree … not instead of it.
