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: Sep. 15, 2023
Wide (United States)
A Haunting in Venice
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The Inventor
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Limited (United States)
Cassandro
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: [the director’s] chosen the perfect star in Bernal, who projects all the personal and professional hurt absorbed by the man yet performs in the ring with the flamboyant flourishes and technical proficiency that made Cassandro a star.
2023 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
Barbie
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The Boogeyman
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Bottoms
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Evil Dead Rise
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The Little Mermaid
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No Hard Feelings
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Strays
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The Beanie Bubble
João Pinto @ Portal Cinema [Portuguese]
Between Two Worlds
- Excerpt: Binoche is convincing in the role of Marianne, and the screenplay by Carrère and Hèléne Devynck provides her with an interesting cast of supporting characters, most of them played by non-professionals
Cobweb
João Pinto @ Portal Cinema [Portuguese]
The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future
Gregory J. Smalley @ 366 Weird Movies
- Excerpt: Fans of cows singing songs will surely be satisfied… The rest of us will at least be willing to hear the movie out: it contains much intriguing strangeness, while also held back a bit by a tangled thicket of themes and the sometimes underwhelming familial drama.
The Dive
MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: Intermittent moments of fleeting suspense punctuate literal and figurative murkiness (I gave up trying to figure out what was going on) as it flails around trying to pad itself out to feature length.
The Eternal Memory
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: although “The Eternal Memory” parallels a nation’s history with one man’s, the film is most notable for the deep love story between the man whose memory is fading and the woman determined he remember her.
Ghosted
João Pinto @ Portal Cinema [Portuguese]
Jawan
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: Action thriller, drama, romance, musical, comedy, and political commentary all into one explosive spectacle.
The Last Voyage of Dementer
João Pinto @ Portal Cinema [Portuguese]
Mad Cats
- Excerpt: Reiki Tsuno’s action-comedy provides a few pretty good chuckles, but never takes full advantage of its zany premise.
Mon Crime
João Pinto @ Portal Cinema [Portuguese]
My Animal
MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: A mysterious, mournful film about proscribed teenaged-girlhood and feral female sexuality. Theres nothing entirely original here, but what it has to say, it says with enormous confidence and panache.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
New Life
- Excerpt: John Rosman’s debut patiently and excitingly doles out narrative threads to unfurl into a gripping thriller.
The Night of the 12th
João Pinto @ Portal Cinema [Portuguese]
The Nun II
Andrea Chase @ KillerMovieReviews.com
- Excerpt: An effort that is not a complete waste of time. It is a superbly shot film, and directed with a certain understated flair by Michael Chaves, who, along with Taissa Farmiga, gets about as much as can be extracted from an anemic script. The result is decidedly underwhelming, verging on dull despite all the ickiness.
The Offering
João Pinto @ Portal Cinema [Portuguese]
Pleasure
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Rapture
Panos Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “Rapture” is a film distinctly addressed to festivals, which does highlight, however a number of interesting comments through an approach that is particularly intriguing if messy, especially due to the impressive visuals.
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Satanic Hispanics
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Hispanic Satanics,” while uneven, is more entertaining than most, surprisingly effective when its horror becomes comedic and a great showcase for Latino talent – as the marketing states, this movie is Latino ‘AF.’
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Satyaprem Ki Katha
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Sitting in Bars with Cake
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: The film does have its qualities, and for that I’m giving a recommendation. I just have this nagging suspicion that there is a deeper, more insightful movie hidden here.
Solutions
- Excerpt: There’s lots of good ideas in this movie, but one thing you shouldn’t come looking for is diversity.
Thank You for Coming
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: A poignant coming-of-age tale about a teen girl produced by Adam Sandler. I know, I’m surprised too.
2022 Films
Do Over
Panos Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Despite the aforementioned merits, “Do Over” as a whole makes very little sense, at least as a feature film, resulting in a spectacle that is quite hard to follow after a point due to its repetitious and melodramatic nature.
