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. 22, 2023
Wide (United States)
It Lives Inside
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Expanding (United States)
Dumb Money
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: director Craig Gillespie’s (“Lars and the Real Girl,” “I, Tonya”) latest social comedy is a well laid out instructional on the Gamestop stock phenomenon that plays like “The Big Short” for Dummies
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: Dumb Money has a lot going for it, including one of the more compelling ensemble casts of 2023, and Gillespie finds broad mainstream appeal in his approach, but it’s hard to say if his humorous stylings is the appropriate avenue for such an inflammatory subject.
2023 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
Bottoms
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A Haunting in Venice
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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
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American Fiction
The Battle of Chile
Paulo Portugal @ Insider [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: O dia 11 de Setembro antes do dia 11 de Setembro. Se essa data, em 2001, poderá ser considerada como um outro ‘dia da infâmia’ (o ‘outro’ fora baptizado no dia do bombardeamento japonês a Pearl Harbor), a verdade é que mais de duas décadas antes, a democracia recebia um duro golpe com a violenta tomada do poder no Chile pelo ditador Augusto Pinochet, derrubando o governo socialista de Salvador Allende, depois de goradas as tentativas manipulação política. Passaram agora precisamente 50 anos.
El Conde
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: It is equal parts beautiful, funny, and grotesque. It takes real world villains and repurposes them into over the top caricatures.
The Equalizer 3
David “DC” Bolling @ DC’s Take
- Excerpt: Even though this third installment lacks an exciting narrative this time, The Equalizer 3 continues the franchise’s strength in showcasing Denzel Washington’s performance as an action hero, bringing the series to conclude with a mixed bag.
The Good Mother
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: The film is an empty calorie page-turner. A primetime movie of the week that forgets its compelling true-life tragedies are worth more than being rendered as color for generic twists and turns.
Mandoob
Aren Bergstrom @ 3 Brothers Film
- Excerpt: A compelling character piece with a refreshing dose of comedy that has the added benefit of letting Western viewers see Saudi Arabia on its own terms.
Neeyat
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Radical Wolfe
- Excerpt: Richard Dewey’s Tom Wolfe Doc Celebrates His Journalistic Bravery But Doesn’t Emulate It.
Rebel
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: With long-takes and stunningly choreographed music video-esque interludes, the filmmakers are using every cinematic trick in the book to overwhelm us [emotionally] into investing in the Wasakis’ plight.
Rotting in the Sun
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: When ROTTING IN THE SUN is funny, though, it’s very funny. Its pieces might overshadow the whole, but some of them are so good that sitting through the rest becomes a necessity.
Snow Leopard
Aren Bergstrom @ 3 Brothers Film
- Excerpt: Snow Leopard is a mysterious, quiet drama with an intoxicating visual style that makes the Tibetan plateau seem like a magical realm pitched above the world—which it kind of is.
Wildcat
Aren Bergstrom @ 3 Brothers Film
- Excerpt: It’s unlikely Wildcat will become adored down the line to the level of O’Connor’s writing, but it’s a film that is serious about art, which is something of a rarity in contemporary cinema.
Woman of the Hour
2022 Films
My Blue Summer
Bavner Donaldo @ Cinejour [Indonesian]
