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. 27, 2024
Wide (United States)
Lee
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Megalopolis
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The Wild Robot
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Expanding (United States)
My Old Ass
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Limited (United States)
Sleep
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Writer/director Jason Yu (assistant director, “Okja”) makes his feature directorial debut with a K-Horror that is at once familiar in its themes yet gives us an eerie new threat in a loving spouse.
- Excerpt: Jason Yu’s ghost story Sleep relies on the considerable strength of his direction and script, not to mention two solid and powerful lead performances.
2024 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
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Late Night with the Devil
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The Substance
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Transformers One
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After: Poetry Destroys Silence
- Excerpt: A marvellous collage of real misery and hope, one line at a time
All We Imagine as Light
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
The Animal Kingdom
Gregory J. Smalley @ 366 Weird Movies
- Excerpt: The movie may refuse to unfurl its metaphor, but its moral is clear. ‘The Animal Kingdom’ is, ironically, humanistic.
Apartment 7A
Bone Lake
The Critic
- Excerpt: Only the greats are remembered
Crumb Catcher
- Excerpt: What’s a viewer to do with no one to like?
A Different Man
Andrea Chase @ KillerMovieReviews.com
- Excerpt: A masterpiece of semiotics and satire.
The Draft!
Eureka
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: It’s a contemplative piece that moves at a glacial pace to live in its anguished weariness. Alonso and company are simply holding up a mirror onto the burden carried upon the exasperated shoulders of the displaced and marginalized.
His Three Daughters
- Excerpt: Three of the finest actresses in movies play three grieving sisters in the very moving “His Three Daughters.”
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: It makes sense this account would succeed on TV, given its episodic structure. However, the prospect of three more chapters of this tedious saga is not appealing.
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
- Excerpt: You’re my first place.
In the Summers
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Latin rapper René “Residente” Pérez Joglar is phenomenal in his acting debut…there is no denying the power of the carefully layered incidents which form the portrayal of a flawed man who nonetheless gave his daughters everything he could.
Killer’s Game
Dennis Schwartz @ dennisschwartzreviews
- Excerpt: The over-the-top film left me feeling a bit dizzy and not feeling any emotional depth.
Not Not Jazz
- Excerpt: You can always go deeper
Omni Loop
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: It’s a much deeper role than you might initially assume, and Parker excels at delivering that complexity at the perfect moments. Edebiri, Harris Yulin, and the rest of the cast provide wonderful support, but this is Parker’s film.
Parvulos
Salem’s Lot
- Excerpt: Salem’s Lot rises after years in the dark, a vampire tale with no heart and no stakes.
Seeking Mavis Beacon
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: That complexity is what drives this detective story away from the search for Renée and towards an introspective look at the changing landscape of representation, deep fakes, and truth.
Steppenwolf
Strange Harvest: Occult Murder in the Inland Empire
Studio One Forever
- Excerpt: A landmark in time
A Very Royal Scandal
- Excerpt: You live with the consequences of your actions, sir.
What Happened to Dorothy Bell?
Will & Harper
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
Wolfs
- Excerpt: Two old pros play two old pros in the irresistible “Wolfs,” basically an hour and 40 minutes of George Clooney and Brad Pitt bickering plus some crime stuff (drugs, chases, shooting), and there’s nothing wrong with that. On the contrary, it is delightfully entertaining.
- Excerpt: It’s a star vehicle intent on dulling its leads’ shine, a slick blockbuster relying on narrative and visual restrictions, a cynical movie about the power of friendship. And yet, even as Wolfs undermines itself, it’s a charmingly prickly (or charming, despite its prickliness) mess.
Sebastian Zavala @ Cinencuentro.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Wolfs’ doesn’t do anything we haven’t seen before — in fact, it is quite predictable — but it’s done well enough that it doesn’t bore. I expected more from Clooney, Pitt, Ryan and Watts, but the end result isn’t awful either.
2023 Films
Hoard
Sebastian Zavala @ Ventana Indiscreta [Spanish]
- Excerpt: The film presents an unusual and emotionally powerful narrative about toxic relationships. It is an original proposal that offers a profound reflection on the impact of memories and maternal love in extreme conditions.
2022 Films
Name Me Lawand
- Excerpt: Where do I belong? … Here.
