Because of embargoes, a lot of our critics aren’t able to share links with you until release day. Here are some last-minute reviews for this weekend’s upcoming films. We’ve kept in all the reviews posted yesterday as well so you can have more help in deciding what to see (if you haven’t already).
Our critics have been hard at work reviewing the latest films. Here is a look at what’s coming out this weekend (in select cities, check your local listings) and what else may be in theaters right now.
Opening: Feb. 12-14, 2016
Wide (United States)
Deadpool
[New Reviews Today] For member reviews of this film, follow this link
How to Be Single
[New Reviews Today] For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Zoolander 2
[New Reviews Today] For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Expanding (United States)
Southbound
[New Reviews Today] For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Limited (United States)
Fitoor
[New Today] Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
A War
David Bax @ Battleship Pretension
- Excerpt: With its moral dilemma of a fulcrum and its motif of a marriage tested by the duty and distance of a soldiering husband, Tobias Lindholm’s A War bears all the markings of a topical, made-for-television melodrama. Yet with his lean, deliberate narrative and aesthetic choices, Lindholm has stripped the story down to its most powerful essence.
[New Today] Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: A drama that raises ethically telling questions about war, conscience, compassion, and heroism.
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Without judgement, we’re shown how rules of engagement, both followed and broken, can lead to the loss of innocent lives.
Where to Invade Next
[New Reviews Today] For member reviews of this film, follow this link
2015 & 2016 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
For member reviews of this film, follow this link
3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets
For member reviews of this film, follow this link
The 5th Wave
For member reviews of this film, follow this link
88th Oscars: Nominated Shorts
For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong
Anomalisa
[New Reviews Today] For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Bad Hurt
Jennie Kermode @ Eye For Film
Jared Mobarak @ The Film Stage
- Excerpt: It’s a heartbreaking trajectory containing very affecting scenes. Some of the particulars pile on more taboos than maybe one film should carry–see Kent’s demons–but everything that occurs does so in order for the cast to earn their salaries.
The Big Short
For member reviews of this film, follow this link
The Boy
For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Boy and the World
[New Reviews Today] For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Bridge of Spies
[New Reviews Today] For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Brooklyn
[New Reviews Today] For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Cartel Land
For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Chi-Raq
[New Reviews Today] For member reviews of this film, follow this link
The Club
For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Concussion
[New Reviews Today] For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Crimson Peak
[New Reviews Today] For member reviews of this film, follow this link
The Cut
[New Reviews Today] For member reviews of this film, follow this link
The Danish Girl
For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Democrats
Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
Dope
[New Reviews Today] For member reviews of this film, follow this link
The Duke of Burgundy
For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Experimenter
[New Reviews Today] For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Finders Keepers
For member reviews of this film, follow this link
The Finest Hours
For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Fort Buchanan
Frame by Frame
Glassland
[New Today] Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: A moving drama that reveals the struggles of a compassionate caregiver at the end of his rope.
The Good Dinosaur
For member reviews of this film, follow this link
The Green Inferno
[New Reviews Today] For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Hail, Caesar!
[New Reviews Today] For member reviews of this film, follow this link
The Hateful Eight
For member reviews of this film, follow this link
The Hunting Ground
For member reviews of this film, follow this link
I’ll See You in My Dreams
[New Reviews Today] For member reviews of this film, follow this link
In Jackson Heights
Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
Jane Got a Gun
Cole Smithey @ ColeSmithey.com
- Excerpt: [VIDEOI ESSAY] The film is less a blend of genres than one big mess.
Jem and the Holograms
[New Reviews Today] For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Joy
For member reviews of this film, follow this link
The Lady in the Van
[New Reviews Today] For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Mojave
[New Reviews Today] For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Nina Forever
[New Today] James Jay Edwards @ FilmFracture
[New Today] Donald Jay Levit @ ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: Nina Forever would be funny if it wasn’t so disturbing, and it would be disturbing if it wasn’t so funny.
[New Today] Kristy Puchko @ Pajiba, Comic Book Resources
- Excerpt: Nina Forever is so rich with paradox—being ghastly yet gorgeous, sick yet sexy, disturbing yet tender—that it crackles with a dangerous charm and refuses to be forgotten.
Noble
[New Today] Stefan Pape @ HeyUGuys
Office
The Pearl Button
For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Portrait of a Serial Monogamist
[New Today] Dustin Jansick @ Way Too Indie
- Excerpt: Good intentions aren’t enough to overcome a clumsy execution in this light-hearted indie comedy.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
[New Reviews Today] For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Prince
Rabid Dogs
- Excerpt: What this French redo of Mario Bava’s 1974 heist thriller lacks in plot it more than makes up for in flashy camerawork, energy … Hitchcock would have cued us to the twist ending earlier.
Racing Extinction
MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: A horror flick about the blundering of humanity on a scale so enormous that global warming is only a small part of it. But its monster is not unconquerable.
Regression
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
The Revenant
For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Room
[New Reviews Today] For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Spotlight
For member reviews of this film, follow this link
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
For member reviews of this film, follow this link
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
2016 Films (Coming Soon)
Ghayal Once Again
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
The Greasy Strangler
Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story
- Excerpt: Doc pays tribute to the unsung heroes in the film industry.
I Am Belfast
Living Stars
Mammal
Man vs Snake: The Long and Twisted Tale of Nibbler
Manchester by the Sea
Mountains May Depart
[New Today] Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: An ambitious film about three critical times in the life of a Chinese woman, mirroring changes in modern China.
Jennie Kermode @ Eye For Film
[New Today] Donald Jay Levit @ ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Nichts passiert
Alan Mattli @ Maximum Cinema [German]
- Excerpt: Thematically, there is an atmosphere of departure that’s refreshing to see in Swiss cinema. In terms of how it’s executed, however, ‘Nichts passiert’ checks the all too familiar boxes of Swiss mediocrity.
Oddball and the Penguins
[New Today] Stefan Pape @ HeyUGuys
Reverso
Diego Salgado @ Guía del Ocio [Spanish]
These Daughters of Mine
This Is Bossa Nova
Cole Smithey @ ColeSmithey.com
- Excerpt: [VIDEO ESSAY] The pure delight of hearing Bossa Nova played on nylon-stringed guitars by veteran masters of the music, is more than sufficient reason to learn about this relatively young music’s vibrant history.
