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. 8, 2021
Wide (United States)
No Time to Die
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Limited (United States)
Lamb
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: The debut feature from…Valdimar Jóhannsson plays like a Greek tragedy shot through with Christmas symbolism, “Little Otik” and “Stuart Little” and that the whole doesn’t come off as preposterous is due to the filmmaker’s tonal control.
Charlie Juhl @ Citizen Charlie
- Excerpt: What happens in northern Iceland, stays in northern Iceland
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
- Excerpt: I’m not sure that this is supposed to be a comedy, but I’m not sure it isn’t.
Mass
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Kranz’s behind-the-scenes rigging is visible on the main stage…Plimpton, Isaacs, Birney and Dowd are “Mass’s” reason to congregate.
2021 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
Censor
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Dear Evan Hansen
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The Eyes of Tammy Faye
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Malignant
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The Many Saints of Newark
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Pig
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Venom: Let There Be Carnage
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Bergman Island
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: An exploration of love, creativity, and the power of the imagination as experienced by two filmmakers.
Come From Away
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: An inspiring musical about the transformative power of hospitality and kindness.
Coming Home in the Dark
Herman Dhaliwal @ Cinema Sanctum
- Excerpt: Coming Home In The Dark is not going to be an easy film to recommend. Even being as much of a genre enthusiast myself, there were points in here that caught me off-guard.
Cry Macho
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: A western story about an old cowboy who demonstrates the power of trust and experiences the benefits of gentleness.
Dogs
Ron Wilkinson @ itsjustmovies.com
- Excerpt: A modern Western in the best tradition that pits change against tradition and men against dogs.
The Faithful: The King, the Pope, the Princess
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: A spiritual quest for faith, meaning, and purpose through the images of global icons.
Forever Rich
Betty Jo Tucker @ ReelTalk Movie Reviews
- Excerpt: Too bad we can’t like Rich at all; we almost want to see him fall. His actions mostly make us cringe; we get tired of his hateful binge.
The God Committee
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: A provocative drama about the ethical questions involved in choosing an organ transplant recipient.
Old Henry
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: A classic western that explores the malevolence of family secrets and the yearning for security.
Old Henry
Herman Dhaliwal @ Cinema Sanctum
- Excerpt: What ultimately makes Old Henry worth watching is Tim Blake Nelson, who gets to have a rare lead performance here, and he delivers strong work.
Prisoners of the Ghostland
Christian Long @ Glide Magazine
- Excerpt: A delightfully outlandish western/samurai flick
Small Engine Repair
Ron Wilkinson @ itsjustmovies.com
- Excerpt: A great setting and a powerful message are submerged in facial hair and mumbled lines.
Spencer
Boyd van Hoeij @ The Film Verdict
- Excerpt: Stewart, while not quite offering an eerie copy of the princess’s mannerisms, offers a magnificent portrayal of a woman who’s forced by those around her to be an obedient introvert when she wants nothing more than be a happy-go-lucky extrovert every now and again.
Storm Lake
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: A rousing salute to local newspapers as the glue holding communities together.
Titane
Sarah Gopaul @ Digital Journal
- Excerpt: Watching their relationship grow as he refuses to give up and she’s determined to stay unattached is quite beautiful, even with the backdrop of deception, occasional humour and overall strangeness.
Titane
- Excerpt: ‘Titane’ sees Julia Ducournau use expressive body horror and ostensibly insane plotting to explore the very-real transformative nature of childbearing. A startling and genuinely thrilling work of avant-garde brilliance.
Titane
Gregory J. Smalley @ 366 Weird Movies
- Excerpt: Titane‘s grounded-yet-bizarre story goes in at least two directions you wouldn’t expect.
The Village Detective: A Song Cycle
Ron Wilkinson @ itsjustmovies.com
- Excerpt: Mummified by the sea and the volcanos, a zombie of a movie that refuses to die.
Wanton Want
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
Ron Wilkinson @ itsjustmovies.com
- Excerpt: Themes of betrayal, sex and power are shifted amongst a sea of half remembered events and faces that reassure even as they confuse.
Wife of a Spy
Herman Dhaliwal @ Cinema Sanctum
- Excerpt: It’s a thoroughly compelling portrait of a marriage tested by war and politics, and acts also as a way of reckoning with the atrocities committed under Japanese imperialism, confronting that history, and how a regime can lead people astray, and manipulate them.
Wife of a Spy
Ron Wilkinson @ itsjustmovies.com
- Excerpt: Slow compared to an American pot-boiler, this story has enough soul for any two of the usual spy movies.
