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: Feb. 25, 2022
Wide (United States)
Cyrano
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Studio 666
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Limited (United States)
2021 Oscar Nominated Shorts
Mark Hobin (Animation) @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: This year’s selection of animation shorts came with a boldface warning: * for mature audiences only. They’re not kidding.
The Burning Sea
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
- Excerpt: The Burning Sea has a great deal to recommend it; thrills and spectacle and looming peril. Still, it never fully lives up to its potential.
The Desperate Hour
Thomasena Farrar @ MusicMoviesThoughts.com
- Excerpt: It’s fast paced and intriguing, but unfortunately watered down by the preachiness in which the final act culminates.
2022 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
Death on the Nile
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Dog
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Marry Me
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Moonfall
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Uncharted
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Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
- Excerpt: quick, quirky, and inventive
Clean
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
- Excerpt: A nice looking, competently constructed film, it nevertheless plays like a collection of familiar beats from better movies.
Cosmic Dawn
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
- Excerpt: This would be a fun movie to watch in a basement with a fistful of mushrooms
Downfall: The Case Against Boeing
Betty Jo Tucker @ ReelTalk Movie Reviews
- Excerpt: This terrific documentary is one of the scariest films I’ve seen in a long time! But it’s definitely a movie that matters.
Facing Monsters
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
- Excerpt: Facing Monsters captures all this splendor, all this peril, as well as one man’s connection to the waves that runs as deep as any ocean.
Hard Hit
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: The story has an identity of its own, combining strong direction, editing, action choreography, and performances to keep us engaged.
Hellbender
- Excerpt: Hellbender is a lo-fi punk rock horror assault on the senses that marks yet another fascinating entry in the coming-of-witch subgenre
Hellbender
Kimi
- Excerpt: Kimi might be the first great pandemic-era thriller.
Kimi
Thomasena Farrar @ MusicMoviesThoughts.com
- Excerpt: A tightly woven narrative, penned by David Koepp, that perfectly plays out in 1 hour and 29 minutes, “Kimi” conveniently and cleverly uses the current pandemic, its isolation, the main character’s agoraphobia, and a web of digital intrigue to create an interesting and thrilling story.
The Last Bus
Kirsten Hawkes @ Parent Previews
Maika
Sebastian Zavala @ Cinencuentro.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Maika is for the kids, for them to identify with the characters, and for them to dream of meeting an alien who helps them grow up. And in that sense, the film works quite well.
Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliche
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
- Excerpt: . This is wonderful documentary, for fans of Poly Stryrene’s music as well as anyone else.
Seobok
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
- Excerpt: A bit long in places, Lee’s film remains compelling and moving throughout, deftly using its characters to personify and present its ideas.
Shattered
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
- Excerpt: That’s the best way to describe Shattered; it could have been fun.
Strawberry Mansion
- Excerpt: A deeply weird and visually striking journey into the subconscious, Strawberry Mansion packs more imagination into one scene than many films with far bigger budgets do in their entire running time. And while that doesn’t mean everything about it works, it does mean you won’t be able to tear your eyes away while watching it.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: This may appeal to completionists wanting their Leatherface fix, but I don’t know if it’s going to win over any newcomers.
Warhunt
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
- Excerpt: War, dead Nazis, blood-drinking witches, cursed woods, spooky magic shit, mystery, just a smidge of cannibalism, Micky Rourke in a shiny eyepatch; Warhunt has a little bit of everything. And while certainly not for everyone, damn if it doesn’t kind of rule.
We Need to Talk About Cosby
Gregory Carlson @ southpawfilmworks.net
2021 Films
CODA
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The Eyes of Tammy Faye
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Flee
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Titane
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The Worst Person in the World
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Bingo Hell
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: Bingo Hell isn’t only a vehicle just for the sake of casting older actors, its story and plot revolve around the reality that it isn’t only the young who want to save our collective future from capitalist greed, there are plenty of older folks who’d rather go down swinging than sell out their homes, their neighbourhoods/neighbours, or their cultures.
Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Hard Hit
Sebastian Zavala @ Cinencuentro.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: It takes advantage of its premise quite well, developing an occasionally tense, visually neat, and very well acted narrative.
