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: Jun. 10, 2022
Wide (United States)
Jurassic World: Dominion
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Limited (United States)
Mad God
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: a mind blowing visual experience, albeit not one for the faint hearted or those looking for a linear narrative. Tippett hasn’t created a story so much as envisioned everything from the Big Bang to earth’s apocalyptic destruction…
The Walk
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: This well meaning but scattershot portrait of South Boston during the 1974 bussing crisis spends more time with its white savior Boston Irish cop’s relationship with childhood friend turned thug ex-con than it does with actual school bussing.
2022 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers
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Crimes of the Future
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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
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Downton Abbey: A New Era
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Emergency
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Happening
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The Lost City
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Men
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The Northman
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2
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Top Gun: Maverick
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
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Watcher
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A Chiara
Jerry Roberts @ Armchair Cinema
- Excerpt: A Chiara from filmmaker Jonas Carpignano is an Italian-language drama that bears an interesting idea. In the midst of teen angst, confusion, changes and discoveries, what would happen if added to that was the revelation that your father was a wanted criminal? What would be your emotional state? How would it hit you psychologically? You might wonder, but as far as A Chiara you might have to seek answers elsewhere.
Along for the Ride
Kirsten Hawkes @ Parent Previews
- Excerpt: This is a good-hearted teen romance flick. The characters are sympathetic, the plot resolution takes some work but doesn’t require crushing levels of angst, and the low-key messages are positive without being preachy.
Benediction
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: : …an engrossing portrait of an artist and his circle which stalls in the man’s youth, never really crossing the finish line.
Benediction
Jared Mobarak @ JaredMobarak.com
- Excerpt: Lowden often provides much more through his performance than the script does through its plotting. It’s enough to remain captivated and begin to understand who Sassoon was, but it also reveals that there’s plenty more to discover.
The Contractor
- Excerpt: The Contractor posits that our capitalistic system absolutely prioritizes the almighty dollar above our humanity, and keeps us rooting for our hero to prove his innate value against a stacked deck.
Dashcam
Jared Mobarak @ JaredMobarak.com
- Excerpt: I want to bash this misguided piece of COVID-panic into the ground and yet its filmmaking earns genuine praise.
Dinner in America
Jared Mobarak @ The Film Stage
- Excerpt: While undoubtably unhinged politically and socially in ways that made me fondly recall the underrated God Bless America, it’s also one of the sweetest love stories I’ve seen in years.
Double Threat
Eiffel
Jerry Roberts @ Armchair Cinema
- Excerpt: The better love story is the one between Eiffel and his most famous work. It is touching that the tower wasn’t built with a functional purpose.
Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Raim has not only constructed a lively and informational documentary about a beloved musical but crafted a love letter to its director. This is the type of work that should captivate anyone interested in cinema, “Fiddler on the Roof” fandom or familiarity not required.
Fire Island
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: With the exception of its Asian racial subtext, director Andrew Ahn does a complete 180 from his sensitive, moving “Driveways” with this fast-paced piece of frothy summer fun.
Heropanti 2
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Hustle
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: While the audience may be able to anticipate every move of the film’s narrative, Sandler’s heartfelt commitment and Zagar’s firm command of his cast, drama and court action combined with Mulligan’s inventive shooting make “Hustle” a real winner.
In Our Prime
- Excerpt: In Our Prime is a bit naive and cliche on occasion, but in the end, emerges as a very entertaining movie in crowd-pleasing fashion, particularly because it is quite easy to watch.
Interceptor
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: The production spent too much time trying to make this a well balance diet when it was begging to be junk food cinema.
Interceptor
Betty Jo Tucker @ ReelTalk Movie Reviews
- Excerpt: We usually see a male actor in action movies like this one. So it’s refreshing to watch Elsa Pataky bring brave Captain Collins to life on screen.
The Janes
Chris Barsanti @ Eyes Wide Open
- Excerpt: A disarmingly cool and matter-of-fact yet utterly crucial documentary about some of the most daring, radical, and largely unsung heroes ever put onscreen.
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
- Excerpt: Frank Marshall and Ryan Suffern’s Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story is a celebration of the Festival, the city that hosts it, and more generally of good music, good food, and taking pleasure in life.
Miracle
- Excerpt: Writer-director Bogdan George Apetri’s latest feature, Miracle, is a thought-provoking exploration of morality and mortality divided neatly into two parts: the first chronicling the lead-up to a devastating crime, the second the investigation that follows. It’s an intriguing storytelling approach with mixed results, one that frustrates and fascinates in equal measure.
My Imaginary Country
Chris Barsanti @ Slant Magazine
- Excerpt: Patricio Guzmán’s documentary leaves open the possibility of a future for Chileans that isn’t beholden to the trauma of history.
Neptune Frost
Jared Mobarak @ JaredMobarak.com
- Excerpt: Williams has injected so much into Neptune Frost that its convoluted structure and opaque surfaces are unavoidable. So too is the infinite room for interpretation and pure sensory excitement.
The Novelist’s Film
- Excerpt: Hong Sang-soo does not reinvent himself with “The Novelist’s Film” but presents another title that highlights how he has perfected his particular style, which is bound to garner awards and attention from festival audiences for many years to come.
Operation Mincemeat
Kirsten Hawkes @ Parent Previews
- Excerpt: Not only does this production illuminate a little-known part of history, it does so with warmth, with, and deep humanity.
The Other Me
Sebastian Zavala @ Ventana Indiscreta [Spanish]
- Excerpt: It’s not an easy film to decipher, but it does have a thematic and emotional dimension that could be satisfying for certain audiences.
The Phantom of Open
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: : resembles the Australian comedy “The Castle” by way of “Happy Gilmore”…after “Don’t Look Up,” Mark Rylance’s approach to comedy appears to be popping in a dental appliance and acting spacey and the filmmakers’ cuddly approach rings false.
Poser
- Excerpt: Take a dash of Persona, mix it with a dollop of All About Eve, add a big pinch of punk energy, and what do you get? Poser, the debut feature from directors Noah Dixon and Ori Segev.
RRR
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: A captivating saga with ample sincerity and heart to supplement the awe-inspiring spectacle. It’s a lot of fun.
The Score
Jared Mobarak @ The Film Stage
- Excerpt: This meet is the reason Troy and Gloria cross paths, but what they do with that fateful collision is why we keep watching. It would be impossible not to since Poulter and Ackie are so cute together with their acerbic flirtations.
Small Town Wisconsin
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Debuting screenwriter Jason Naczek has concocted a manchild redemption story using metaphors as heavy as a hammer and a fairy godmother who makes everything alright with a seeming flip of the switch.
Sneakerella
Kirsten Hawkes @ Parent Previews
- Excerpt: Diverse families looking for representation in film will certainly find it here.
Unplayed Lullaby
- Excerpt: “Unplayed Lullaby” is funny, intriguing, and visually appealing. In the end, though, whether one will like the film depends on how theatrical one likes his movies.
The Valet
Kirsten Hawkes @ Parent Previews
- Excerpt: Genre fans will appreciate that this rom-com manages to provide madcap fun and plenty of laughs.
The Valet
Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: An amusing and light comedy, that without having great ambitions, manages to entertain with a sufficiently well-narrated, but rather predictable story.
2021 Films
Fishing
- Excerpt: Truth is that is difficult to form an opinion about such a short sample, but if one would perceive it as a promotional piece for Kanetomo’s work, it works quite well, particularly if any animation company that deals with children’s movies would like to hire him.
Ip Man: The Awakening
- Excerpt: “Ip Man: The Awakening” does not exactly reinvent the genre or the franchise, but is fun, well choreographed, and will probably appeal to all fans of both.
Just Remembering
- Excerpt: “Just Remembering” has its faults, and the truth is that Matsui’s narrative experiment does not work completely. However, there is still a lot to like here, with the movie definitely deserving a watch for the performances alone.
2020 Films
Just the Two of Us
- Excerpt: “Just the Two of Us” is a bleak movie, it could not have been otherwise considering its theme, but is also quite realistic in its comments and entertaining through its story and overall acting, thus raising much higher than any issues found here.
