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. 2, 2022
Wide (United States)
Gigi & Nate
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Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
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Limited (United States)
Blind Ambition
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: charts true underdogs taking on a rarified world in an educational and entertaining documentary.
Burial
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Ben Parker’s fictional twist on historical fact is both a solid WWII genre thriller and current day reflection on fascism’s relationship to disinformation.
Wire Room
2022 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
The Batman
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Beast
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Breaking
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Elvis
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Nope
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Orphan: First Kill
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Three Thousand Years of Longing
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Alienoid
- Excerpt: In that fashion, “Alienoid” is a movie that definitely deserves a watch for its individual elements, particularly on the big screen, but does not make much sense as a whole.
Belle
- Excerpt: BELLE is a unique cross between Ready Player One and Beauty and the Beast. The animation is beautiful with a story that is emotional and meaningful.
Darlings
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Easter Sunday
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: It operates as a symbol of representation rather than a well-developed, cohesive story.
Full Metal Alchemist: The Revenge of Scar
- Excerpt: “Full Metal Alchemist the Revenge of Scar” does not reach the levels of some of the recent anime adaptations, as in the case of “Rurouni Kenshin” or “Mole Song”, but still emerges as an entertaining watch, particularly due to its action scenes, that will satisfy both fans of the original and of sci-fi movies.
Funny Pages
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: https://aisleseat.com/funny-pages.html
The Good Boss
Sarah Gopaul @ Digital Journal
- Excerpt: The film is a slow-moving trainwreck from which you don’t want to avert your eyes because each thing that occurs is juicier and more disastrous than the thing that preceded it.
The Good Boss
Loving Highsmith
Marilyn Ferdinand @ Alliance of Women Film Journalists
- Excerpt: Loving Highsmith, a 2022 documentary by Swiss director Eva Vitija, uses archival footage, Highsmith’s letters and diary entries, and filmed interviews with some of the writer’s lovers and relatives to try to get into the mind and heart of this artist and the times during which she lived.
Maneater
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: 89 minutes of stupidity.
Murina
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic’s Camera d’or winning feature debut recharges the coming-of-age story with multi-generational sexual heat and a constant threat of danger in a sun-splashed, Adriatic setting.
Who Invited Them
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: The four principals deftly play the power shifts occurring between Adam and Margot as well as the two couples, at least until Birmingham loses the thrust of his own final reveal.
Who We Are: A Chroncle of Racism in America
Gregory Carlson @ southpawfilmworks.net
2021 Films
Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway
- Excerpt: “Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway” is a great introduction to the three-movies arc, and one of the best mecha anime movies we have seen during the last few years.
My Lovely Angel
- Excerpt: Despite some small issues here and there, “My Lovely Angel” emerges as an excellent movie that highlights a very important issue while offering entertainment throughout its duration.
