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: DATE
Wide (United States)
Eddington
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I Know What You Did Last Summer
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Limited (United States)
Unicorns
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: an LGBTQ film for hopeless romantics, but others may find it frustratingly simplistic, raising issues only to jettison them.
2025 Films in Theaters Now in Select Areas
Dangerous Animals
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Elio
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Jurassic World Rebirth
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Superman
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Aap Jaisa Koi
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Barbara Walters: Tell Me Everything
Gregory Carlson @ southpawfilmworks.net
Before We Forget
- Excerpt: Di Pace shares writing, directing, and editing credit with his real-life Paulo, Andrés Pepe Estrada, and they make some evocative choices to keep the focus more on mood than storyline.
Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Writer/director Embeth Davidtz adapts Alexandra Fuller’s book for her filmmaking debut, her own experiences as a 7 year-old in South Africa guiding her to tell the story from Bobo’s point of view and she’s found a real firecracker in newcomer Venter.
FTOYS
Tina Kakadelis @ Beyond the Cinerama Dome
- Excerpt: FTOYS is a pastel homage to the grindhouse greats seen through a contemporary lens that introduces the world to the unstoppable force that is Annapurna Sriram.
Informant
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: While “Informant” may lean into excess at times, especially in its humor, it ultimately succeeds as a highly entertaining action comedy that is sure to satisfy fans of the genre.
A Machu Picchu Proposal
Sebastian Zavala @ Cinencuentro.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: It’s a Hallmark production, so it should be considered for what it is, not what we’d like it to be or what some say it should be. In that sense, it’s a fun and lighthearted offering.
New Group
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “New Group” is a gripping work that functions brilliantly as both horror and social satire. Shimotsu proves that Blessed was no fluke—he is a filmmaker with a bold voice and sharp vision.
Pee-wee as Himself
Gregory Carlson @ southpawfilmworks.net
Sally
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Sovereign
Tina Kakadelis @ Beyond the Cinerama Dome
- Excerpt: The ones on the fringes and the ones behind the police badges are both trying to mold the next generation to continue on with the ideals they believe in. We all are, but Sovereign focuses on masculinity’s toxic role in parenting the next generation of men.
Struggling to Slack
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: In conclusion, “Struggling to Slack” is a sharply observed and subtly moving documentary. What begins as a character study of an eccentric, unmotivated youth steadily broadens into a timely commentary on labor, societal expectations, and generational pressure in contemporary China. With humor, warmth, and melancholy in equal measure, the documentary offers a nuanced portrayal of youth navigating a world that increasingly has no patience for slackers, even the lovable ones.
To a Land Unknown
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Sabbah’s performance is the linchpin as a result. He’s the film’s moral compass. Bakri’s portrayal is so hardened and myopic [since] has no future without Reda’s innocence because he’s already sacrificed his own.
- Excerpt: To A Land Unknown, with its intimate gaze at stateless survivors, wraps its incisive observations about moral compromise in a tight story of crime gone wrong.
2024 Films
Ghost Killer
Sebastian Zavala @ Loud and Clear Reviews [Spanish]
- Excerpt: As a martial arts film, Ghost Killer definitely works. But as a supernatural story, it does leave a little to be desired […]. Nevertheless, I can’t say I didn’t have fun with the movie. […] An action romp that never takes itself too seriously.
I Kill U
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Overall, despite a few missteps in narrative focus and visual tone, “I Kill You” is a solid action title that stands out thanks to its dynamic lead performances and expertly executed fight sequences.
Nuked
Sebastian Zavala @ Ventana Indiscreta [Spanish]
- Excerpt: I can’t help but think ‘Nuked’ should have gone further. It should have included more exaggerated gags, had more shocking narrative twists, and developed bigger personalities.
Out of Plain Sight
Tina Kakadelis @ Beyond the Cinerama Dome
- Excerpt: Out of Plain Sight is a masterful documentary that tells the decades-spanning story of what is essentially a Pandora’s Box of forever chemicals.
Young & Fine
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Despite its imperfections, “Young & Fine” emerges as an emotionally resonant and thematically rich piece, blending eroticism, comedy, and the rawness of adolescence into an unusually cohesive and engaging whole. It’s a work that lingers in the mind—sometimes wistfully, sometimes uncomfortably—but always sincerely.
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