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: Apr. 17, 2026
Wide (United States)
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy
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Normal
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Wasteman
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Limited (United States)
Blue Heron
- Excerpt: Her debut feature, based on her childhood and her 2020 short film Still Processing, allows Romvari to time travel between the late ’90s, with its shrine-like computer room, hefty camcorders, and Chia Pet infomercials, and the present, exposing the sepia memories of childhood to the cold light of adulthood. This subtle magic, applied to achingly detailed realism, relitigates the past and the perspective one had while living it, performed with the regret and acceptance that sadly only comes with time.
2026 Films in Theaters Now in Select Areas
The Bride!
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The Drama
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Faces of Death
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Hamlet
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OBEX
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Project Hail Mary
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ChaO
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: The hand-drawn animation style is wonderfully unique with myriad different character designs [that lead] to many humorous moments and physical comedy as each interacts with their environment.
The Christophers
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Soderbergh delivers his best film since “Traffic.” Casting Coel and McKellen was inspired, two actors of different generations and backgrounds who are simply dazzling paired together.
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: Ian McKellen is phenomenal in ‘The Christophers’ – and Michaela Coel more than holds her own – a film that manages to be both thematically rich and genuinely crowd-pleasing. What begins as a professional collision in the art world gradually turns into something more personal, more complicated. It’s one of Steven Soderbergh’s more restrained, human-scale efforts, and it’s all the better for it.
Fantasy Life
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: Finds its power in the small, messy moments of human connection. Even when it meanders from one minor scene to the next, it still resonates with sincerity.
Flies (Moscas)
Dennis Schwartz @ dennisschwartzreviews
- Excerpt: Reminds us we all need some love.
Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Outcome
Sebastian Zavala @ LoudAndClearReviews.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: A plodding and uneven dramedy that works best when it’s trying to be sincere rather than funny.
The Stranger
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Composer Fatima Al Qadiri combines Middle Eastern instruments and synthesizer to eerie, haunting effect, a call to something other than prayer. With his adaptation, Ozon has created the definitive cinematic version of the existentialist classic.
Thrash
- Excerpt: Thrash is pretty simple as far as thrillers go, even with its hybrid plot and complete genre switch.
Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Wirkola has better films, Dynevor has better performances, and Hounsou deserves a better filmography.
Toaster
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
The Travel Companion
- Excerpt: “The Travel Companion” is a remarkably assured first narrative feature from directors Alex Mallis and Travis Wood, who wrote the screenplay with Weston Auburn. It draws us in with acutely observed details and relatable characters that portray universal conflicts, all with nuance and good humor.
The Yeti
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Yes, there’s an ample amount of blood and gore to satisfy the horror lovers taking a chance on a low-budget, soundstage-shot indie such as this, but the feel of the whole is conversely driven by emotion.
You, Me & Tuscany
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: For those of you that like your movies sweet, airy, and without a lot of fuss, this might be right up your alley.
Alex Bentley @ CultureMap Dallas
- Excerpt: There are glimpses of a fully successful film in You, Me & Tuscany, enough to keep it watchable for its entire 104-minute running time. But then they have the Italian grandmother say a gobsmacking line like “If you wanna tap-a that ass, you should tap-a that ass,” and you remember exactly what type of film you’re watching.
- Excerpt: Take a random selection of Hallmark movies, add two cups of “While You Were Sleeping,” half a cup of “The Proposal,” and a tablespoon each of “The Family Stone,” “Cinderella,” and “Under the Tuscan Sun,” a sprinkle of self-awareness for a wink at the audience, and you’ve got this film. It is utterly predictable, but thanks to the charm of its charismatic stars, some of the world’s most spectacularly beautiful scenery, and that fairy-tale gloss, it is beguilingly watchable.
2025 Films
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
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Frankenstein
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The Secret Agent
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Sentimental Value
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