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. 18, 2025
Wide (United States)
Sinners
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Sneaks
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The Wedding Banquet
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Limited (United States)
The Shrouds
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Crimes of the Future was a bit overstuffed with ideas, but “The Shrouds” ‘spying-through-devices-placed-within-corpses-interred-by-GraveTech’ is too far-fetched in its execution, derailing the film’s momentum.
The Ugly Stepsister
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: The Grimm Brothers’ original Cinderella story had the stepsisters mutilate their feet to fit into her slipper…but Blichfeldt goes much further here, Elvira undergoing ghastly procedures you might be horrified to learn are based in historical fact
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: A feel-bad fable that elicits guilty laughs and uncomfortable squirming in about equal measure.
2025 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
The Amateur
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Drop
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Warfare
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825 Forest Road
Dennis Schwartz @ dennisschwartzreviews.
- Excerpt: A flawed but entertaining paranormal horror pic.
Chhorii 2
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Darkest Miriam
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: I’m left wondering how much more of Darkest Miriam on-screen would make sense if I read Baillie’s words. Or maybe the film just wasn’t for me.
The Fishing Place
Bev Questad @ itsjustmovies.com
- Excerpt: Like other films shot in Norway, your mind has to work for a Tregenza film. That’s what makes it interactive and, in a flash of recognition, meaningful.
G20
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: When it comes to surface level kinetic energy, I liked a lot of what G20 had to offer…In terms of its political and social commentary, the film doesn’t work quite as well.
Helen and the Bear
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Blair’s relationship to her subjects affords access, but it’s her curiosity to truly understand them that delivers what we need to invest in learning about them too.
The King of Kings
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: A gentle, beautifully animated introduction to the story of Jesus for families of faith.
Old Guy
Bev Questad @ itsjustmovies.com
- Excerpt: But in this more localized microcosm of the war world, themes of adaptation, redemption, and teamwork play out to create a new Bond-like drama paralleling humankind’s perpetual thrill in murderous adventure and challenging struggles for power.
Psycho Therapy
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Thankfully the ends justify the means once Karaçelik goes full speed into the metaphor that marriage is similar to murder. Or, more specifically, that the adrenaline rush of one just might be the jump start necessary to reinvigorate the other.
2024 Films
Conclave
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Flow
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I’m Still Here
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Mufasa: The Lion King
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The Substance
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Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
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