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. 23, 2021
Wide (United States)
Mortal Kombat
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Together Together
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Limited (United States)
We Broke Up
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
- Excerpt: We Broke Up was never destined to be much more substantial than what it is on the surface. And that’s fine. It’s a pleasant enough foible, which is the intent.
2021 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
2020 Oscar Nominated Shorts
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Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
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In the Earth
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Jakob’s Wife
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At Night Comes Wolves
Boys From County Hell
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
- Excerpt: Though the film generally moves along at a brisk, if occasionally meandering clip and throws a few wrinkles into standard vampire traditions, it never truly sinks its teeth into the material.
Crisis
Sebastian Zavala @ Ventana Indiscreta [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Jarecki manages to paint a bleak picture of the effects opioids have on American citizens.
For the Sake of Vicious
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: For the Sake of Vicious is a mean, ugly little picture. Even at eighty minutes, this exercise in gratuitous violence made my skin crawl so badly that I couldn’t wait for it to be over.
Gunda
- Excerpt: Named for the mama pig who is the film’s central character, Gunda never ventures inside the bloody walls of a slaughterhouse to make its point about why we should value animals as sentient beings; rather, it avoids the easy shock and awe of such brutality in favor of simplicity and beauty.
Into the Beat
Betty Jo Tucker @ ReelTalk Movie Reviews
- Excerpt: Lively hip-hop group numbers are a treat, but it’s the marvelous duets by Pfeifer and Marscher that blew my mind. Their final routine exudes passion and mixes a little ballet with hip-hop. What a great number!
The Rookies
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: This hyperactive Chinese action comedy has a lot of outrageous moments that are fun to watch. They’d be even more fun if they were surrounded by a coherent plot and three-dimensional characters.
Stowaway
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: …the type of film that seems to exist all for its excruciating climax, one in which Penna keeps upping the ante to unbearable degrees.
The Truffle Hunters
- Excerpt: …Watching this film is something like taking a vacation to a place where everything is simpler and less stressful, and that’s no small thing as *pandemic travel restrictions stretch into their second year.
Vanquish
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: Then you watch the final result and realize it was a paycheck job for everyone involved, and that no one really cared too much about what they were doing.
2020 Films
Synchronic
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The Shadow of Violence
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: It’s called THE SHADOW OF VIOLENCE on Netflix in the U.S.– CALM WITH HORSES in the UK. No matter what the title, it’s well worth seeing.
