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: Aug. 22, 2025
Wide (United States)
Ne Zha II
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Limited (United States)
Lurker
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: a toxic portrait of the dual vampirism inherent in the celebrity/fan dynamic.
- Excerpt: In this Nightcrawler-like thriller of social and professional escalation, a cold-blooded nobody seizes his moment near a pop star and refuses to let go.
2025 Films in Theaters Now in Select Areas
The Amateur
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Highest 2 Lowest
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The Naked Gun
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Nobody 2
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Sinners
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Snow White
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Until Dawn
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Weapons
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All Quiet at Sunrise
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Ultimately, “All Quiet at Sunrise” invites the audience to engage through their senses. Yet with its combination of context, character, and emotion, it transcends strict categorization, offering a richly layered cinematic experience that welcomes at least as much as it alienates.
Becoming
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Still, these are minor missteps in an otherwise thoughtfully constructed and visually appealing narrative, with “Becoming” emerging as a rather competent debut.
Boys Go to Jupiter
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Adult Swim animator writer/director Julian Glander makes his feature debut with the free open-source 3D modeling program Blender and has created a trippy coming of age story that looks like the SIMs were given Lego heads and abandoned in Florida.
Dracula: A Love Tale
Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Between Landry Jones’ memorable and intense performance, the top-notch makeup effects, blood, and even decapitations, as well as unexpected details, this new “Dracula” ended up pleasantly surprising me.
East of Wall
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: An inability to differentiate between what’s real, inspired by reality, or a complete fabrication is a badge of honor. Give credit to Tabatha too because she’s the loom weaving truth and artifice together into a single bolt of cloth.
Fixed
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: One of the more unpleasant movie watching experiences I’ve had this year.
The Glassworker
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Whatever might happen to them in the end doesn’t erase what they made. The art itself is released into the world to heal old wounds and inspire new genius. Art is immortal.
Keep Quiet
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Zach Montague imbues the script for Keep Quiet with an undeniable authenticity while director Vincent Grashaw helps balance its need for intensity and penchant for empathy.
The Knife
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: There’s no more damning look into the dangers America’s systemic racism than a scenario where the victims of that cruelty are so aware of it that their attempts to survive seal a worse fate.
KPop Demon Hunters
Kristian Lin @ Fort Worth Weekly
- Excerpt: The first great K-pop musical is here (and Americans made it).
Morlaix
Diego Salgado @ Sofilm [Spanish]
My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: It’s important Loktev doesn’t distill it down to a two-hour lecture. Humanizing them ensures they aren’t just cogs in a machine being worn down and thrown away. These are the true voices of Russia.
Night Always Comes
- Excerpt: Tangible concerns like the gentrification of Portland and the actual plights of poor people are run out of town by an escalating yet predictable plot with a glossy Netflix sheen.
Pools
Sebastian Zavala @ Loud and Clear Reviews [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Pools, much like its complicated protagonist, ends up being much more than what one could’ve initially expected.
Suspended Time
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Appreciation will surely vary since it’s the type of project that gives viewers only as much as they’re willing to put into the experience. Paul’s meditations about the future resonated with me.
Two Seasons, Two Strangers
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “Two Seasons, Two Strangers” will undoubtedly appeal most to arthouse audiences. However, beyond its emphasis on visual and tonal beauty, it also embeds sharp, intelligent, and emotionally resonant ideas within its narrative. In doing so, it becomes something much more than a niche project—perhaps even a kindred companion to the work of Ryusuke Hamaguchi, though considerably more compact in form.
War of the Worlds
Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: A feature film whose script seems to have been written in an afternoon, full of logical holes, ridiculous reactions, and frankly embarrassing product placement.
Went Up the Hill
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Credit Krieps and Montgomery for embodying the vulnerability, fear, and yearning that propels these characters to allow themselves to be used as vessels for the other’s healing.
William Tell
Diego Salgado @ Sofilm [Spanish]
A Working Man
Diego Salgado @ Sofilm [Spanish]
2024 Films
A Complete Unknown
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Afternoons of Solitude
Diego Salgado @ Sofilm [Spanish]
Swing Bout
Sebastian Zavala @ Cinencuentro.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: It’s admirable what was achieved on a small budget and, I imagine, in a short time. Swing Bout proves that you don’t need hundreds of extras or a lot of violence to develop a boxing story effectively.
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