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: Dec. 12, 2025
Wide (United States)
Dust Bunny
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Ella McCay
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Limited (United States)
Scarlet
Kristian Lin @ Fort Worth Weekly
- Excerpt: Scarlet has more than a bit of evidence that Hosoda is a major voice in anime, and indeed animated film in general. You’ll just have to go to his other work to see what he’s really about.
2025 Films in Theaters Now in Select Areas
Bugonia
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Die My Love
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Five Nights at Freddy’s 2
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It Was Just an Accident
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The Mastermind
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No Other Choice
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Rental Family
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Sentimental Value
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Zootopia 2
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100 Nights of Hero
Nuno Reis @ Antestreia [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: É para ser visto por todas as mulheres que queiram mudar o mundo, e pelos homens que as queiram ajudar. Não me parece que seja filme para vencer muitos prémios, mas para já é um dos meus favoritos do ano.
The Baltimorons
Sebastian Zavala @ Ventana Indiscreta [Spanish]
- Excerpt: A delightful romantic comedy filled with funny moments, believable problems, and often witty dialogue. It doesn’t reach the heights of some other recent Christmas productions, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth a watch.
Below the Clouds
Nuno Reis @ Antestreia [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Tudo o resto são planos belíssimos de nada.
Brave the Dark
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: Brave the Dark has a realism that befits its true-life origin.
The Carpenter’s Son
Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: The Carpenter’s Son is more of an intriguing experiment than a truly satisfying film; its high points are very high, but its low points are in the underworld.
Dawn of the Dogman
Nuno Reis @ Antestreia [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Quem quiser acreditar, tem tudo pronto. Quem não quiser, também se entretém enquanto vê e não há imposição de crenças.
Fackham Hall
- Excerpt: But the secret to the really great parody is truly loving whatever it is you’re making fun of. Thus, on a scale from the top (by Grabthar’s hammer, that would be “Galaxy Quest”) to the sloppy (I love you, Wayanses, but noticing something is not the same as being funny about it), “Fackham Hall” comes in around the middle.
La Grazia
Nuno Reis @ Antestreia [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Estamos no mês em que mais filmes de qualidade estreiam, mas, por enquanto, este é o melhor filme do ano.
Sebastian Zavala @ Cinencuentro.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Servillo is excellent as Mariano; the supporting cast is superb, and although the overall experience could have been more emotionally charged, it remains intellectually stimulating.
Happy Holidays
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: [Copti] pulls absolutely no punches to reveal just how damaging both cultures [Israeli and Muslim] are to freedom when it comes to gender, religious, or ethnic equality.
I Wish You Had Told Me
- Excerpt: I Wish You Had Told Me is slight, but it does everything it needs to be an effective movie about overcoming toxic faith to deepen your love.
Little Trouble Girls
- Excerpt: While the film’s charged exploration of the complex interplay between female friendship and sexuality (with a hefty side of Catholic guilt) has earned it comparisons to earlier films like Céline Sciamma’s wonderful Water Lilies, Little Trouble Girls is so beautifully crafted that it deserves to be recognized on its own merits.
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Ostan authentically portrays the embarrassment, insecurity, and fear that results when her decisions to give into temptation and banish it both leave her in tears.
Man Finds Tape
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Hall and Gandersman are operating with a similar, highly polished lo-fi aesthetic [to producers Moorhead and Benson] wherein the story is built to its budget to ensure verisimilitude isn’t sacrificed for imagination.
Marty Supreme
- Excerpt: Josh Safdie proves he was the chosen one with ‘Marty Supreme’, a chaos-riddled epic about a scumbag ping-pong player trying to scheme his way into proving that he’s the world’s greatest. Chalamet is outstanding in this singularly tumultuous and deeply funny vision of going all in on your dreams.
Muzzle: City of Wolves
Nuno Reis @ Antestreia [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: É bom que não façam mais nenhum. Nenhum cão merece passar por isto novamente.
My Father’s Shadow
Nuno Reis @ Antestreia [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: É um filme com um tema pesado. Auto-biográfico para os irmãos que o escreveram, mas que reflecte toda uma geração. E é apresentado com ternura e talento.
Oh. What. Fun.
Alex Bentley @ CultureMap Dallas
- Excerpt: Oh. What. Fun. is far from the first movie to try and fail at becoming a new holiday classic, but the pedigree of Showalter and the cast make this dismal viewing experience extra disappointing. Ironically, overworked and underappreciated moms deserve a much better story than the one this movie delivers.
- Excerpt: “Oh. What. Fun” makes the mistake of showing us clips of other, better Christmas movies right at the beginning, an unfortunate contrast for a film that is not destined to become a holiday rewatch.
One More Shot
Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: If you give “One More Shot” a chance, you’ll find a light and fun experience that, despite resembling other similar films, ends up working more on a dramatic than a comedic level.
Peter Hujar’s Day
Dennis Schwartz @ dennisschwartzreviews
- Excerpt: Curiosity film.
Resurrection
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: a visually dazzling journey through cinematic genres following one protagonist who takes on five different identities…Bi Gan has created a film to get lost in
The Secret Agent
Nuno Reis @ Antestreia [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: É uma história de gente comum num período onde o normal não tinha lugar. É sobre um homem, que é também um pai, mas nada mais pode ser dito para não estragar o filme.
Song Sung Blue
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: Song Sung Blue, I suppose, has its heart in the right place.
Sound of Falling
Nuno Reis @ Antestreia [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Mascha Schilinski na sua segunda obra decide mostrar o que sabe fazer com a dificuldade no máximo. Pode afugentar muitos espectadores, mas também vai marcar muitos.
Universal
Nuno Reis @ Antestreia [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Portanto, um filme competente, com muito coração e que faz bem aquilo a que se propunha. Uma das grandes surpresas do ano.
V/H/S/Halloween
Nuno Reis @ Antestreia [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Sendo já o oitavo da saga, esperava estar mais farto. Mas como estão bem espaçados já sabe mais a tradição do que um exagero. Podem continuar a vir.
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