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. 24, 2021
Wide (United States)
The King’s Man
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The Matrix Resurrections
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Sing 2
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Expanding (United States)
Licorice Pizza
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The Tender Bar
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: This charming coming of age story features an on point Affleck, delivering weirdly specific advice like ‘Never under any circumstance hit a woman, even if she’s coming at you with a pair of scissors…’
Limited (United States)
Memoria
Greg Carlson @ southpawfilmworks.net
The Tragedy of Macbeth
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Sometimes a film just aggressively leaves one cold…while Bruno Delbonnel’s silvery, misty, close-up cinematography is striking, all the German Expressionism on display renders this one “Lady Macbeth in the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.”
2021 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
The Addams Family 2
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Annette
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Antlers
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Being the Ricardos
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Black Widow
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Candyman
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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
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Cruella
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Dear Evan Hansen
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Dune
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Encanto
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Eternals
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The Forever Purge
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Free Guy
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife
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The Green Knight
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Halloween Kills
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The Hand of God
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House of Gucci
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In the Heights
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Jungle Cruise
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Lamb
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Last Night in Soho
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Malignant
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The Many Saints of Newark
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Mass
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The Mitchells vs. the Machines
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The Night House
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Nightmare Alley
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Old
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Passing
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The Power of the Dog
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A Quiet Place: Part II
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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
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Spencer
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Spider-Man: No Way Home
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Stillwater
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tick, tick…BOOM!
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The Tomorrow War
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Werewolves Within
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West Side Story
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A Mão de Deus/È Stata la Mano de Dio
Paulo Portugal @ Insider.pt [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Tal como o histórico golo de Maradona marcado com a mão à Inglaterra, durante o Mundial do México em 1986, é considerado um dos pontos altos da sua carreira de futebolista, também a ‘mão’ de Paolo Sorrentino neste filme sublinha o toque de mestre do cinema que vai ao seu próprio passado e se transforma na sua obra mais conseguida.
Agnes
Cecilia Barroso @ Cenas de Cinema [Portuguese]
Asakusa Kid
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “Asakusa Kid” is a film definitely worth watching, and not only for Kitano or Japanese cinema fans, but the afterthought it leaves is definitely that of a ‘what if’, particularly regarding the what the material could be in the hands of a more experienced director. On a personal note, I think that the late Nobuhiko Obayashi would probably end up with a masterpiece.
The Beatles: Get Back
Paulo Portugal @ Insider.pt [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: A mini-série The Beatles: Get Back, disponibilizada via streaming para a Disney +, é uma das maiores experiências de documentário musical alguma vez divulgado.
The Beta Test
James Jay Edwards @ The Big Smoke America
Cryptozoo
Mark Leeper @ Mark Leeper’s reviews
- Excerpt: CRYPTOZOO is animated, but it is definitely not a children’s film. The film’s premise is that the world is full of magical creatures which stay hidden.
Dad I’m Sorry
Bavner Donaldo @ Cinejour [Indonesian]
Ever Since We Love
- Excerpt: Ever Since We Love chronicles the messy coming-of-age of a young man studying at China’s top medical college who finds himself torn between three different romantic interests-slash-archetypes: the hometown first love, the practical college girlfriend, and the mysterious older woman. There’s not much here that hasn’t been seen before in other, better movies, but Li’s imaginative direction and Fan’s smoldering performance as the femme fatale who catches the eye of our young hero help elevate the story above mere mediocrity.
Fear Street Part 1: 1994
James Jay Edwards @ The Big Smoke America
Fear Street Part 2: 1978
James Jay Edwards @ The Big Smoke America
Fear Street Part 3: 1666
James Jay Edwards @ The Big Smoke America
The Feast
Mark Leeper @ Mark Leeper’s reviews
- Excerpt: This could be described as “a game of knives and poisons.”
The Five Rules of Success
James Jay Edwards @ The Big Smoke America
Flee
Paulo Portugal @ Insider.pt [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Rasmussen condensa a realidade na animação, mesmo quando nos oferece pequenos excertos documentais, por vezes com uma proximidade extrema. Foi esta a forma simples de lidar com este trauma do passado, embora disposta a assumir todas as suas vertentes, que acaba por se revelar tão satisfatória.
Lorelei
James Jay Edwards @ The Big Smoke America
The Lost Daughter
Sarah Marrs @ LaineyGossip.com
- Excerpt: The Lost Daughter is a striking filmmaking debut from Maggie Gyllenhaal powered by a trio of exceptional performances from Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, and Dakota Johnson.
The Madness Inside Me
James Jay Edwards @ The Big Smoke America
Martyrs Lane
James Jay Edwards @ The Big Smoke America
Monuments
James Jay Edwards @ The Big Smoke America
The Novice
Cecilia Barroso @ Cenas de Cinema [Portuguese]
Red Rocket
James Jay Edwards @ The Big Smoke America
Settlers
James Jay Edwards @ The Big Smoke America
Swan Song
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: Mahershala Ali delivers a work so captivating that we are willing to follow him wherever he chooses to take it.
V/H/S/94
James Jay Edwards @ The Big Smoke America
Yuni
Bavner Donaldo @ Cinejour [Indonesian]
