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: Feb. 26, 2021
Wide (United States)
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Limited (United States)
Cherry
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Joe and Anthony Russo treat the material with a flashy visual style which, combined with Holland’s constant narration, give the impression the film was adapted from a graphic novel or comic – perhaps a grittier approach was in order here.
Crisis
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: a flat-footed attempt to apply Soderbergh’s “Traffic” supply chain approach to the current opioid epidemic. Ironically the best performance is featured in the least believable of Jarecki’s three story strands.
The Vigil
Shelagh Rowan-Legg @ ScreenAnarchy
2021 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
Judas and the Black Messiah
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Malcolm & Marie
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Cowboys
MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: A complete upending of the Western, about not wide open spaces but close-in intimacy, with an unusual female gaze and a hugely provocative dare to gender expectations. Both ironic and transformative.
Fully Realized Humans
Andrea Chase @ EatDrinkFilms.com
- Excerpt: A brashly honest, slyly wise comedy about one couple’s quixotic attempt to rid themselves of their emotional baggage before the imminent birth of their first child.
I Care a Lot
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: I didn’t “care a lot” for this movie.
I Care a Lot
Myth of a Colorblind France
- Excerpt: The key to the different experiences of expat African Americans and immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean, according to Myth of a Colorblind France, is that French racial discrimination has its roots in France’s colonial history, rather than being based exclusively on skin color. Thus, an individual who may have no problem accepting African American celebrities and tourists may at the same time wish that the impoverished, dark-skinned immigrants living on French housing estates would just disappear from the country.
Night of the Kings
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: What is perhaps most unexpected is that Lacôte’s move could almost be considered a dance film, Roman’s words accompanied by inmates creating a striking visual accompaniment via synchronized movement, complementing his words with sound effects inherent in their steps.
Nomadland
Betty Jo Tucker @ ReelTalk Movie Reviews
- Excerpt: Frances McDormand makes us care in a role where her soul is bare. For me, this film is poetry in motion.
Prisoners of the Ghostland
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
- Excerpt: the real question of the day is: Is Prisoners of the Ghostland truly the wildest movie Nicholas Cage has ever made? With a post-apocalyptic circus vibe, and the cinematic equivalent of throwing half-a-dozen subgenres in a blender, it’s certainly in the running.
Psycho Goreman
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
- Excerpt: Like a Troma movie, but a Troma movie with heart and soul that’s actually as fun as those movies want to be.
PVT Chat
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
- Excerpt: The examination of how we communicate through screens, and how the personas we craft online bleed over into the tactile world, is especially poignant in this moment.
Silk Road
Andrea Chase @ KillerMovieReviews.com
- Excerpt: There is a wealth of confirmation to be found about many our worst nightmare in SILK ROAD, a cautionary tale of stereotypes, specialization, and the consequences of absolute freedom.
Ten Minutes to Midnight
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
- Excerpt: takes risks and makes unexpected choices, the film has concerns other than bloody theatrics, and there are more ambitions and ideas to chew on than the package indicates.
The United States vs Billie Holiday
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Andra Day, who both looks and sounds more like Holiday than [“Lady Sings the Blues’” Diana] Ross, is outstanding in her debut, but the film itself lacks focus, shooting off in too many directions with too many players.
Willy’s Wonderland
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
- Excerpt: It has Nicolas Cage fighting his way through Satanic animatronics, and enough earnest goofiness to fill out a roughly 90-minute movie in pleasing fashion.
Wrong Turn
Brent McKnight @ The Last Thing I See
- Excerpt: Not without glaring flaws, the new Wrong Turn is also a ton of mean, nasty backwoods horror fun. You know, if people getting crushed by logs is your idea of fun I guess.
2020 Films
Irresistible
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Monster Hunter
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Nomadland
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David Byrne’s American Utopia
Dennis Schwartz @ Dennis Schwartz Reviews
- Excerpt: It’s the best movie experience I had this pandemic year.
A Ghost Waits
Mark Leeper @ Mark Leeper’s Film Reviews
- Excerpt: A GHOST WAITS is a new take on an old idea. It surpasses expectations, and while it is ultimately more promising than accomplished, its use of an interesting concept makes it worth seeing.
Ludo
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
The Night House
Dennis Schwartz @ Dennis Schwartz Reviews
- Excerpt: A strong haunted house film, where ghosts and the occult come into play.
