Our critics have been hard at work reviewing the latest films. Here is a look at what’s coming out this weekend (in select cities, check your local listings) and what else may be in theaters right now.
Opening: February 6-8, 2015
Wide (United States)
Jupiter Ascending
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Seventh Son
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The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
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Limited (United States)
Ballet 422
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: A documentary providing ample evidence of ballet as art form that puts on display the breathtaking beauty of bodies in motion.
2015 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
’71
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87th Oscars: Nominated Shorts
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[REC] 4: Apocalypse
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
Appropriate Behavior
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Black or White
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Black Sea
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Blackhat
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The Boy Next Door
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Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
The Duke of Burgandy
Ron Wilkinson @ Monsters and Critics
- Excerpt: A deliciously deviant romp into sexual adventure grounded in the real life struggle for enduring intimacy.
Girlhood
Josh Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
Cole Smithey @ ColeSmithey.com
- Excerpt: “Girlhood” is a stunner.
Cole Smithey @ ColeSmithey.com
- Excerpt: When compared to her first two tour de force films, “Girlhood” reveals itself to be every bit as insightful and authentic a cinematic representation of a personal female coming-of-age experience in modern-day France.
Human Capital
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The Humbling
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Kingsman: The Secret Service
Justice League: Throne of Atlantis
Blake Howard @ Graffiti with Punctuation
The Loft
- Excerpt: There are so many flaws in “The Loft” that it becomes impossible to ignore the bad and focus on the good elements.
Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: The Loft is a prime example of a movie that does not trust the rather elegant simplicity of its premise.
Match
Ron Wilkinson @ Monsters and Critics
- Excerpt: Stripped down and heartfelt essay on what it takes to love and be loved.
Miss Hill: Making Dance Matter
Josh Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
Mortdecai
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Paddington
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Project Almanac
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Shamitabh
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Something, Anything
Josh Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
Taken 3
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True Story
The Voices
Nicholas Bell @ Ioncinema
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: By the time we get to the closing singalong (with Jesus!), you’ll be left wondering if [director] Satrapi’s the one who’s been taking Jerry’s meds.
The Water Diviner
Roderick Heath @ This Island Rod
- Excerpt: If noble intentions were art, The Water Diviner would be as great as it clearly wants to be. But they aren’t and it’s not.
Wild Card
Sarah Gopaul @ Digital Journal
- Excerpt: ‘Wild Card’ is a disjointed narrative about a man who is many things, but would be more captivating if he would choose just one.
Amir Siregar @ Flick Magazine [Indonesian]
Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead
2014 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
American Sniper
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Annie
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Automata
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Before I Go to Sleep
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The Best of Me
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Bird People
Gregory J. Smalley @ 366 Weird Movies
- Excerpt: The contrast between airplanes and birds makes for an interesting metaphor, but while the film boasts good performances, cinematography, and other scattered points of interest, ‘Bird People’ never really takes off.
Birdman
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Cake
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The Captive
Blake Howard @ Graffiti with Punctuation
The Drop
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The Expendables 3
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Foxcatcher
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The Giver
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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The Homesman
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Horns
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Ida
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The Imitation Game
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The Interview
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Let’s Be Cops
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Mommy
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A Most Violent Year
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Mr. Turner
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Nightcrawler
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Red Army
Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: There are enough pieces of this story missing or detached from context that hockey here does start to become the kind of metaphor that the movie seems to want to avoid.
Revenge of the Mekons
Selma
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Starred Up
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Still Alice
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The Theory of Everything
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Two Days, One Night
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Uzumasa Limelight
Whiplash
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Wild
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2015 Films (Coming Soon)
Body
Josh Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
Brooklyn
Chuck Norris vs Communism
Jordan M. Smith @ IONCINEMA.com
- Excerpt: The only thing that is holding back Chuck Norris vs Communism itself is that although it was gloriously shot by cinematographer Jose Ruiz to look like a taut thriller set amongst the retro apartment fittings and basement recording studios in which these VHS tapes were illegally produced and consumed, it lacks the narrative tension to hold us firmly through the already slim 80 minute feature.
Corn Island
- Excerpt: Within this focused narrative, Ovashvili nurtures important themes and ethical quandaries. The quiet dedication the duo gives to its corn not only allows for the vegetables to grow, but effects growth in their own lives, as well.
Dearest
Les Gazelles
Grandma
Hawaizaada
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
I Am Michael
Last Days in the Desert
Li’l Quinquin
Josh Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
Lovesick
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: A light-hearted romantic comedy about jealousy.
Mardan
Next to Her
On the Trail of the Far Fur Country
Partisan
Ratter
Josh Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
The Resurrection of Jake The Snake Roberts
Josh Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
The Royal Road
Josh Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
Sleeping with Other People
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Diego Salgado @ Cine para Leer [Spanish]
Stinking Heaven
Supernova
Tender
The Tribe
- Excerpt: The Tribe grips its audience from the start, and then proceeds to tighten that grip consistently as the film rolls on. It is as unsettling as it is fascinating, a bold experiment in how stories are told.
