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: Jan. 2, 2026
Limited (United States)
We Bury the Dead
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Perhaps the scariest element of writer/director Zak Hilditch’s unique take on the zombie genre is that it is the first time in my recollection where the U.S. has been made the bad guy by a country we consider an ally.
2025 Films
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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Bugonia
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Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
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F1: The Movie
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The Friend
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Good Boy
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Good Fortune
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Is This Thing On?
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It Was Just an Accident
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
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The Life of Chuck
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Marty Supreme
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The Mastermind
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Nuremberg
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The Penguin Lessons
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Predator: Badlands
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Rental Family
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Sentimental Value
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Song Sung Blue
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Sorry, Baby
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Train Dreams
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Twinless
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Wicked: For Good
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Zootopia 2
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100 Nights of Hero
Jeff Schaefer @ The Marquee Topic
Jeff Schaefer @ The Marquee Topic
Anaconda
Alex Bentley @ CultureMap Dallas
- Excerpt: Any attempt at rebooting/remaking an old piece of IP should make a concerted effort to differentiate itself from the original, and in that way, the new Anaconda succeeds. Unfortunately, that’s its only success, as the filmmakers can never find the right balance to turn it into the bawdy comedy they seemed to want.
Diego Salgado @ Sofilm [Spanish]
Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: It’s harmless, yes, but it doesn’t elicit any strong reactions from the viewer, leaving them more indifferent than anything else. And sometimes, that’s even worse than producing a truly terrible film.
Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: It’s harmless, yes, but it doesn’t elicit any strong reactions from the viewer, leaving them more indifferent than anything else. And sometimes, that’s even worse than producing a truly terrible film.
Aro Berria
Diego Salgado @ Sofilm [Spanish]
Audrey’s Children
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: Story of the physician who developed a children’s cancer staging system and organized housing for their parents.
Dracula
Diego Salgado @ Sofilm [Spanish]
Endless Cookie
Nuno Reis @ Antestreia [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Não vamos aprender quase nada e vamos sair mais confusos do que entramos. Mas o documental está lá.
Nuno Reis @ Antestreia [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Não vamos aprender quase nada e vamos sair mais confusos do que entramos. Mas o documental está lá.
The History of Sound
Nuno Reis @ Antestreia [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: É um filme visualmente incrível, com uma banda sonora poderosa e que tem um argumento muito bem trabalhado. É um poeta em formato de cinema.
Nuno Reis @ Antestreia [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: É um filme visualmente incrível, com uma banda sonora poderosa e que tem um argumento muito bem trabalhado. É um poeta em formato de cinema.
Jay Kelly
Jeff Schaefer @ The Marquee Topic
Sebastian Zavala @ Cinencuentro.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Even though the film’s central message isn’t particularly groundbreaking, Baumbach manages to deliver an entertaining, emotional, and expertly acted experience that allows the viewer to understand this egotistical character.
Lilly
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: The campaigning and decision making behind the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.
Nuno Reis @ Antestreia [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: Sabemos que não tem como propósito informar ou educar, mas sim homenagear quem lutou para que as gerações seguintes tivessem uma vida melhor. Quem sabe, inspirar mais algumas mudanças.
The New Yorker at 100
Gregory Carlson @ southpawfilmworks.net
The Perfect Neighbor
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Its “look at the Marion County police’s job well done” eventually plays like copaganda on its road to justice, but the path to manslaughter remains critical.
The Plague
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: I’d argue it’s better to let the metaphor live rather than allude to its existence. The message gets lost when you try to straddle that line by giving audiences both simultaneously. It seeks to merely use genre trappings, not be a genre film.
Predator: Killer of Killers
Nuno Reis @ Antestreia [Portuguese]
- Excerpt: A primeira hora é peculiar, mas a meia hora final é diferente. O melhor que a saga teve em muito tempo.
Reflection in a Dead Diamond
Jeff Schaefer @ The Marquee Topic
Jeff Schaefer @ The Marquee Topic
Riefenstahl
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: Riefenstahl is a strong introduction to this figure, a woman of evil to some, an artistic innovator to others.
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: Riefenstahl is a strong introduction to this figure, a woman of evil to some, an artistic innovator to others.
The Testament of Ann Lee
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Seyfried is fantastic and McKenzie, Cale, and Lewis Pullman each shine beside her, but the film’s real strength is Fastvold’s direction. She’s conducted a technical masterclass with gorgeous cinematography and even better editing.
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Seyfried is fantastic and McKenzie, Cale, and Lewis Pullman each shine beside her, but the film’s real strength is Fastvold’s direction. She’s conducted a technical masterclass with gorgeous cinematography and even better editing.
Sebastian Zavala @ Cinencuentro.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: An atypical drama with musical touches, where verosimilitude and fantasy come together to develop a universe of religious fervour and fanaticism.
Sebastian Zavala @ Cinencuentro.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: An atypical drama with musical touches, where verosimilitude and fantasy come together to develop a universe of religious fervour and fanaticism.
The Voice of Hind Rajab
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: This is what genocide looks like. Watch and weep.
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