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: May 2, 2025
Wide (United States)
Thunderbolts*
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The Accountant 2
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Black Bag
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Drop
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Sinners
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Until Dawn
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April
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: And through it all lies an impressive performance from Sukhitashvili. Between the demand of the long takes and the constant state of fight or flight uncertainty, we find ourselves mesmerized by every movement and expression.
Borderline
- Excerpt: This film has a kooky, demented energy — a tonal hairball of stalker thriller, gory comedy, and absurdist lark.
Crazxy
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Eephus
Dennis Schwartz @ dennisschwartzreviews.
- Excerpt: A nice slice of life leisurely paced homage to small-time baseball.
Emergent City
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: The informative and compelling footage the filmmakers have compiled is the main driving force here, but I must make note of the expert editing and structural organization of the whole with just the right amount of contextual exposition.
Ghost Trail
- Excerpt: “Ghost Trail” is an excellent work and a truly promising debut, just a few steps short of being a masterpiece. Jonathan Millet is certainly a director to watch.
Havoc
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: We don’t feel the effect in our heads or in our hearts, but as a punch right in the gut.
Jewel Thief: The Heist Begins
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
The Legend of Ochi
Christopher Reed @ Film Festival Today
- Excerpt: There’s a lot to look at, but not a lot to see.
On Swift Horses
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: An impressively adult look at our collective struggle to find our place and identity in an ever-changing world. On Swift Horses is in many senses a coming-of-age film for the late-twenty sect in an era where one is supposed to already know who they are.
The Rose of Versailles
- Excerpt: Filmmaker Ai Yoshimura and studio MAPPA condense the florid tale into a two-hour anime feature that saps some depth from its characters but loses little of its larger appeal.
The Trouble with Jessica
Andrea Chase @ KillerMovieReviews.com
- Excerpt: Literate, deadpan, and wildly funny, it will make you squirm and crave a clafouti.
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: This is why the black comedy proves so successful. These are all reprehensible people in the vein that we are all reprehensible people. [They] know the difference between right and wrong, but none are above moving that line when it suits them.
Christopher Reed @ Film Festival Today
- Excerpt: The manic activities of the ensemble notwithstanding, the collective effect proves rather inert. There’s just not quite as much trouble as promised.
Turn Me On
Christopher Reed @ Hammer to Nail
- Excerpt: Turn Me On intrigues, even as it keeps the viewer at a distance (though thematically, such a remove makes sense).
Two to One
Christopher Reed @ Hammer to Nail
- Excerpt: I confess to understanding very little of the financial shenanigans, though I found the onscreen proceedings entertaining. The ensemble is strong (including far more than the aforementioned three) and they carry the narrative even as the transactional details bewilder.
2024 Films
Red One
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Happy Holidays
- Excerpt: “Happy Holidays” is an exceptional piece of storytelling that demands full attention from its audience. It’s a socially charged, emotionally resonant work that recalls the best traditions of classical cinema while firmly rooted in the contemporary Middle East.
My Friend An Delie
- Excerpt: Despite some issues here and there, “My Friend An Delie” emerges as an excellent movie, with Dong Zijian combining the two arcs in excellent fashion, coming up with a work that thrives on story, context, visuals and acting.
Turtles All the Way Down
- Excerpt: The movie as a whole is very generous in spirit — to its characters, to its source material, to its audience.
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