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: Nov. 14, 2025
Wide (United States)
Now You See Me: Now You Don’t
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The Running Man
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Limited (United States)
The Carpenter’s Son
- Excerpt: It takes dedication to make a dull movie where Nicolas Cage plays Joseph and Jesus gets into a fistfight with Satan, but The Carpenter’s Son sets to its task with devotion, if little else.
Muzzle: City of Wolves
Sebastian Zavala @ LoudAndClearReviews.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: This might not represent a comeback for Aaron Eckhart, but it should attract viewers wanting to see a more serious and meditative action thriller, or at least those who want to see humans and dogs working together to take out bad guys.
2025 Films in Theaters Now in Select Areas
After the Hunt
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Blue Moon
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Bugonia
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Christy
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The Conjuring: Last Rites
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Die My Love
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Eddington
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps
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Frankenstein
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Good Fortune
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Him
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A House of Dynamite
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I Know What You Did Last Summer
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Jurassic World Rebirth
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Materialists
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Nobody 2
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Nuremberg
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One Battle After Another
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Predator: Badlands
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The Roses
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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
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Superman
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The Ugly Stepsister
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13 Days, 13 Nights
Diego Salgado @ Sofilm [Spanish]
Alpha
Victoria Luxford @ The People’s Movies
- Excerpt: After two films that felt like nothing else out there, Ducournau’s biggest crime with Alpha may be making a film that feels familiar. Visually inventive but narratively predictable, it will be a disappointment to those with high expectations of the filmmaker, but an interesting if flawed journey for everyone else.
Baramulla
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Coexistence, My Ass!
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Named after Noam’s one-woman Harvard show, Fares’ film uses that performance as the connective glue to return to as a way of refocusing things before the next real world transition impacts her subject’s evolution.
Dracula: A Love Tale
Jason Pirodsky @ The Prague Reporter
Dragonfly
Victoria Luxford @ The People’s Movies
- Excerpt: An interesting exercise in cinematic foreboding, Dragonfly takes some big risks with its impressive leads, resulting in a story that will play on your mind for a while.
Dream Eater
Dennis Schwartz @ dennisschwartzeviews
- Excerpt: It left me with a cold feeling.
The Elixir [Abadi Nan Jaya]
Bavner Donaldo @ Cinejour [Indonesian]
- Excerpt: Abadi Nan Jaya (The Elixir) is an Indonesian zombie film that impresses visually and technically with serious choreography and gore effects, but is hampered by a predictable narrative, slow pacing, and characters who often make stupid decisions—a viewing experience that is more satisfying to the eyes than the story.
The Gas Station Attendant
- Excerpt: In The Gas Station Attendant, Murthy reflects on who she is and how she was shaped by her parents, particularly her father Shantha Murthy.
The History of Sound
Jeff Schaefer @ The Marquee Topic
- Excerpt: Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor star in The History of Sound, a queer, period, romantic drama from director Oliver Hermanus, now streaming on Mubi.
I Wish You All the Best
- Excerpt: Dorfman (who played Ryan on “13 Reasons Why” before transitioning at age 28) brings a tender-hearted sensitivity to the story. The compassion she brings to every character is endearing, and her unquestioning love for them makes this a heartwarming gem.
If You See Something
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: It’s crucial that all situations dealing with the convergence of love and legality are treated with such nuance to prove how our most difficult decisions exist in the gray. Because some things are worth more than a flag.
The Last Supper
Bavner Donaldo @ Cinejour [Indonesian]
- Excerpt: The Last Supper is a failed and disappointing attempt at adapting Jesus’s story, with shallow dramatization, controversial character portrayals that deviate from Christian theology, and a loss of sanctity that should be the core of the Last Supper story.
Mango
- Excerpt: Mango (2025) is an uneven journey with a poor start and a rocky ending, but the middle part of the journey is enjoyable and leads to a satisfying conclusion.
Peter Hujar’s Day
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Peter Hujar’s Day is more about formal exercise than narrative drama. Finding ways to animate conversations without leaning on flashbacks or camera tricks. The immortalization of a forgettable day in an unforgettable life.
Please Don’t Feed the Children
Jason Pirodsky @ The Prague Reporter
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: [Fatima’s photos], along with a poem and brief song, not only show us what Israel has desperately tried to keep from our eyes, but also reveal the artistry, empathy, and vitality of Palestinian life.
Relay
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: Relay is a good film to have playing in the background while you are doing something else.
Remaining Native
- Excerpt: Remaining Native succeeds at two different goals: it’s a sensitive appreciation of Native American culture including the continuing impact of the residential schools on that culture. It’s also a great sports movie.
The Return
Diego Salgado @ Sofilm [Spanish]
So Fades the Light
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: So Fades the Light deals with how cults and cult leaders force unattainable male expectations onto girls and women.
Tow
- Excerpt: The hair and makeup department, led by Sarit Klein and Pamela May, also deserve a shoutout for how realistically the shifts in Amanda’s fortunes can be read on her face.
Underland
- Excerpt: Underland weaves folk beliefs around its present-day stories, creating a narrative that’s bigger than just the conscious and straightforward human world. After all, haven’t trolls and goblins and such always lived underground, and don’t humans who visit their realms often return altered?
Virtual Girlfriends
Jason Pirodsky @ The Prague Reporter
WTO/99
- Excerpt: The uneven quality of the source material gives the documentary a handmade feel, and that feels true to the protests: there’s no central authority running things, just a lot of people who don’t feel they have to be perfect or have all the answers to protest against what they think are serious wrongs.
2024 Films
The Brutalist
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Flow
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The Last Showgirl
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The Room Next Door
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Ganymede
C.H. Newell @ Father Son Holy Gore
- Excerpt: Ganymede is filled with grim, unsettling moments, yet finishes in a space that allows for hope, allows for change, and allows for life in the face of literal and existential death.
2023 Films
Sweet Dreams
Bavner Donaldo @ Cinejour [Indonesian]
- Excerpt: Sweet Dreams is a unique and bold cinematic work with stunning Wes Anderson-style visual aesthetics, layered narrative about sharp colonialism, and strong acting performances from Renée Soutendijk and Hayati Azis—a European festival film that successfully presents a fresh perspective on Indonesia’s colonial era.
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