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: Oct. 17, 2025
Wide (United States)
Black Phone 2
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Good Fortune
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Expanding (United States)
After the Hunt
Travis Burgess @ The Sacred Wall
- Excerpt: ‘After the Hunt’ is the right story, the right themes, and the right performances. It just may be the wrong movie
Kristian Lin @ Fort Worth Weekly
- Excerpt: A college sex scandal wreaks havoc at Yale in this underdone drama.
Jason Pirodsky @ The Prague Reporter
Limited (United States)
Ballad of a Small Player
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: Colin Ferrell is a gambling addict in the Far East in this dreamy, meandering drama desperately in need of a point. The tasteful production elements in Edward Berger’s ‘Ballad of a Small Player’ impress but the strained story draws dead, pushing all its chips in on a losing bluff.
It Was Just an Accident
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: a film about justice, revenge and accountability and the differing ways people move past trauma. It is also tinged with mystery, sadness and, surprisingly, humor and a little bit of joy…
2025 Films in Theaters Now in Select Areas
Caught Stealing
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The Conjuring: Last Rites
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Dog Man
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Good Boy
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Highest 2 Lowest
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A House of Dynamite
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Kiss of the Spider Woman
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The Long Walk
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One Battle After Another
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Roofman
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The Smashing Machine
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Tron: Ares
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300Letters
Affection
Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: I was disappointed by the way its central theme is abandoned, replaced by science fiction narrative twists that feel, paradoxically, both too complex and too simplistic for a feature film.
Deathstalker
Dennis Schwartz @ denisschwartzreviews
- Excerpt: Should hit the spot for the less discerning viewer.
Eden
Jeff Schaefer @ The Marquee Topic
- Excerpt: Ron Howard directs Eden, a stranger than fiction account of three families working to turn the wild Galapagos islands into their own personal paradise. Stars Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby, and Sydney Sweeney.
Exit 8
Jason Pirodsky @ The Prague Reporter
Homebound
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Writer/director Mary Bronstein (“Yeast”) plunges us into Linda’s psyche, an avalanche of escalating anxiety over the course of almost two hours that, thankfully, is frequently hilarious in its situations and Linda’s reactions to them, providing periodic release.
In the Lost Lands
Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: The world it presents to us is half-developed, the characters are bland, and the overall plot is tremendously boring, even though it’s barely an hour and a half long.
Is This Thing On?
Chris Barsanti @ Slant Magazine
- Excerpt: Bradley Cooper’s third feature is playfully fascinated with the art and psychology of performance.
John Candy: I Like Me
- Excerpt: Colin Hanks’ doc eulogizes the late Canadian comedy legend 30 years after his early death with a series of blandly sweet remembrances.
Jolly LLB 3
Kim Novak’s Vertigo
Gregory Carlson @ southpawfilmworks.net
The Lost Bus
Jason Pirodsky @ The Prague Reporter
The New Boy
Jeff Schaefer @ The Marquee Topic
- Excerpt: Warwick Thornton writes and directs The New Boy, a fictionalized memoir starring Cate Blanchett of his own time growing up in Australia.
Nishaanchi
Plainclothes
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: It’s a fantastic turn by Blyth as he treads through the innocence and pleasures of desire while existing in a walled-off prison of prejudice pretending to be morality.
Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears)
The Salt Path
Jason Pirodsky @ The Prague Reporter
Steve
There Was, There Was Not
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Mkrtichian knows that the juxtaposition would lose its potency if she messed with the chronology. They’ve each lost a piece of their identity. Those happy times have been taken from them, so they should remain as memories to us as well.
The Thursday Murder Club
Jason Pirodsky @ The Prague Reporter
Urchin
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: [Dillane] lends the role enough charm and humor to make friends quickly while also imbuing the desperation necessary to turn on a dime and exploit that camaraderie for selfish gain.
War 2
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
The Woman in Cabin 10
Jason Pirodsky @ The Prague Reporter
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