Because of embargoes, a lot of our critics aren’t able to share links with you until release day. Here are some last-minute reviews for this weekend’s upcoming films. We’ve kept in all the reviews posted yesterday as well so you can have more help in deciding what to see (if you haven’t already).
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: Dec. 18-20, 2015
Wide (United States)
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip
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Sisters
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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Limited (United States)
Son of Saul
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2015 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
(T)error
Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
45 Years
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99 Homes
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The Assassin
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Attack on Titan. Part 2
[New Today] João Pinto @ Portal Cinema [Portuguese]
Bajirao Mastani
[New Today] Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Ballet 422
John Gilpatrick @ JohnLikesMovies.com
- Excerpt: In the faces it depicts and the way its camera moves, this stellar documentary says everything it wants to say without actually saying anything at all.
Best of Enemies
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The Big Short
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Bridge of Spies
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Brooklyn
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Boy and the World
Daniel Schindel @ Movie Mezzanine
By the Sea
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Carol
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Cartel Land
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Chi-Raq
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Concussion
- Excerpt: Though overly melodramatic at times and absent the full details of the toll CTE really takes, Concussion is at its best when operating as an underdog story.
Counting
Daddy’s Home
Darren Mooney @ the m0vie blog
- Excerpt: Couldn’t be father from the truth.
[New Today] Stefan Pape @ HeyUGuys
The Danish Girl
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Dope
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Girlhood
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Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
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Goodnight Mommy
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The Hateful Eight
- Excerpt: A strange and potent blend of Stagecoach and Reservoir Dogs, Ten Little Indians and The Thing, Hateful is a bloody unique cinematic concoction from one of Hollywood’s most iniquitous mixers. And it leaves a hell of an aftertaste worth savoring.
[New Today] Candice Frederick @ Reel Talk Online
Hotel Transylvania 2
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
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I Smile Back
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In the Heart of the Sea
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India’s Daughter
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: A searing documentary about the chauvinism and patriarchy which undergirds one rape of a woman every 20 minutes in India.
It Follows
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James White
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Joy
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Jupiter Ascending
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Killing Them Safely
Andrew Wyatt @ St. Louis Magazine
- Excerpt: The film’s methods might be cinematically unremarkable, but the picture it paints is nonetheless fairly compelling.
Krampus
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The Look of Silence
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Love the Coopers
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Macbeth
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The Martian
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
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Mistress America
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My All American
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The Peanuts Movie
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The Revenant
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Ricki and the Flash
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Room
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Spotlight
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Steve Jobs
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Tamasha
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Trainwreck
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Trumbo
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When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism
Winter on Fire
Youth
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2015 Films (Coming Soon)
Daddy or Mommy
Diego Salgado @ Guía del Ocio [Spanish]
The Dressmaker
[New Today] João Pinto @ Portal Cinema [Portuguese]
The Little Prince
Vadym Grygoriev @ kinoblog.com [Ukrainian]
Sparks and Embers
[New Today] Stefan Pape @ HeyUGuys