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: Feb 5-7, 2016
Wide (United States)
The Choice
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Hail, Caesar!
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
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Limited (United States)
Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: [Greenaway’s] unique visual style is carefully composed of rich, painterly tableaux, his themes encompassing puzzles, murder, architecture, sex and death. They are all evident here, yet it is difficult to take “Eisenstein in Guanajuato” entirely seriously.
- Excerpt: Greenaway’s habit of repeating old tics and playing around with virtuosic form for the sake of it might give off the impression of a director bored with his material, but what comes through clearly by the end of the film is the act of one artist’s eccentric generosity breathing new awareness into the life of another.
Rams
[New Today] Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: A satisfying and quirky slice-of-life film set in rural Iceland.
Donald Jay Levit @ ReelTalk Movie Reviews
[New Today] Stefan Pape @ HeyUGuys
Southbound
Mark Harris @ About.com
C.J. Prince @ Way Too Indie
[New Today] Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: [T]here’s a sense of some overarching mythology to this highway. Each short reveals another aspect of it without giving away or explaining too much.
[New Today] Candice Frederick @ Reel Talk Online
Tumbledown
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: Touching story that honors the mystery of the odd ways people survive, share, and care for each other.
2015 & 2016 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
45 Years
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The 5th Wave
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88th Oscars: Nominated Shorts
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The Abandoned
[New Today] Daniel Lackey @ The Nightmare Gallery
- Excerpt: Not even impressive visuals can detract from an overwhelming sense of sameness.
Anesthesia
Mark Dujsik @ Mark Reviews Movies
- Excerpt: Is that all there is?
Anomalisa
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The Beauty Inside
[New Today] Thomas Spurlin @ DVDTalk.com
The Boy
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Boy and the World
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Burnt
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Carol
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Certain Women
Chloe & Theo
João Pinto @ Portal Cinema [Portuguese]
Creed
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Dad’s Army
[New Today] Stefan Pape @ HeyUGuys
The Danish Girl
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Dirty Grandpa
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The Finest Hours
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The Forest
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Goosebumps
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The Hateful Eight
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How to Change the World
Jared Mobarak @ Jared Mobarak Reviews
- Excerpt: On its own, Hunter’s text and the newly produced interviews of others wouldn’t be enough to create as captivating a film as How to Change the World proves. To do that you need the right archival footage to visualize these tales as they’re recounted and the Greenpeace gang serendipitously documented everything during those early years to give Rothwell exactly that.
In the Heart of the Sea
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Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
Jonathan Richards @ www.jonrichardsplace.com
- Excerpt: Bergman was always restless. “There is a bird of passage inside me, always wanting more,” she says, and her life was a celebration of the idea that fulfillment is found by following your passions.
Jane Got A Gun
Kristy Puchko @ Pajiba, Comic Book Resources
- Excerpt: Maybe it’s not fair to say Ramsay would have made a better movie. But you know what? It’d be almost impossible for her not to have.
Kung Fu Panda 3
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The Lady in the Van
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The Monkey King 2
James Marsh @ Screen International
- Excerpt: Cheang Pou-soi’s sequel to his own 2014 monster hit ($168m in China alone) is a considerably more coherent and assured production, boasting slick visuals and spirited central performances from Aaron Kwok and Gong Li. Tackling more familiar segments of Wu Cheng’en’s mammoth source text, The Monkey King 2 proves more accessible to overseas and casual viewers, while local audiences should return in great numbers over the Lunar New Year as Asia welcomes in the Year of the Monkey.
Moonwalkers
Jonathan Richards @ www.jonrichardsplace.com
- Excerpt: There are numerous homages to Kubrick, including nods to 2001, plenty of the old ultra-violence from A Clockwork Orange, sexual flights of fancy á la Eyes Wide Shut, and an American general not unlike Dr. Strangelove’s Buck Turgidson. But the gap between the talents of Kubrick and Bardou-Jacquet dwarfs the distance from Earth to the moon.
Norm of the North
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A Perfect Day
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Point Break
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Rabin, the Last Day
The Revenant
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Son of Saul
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Songs My Brothers Taught Me
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: A Native-American brother and sister try in their own ways to find where they belong.
Spotlight
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Steve Jobs
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Straight Outta Compton
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Theeb
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The Treasure
Jonathan Richards @ www.jonrichardsplace.com
- Excerpt: It takes a lot of digging, but there’s something valuable to find.
The Veil
[New Today] Daniel Lackey @ The Nightmare Gallery
- Excerpt: Not even Thomas Jane’s diabolical acting can prop up this limp effort.
Viva
When Marnie Was There
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Where to Invade Next
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Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
[New Today] Pat Mullen @ POV Magazine
- Excerpt: Filmmaking from the front lines
2016 Films (Coming Soon)
Belgica
The Birth of a Nation
Christine
The Dark Side of the Moon
Alan Mattli @ Facing the Bitter Truth [German]
- Excerpt: Pretentious and unintentionally funny, ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’ is a subpar thriller that bites off more than it can chew.
Dog Lady
Driftwood
- Excerpt: Slamdance Review
The Eyes of My Mother
The Fear of 13
[New Today] Pat Mullen @ POV Magazine
The Fits
Frank & Lola
The Fundamentals of Caring
If There’s a Hell Below
- Excerpt: Slamdance Review
Kate Plays Christine
- Excerpt: Sundance Review
Land and Shade
Lovesong
The Lure
Monday at 11:01 A.M.
[New Today] James Jay Edwards @ FilmFracture
Murder Rap: Inside the Biggie and Tupac Murders
Sarah D Bunting @ Previously.TV
Nena
Nice People
[New Today] Pat Mullen @ POV Magazine
- Excerpt: The spirit of ‘Cool Runnings’ endures!
Nise: The Heart of Madness
One Floor Below
Paulina
The Pearl Button
Jonathan Richards @ www.jonrichardsplace.com
- Excerpt: The exquisite beauty of Katell Djian’s cinematography, the extraordinary ethnographic photographs of a disappearing people, the heartrending recollections of a handful of surviving Kawésqar elders, and the reflections of a few contemporary poets and oceanographers and philosophers, all work together to weave an enchanting, exhilarating, and profoundly disturbing work of cinematic poetry.
The People vs Fritz Bauer
Road to La Paz
Sanam Teri Kasam
[New Today] Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Sand Storm
Sleeping Giant
Spa Night
Taking Stock
[New Today] Stefan Pape @ HeyUGuys
