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Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning

Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning Review: Thrilling But Flawed

Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning feels like a wild victory lap for Ethan Hunt and his crew, packed with jaw-dropping stunts, ear-splitting sound design, and globe-trotting scenery that feels almost too good to be true. But for every incredible action ...
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Juliet & Romeo

Juliet & Romeo Review: A Pop Musical Reimagining That Falls Flat

Timothy Scott Bogart’s Juliet & Romeo aspires to reframe the world’s most enduring romantic tragedy as a pop-infused spectacle that breaks free from its Shakespearean roots and lands somewhere between a concept album and historical revisionist fantasy. But despite lofty ...
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Unit 234

Unit 234 Review: Isabelle Fuhrman Anchors a Slick Survival Thriller

Unit 234 is a taut, small-scale action thriller that finds its strength in atmosphere, pace, and Isabelle Fuhrman’s committed central performance. Best known for romantic fare like Hitch and Sweet Home Alabama, director Andy Tennant makes a surprising pivot into ...
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Summer of 69

Summer of 69 Review: Coming of Age in Stilettos

In her directorial debut Summer of 69, Jillian Bell aims to create a raunchy yet heartfelt comedy about growing up, sexual identity, and female friendship—but in trying to juggle all of its themes, tones, and character arcs, the film often loses ...
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Fight or Flight

Fight or Flight Review: High-Altitude Hijinks Fall Flat

James Madigan’s Fight or Flight wants to soar—but it’s flying on borrowed wings. An action-comedy hybrid that traps its characters on a cross-Pacific flight teeming with assassins, espionage, and sardonic banter, the film sets itself up as a spiritual successor ...
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Clown in a Cornfield

Clown in a Cornfield Review: Blood in the Heartland

Eli Craig’s Clown in a Cornfield is a smart, savage slasher that combines classic genre thrills with modern commentary, delivering a taut and blood-spattered ride through rural America’s anxieties. Based on Adam Cesare’s novel of the same name (one of ...
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Nonnas

Nonnas Review: Comfort Food and Familiar Laughs

In Stephen Chbosky’s Nonnas, the kitchen is warm, the sauce is simmering, and the matriarchs are plenty. This sentimental comedy, written by Liz Maccie, brings together Vince Vaughn, a cast of legendary actresses, and an irresistibly cozy concept: a grieving ...
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Broke

Broke Review: Weathered Dreams and Wounds

Between this and the very recently released Thunderbolts*, this is shaping up to be quite a fantastic year for actor Wyatt Russell, who had an unfortunately weak year previously. Even though I personally had a lot of fun with Night Swim, it ...
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Lilies Not for Me

Lilies Not for Me Review: A Haunting Portrait of Queer Repression

Lilies Not For Me is a quietly devastating period drama that examines the cruel intersection of queer identity and institutional control. Set in a 1920s English medical facility where homosexuality is pathologized as a disease to be “cured,” the film ...