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Sheng Wang: Purple
(2026)
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Sean L. McCarthy
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If it were up to me and Ali Wong, Sheng Wang would enjoy an even larger audience. If you won’t take it from me, then at least take Ali’s words for it!
Posted Apr 07, 2026
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A Season to Blossom
(2026)
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Liz Kocan
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This is one of those “this is why we watch this kind of movie” movies, where there’s a truly comforting and appealing universe for these characters to inhabit.
Posted Apr 07, 2026
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Deathstalker
(2025)
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John Serba
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Fun movie. Not much else to say about it, though.
Posted Apr 07, 2026
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It Takes a Village
(2026)
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John Serba
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Amiable but undemanding, It Takes a Village exists in aggressively Just Fine territory.
Posted Apr 07, 2026
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The Giant Falls
(2026)
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John Serba
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The Giant Falls works pretty well for an hour, then quickly loses its agency as a complex, moving melodrama. It’s not really a waste of time, but it squanders some of its potential and is ultimately unsatisfying.
Posted Apr 07, 2026
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Pizza Movie
(2026)
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John Serba
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Kocher and McElhaney structure the film like a homemade pie topped with whatever miscellania they found in the fridge.
Posted Apr 07, 2026
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Eat Pray Bark
(2026)
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John Serba
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Annoyingly insubstantial, Eat Pray Bark quickly dissipates from the memory like a Yorkie yip into a blustery gale.
Posted Apr 07, 2026
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Billy Idol Should Be Dead
(2025)
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Johnny Loftus
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Billy Idol Should be Dead is a walk through decades of rock history that benefits hugely from interviews with the man himself. Billy Idol is funny and charming to a fault in this documentary, even when describing his deepest, darkest moments.
Posted Apr 07, 2026
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Avatar: Fire and Ash
(2025)
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John Serba
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It’s still easy to feel invested in what happens in Fire and Ash, especially within Cameron’s fully formed, conceptualized and executed vision.
Posted Apr 07, 2026
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Scream 7
(2026)
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John Serba
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The film offers up two good kills, a disembowelment and a ditty with a beer tap, but they’re wasted in this crushingly mediocre slop pile.
Posted Apr 07, 2026
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Crime 101
(2026)
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John Serba
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Here’s hoping Layton keeps making tight, modestly ambitious genre films like Crime 101, and doesn’t fall prey to big-studio franchise fare. We need more movies like this.
Posted Apr 07, 2026
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Sarah Millican: Late Bloomer
(2026)
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Sean L. McCarthy
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It’s not for my tastes, but this is another one of those cases where senses of humor are truly subjective, and there are thousands upon millions of comedy fans for whom gross-out bodily function humor is a sheer delight.
Posted Apr 07, 2026
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Wuthering Heights
(2026)
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John Serba
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Wuthering Heights, wuthering blights on traditional literature. Approach it like it’s a very expensive soap opera and you’ll have a pretty damn good time.
Posted Apr 01, 2026
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Anemone
(2025)
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John Serba
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A disappointing return for one of the all-time greats.
Posted Apr 01, 2026
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53 Sundays
(2026)
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John Serba
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53 Sundays is a succinctly funny and insightful character study brimming over with well-written dialogue.
Posted Apr 01, 2026
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Bambi: The Reckoning
(2025)
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John Serba
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This movie is boiled butt served on stale saltines with a side of moldering beets, and it sucks carp cloacas.
Posted Apr 01, 2026
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Versa
(2026)
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John Serba
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We can set aside our cynicism about Hollywood bulldozing us with so many films about grief and loss – there’s plenty of room for this very small film about very large emotions.
Posted Apr 01, 2026
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Color Theories by Julio Torres
(2026)
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Sean L. McCarthy
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Torres remains a unique and special voice not just in comedy, but in the performing arts, and we could use more voices like his.
Posted Apr 01, 2026
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Aaron Chen: Funny Garden
(2026)
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Sean L. McCarthy
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It felt a bit of a waste. It left me thinking Chen is great as a supporting character onscreen, but struggling to hold interest as a solo performer. Then again, perhaps my view of the world is upside down.
Posted Apr 01, 2026
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BTS: THE RETURN
(2026)
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Johnny Loftus
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BTS: The Return is a good “get to know them – again!” doc about a band that pressed pause at the height of their stardom.
Posted Mar 31, 2026
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Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
(2026)
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John Serba
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The borderline-tryhard flippancy of Mike and Nick and Nick and Alice may be divisive, but my aging Xer take on it is, more of you will take it than leave it.
Posted Mar 30, 2026
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GOAT
(2026)
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John Serba
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Let’s call it PFOAT: Perfectly Fine Of All Time. The “P” is silent.
Posted Mar 30, 2026
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The Red Line
(2026)
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John Serba
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The Red Line is uneven, but smart and thematically vigorous when it needs to be.
Posted Mar 30, 2026
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Pretty Lethal
(2026)
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John Serba
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Pretty Lethal proves that ballet is hard, but maybe making good movies is harder.
Posted Mar 30, 2026
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Send Help
(2026)
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John Serba
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Send Help meets and occasionally exceeds expectations for late-career Raimi nuttiness.
Posted Mar 30, 2026
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Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special
(2026)
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Samantha Nungesser
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The Hannahversary is every Hannah Montana fan’s dream (dream, dream).
Posted Mar 30, 2026
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Meal Ticket
(2026)
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Scott Hines
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Meal Ticket is a smart, capably-made documentary that gives proper respect to its subject matter, but ultimately it doesn’t rise to the level of must-see TV for the average basketball fan.
Posted Mar 30, 2026
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A Royal Setting
(2026)
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Liz Kocan
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In the world of diamonds, it’s all about the four Cs: Color, clarity, carat and cut. But here, I’ll offer you three Cs of advice when it comes to A Royal Setting. Consider changing channels.
Posted Mar 30, 2026
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BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE | ARIRANG
(2026)
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Johnny Loftus
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BTS: The Comeback Live: ARIRANG is a slick, fun return for the seven-member K-pop powerhouse, who show off some new flavor while graciously thanking the ARMY for sticking around.
Posted Mar 30, 2026
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Jeff Ross: Take a Banana for the Ride
(2026)
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Sean L. McCarthy
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This might not be the Roastmaster General you’re used to seeing, but he thinks it may be the guy you need to see right now.
Posted Mar 30, 2026
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The Silent Service: The Battle of Arctic Ocean
(2025)
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Maddy Casale
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Despite the subject matter, the title’s characters and story lack depth, culminating in an ultimately underwhelming viewing experience.
Posted Mar 23, 2026
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The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel
(2026)
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Johnny Loftus
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With its focus on founding guitarist Hillel Slovak, The Rise of Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother Hillel develops an inspiring portrait of an artist as a young man, who was taken too soon.
Posted Mar 23, 2026
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Mercy
(2026)
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John Serba
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The director’s visual approach to the material reflects our modern-day eye-crossing experience of constant information-bombardment, which is to say it’s no fun whatsoever.
Posted Mar 23, 2026
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Two for Tee
(2026)
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Liz Kocan
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Two for Tee is one of those movies that you want to live in.
Posted Mar 23, 2026
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Sisu: Road to Revenge
(2025)
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John Serba
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Sisu: Road to Revenge is genius-level idiocy.
Posted Mar 23, 2026
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Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
(2026)
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John Serba
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Knight carefully arranges the thematic chess pieces for maximum drama.
Posted Mar 23, 2026
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Terri Joe: Missionary in Miami
(2026)
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John Serba
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Welp. Terri Joe’s transition from short-form comedy to long-form feature tends to be problematic. As ever, what’s funny for two minutes is tough to sustain for 80.
Posted Mar 19, 2026
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Country Doctor
(2025)
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John Serba
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During a time of such widespread duress, Country Doctor is a feelgood story that might be just what the doctor ordered.
Posted Mar 19, 2026
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The Cut
(2024)
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John Serba
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This Cut is so shallow, it doesn’t even need stitches.
Posted Mar 19, 2026
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It's Dorothy!
(2025)
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John Serba
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Its lack of focus doesn’t detract from its entertainment value.
Posted Mar 19, 2026
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Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
(2026)
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Benjamin H. Smith
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Like Tommy Shelby himself, Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man is deeply faulted but with ultimately redeeming qualities.
Posted Mar 19, 2026
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Mark Normand: None Too Pleased
(2026)
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Sean L. McCarthy
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If this is your first brush with Mark Normand, then you'll undoubtedly love and hate some of these jokes. Otherwise, you already know what you're in for.
Posted Mar 19, 2026
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Not Without Hope
(2025)
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John Serba
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Not Without Hope is a by-the-numbers but modestly engaging BOATS movie. It won’t change your life, but it also won’t make you feel like you wasted your time.
Posted Mar 16, 2026
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The Plastic Detox
(2026)
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John Serba
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The Plastic Detox uses some fearmongering to convince us of its assertions, but it balances it out with humor and hope. Bottom line, it’s informative, not manipulative.
Posted Mar 16, 2026
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Anniversary
(2025)
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John Serba
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The first half of the film is taut and shrewdly directed placesetting. But the second half loses its razorlike edge, replacing it with blunt-force hysteria.
Posted Mar 16, 2026
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Made in Korea
(2026)
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Radhika Menon
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While there is an emotionally satisfying relationship at the center of the film, Made in Korea has too much noise in its subplots to completely satisfy.
Posted Mar 16, 2026
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
(2025)
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John Serba
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The story maintains its satirical aim throughout, but loses its nerve in the second hour as its stronger ideas get swallowed up in the machinations of the plot.
Posted Mar 16, 2026
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The Testament of Ann Lee
(2025)
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John Serba
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Ann Lee goes whole-hog and you can’t help but be admired by her dedication – and hypnotized by this most singular of musicals.
Posted Mar 16, 2026
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Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere
(2026)
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Sean L. McCarthy
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It feels like trying to catch up with the state of influencers might just be a frustrating game of whack-a-mole. At least we can see who some of the biggest moles are, though.
Posted Mar 16, 2026
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Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare
(2026)
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John Serba
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Fukushima: A Nuclear Nightmare is brutal, but vital viewing.
Posted Mar 12, 2026
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