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Title Year Rating Rank Review
The Damned2025801(full review) - Desperate, wintery isolation fosters paranoia, and soon it’s hard to tell what’s real and what isn’t, but everything seems supernaturally sinister.
Nosferatu2024951(full review) - It makes you grateful that Eggers was not intrigued by Stoker’s elegant aristocrat and his tortured love story, but drawn instead to the repulsive carnality of Nosferatu.
A Real Pain2024902(full review) - Eisenberg has never been better, truly, and one of his many strengths (as an actor and a filmmaker) is to just let Culkin steal this movie.
Bird2024902(full review) - What makes the third act such a standout—whether you can get behind its surreal quality or you cannot—is the unerring authenticity of the first two acts.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga2024902(full review) - Again wielding his patented punch-in closeups like a heavy metal power chord, Miller keeps a palpable sense of frenzied motion.
Kneecap2024902(full review) - Peppiatt takes a band’s origin story, wraps it in cultural trauma, globalizes it and creates a rebel song the North of Ireland can be proud of.
Memoir of a Snail2024902(full review) - There’s a real sweetness to the film, and the grimmest possible story turns are delivered with a unique blend of tenderness and bleak humor that’s tough to describe.
Nickel Boys2024902(full review) - The filmmaker, with an inspired Jomo Fray behind the camera, delivers a visual poem of tragedy, resilience and American history.
The Wild Robot2024902(full review) - The film’s delight is only deepened by its sadness, and you may find yourself bawling repeatedly during this film. I know I did.
A Quiet Place: Day One2024859(full review) - Any time you can watch a film with giant extra-terrestrials bearing ear drums where a face should be and you find yourself fully believing anything, you’re watching a pretty good movie. A Quiet Place: Day One is a pretty good movie.
Azrael2024859(full review) - There’s nuance and depth for those who invest, but at 85 minutes and boasting almost constant action and bloodshed, Azrael is a solid choice for even those with a limited attention span.
Babes2024859(full review) - Childhood best friendship rarely really survives adulthood. Babes wonders whether it can, with the right mix of forgiveness and need, distance and support, breast milk and feces.
Blink Twice2024859(full review) - What Kravitz delivers instead is a seductive, tense, satisfying thriller.
Crumb Catcher2024859(full review) - Skotchdopole’s managed a tightwire of tones, delivering a tense and compelling thriller that turns banality into a weirdly funny nightmare.
Flow2024859(full review) - That Zilbalodis crafted such gorgeously animated scenes entirely with an open-source platform to keep budget in check is indie genius that would be only a gimmick were his storytelling instincts less stellar.
Hard Truths2024859(full review) - It is this masterful craftsmanship that steers his films away from parody, from caricature, from melodrama and toward poetry.
Immaculate2024859(full review) - Immaculate digs into the way organized religion constrains, punishes, silences, bullies, vilifies and oppresses women and then unleashes glorious fury. Fearless, cathartic, bloody, beautifully sacrilegious fury.
Invader2024859(full review) - Invader delivers a spare, nasty, memorable piece of horror in just over an hour. It will stick with you a while longer.
Janet Planet2024859(full review) - Bittersweet, beautifully observed and honest, Janet Planet also marks an impressive transition for Baker from stage to screen.
Longlegs2024859(full review) - Perkins shines as bright as ever, too. As always, his shot selection and framing evoke dark poetry. His use of light and shadow, architecture and space is like no one else’s.
Love Lies Bleeding2024859(full review) - It’s quite something—bold, original, and wryly funny in the most unexpected moments. There’s heartbreak and horror, sex and revenge, a little magic and a lot of steroids. Glass’s juice has the goods.
Oddity2024859(full review) - But there’s no denying Mc Carthy’s talent for creating an atmosphere where anything can happen.
Rita2024859(full review) - It’s moving and debilitating at the same time, but it’s a beautiful and powerful work.
Saturday Night2024859(full review) - Saturday Night also bursts with laugh-out-loud moments, little triumphs, fascinating callbacks and infectious energy.
Stopmotion2024859(full review) - The dual storylines—live action and animation—are both well told, but the real pleasure is in the gruesomely tactile movie Ella is making.
The Count of Monte Cristo2024859(full review) - The 19th Century tale of vengeance, political intrigue, fated romance buckles more swash than you might imagine.
The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed2024859(full review) - Arnow’s film is an acquired taste— defiantly so. But like most good comedies, it’s saying something incredibly honest and more than a little bit sad.
The Last Stop in Yuma County2024859(full review) - The Last Stop in Yuma County is a single-location film done extremely well, mining visual details in place of exposition, relying on character to enrich its slight premise, and delivering giddy tension. It’s full of fun, blood and surprises.
The Wasp2024859(full review) - Whatever its dramatic contrivances, and there are a few, the success of The Wasp boils down to riveting, believable performances that command your attention.
Things Will Be Different2024859(full review) - Thanks to sharp writing, stylish direction and a couple of well-crafted performances, he further separates his time travel fantasy from the scores of others and keeps you guessing until the last, powerful frame.
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl2024859(full review) - The film mixes silly with clever in exactly the right proportion, as is the charm with the entire franchise.
You'll Never Find Me2024859(full review) - The third act doesn’t entirely deliver on the promise made earlier in the film, but Bell and Allen have crafted an unsettling and spooky feast for the senses.
Your Monster2024859(full review) - But it’s Lindy’s crafty subversion of all those tropes, and her game cast’s spot-on characterizations within this genre mashup, that makes the film—and, in particular, the final scene—so wickedly satisfying.
Abigail20248033(full review) - It’s fun, though. And when it decides to finally get bloody, it may not leave a lasting impression, but it definitely makes a mess.
Babygirl20248033(full review) - Reijn’s entire ensemble is unafraid to be unlikeable, which is necessary when ambition, jealousy, insecurity, sex and shame commingle.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice20248033(full review) - Each set piece is an imaginative, ghoulish delight and O’Hara could be booked with larceny for as many scenes as she steals.
Dandelion20248033(full review) - Riegel’s depiction of intimacy, in the core relationship as well as the act of creation, is tactile: fingertips, chords, a rock’s surface, veins throbbing in a throat.
Get Away20248033(full review) - et Away quickly veers into Wicker Man territory by way of Midsommar, director Steffan Haars has already established the darkly humorous vibe that will permeate the film.
Gladiator II20248033(full review) - Scott toys with “echoes through eternity” as he undermines much of the rebellious political nature of his original in favor of a returning king parable.
Humane20248033(full review) - An intriguing premise buoyed with darkly comedic performances, plus a brisk 90 minute runtime keep Humane entertaining, but it’s hard not to feel a bit disappointed.
My Penguin Friend20248033(full review) - There are plenty of flaws that keep My Penguin Friend from really singing, but it’s not enough to dampen the joy to be found with this odd couple.
Out Come the Wolves20248033(full review) - Though small cast plus limited location generally equals low budget, Out Come the Wolves boasts impressive production values.
Remembering Gene Wilder20248033(full review) - Though Frank doesn’t break any new ground cinematically—talking head interviews flank home movies, film clips surround family photos—the mellow approach belies a deep emotional connection.
Sometimes I Think About Dying20248033(full review) - It sneaks up on you, like death or like love. And it shows an impressive, introspective side of Ridley.
Sting20248033(full review) - Here he channels affection for a wide range of creature features (he really loves Alien) but still manages to create something decidedly his own.
The Devil's Bath20248033(full review) - The Devil’s Bath opens provocatively, leaving you with a question. The ensuing two hours pointedly answers that question, and then asks: Are you sure you would do it differently?
The Fall Guy20248033(full review) - The Fall Guy is not the most memorable way to spend two hours and 9 minutes (you will want to stick it out through the credits, BTW), but it is mindless—if overlong—fun.
The Room Next Door20248033(full review) - The idea of spending a couple of beautifully framed hours with these three undisputed masters is endlessly appealing, no matter the subject.
The Seeding20248033(full review) - Clay reexamines an existential nightmare addressed many times (I’m Not Scared, John and the Hole) and turns to a mixed bag of horror tropes to limit its impact.
Birdeater20247549(full review) - Like Ted Kotcheff’s unhinged 1971 Outback classic, Birdeater seeks to upset you as it digs into Australian ideas of masculinity.
Despicable Me 420247549(full review) - Together the writers find a nice balance of nuttiness for characters—legacy and new—to continue to make this franchise a fun one.
Destroy All Neighbors20247549(full review) - It’s definitely not a great horror movie. But it’s a light, weird, gentle reminder that you may be all that’s holding you back. (And also, loud neighbors kind of suck.)
Frankie Freako20247549(full review) - Writer/director Steven Kostanski simultaneously mocks and embraces the inanity of each of those movies and delivers a spirited bit of comedy fun.
Ganymede20247549(full review) - The filmmakers, working from Holt’s script, juggle societal pressure, family trauma and damaging fundamentalist beliefs with a genuine tenderness for adolescence.
Joker: Folie à Deux20247549(full review) - Where Phillips found the tone for his alienated white man in Scorsese, his love story takes on the fantastical theatricality of a musical. It’s a choice that works better in theory than execution.
MaXXXine20247549(full review) - On its own, the film fits nicely into the role of a competent urban thriller. But when cast as the final piece of a potentially iconic horror trilogy, MaXXXine ends up limping to the finish.
Moana 220247549(full review) - It’s like a nice color copy of the original—still pretty, very similar, just not as compelling.
Nutcrackers20247549(full review) - Green’s execution is untidy enough—snot-faced, uncombed and realistic—to breathe new life into a familiar idea.
Street Trash20247549(full review) - This gooey mess may just be the healing balm we need right now.
That Christmas20247549(full review) - The animation is delightful, the humor decidedly British, and the hijinks wholesome but relatable and often bittersweet.
The End20247549(full review) - The End is a bold, admirable film that’s sometimes too obvious, a bit too long, and a tad gimmicky to meet its aspirations.
The Man in the White Van20247549(full review) - Interestingly, there’s something about this particular falseness and the sloppiness in the script that actually reflects Seventies horror, which is kind of fun—sort of the The Town that Dreaded Sundown era, before tropes dug in and determined every story beat.
Werewolves20247549(full review) - And if you got full moon fever as soon as you heard “Grillo’s in a werewolf action flick,” Werewolves won’t disappoint.
I.S.S.20247063(full review) - The danger never feels real, and the pointlessness of success is never even addressed. It’s a misfire from a reliable filmmaker and a middling effort in the “terror in space” subgenre.
Latency20247063(full review) - The scares aren’t especially scary, either, but the narrative’s game like quality does build a sense of existential horror.
Queer20246565(full review) - https://maddwolf.com/new-in-theaters/most-natural-painkiller/#sthash.P4UtrJUs.dpbs
Nightbitch20245566(full review) - And if the problems are only for the wealthy, the solutions are equally out of reach for most audiences. Which makes it hard to root for Mother, no matter how truly (and characteristically) excellent Adams is.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire20245067(full review) - And don’t even compare it to Minus One, that just wouldn’t be fair. But for a greenscreenapalooza of dumb monster action, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire is adequate.
Kraven the Hunter20245067(full review) - It’s not really worth waiting for the Act 3 payoff, unless you just really like bloodspatter and viscera in your superhero movies.
Terrifier 320245067(full review) - If you dug the previous Art the Clown films, you will find endless entertainment in the newest. You’ll also find mediocre acting and dumb plotting but really excellent practical effects.
The First Omen20245067(full review) - And yet, for all the Omen specificity Stevenson sews into her antichrist apocalypse tapestry, the movie still feels for all the world like a neutered Immaculate.
The Watchers20245067(full review) - But it doesn’t hold up to the great Irish horror that came before it.
Trap20245067(full review) - Trap is a miss. It’s not his worst, just middle of the pack, but a disappointment nonetheless.
Here20244073(full review) - At what point did Robert Zemeckis stop making movies and start executing gimmicks?
Borderlands20242574(full review) - The action is not compelling, the comic timing is way off, there’s little chemistry among his merry band, the stakes feel low, surprises are few, meaningful transitions from one set up to the next don’t exist, the FX are not great.
A Different Man2024575
Mufasa: The Lion King2024575(full review) - The CG animation is mainly very impressive and there are camera movements and choices that feel like new ideas in an old tradition. But tradition wins out, not just in the look but in the storytelling. (
The Strangers: Chapter 12024575(full review) - So, if you have not seen the 2008 treasure that grounds this franchise, then Harlin’s Chapter 1 is sure to please. It’s an extremely conventional, competent horror movie. As if that’s enough.
Poor Things20231001(full review) - Imagine a woman’s sense of self forming without shame, without the stifling existence of it. Lanthimos, McNamara and Gray have done just that, and the result is exhilarating.
Robot Dreams2023954(full review) - Slyly authentic in its examination of how we grow, sometimes apart, Robot Dreams honors the pain of losing the one you thought was your forever home, but it also celebrates the memories made with the one who got away.
All of Us Strangers2023905(full review) - Genre elements litter the script that, told by any other filmmaker, would run either maudlin or cheesy. But Haigh’s hypnotic touch creates a tone equally honest and obscure yet full of wonder. It’s also utterly devastating.
American Fiction2023905(full review) - Buoyed by a delightful ensemble and cuttingly hilarious script, he delivers one of the finest performances of his career.
Barbie2023905(full review) - Barbie, which director Gerwig co-wrote with Noah Baumbach (that slouch), delivers smart, biting, riotous comedy with more whimsy than anything this politically savvy has any right to wield.
Chasing Chasing Amy2023905(full review) - Rodgers possesses sharp storytelling instincts and a cinematic presence so sincere and authentic it could break your heart.
Dream Scenario2023905(full review) - This is absurdist horror comedy at its best.
Showing Up2023905(full review) - Reichardt invests her attention in the small moments rather than delivering a tidy, obvious structure. The result feels messy, like life, with lengths of anxiety and unease punctuated by small triumphs.
The Bikeriders2023905(full review) - Weaving thematic threads from The Wild One, Goodfellas and even Shakespearean tragedy, The Bikeriders gives that search brutal beauty, and compelling life.
The Zone of Interest2023905(full review) - He dramatizes nothing. Seeing how easily, how thoughtlessly and even eagerly human beings can benefit from incomprehensible inhumanity provides new, highly relevant perspective.
When Evil Lurks2023905(full review) - This is a magnificently written piece of horror, and Rugna’s expansive direction gives it an otherworldly yet dirty, earthy presence.
Ashkal20238514(full review) - Simultaneously pessimistic and hopeful, grim and beautiful, Ashkal is a meditation on modern times.
Beau Is Afraid20238514(full review) - Aster generates much of the same kind of primal, ceaseless tension of the Safdies’ Uncut Gems or Aronofsky’s Mother. But he embraces the absurdity of it all in a way the others did not.
Bottoms20238514(full review) - Seligman’s tone, her image of high school and high school movies, is wildly, irreverently funny and fearless. It’s hilarious, raunchy, and so much fun.
Cassandro20238514(full review) - The entire ensemble shines, but Bernal owns the screen, his ever present smile a heartbreaking and beautiful image of the resilience and determination that fueled an icon of wrestling and LGBTQ culture.
Cocaine Bear20238514(full review) - For a very dark comedy, Cocaine Bear is light entertainment. It’s hard to imagine expecting anything more.
Dumb Money20238514(full review) - https://maddwolf.com/new-in-theaters/chump-change/#sthash.L5bwlesg.dpbs
Evil Dead Rise20238514(full review) - In fact, he uses disorienting angels and shots throughout the film to beautifully bewildering effect.
Falling Stars20238514(full review) - There’s a levelheaded authenticity, a lived-in superstitious normality that pervades the film and gets under the skin.
Huesera: The Bone Woman20238514(full review) - While it toes certain familiar ground – the gaslighting of Rosemary’s Baby, for instance – what sets Huesera apart from other maternal horror is its deliberate untidiness.
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person20238514(full review) - The pathos in Luis-Seize’s film benefits from both a widespread undercurrent of suicidal thought—both as a parent’s nightmare and a child’s misguided salvation—and an understated theme of neurodivergent love.
Infested20238514(full review) - Vanicek makes excellent use of these spaces, and he shows solid instincts for creature FX—when to go practical, when to show little, when to show lots (and lots and lots). But his film succeeds on the lived-in world of these neighbors and friends.
Infinity Pool20238514(full review) - Goth proves once again to be a seductive menace and a force to be reckoned with.
John Wick: Chapter 420238514(full review) - It’s a love letter to a canon, a song about the entire history of onscreen assassins and their honorable, meticulous action.
Lovely, Dark, and Deep20238514(full review) - Sutherland’s film is a bit of a slow burn, but once it hits its stride, she throws an unsettling assortment of hellish visions at you.
Mami Wata20238514(full review) - Mami Wata is a spectacle of water and light. Raindrops on a forehead, seashells in a braid, sea spray as day turns to night – Obasi builds an otherworldly atmosphere from moments like these.
May December20238514(full review) - It’s a morally ambiguous, gorgeously realized character study. It’s so good to have Todd Haynes back.
Memory20238514(full review) - Franco examines what’s true and what’s faulty in the human memory, and what he finds is sometimes harsh and unpleasant, but just often, profoundly tender.
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One20238514(full review) - The MI franchise lives and dies on two things: Ethan Hunt’s humanity and Tom Cruise’s willingness to risk his own life for thrilling stunts. Expect both – aplenty! – in Episode 7.
Moon Garden20238514(full review) - https://maddwolf.com/new-in-theaters/sentimental-journey-home/#sthash.vZDhKVRI.dpbs
Perfect Days20238514(full review) - Wenders punctuates scenes with joyously on-the-nose song choices—minus the cassette hiss—and the final few singalong minutes showcase one actor’s transcendent work.
Perpetrator20238514(full review) - Perpetrator swims in blood and gore and humor and terror and feminism galore.
Remember This20238514(full review) - Hutchens’s camera is subtle but its fluidity in orchestration with lighting, Roc Lee’s sound design, and Strathairn’s movement keep the film from ever feeling stagnant or stage bound.
Saltburn20238514(full review) - It’s tough to watch a film that asks you to empathize with, much less pity, the grotesquely wealthy. Luckily, Fennell doesn’t.
Saltburn20238514(full review) - It’s tough to watch a film that asks you to empathize with, much less pity, the grotesquely wealthy. Luckily, Fennell doesn’t.
Satanic Hispanics20238514(full review) - But the collection absolutely boasts some inspired talent having a blast, and when is that ever a bad thing to witness?
Shortcomings20238514(full review) - It’s smart humor, one that recognizes the defensiveness and fear at the heart of Ben’s disdain for anything that swings for the fences, and for anyone who puts themselves in the vulnerable position to try and fail.
Suitable Flesh20238514(full review) - A game cast and a bit of 80s inspired lunacy ensure a good time is had by all. Plus, that’s a great title.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem20238514(full review) - Rogan and Goldberg bring the sophomoric but undeniable wit they always do, and Lowe channels that into something inventive, giddy and family-friendly.
The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster20238514(full review) - But there’s no denying the power he wrung from the source material.
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes20238514(full review) - Davis and Dinklage are characteristically wonderful, Davis a particular delight in a weirdly sinister role while Dinklage offers a mournful, broken soul for the film.
The People's Joker20238514(full review) - Her film is wildly imaginative but devastatingly personal at the same time.
The Sacrifice Game20238514(full review) - The film looks fantastic, and though the storyline itself is clearly familiar, Wexler’s script, co-written with Sean Redlitz, feels consistently clever.
The Settlers20238514(full review) - What Gálvez Haberle does so effectively is take it to the next step, where a nation’s brutally criminal past becomes its sanctified, sanitized history.
The Vourdalak20238514(full review) - Beau’s film delivers stagy fun that’s utterly hypnotic, using dance, melodrama, even puppets as well as more traditional genre imagery to spin a bizarre and captivating horror.
Theater Camp20238514(full review) - This is the film’s real magic, something the cast and filmmakers – including Gordon’s co-writer and co-director, Nick Lieberman – convey with mockery borne of familiarity and love.
They Shot the Piano Player20238514(full review) - The way Mariscal and Trueba couch the heartbreaking loss of one life within the larger artistic loss of an entire art form is melancholy magic.
Where the Devil Roams20238514(full review) - It’s a gorgeous movie, the filmmakers creating the beautifully seedy atmosphere ideal to the era and setting.
You Hurt My Feelings20238514(full review) - https://maddwolf.com/new-in-theaters/truth-hurts/#sthash.3PrljeG8.dpbs
15 Cameras20238052(full review) - There’s nothing groundbreaking about 15 Cameras, but what it does, it does well.
8 Found Dead20238052(full review) - 8 Found Dead, the Airbnb etiquette horror from Travis Greene, brings the goods when it comes to villains.
Birth/Rebirth20238052(full review) - All of it pulls the psychological scabs of exhausted parenting.
Blue Beetle20238052(full review) - The plot may not break new ground, but the film itself feels revolutionary. Like Nana.
Brooklyn 4520238052(full review) - Goeghegan delivers some jump scares and some gore, but what his film finds scariest is what lies in a beating human heart.
Club Zero20238052(full review) - In Club Zero, luxury and loneliness meet a culture of competition to create an environment ripe for radicalization.
Dr. Cheon and the Lost Talisman20238052(full review) - There’s a weird charm to it that might particularly delight those who like their scary movies not too scary.
Faceless After Dark20238052(full review) - But as a showcase for Kanell’s charisma, and an often satisfying reaction to the rampant misogyny in cinema and particularly in fan culture, it’s fun.
Fast X20238052(full review) - Dumb as hell. Thumbs up all around.
It's a Wonderful Knife20238052(full review) - It’s not as raucous as Kennedy’s Freaky nor as badass as MacIntyre’s Tragedy Girls, but it is a bloody slice of Christmas fun.
Legions20238052(full review) - At its core, Legions is a fantasy about regaining the respect of your adult children, and because of that, it’s both relatable and touching.
Malum20238052(full review) - Equal parts Assault on Precinct 13 and The Shining by way of Charles Manson, Anthony DiBlasi’s Malum is a quick, mean, mad look into the abyss.
Master Gardener20238052(full review) - But forgiveness comes too easy for this damaged antihero, and Master Gardener feels too much like Schrader light.
Mother, May I?20238052(full review) - Writer/director Laurence Bannicelli’s thriller feels like a premise born of either a therapy session or a bad relationship – or, more likely, a bad relationship born of group counseling.
Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever20238052(full review) - If you loved the original (or ‘97s solid remake with Ewan McGregor), Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever delivers bittersweet closure. But it’s an entertaining if not fantastic watch for thriller fans new to the franchise as well.
Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls20238052(full review) - It’s campy fun, but your enjoyment 100% depends on how long you can find Bowser’s character funny.
Pandemonium20238052(full review) - Quarxx is bound to hit on at least one tale that will appeal to every horror fan. It’s not a seamless approach, but it’s never less than compelling.
The Marsh King's Daughter20238052(full review) - Burger remembers the strength of his opening when father and daughter return to the woods in the last third, and it’s worth the wait.
6520237570(full review) - The Magician’s Elephant pulls plenty from its crowded hat, but has trouble conjuring anything that is truly magical.
Leo20237570(full review) - Sandler’s soft-hearted comedic presence feels perfectly at home in the classroom, while Burr’s patented “get off my lawn” crankiness offsets things nicely.
Mind Body Spirit20237570(full review) - Bartholomew shoulders what is at least 75% one-person-show and does it with enough tenderness that Mind Body Spirit never loses your attention.
Peter Pan & Wendy20237570(full review) - Lowery loses his footing when he focuses on Peter, and though his adventure is truly beautiful, it feels a little unfocused and possibly unnecessary.
Saw X20237570(full review) - It’s not the reawakening it may want to be, but for fans of the franchise, it’s finally an installment worth watching.
What You Wish For20237570(full review) - Stahl continues to be the weak spot, although his flat affect almost works with the new characters to give the film a bit of levity.
The Nun II20236576(full review) - It’s fine. It’s rated R, so that’s a start, although I’m not certain how it was deemed so problematic as to deserve the “keep the kids away” rating. There are a few creative deaths, almost elegantly macabre.
Baghead20235077(full review) - The plot—co-written by Christina Pamies, Bryce McGuire and the short film’s writer, Lorcan Reilly—becomes needlessly complicated. Worse, Corredor undermines the excellent production value of his locations with gimmicky and weak VFX.
Dario Argento Panico20235077(full review) - But if you’re going to tease us with actual information, choosing not to address any of that information makes for a very frustrating viewing experience.
Night of the Hunted20235077(full review) - just another horror movie made by men in which the female lead has no purpose or value until she finds her maternal instinct
The Inventor20235077(full review) - The Inventor, a beautifully animated lesson on the life and times of Leonardo da Vinci (voiced by Stephen Fry), offers a lot to digest, and I’m not sure who they think is eating.
The Miracle Club20235077(full review) - Wasting an exceptional if oddly miscast ensemble, Thaddeus O’Sullivan’s The Miracle Club has something important on its mind. It just can’t quite articulate it.
The Wrath of Becky20235077(full review) - In fact, every character makes a series of choices that defy the very storyline the film itself is trying to establish. Once or twice is forgivable, but eventually this lapse in internal logic becomes a real burden.
Wish20235077(full review) - Unfortunately, the balance doesn’t emphasize storytelling and the result is middling.
Haunted Mansion20234584(full review) - If Justin Simien can’t do it and the Muppets can’t do it, it’s probably time to give up.
Strays20234085(full review) - There’s a Point A (the scary city block where Doug abandoned his dog) and Point B (Doug’s penis), but those steps in between are random skits about red rockets and chew toys. And those moments are just not funny enough to merit a full feature.
Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey20233586(full review) - Whatever the film’s many – almost countless – flaws, Frake-Waterfield deserves tremendous credit for seeing an opportunity and seizing it.
A Haunting in Venice2023587(full review) - Careful writing, some fine genre direction and misdirection, and these compelling performances help Starve Acre rise above its spooky familiarity.
V/H/S/852023587(full review) - This is the strongest set of shorts in a V/H/S installment in a while. It’s fun, gory, creepy and bite sized – ideal for the season.
The Banshees of Inisherin2022951(full review) - McDonagh’s humor and insider’s perspective create something charmingly, achingly relatable.
A Love Song2022903(full review) - https://maddwolf.com/new-in-theaters/coming-of-age/#sthash.xk69Tc0r.dpbs
Aftersun2022903(full review) - The film moves at a languid pace, but Wells repays your patience with a rich and melancholy experience.
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EO2022903(full review) - Skolimowski pieces these images together in ways to suggest constant peril as well as beauty.
Everything Everywhere All at Once2022903(full review) - At the heart of the insanity lurks a spot-on depiction of a midlife crisis, and Michelle Yeoh’s depiction of that crisis is revelatory.
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio2022903(full review) - Everything about the film is so tenderly del Toro, whose work mingles wonder with melancholy, historical insight with childlike playfulness as no other’s does.
Mad God2022903(full review) - It’s like a Bosch painting and a Tool video accusing each other of being too lighthearted.
Women Talking2022903(full review) - Women Talking is a quietly stunning achievement and a reminder of the power of dialog and respect.
Astrakan20228511(full review) - Astrakan is an impressive, moving slice of life that understands what turns a child into something troubling.
Attachment20228511(full review) - Attachment delivers slow-burn horror that repays close attention but never falls to gimmickry.
Bones and All20228511(full review) - Finding Maren’s way to that epiphany is heartbreaking and bloody but heroic, too.
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power20228511(full review) - It’s important for women to see how the films we love betray us in large ways and small, and perhaps even more important for all of us to see that this is a structured, intentional device that we should notice and change.
Cha Cha Real Smooth20228511(full review) - More than that, it points to a remarkable cinematic voice that’s just getting started.
Crimes of the Future20228511(full review) - Crimes of the Future is so Cronenberg it’s almost meta.
Dinner in America20228511(full review) - Rarely does a film feel as genuinely subversive and darling as Dinner in America, the punk rock rom-com you never knew you needed.
Emily20228511(full review) - O’Connor breathes life with all its chaos, misery and joy into the Brontës’ 19th century.
Falcon Lake20228511(full review) - Co-writer/director Charlotte Le Bon crafts a melancholy poem to that fleeting moment of the last real summer of your childhood with her moody coming-of-age tale Falcon Lake.
Final Cut20228511(full review) - How charmingly insane is it that the writer/director behind the 2011 surprise Oscar winner The Artist has remade Ueda’s shoestring zombie insanity One Cut of the Dead?
Flux Gourmet20228511(full review) - Strickland wallows in his own very specific preoccupations. But he does so with such panache that it’s tough not to let him convert you.
Men20228511(full review) - If you can make peace with ambiguity, Men is a film you will not likely forget.
One Fine Morning20228511(full review) - A low-key melancholy colors this story of a woman losing pieces of herself.
Personality Crisis: One Night Only20228511(full review) - Johansen’s an onstage charmer, but more than that, he’s a vibrant ghost of New York past.
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish20228511(full review) - Puss’s existential crisis drives this imaginative, often hilarious adventure, but it does more than that. It anchors all the derring-do with earnest emotion and recognizable struggle.
Resurrection20228511(full review) - The fact that both Hall and Roth take the story seriously, never play it for laughs, and remain so understated in their performances creates a diabolical atmosphere. You’re as unmoored as Margaret.
Sam & Kate20228511(full review) - Le Gallo’s first feature delivers grace and goodwill in ways that are genuinely uncommon.
Scream20228511(full review) - It’s a standalone blast. But if you grew up on these movies, this film is like a bloody message of love for you.
Sissy20228511(full review) - Dee works wonders as a woman trying to practice what she preaches, earn from what she practices, and find fulfillment in online followers when friends IRL are less welcoming.
Speak No Evil20228511(full review) - Speak No Evil is a grim trip, but there is no question that it’s well made.
The Eternal Daughter20228511(full review) - But none of it feels gimmicky. Rather, it all creates the space for Hogg to rework facts in order to tell difficult, universal truths.
The Five Devils20228511(full review) - This is an unusual film, generous with its characters even as it looks at the selfishness of love, the neediness within family, and the strange battles we fight.
The Inspection20228511(full review) - The Inspection is a showcase for the idea that resilience comes from a balance of strength and forgiveness. French finds ways to forgive what to most would be unforgivable.
The Northman20228511(full review) - As is the case with Eggers, expect a fair amount of the supernatural and surreal to seep in here and there, but not enough to outweigh the meticulously crafted period realism.
Utama20228511(full review) - Beautiful beyond measure but never showy, deliberate, and set among elderly people of a tiny community high in the hills of Bolivia, a film like Utama feels impossible.
You Won't Be Alone20228511(full review) - His fractured storytelling suits his purposes of exploring gender identity and the nature of humanity.
A Banquet20228037(full review) - For all it has going for it, A Banquet answers none of the questions it asks and leaves you wanting.
A Wounded Fawn20228037(full review) - The final image – unblinking, lengthy, horrible and fantastic – cements A Wounded Fawn as an audacious success.
Alone with You20228037(full review) - But the reason it works as well as it does is because Alone with You becomes a cagey allegory.
Anything's Possible20228037(full review) - Porter and García Lecuona turn our attention to the universal dramas of being a teenager in Pittsburgh. That may not feel groundbreaking or even necessary, but it absolutely is.
Blood Relatives20228037(full review) - The entertaining Blood Relatives delivers a savvy family comedy.
Breaking20228037(full review) - For a film trapped primarily in a single space, Breaking creates something tragically universal, but it never betrays its hard-won intimacy.
Burial20228037(full review) - It’s an understated effort more interested in kicking around how toxic hateful leaders can be once they strike a chord with like-minded populations.
Candy Land20228037(full review) - Candy Land is a tough film to recommend for a number of reasons, but it’s worthwhile viewing if only because Swab upends every expectation, instead taking us inside a horror grounded in something surprisingly human.
Clerks III20228037(full review) - The whole movie’s an inside joke, but if you’re on the inside, it’s bound to draw a smile.
Corsage20228037(full review) - In the end, it’s the film’s and Krieps’s humanity ­that make the final moment of freedom feel earned and victorious rather than fraught with compromise.
Devil's Workshop20228037(full review) - That demonologist is played by Radha Mitchell, who’s both wonderful and evidence that von Hoffman has something unusual up his sleeve.
Downton Abbey: A New Era20228037(full review) - Droll dialog, stunning locales and exquisite costuming elevate each scene to something more than a guilty pleasure, but the film’s sites never veer from its target audience.
Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.20228037(full review) - What starts off as a bit of fun at commodified religion’s expense turns into a surprisingly layered and cynical investigation into the damage organized religion of any kind can have, especially on those who believe.
Leave20228037(full review) - Herron’s atmosphere makes the safe look seedy and the dangerous appear benign, but there is more depth to the tale than that.
Mandrake20228037(full review) - The two performers play on their opposing look and vibe not to illustrate differences but to unveil sympathies.
Master20228037(full review) - While her story tells of a history of racism that’s clearly alive and well, the filmmaker’s comment on institutional and historical contempt for women is more sly but ever-present.
Moloch20228037(full review) - Close attention to detail allows a rich understanding of the story Moloch tells. Whether you devote that kind of attention to the film or not, Moloch gets its point across.
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris20228037(full review) - Had Fabian been able to trim about 20 minutes from Mrs. Harris’s adventure, the result might have been pure pleasure. Instead, it’s a sometimes tedious but just as often delightful way to window shop.
My Father's Dragon20228037(full review) - While it’s not the unassailable success of their previous films, it’s a joyous, beautiful film.
Nanny20228037(full review) - But, even for its diabolical sirens and eight-legged tricksters, it’s Nanny’s naked honesty that makes it so scary.
Nude Tuesday20228037(full review) - Clement’s simpleton narcissism delivers the most consistent laughter in a film that’s cleverly delightful if not bust-a-gut funny.
Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin20228037(full review) - They build a picture of a humble, kind man driven to exercise his imagination. And, as the film rightly points out, there are times when that imagination delivered amazing product.
Orphan: First Kill20228037(full review) - Orphan: First Kill goes in unexpected places, many of them an absolute hoot.
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Satan's Slaves 2: Communion20228037(full review) - Yes, the ideas and even some images are pulled from other films, but the final concoction is utterly Anwar.
Slash/Back20228037(full review) - Innuksuk has a lot of fun reconsidering John Carpenter’s The Thing – the tale of an invasive species and the terrifying havoc it can wreak ­– from the perspective of four indigenous teens.
Smile20228037(full review) - Smile an easily recognizable marriage of It Follows and The Ring.
Take Back the Night20228037(full review) - Fitzpatrick delivers something raw and believable, anchoring the fable with realism.
The Black Phone20228037(full review) - He’s about eight different kinds of creepy, every one of them aided immeasurably by its variation on that mask.
The Harbinger20228037(full review) - What he sees is the way lockdown, hivemind, misinformation and isolation made people forget who they were.
Unhuman20228037(full review) - There’s real cynicism lying under the viscera, although the surface-level laughs and shocks help Unhuman masquerade as simple bloody levity.
V/H/S/9920228037(full review) - A new crop of filmmakers seems to channel their own childhoods for five short films capturing the era.
Who Invited Them20228037(full review) - Who Invited Them isn’t flawless, but it is an anxious bit of fun.
Abandoned20227570(full review) - Sadly, Abandoned quickly reestablishes itself as the predictably middling supernatural thriller you knew it was from its opening minutes.
Dark Glasses20227570(full review) - Everyone yells when they shouldn’t yell, everyone pauses when they shouldn’t pause, everyone talks when they shouldn’t talk, but who cares when the blood is this red and free-flowing?
Hocus Pocus 220227570(full review) - But mainly it offers campy, scrappy, bland but amiable fun.
Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge20227570(full review) - Being in on the joke, as always, makes the gag more satisfying. But that’s the basic premise of every story told in this collection.
Spoiler Alert20227570(full review) - Rather than creating a narrative thread or even an interesting gimmick, the TV angle distracts – sometimes quite frustratingly – from what otherwise feels like a very honest and necessary look at love.
The Infernal Machine20227570(full review) - Still, it’s great to see Pearce making an effort in a film worthy of his time.
The Lost City20227570(full review) - The Lost City offers pretty, lightweight fun, not unlike a romance novel.
Alice20227077(full review)
Marry Me20227077(full review) - Harper Dill and John Rogers’s screenplay, based on Bobby Crosby’s graphic novel, pulls you in by treading on Lopez’s public persona.
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank20227077(full review) - dozen or so jokes littered throughout the film might have been funny 60 or so years before the target audience was born.
Virus :3220227077(full review)
You Are Not My Mother20227077(full review)
House of Darkness20226582(full review) - Worse, the point rings hollow, like a disingenuous, cash-grab reversal of In the Company of Men.
Minions: The Rise of Gru20226582(full review) - They’re wildly, suffocatingly popular, yes, but they can’t really carry a film. They’re a hell of a waste of a good cast, though.
Nocebo20226582(full review) - It’s not the body horror promised by the catalyst, either. Instead, it’s a muddled if well-performed tale that leans heavily on an idea that needs to die.
Revealer20226582(full review) - It could have been a really fun short.
Thor: Love and Thunder20226582(full review) - Crushing on his ex while protecting his own skin feels pretty superficial. It’s a slight premise with weak stakes.
Wyrmwood: Apocalypse20226582(full review) - The inspired lunacy of Roache-Turner’s original is gone, replaced with entertaining if forgettable fun.
The Contractor20225088(full review) - Rather than elevate a bland picture, the performances feel wasted in this derivative and formulaic thriller.
The Son20225088(full review) - Its insights are stale, its twists manipulative. The film delivers a classy melodrama, but nothing more.
Dog20224590(full review) - It’s a worthy message trapped in a sincere, tonally chaotic, humorless, lazily constructed mess of a movie.
Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore20224091(full review) - No idea what’s to blame here, but these movies are not getting any better.
Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders20222592(full review) - Cardboard performances and silly writing veer toward the ludicrous and the film is never able to recover. Or capitalize.
She Will2022593(full review) - She seamlessly blends styles and ideas into a singular vision – no minor feat for a first-time director.
C'mon C'mon2021901(full review) - The blending of reality with fiction is seamless enough to buoy the sense of authenticity and heighten a mood of empathy.
Candyman2021902(full review) - It is a film that honors its roots but lives so vibrantly in the now that it makes you view the 1992 original from an urgent new angle.
Memoria2021902(full review) - If you are in the mood for something decidedly different, let Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s meditative wonder Memoria beguile you. Or bewilder you. Or both.
Nightmare Alley2021902(full review) - But what a vision it turns out to be – one of the year’s best and one of his best.
Parallel Mothers2021902(full review) - It’s one of Almodóvar’s most tender films, and one of Cruz’s very finest performances.
Passing2021902(full review) - Whatever the background, the result is a meticulously crafted, deeply felt gem of a film.
Spider-Man: No Way Home2021902(full review) - This third installment showcases the naïve optimism and youthful sweetness that has made Watt’s first two episodes such a great time
The Beta Test2021902(full review) - It’s a deceptively layered performance at the center of a biting piece of social commentary.
The Card Counter2021902(full review) - It helps that Isaac is a profound talent and essentially flawless in this role.
The Green Knight2021902(full review) - Lutes and mead, chainmail and sorcery—director David Lowery’s Camelot is just as rockin’ as ever in his trippy coming-of-age style The Green Knight.
Wild Indian2021902(full review) - He’s a survivor bound up in his own guilt and shame, taking advantage of whatever he can and hating himself and everyone around him because of it.
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror2021902(full review) - Janisse’s film repays your undertaking with not only an incredibly informative documentary but an engaging, creepy and beautifully made film.
Belfast20218513(full review) - The script he penned of his memories sweeps you into an idealized, meticulously crafted yarn so lyrical it could be nothing other than Irish.
Bergman Island20218513(full review) - Bergman Island tells you a lot but leaves it to you to decide what it’s saying.
Censor20218513(full review) - But between Algar’s skill and Bailey-Bond’s cinematic vision, the journey toward that break is a wild ride.
Clara Sola20218513(full review) - Clara Sola is an utterly gorgeous film unlike any other. It moves at its own pace, unnerves as it goes, and leaves you shaken but hopeful.
Coming Home in the Dark20218513(full review) - Coming Home in the Dark offers a spare but unblinking span of gritty, punishing thrills.
Cyrano20218513(full review) - This new Cyrano is another hit and miss for Wright, but Peter Dinklage retains his crown as the most endlessly fascinating and watchable actor on the screen.
Double Walker20218513(full review) - He casts a spell with his feature debut and it’s hard not to wonder what both he and Mix might do next.
Encanto20218513(full review) - Encanto reflects the magical realism favored in the literature of the land and that, too, makes for a unique cartoon experience.
Final Account20218513(full review) - What is the difference between being complicit and being a perpetrator?
Four Good Days20218513(full review) - Molly’s defenses and manipulations blend together so believably that when she does hit a note of emotional depth and sincerity, it’s heartbreaking.
Holler20218513(full review) - If you seek an antidote to Hillbilly Elegy, Riegel has what you’re looking for.
John and the Hole20218513(full review) - John and the Hole is a head-scratcher and a fascinating addition to the troubled adolescent subgenre.
Lorelei20218513(full review) - But there’s no denying the central performances or the beautifully messy image of family the film delivers.
Martyrs Lane20218513(full review) - Gough’s understated frailty is the unease that haunts the film from its opening, a feeling that blossoms into dread as the tale wears on.
Mondocane20218513(full review) - The unnerving nearness to modern reality sets Mondocane apart from the earlier, clearly futuristic fables.
Neptune Frost20218513(full review) - Rich with symbolism that brings past to present and reinterprets it for the future, the film speaks of resilience and power. And it does it like no film you’ve seen before.
Nitram20218513(full review) - But it’s Landry Jones you’ll remember. He’s terrifying but endlessly sympathetic in a bleak film that’s a tough but rewarding watch.
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle20218513(full review) - Onoda becomes not just an anomaly, an oddity, but an image of a generation lost and a promise forgotten.
PG (Psycho Goreman)20218513(full review) - How much fun is this movie?!
Pig20218513(full review) - Sarnoski asks you to wait for it. He gives Cage time to pause, breathe, and deliver his most authentic performance in ages.
Poser20218513(full review) - Logan Floyd’s gorgeous cinematography meshes with performances and story to depict the melancholy and madness that go hand-in-hand with youth, art and punk rock.
Saloum20218513(full review) - There is no denying the stylistic mastery of Jean Luc Herbulot’s Senegalese horror Saloum.
Strawberry Mansion20218513(full review) - Smart, whimsical and decidedly analog, Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney’s Strawberry Mansion turns dystopian dreamscape into retro children’s television.
The Attachment Diaries20218513(full review) - The Attachment Diaries is a dark, bizarre mystery thriller that flirts with B-movie status in a way that somehow makes the experience richer than it had any real right to be.
The Innocents20218513(full review) - The Innocents is a film that sneaks up on you, rattles you, and sticks around for a while after the credits roll.
The Justice of Bunny King20218513(full review) - Davis is a force of nature, delivering authenticity flavored with spirit and spite.
The Lost Daughter20218513(full review) - Unnerving intimacy marks Maggie Gyllenhaal’s debut as a feature director, The Lost Daughter.
The Matrix Resurrections20218513(full review) - The strange synergy between the logical evolution of Anderson/Neo’s story and Wachowski’s rage is what makes The Matrix Resurrection strangely satisfying.
The Meaning of Hitler20218513(full review) - Their central problem is how to expose a fascist’s need to be mythologized without mythologizing the fascist.
The Outside Story20218513(full review) - The film Nozkowski builds around him feels like Sesame Street for adults.
The Tragedy of Macbeth20218513(full review) - Coen brother Joel delivers a vision that’s both decidedly theatrical and profoundly cinematic with his solo directorial effort, The Tragedy of Macbeth.
The White Tiger20218513(full review) - The White Tiger offers a blistering class consciousness that makes the filmmaker’s 2014 film 99 Homes feel positively cozy with the effects of capitalism.
They/Them/Us20218513(full review) - They/Them/Us takes the tried-and-true tumult of family dynamics and blends it with a sex romp to create an unexpected take on modern parenting.
Val20218513(full review) - The result oscillates between self-indulgence and raw nerve, but it’s never less than intriguing.
Werewolves Within20218513(full review) - Mishna Wolff displays a flair for whodunnit fun that elevates the film high above 90% of the video game movies that have been made.
A Mouthful of Air20218048(full review) - For all its flaws, A Mouthful of Air is a film you’ll be thinking about long after the credits roll.
Being the Ricardos20218048(full review) - Their on-screen personas meet their off-screen realities in a way that allows a firmly remarkable cast to deliver twice the goods.
Boys from County Hell20218048(full review) - The new mythology is a little muddier and more monstrous than Dracula, but never less than fun.
Bruised20218048(full review) - But every so often, Berry gives us something raw and surprising.
Dawn Raid20218048(full review) - “Delightful” is a word I wouldn’t expect to use to describe a documentary about the rise and fall of a hip-hop empire. And yet, there you have it.
Encounter20218048(full review) - The filmmaker and his game lead challenge expectations both in theme and in genre, and while their gamble doesn’t entirely pay off, it’s often riveting stuff.
False Positive20218048(full review) - There really is something subversive, honest, and horrifying worth witnessing in this movie.
Good Madam20218048(full review) - It’s a savvy, satisfying subversion of history and horror.
Goodbye Honey20218048(full review) - Strand’s nimble screenplay, co-written with Todd Rawiszer, twists and turns in ways that are both unexpected and fully reasonable.
Hellbender20218048(full review) - These people are the real deal and I look forward to their next effort.
Horror Noire20218048(full review) - Taken as a whole, there’s variety enough in style and substance to promise something for everyone.
In the Earth20218048(full review) - In the Earth blends ecological terror, pagan ritual horror and Lovecraftian SciFi into a dreamlike episode
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time20218048(full review) - That very intimacy likely helps Weide and co-director Don Argott (Last Days Here, Believer) uncover a rarely captured side of the famously acerbic and funny author.
Luca20218048(full review) - The message – embrace who you are – is worthy, but there’s just not much in the delivery for the film to call its own.
Nobody20218048(full review) - And by that, I mean exclusively the perfection of Bob Odenkirk in this role.
Prisoners of the Ghostland20218048(full review) - Prisoners of the Ghostland delivers a samurai cyberpunk musical Western dystopian neo-noir with flourishes reminiscent of Mad Max and Mulan Rouge.
Sing 220218048(full review) - Not one memorable thing happens. Not one. But Sing 2 is light-hearted, good-natured fun while it lasts.
Stillwater20218048(full review) - The film works against your expectations brilliantly to deliver a film that refuses to satisfy.
Swan Song20218048(full review)
Teddy20218048(full review) - Thanks to Bajon and a strong ensemble around him, the film makes you feel something for an enemy you might rather just hate.
The Advent Calendar20218048(full review) - It’s a clever sleight of hand, Ridremont taking advantage of our familiarity with his subgenre when he needs to, while still leaving behind the tangy taste of mystery.
The Blazing World20218048(full review) - Creepy twin stuff, Udo Kier, alternate realities—yes, The Blazing World. I am in.
The Burning Sea20218048(full review) - But in dialing down the bombast, Anderson’s film creates a level of authenticity that’s much scarier.
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Venom: Let There Be Carnage20218048(full review) - The result is a mish-mash of messy, frenetic fun with a higher body count than you might expect.
We Need to Do Something20218048(full review) - Healy, in particular, delivers a characteristically unpleasant performances, feeling very much like a trapped rat.
What Josiah Saw20218048(full review) - Just when you think you know where director Vincent Grashaw’s Southern Gothic What Josiah Saw is going, you meet Eli.
When I Consume You20218048(full review) - This mostly works, creating a film that echoes with haunting attempts to break a cycle.
Woe20218048(full review) - The three performances sell the story, the Twilight Zone weirdness, and the human pathos that underly everything.
Army of the Dead20217578(full review) - It still delivers the goods here and there, but it won’t stick with you.
Barbarians20217578(full review) - The fact that the invasion itself never matches the tension of the simple dinner —what with its evasions, lies, manipulations — becomes Dormfan’s biggest problem.
Benny Loves You20217578(full review) - Benny Loves You offers forgettable, bloody fun.
Bingo Hell20217578(full review) - With characters to root for, violence to spare, and a healthy acceptance of chaos, Bingo Hell is pretty fun.
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster20217578(full review) - a pleasant enough chance for Karloff fans to soak up like-minded love of one of cinema’s greatest genre performers
Dune20217578(full review) - It’s a lot of very attractive waiting for something to happen, which is maybe the best Dune synopsis I can think of.
Joe Bell20217578(full review) - Joe Bell does break through the contrivance of familiar storytelling because this story doesn’t fit neatly or cheerily into that package.
Lady of the Manor20217578(full review) - Lady of the Manor often plays like an extended episode of Drunk History, only maybe not quite as funny.
Space Jam: A New Legacy20217578(full review) - By the time the buckets and anvils start dropping, A New Legacy finds its own fun and satisfying groove.
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It20217578(full review) - The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It takes on the legal system but unfortunately abides by the law of diminishing returns.
The Paper Tigers20217578(full review) - This is a hard film to root against.
The Scary of Sixty-First20217578(full review) - The Scary of Sixty-First will not land with most audiences. But it’s a wild vision and I’m not sorry I caught it.
The Seed20217578(full review) - Walker wades into dark comedy/satire territory for the first two acts, then abandons it entirely for a dusty, predictable, humorless finale.
The Starling20217091(full review) - Moments of genuine emotion punctuate the film and, while welcome, they mainly serve as a reminder of what The Starling had the potential to become.
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No Man of God20215595(full review) - There are flashes in Sealy’s film where she nearly punctures her rote though well-acted tale with genuine insight about misogyny.
The Forever Purge20215595(full review) - The Forever Purge is essentially an action thriller with a social conscience (and about as much subtlety as you’ve come to expect from the franchise).
Benedetta20215097(full review) - Verhoeven takes another shot at ogling the female form inside a context that suggests that ogling is really empowering.
Cruella20215097(full review) - My God does this movie need trimming.
Mortal Kombat20215097(full review) - This third attempt to bring the notorious Midway video game to the big screen is Aussie Rules R-rated.
Seance20215097(full review) - Barrett generates no dread and no sense of connection to any of the characters.
The Protégé20215097(full review) - The Protégé is not a terrible film. At worst it’s just a waste of your time.
Tom Clancy's Without Remorse20215097(full review) - The thrills are mediocre, the shootouts and fights are middling, and the only thing more obvious than the plot points are the performances.
Dangerous202145103(full review) - Beyond that, the mystery is convoluted beyond measure, Tyrese Gibson and Famke Janssen are pointless, performances are forgettable.
Dead & Beautiful202145103(full review) - Verbeek lenses a gorgeous late-night cityscape — never sinister, never forbidding, just pretty and mainly empty. Like his film.
Great White202145103(full review) - Wilson serves up a beautiful movie, beautiful people, gorgeous scenery, Hallmark-channel writing, and a Hallmark-channel score.
Habit202140106(full review) - The result is a mishmash of borrowed ideas, none of them interesting enough to merit the label subversive.
Spiral: From the Book of Saw202140106(full review) - And it isn’t clever, it isn’t fun, it isn’t gory, it isn’t scary.
Zone 414202140106(full review) - Zone 414 tries really hard. It often fails.
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally202135109(full review) - Every moment he is off-screen is unendurable.
Wrath of Man202135109(full review) - No thank you.
A Quiet Place Part II2020901(full review) - This film fits so beautifully into that American cinematic tradition of emotional, thrilling, deeply human road picture: one relationship changes and deepens with the landscape as America itself is more clearly revealed.
Promising Young Woman2020903(full review) - Fennell exposes the hideous reality of gender norms and how little it takes for a man to be considered a good dude.
Caveat2020854(full review) - The favor involves Olga, that house, and a long stretch of tightly fastened, heavyweight chain. Dude, I am in.
Freaky2020854(full review) - It’s a bloody riot, and Vince Vaughn hasn’t been this much fun since Old School.
Fried Barry2020854(full review) - Suspend disbelief. The movie is nuts.
I Carry You with Me2020854(full review) - And though the film’s title aptly captures the longing between separated lovers, it carries with it a great deal more.
My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To2020854(full review) - What could easily have become its own figurative image of the masculine longing for freedom mines far deeper concerns.
News of the World2020854(full review) - Tom Hanks would inevitably be the hero in a Western because we believe he would do the right thing, however difficult that is.
Summertime2020854(full review) - The performers never abandon the humor, joy and hope that comes from upending conventions about who they are, where they’re from, and what they have to offer.
Achoura20208011(full review) - Children in peril, cool creature design and a monster that still feels new, even though it’s centuries old.
Antebellum20208011(full review) - There are stumbles getting to the fireworks, but for sheer heroic tit for tat, Antebellum delivers the goods.
Becky20208011(full review) - The film is bloody, angry and, even for its fairly formulaic premise, unpredictable.
Monuments20208011(full review) - If this irony led to some kind of absurdist “What’s really the point of it all?” theme, maybe it would have been worth it.
Mosquito State20208011(full review) - But for a wild combination of revulsion and beauty, Mosquito State is worth a look.
My Donkey, My Lover & I20208011(full review) - Rather than judge or deny or even truly mock a middle-aged romantic’s starry-eyed quest for love, My Lover, My Donkey & I sees value in it.
The Boy Behind the Door20208011(full review) - https://maddwolf.com/shudder-premiere/somebodys-knocking/#sthash.hlr34yLq.dpbs
The Oak Room20208011(full review) - There is something hypnotic in the way the night progresses, and in the way phrases and ideas repeat across different decades and different tales.
Vicious Fun20208011(full review) - Hats off to Callahan for not only finding a unique and fun premise in an overcrowded genre but for appreciating the precious jewel that is the nice guy.
Bloody Hell20207520(full review) - It’s mean funny, sometimes tone-deaf mean and not so funny, but the often joyously dark humor almost makes up for that.
Color Out of Space20207520(full review) - Lovecraft fans, though, have reason to be excited.
Skull: The Mask20205022(full review) - Practical effects, hallucinatory sequences and a throwback exploitation vibe keep Skull: The Mask interesting enough to watch.
Brahms: The Boy II20203523(full review) - Who would have guessed that director William Brent Bell could drive his lackluster 2016 scary doll flick The Boy to a sequel?
Midsommar2019951(full review) - Midsommar is a bold vision and wholly unnerving experience (emphasis on experience)
Get Duked!2019902(full review) - What does one homeschooled teen and three high school ne’er do wells in trouble for blowing up a lavatory have in common? Impending doom.
Joker2019902(full review) - His presence is completely transfixing, always convincing you that he is here to fulfill this legendary character’s destiny.
In Fabric2019854(full review) - Strickland’s audacious anti-consumerism fantasy must be seen to be believed.
La llorona2019854(full review) - Bustamante’s film is a slow boil as interested in those who’ve tacitly accepted evil as it is in those who’ve committed it.
Little Monsters2019854(full review) - But the pace is quick, the bowels are spilling, and I’ve never enjoyed Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off more.
Amigo2019807(full review) - Martín rushes nothing, and though he leaves breadcrumbs, you’ll never know for sure where he’s leading you.
Hudson2019807(full review) - The thing is, Hudson is pretty great.
It Chapter Two2019807(full review) - Does Chapter Two improve the finales of the novel and TV version? Most definitely.
Dachra20197010(full review) - Bouchnak, on the other hand, pieces together every cliché he can think of, winding up with a film both clumsily familiar and unpleasant.
Black Christmas20195511(full review) - Takal threads some audacious take downs of bro culture throughout a film with a lot of insight. It’s just not a very good movie.
Above Suspicion20195012(full review) - The film’s overall entire tone lacks conviction.
Dark Phoenix20194513(full review) - Okay, some of the mutant vs. alien throwdown on a moving train has zip, but it’s too little, too late.
Escape Room20194014(full review) - The film’s predictable climax and disappointing waning moments are bound to leave you feeling that this movie could have been better.
Hereditary2018951(full review) - Aster takes advantage of a remarkably committed cast to explore family dysfunction of the most insidious type.
A Quiet Place2018852(full review) - A Quiet Place works your nerves like few films can.
Mandy2018852(full review) - Mandy offers a commitment to vision above all.
Overlord2018852(full review) - Plus, Nazi zombies, which is never not awesome!
One Cut of the Dead2017901(full review) - The manic comedy proves as infectious as the zombiism on the screen
It2017851(full review) - Muschietti’s approach to plumbing your fear has more depth than that and he manages your rising terror expertly.
Mom and Dad2017851(full review) - But this may be the most amusing way to spend 90 minutes watching people try to murder their own children.
Mother!2017851(full review) - an allegorical descent into hell, meticulously crafted and deftly told
Happy Death Day2017807(full review) - Rothe boasts strong comic timing and a gift for physical comedy, a skill that transitions nicely to the demands of being repeatedly victimized by a slasher.
47 Meters Down2017608(full review) - For a mindless, squirmy summer shark fest, though, it’s a fun time-waster.
Annabelle: Creation2017608(full review) - But there are jumps aplenty and a couple of very freaky images in the third act.
A Cure for Wellness20174010(full review) - A Cure for Wellness slides images at you, but it never lays out any cohesive narrative to bring them together.
Don't Breathe2016851(full review) - Alvarez makes excellent use of what little we know about the characters to keep us anxious.
Ouija: Origin of Evil2016652(full review) - He lets the appealing performances and family dynamic do most of the heavy lifting.
JeruZalem2016403(full review) - It’s just a waste of a great idea.
Cabin Fever2016354(full review) - Cabin Fever is an adequate remake of a perfectly serviceable horror film, but there’s something to be said about beating a dead horse here.
Goodnight Mommy2015901(full review) - There is something eerily beautiful about Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz’s rural Austrian horror Goodnight Mommy (Ich seh, Ich seh).
Maggie2015802(full review) - It’s a small film that explores something relatable and intimate, even if it chooses an unusual setting to do it.
Crimson Peak2015703(full review) - Gorgeous period pieces drip with symbolism and menace, creating an environment ideal for the old fashioned ghost story unspooling.
Jurassic World2015454(full review) - It’s basically The Lost World with more volcano and less Vince Vaughn.
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension2015454(full review) - Let’s hope this really is their final effort.
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night2014951(full review) - I promise the image of a vampire on a skateboard will stay with you.
Housebound2014903(full review) - You’re nervous, you’re scared, you’re laughing, you’re hiding your face, you’re screaming – sometimes all at once.
It Follows2014903(full review) - The shape shifting entity itself appears in a variety of forms, each a more lurid image direct from some nightmare.
Cooties2014855(full review) - One: It is often laugh out loud funny. Two: It is willing to indulge the subversive fantasy of (possibly all) school teachers.
Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead2014855(full review) - Wirkola balances comic timing with action pacing well enough to deliver a thrill a minute gore spattered laugh riot.
Out of the Dark2014855(full review) - The film expertly plays with audience expectations. A “brains trump brute force” evolution tale, a la One Million B.C.? A feminist reimagining of prehistory? A pioneering story, or one of invasion? Is it a man versus nature ordeal, or is it a horror movie?
Annabelle2014558(full review) - Annabelle never comes close to the near-classic status The Conjuring reached, but it’s a fun seasonal flick.
As Above, So Below2014509(full review) - Dowdle and crew can’t quite piece together enough quality moments to deliver a memorable chiller.
Oculus2014509(full review) - Flanagan has some real skill weaving the rational world with one full of madness
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones2014509(full review) - Slow in spots and hardly groundbreaking, The Marked Ones still manages to entertain and startle.
Dracula Untold20143512(full review) - For anyone interested in a lucid film, first time screenwriters Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless leave you with more questions than answers.
Devil's Due20142513(full review) - https://maddwolf.com/new-in-theaters/werent-we-due-a-little-something/#sthash.8Mlz1tEc.dpbs
American Mary2013851(full review) - The images are bright, crisp and classy and at the same time so very wrong – just like Mary.
Conjuring, The2013852(full review) - Yes, this is an old fashioned ghost story, built from the ground up to push buttons of childhood terror.
John Dies At The End2013753(full review) - “You don’t choose the soy sauce. The soy sauce chooses you.”
Horns2013554(full review) - It’s a fascinating mess.
Antiviral2012801(full review) - Visually chilly – all washed out whites with splashes of blood red – and emotionally distant, the world of Antiviral is as antiseptic as a hospital ward.
Cabin in the Woods, The2011901(full review) - As smart as Scream, as much fun as Evil Dead, this film is as thoroughly enjoyable a horror flick as anything you’ll find.
I Saw The Devil (Akmareul boatda)2010901(full review) - You might even notice some really fine acting and nimble storytelling lurking inside this bloodbath.
All About Evil2010852(full review) - It’s community theater bad, but in the best way.
Martyrs2008901(full review) - It holds some gruesome imagery, and though the climax may not be pleasing, it certainly doesn’t disappoint.
Funny Games2007901(full review) - The bored sadism that wafts from these kids is seriously unsettling, as, in turn, is each film.
Mist, The (2007)2007902(full review) - Regardless, it’s the provocative ending that guarantees this one will sear itself into your memory.
Inside2007853(full review) - Holy shit. Inside is not for the squeamish.
Calvaire2004951(full review) - His film is a profoundly uncomfortable, deeply disturbing, unsettlingly humorous freakshow that must be seen to be believed.
Dawn of the Dead2004902(full review) - His feature is gripping, breathlessly paced, well developed, and genuinely terrifying.
A Tale of Two Sisters2003951(full review) - A Tale of Two Sisters is saturated with bold colors and family troubles.
Open Water2003901(full review) - Kentis boasts not just an ear for realistic dialogue and an ability to draw authentic performances.
28 Days Later2002901(full review) - The vision, the writing, and the performances all help him transcend genre trappings without abandoning the genre.
American Psycho20001001(full review) - It is wild, brilliant work that marked a talent preparing for big things.
Audition2000953(full review) - Nearly unwatchable and yet too compelling to turn away from, Audition is a remarkable piece of genre filmmaking.
Funny Games1997901(full review) - His teen thugs’ calm, bemused sadism leaves you both indignant and terrified as they put the family through a series of horrifying games.
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer1986951(full review) - It’s a uniquely awful, absolutely compelling piece of filmmaking.
Alien1979751(full review) - Gracey distracts from formula with a CGI primate, although he might have been just as successful relying on his own impressive instincts for staging a musical number.
Exorcist, The19731001(full review) - For evocative, nerve jangling, demonic horror, you will not find better than The Exorcist.
Night of the Living Dead1968951(full review) - As the first film of its kind, the lasting impact of this picture on horror cinema is hard to overstate.
Nosferatu (1922)1922951(full review) - Best vampire ever.
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