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A New Dawn (2026) EDIT “While Shinomiya’s visuals are admirably original, the script doesn’t have the emotional heft that helps the best Japanese cartoons crossover beyond niche fan bases. Still, it drifts along pleasantly enough” – The Hollywood Reporter Feb 20, 2026 Full Review Scare Out (2026) 3/5 EDIT “Scare Out doesn’t have the psychological depth of the first, immaculate Infernal Affairs film, but Zhu is tremendously watchable as a spymaster with secrets of his own/” – Guardian Feb 19, 2026 Full Review Bare Skin (2025) 2/5 EDIT “Montes and his crew pull off some well-timed scares thanks to sharp editing skills and atmospheric lighting but he would definitely benefit from learning a bit more about how to get the best from actors.” – Guardian Feb 19, 2026 Full Review Home Stories (2026) EDIT “As an intentionally contrapuntal portrait of contemporary German identity with some of the many contradictions and complications one would expect, it just about works, although local audiences will naturally get the most out of it.” – The Hollywood Reporter Feb 19, 2026 Full Review A Prayer for the Dying (2026) EDIT “"Prayer" will definitely make a name for, or at least cement the reputations of, many of the talents attached to it. That goes especially for writer-director Dara Van Dusen.” – The Hollywood Reporter Feb 17, 2026 Full Review Sunny Dancer (2026) EDIT “The easily spotted interludes where the young cast, all of them fast-ascending talents, were allowed to let rip, cut loose and improvise their pretty little hearts out cut the sweetness and create needed teenage texture.” – The Hollywood Reporter Feb 17, 2026 Full Review Queen at Sea (2026) 91% EDIT “That commitment to both technical and emotional veracity pays dividends all round, creating a work that’s not exactly fun to watch but one that feels sincere, urgent and unflinchingly honest.” – The Hollywood Reporter Feb 17, 2026 Full Review Only Rebels Win (2026) EDIT “[Only Rebels Win] offers a workable blend of new and old, contemporary geopolitics and local socioeconomic tensions rubbing up against primordial, universal passions and follies.” – The Hollywood Reporter Feb 12, 2026 Full Review The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024) 86% 3/5 EDIT “It never provokes full-on out loud laughs, but there are wry chuckles to be had and the ferocity of the execution is pretty fun.” – Guardian Feb 12, 2026 Full Review Eli Roth Presents: Jimmy and Stiggs (2024) 62% 1/5 EDIT “Viewers are advised to bring painkillers to this, and possibly a good book to read during the dull interstitial bits.” – Guardian Feb 10, 2026 Full Review André Is an Idiot (2025) 93% 4/5 EDIT “There’s nothing radical or groundbreaking about either that message or the film-making on show here, but Ricciardi and Janice’s honesty and indeed that of all those around him, prove to be very moving in the long run.” – Guardian Feb 4, 2026 Full Review Shelter (2026) 64% 2/5 EDIT “Shelter, formulaically directed by Ric Roman Waugh (Greenland) working from a script by Ward Parry (The Shattering), feels populated by indestructible plastic tropes that have cracked and faded after years of scorching sun exposure.” – Guardian Feb 2, 2026 Full Review Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2025) 100% EDIT “[A] touching, intimate chronicle.” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 29, 2026 Full Review Cookie Queens (2026) 100% EDIT “Cookie Queens serves up an eminently accessible and easily meme-able serving of American-girl cuteness, featuring a diverse cast of well-chosen young women.” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Witchboard (2024) 61% 3/5 EDIT “Tacky as all this is, the fact that the flashbacks are in French adds a slight tang of authenticity.” – Guardian Jan 27, 2026 Full Review The Wrecking Crew (2026) 74% 3/5 EDIT “The whole package is an easily digested guilty pleasure.” – Guardian Jan 26, 2026 Full Review Mother of Flies (2025) 94% 3/5 EDIT “Overall, this is better and glossier than some of the Adams-Poser posse’s earlier efforts, but perhaps not quite enough of an evolution to take their vision to the next level.” – Guardian Jan 20, 2026 Full Review The Knife (2024) 91% 3/5 EDIT “With just a few subtle strokes, the screenplay underscores how everyone here is fudging the truth a bit, and its restraint is the film’s quiet strength.” – Guardian Jan 13, 2026 Full Review I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not (2025) 92% 3/5 EDIT “Best of all, Zenovich and her editor, splicing and dicing 50 years of archive material, get across Chase’s abundant talent at its best, particularly his masterly command of the pratfall, and his immaculate comic timing.” – Guardian Jan 2, 2026 Full Review Light Needs (2023) 5/5 EDIT “A thoughtful electronic score adds a playful touch throughout, and this works as a coherent film despite its fragmentary parts. Immaculate.” – Guardian Dec 22, 2025 Full Review Omniscient Reader: The Prophecy (2025) 25% 2/5 EDIT “You’d think with all that palaver about novels becoming reality and so on that this would have a bit more fun with metatextual jokes, but no, the film is profoundly single note.” – Guardian Dec 17, 2025 Full Review Europe's New Faces (2025) 2/5 EDIT “The lack of story, structure, or any clear editorial principle is a serious impediment to empathy for these poor, struggling people; the 159-minute runtime feels like four years.” – Guardian Dec 16, 2025 Full Review True Lies (1994) 77% EDIT “Given its confusion as to whether it is The Thin Man revisited or James Bond updated, it muddles through well enough.” – Sight & Sound Dec 10, 2025 Full Review Food Delivery: Fresh from the West Philippine Sea (2025) 3/5 EDIT “In technical terms, this suffers a bit from a somewhat scattered narrative approach and a tacky musical score that overemphasises the emotional beats. But it’s a fascinating subject that’s little discussed outside the far east.” – Guardian Dec 9, 2025 Full Review The Tale of Silyan (2025) 100% 4/5 EDIT “Kotevska depicts the growing bond between man and bird with warmth and humour, and while the musical score is a bit on the sappy side, there are enough drolly astringent touches to make this cockle-warming family viewing.” – Guardian Dec 8, 2025 Full Review
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