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2/4
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Lee Cronin's The Mummy
(2026)
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Mark Dujsik
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To watch this ... fall into ... familiar patterns ... becomes increasingly disappointing as it goes.
Posted Apr 17, 2026
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2.5/4
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The Mountain
(2024)
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Mark Dujsik
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[W]hile this is meant to be a bittersweet little story, the bitterness of the reality underneath it comes through no matter what sweetness may be on the surface.
Posted Apr 17, 2026
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3/4
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Mabel
(2026)
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Mark Dujsik
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Mabel is a bit more complex than it initially seems in terms of its characters and the message it has to offer.
Posted Apr 17, 2026
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3/4
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Everyone Is Lying to You for Money
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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Everyone Is Lying to You for Money is a fine primer on the subject, made by someone who lets us figure it all out alongside him...
Posted Apr 17, 2026
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3/4
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Eagles of the Republic
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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Eagles of the Republic keeps it light at first, perhaps, so that the weight of everything ... feels as heavy as it does here.
Posted Apr 17, 2026
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2/4
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Brothers Under Fire
(2026)
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Mark Dujsik
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At times competent in its action sequences, Brothers Under Fire is otherwise unnoteworthy.
Posted Apr 17, 2026
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2/4
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Ballistic
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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[I]t's not necessarily the material itself that's the issue. It's how the movie frames that story.
Posted Apr 17, 2026
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3/4
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Amrum
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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[T]his film is less about what happens and more about the particular mood, spirit, and conflict in this specific place at this time of great change.
Posted Apr 17, 2026
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3/4
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Wasteman
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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Cal McMau's directorial debut ... shows that the experience in prison must have changed ... but the dehumanizing cruelty of the place certainly remains a constant...
Posted Apr 16, 2026
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1/4
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Panda Plan 2: The Magical Tribe
(2026)
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Mark Dujsik
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[I]t's irritating in just how desperate and incompetent it is.
Posted Apr 16, 2026
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3/4
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Normal
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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Bob Odenkirk plays ... such a believable, grounded figure that it almost doesn't matter that the film changes gears so suddenly and extremely.
Posted Apr 16, 2026
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2.5/4
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Mile End Kicks
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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[F]or whatever reason, this movie keeps pushing an odd and unconvincing romantic triangle into the mix.
Posted Apr 16, 2026
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3/4
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Mārama
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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Here's a symbolic haunted house tale that becomes quite disturbing, while also remaining righteous in its outrage and anger.
Posted Apr 16, 2026
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3/4
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Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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The story here may be simple ... but these characters aren't.
Posted Apr 16, 2026
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3/4
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Lorne
(2026)
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Mark Dujsik
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After about 50 years, he [Michaels] has found his place, and it's fascinating to hear the broad story of him getting there...
Posted Apr 16, 2026
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2/4
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Erupcja
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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The movie's shortcomings ... are too evident and result in a story that feels hollow to the core.
Posted Apr 16, 2026
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3/4
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The Christophers
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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It's a chilly, almost cold comedy ... The surprise, though, is how warm and affectionate the material becomes...
Posted Apr 16, 2026
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3/4
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Blue Heron
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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Blue Heron ... undoubtedly works as a thought exercise about memory, which does make the film worthwhile, but it still comes up short as an emotional experience.
Posted Apr 16, 2026
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1.5/4
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Balls Up
(2026)
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Mark Dujsik
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[M]any of these [jokes] feel like a stretch...
Posted Apr 15, 2026
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2/4
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You, Me & Tuscany
(2026)
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Mark Dujsik
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[T]he easily resolvable complications and easily correctable misunderstandings matter much more than the characters.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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1.5/4
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Thrash
(2026)
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Mark Dujsik
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Wirkola is clearly going for some over-the-top thrills and macabre laughs with Thrash. It and its characters are far too dull for either of those efforts to succeed.
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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3/4
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Outcome
(2026)
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Mark Dujsik
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Reeves is almost certainly at his best in this role...
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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2/4
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Bunnylovr
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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Bunnylovr gets bogged down by just how much story the writer/director attempts to incorporate into [it]...
Posted Apr 10, 2026
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3/4
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Steal This Story, Please!
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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[W]atching Goodman and her colleagues over the years and decades ... it's some reason for a bit of optimism...
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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3/4
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Hunting Matthew Nichols
(2024)
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Mark Dujsik
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It's sometimes difficult to believe the conventions of this sort of movie, but the filmmakers here have, in a very clever way, worked their way around a lot of those doubts.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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2/4
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Hamlet
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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[T]his version comes up short in telling the actual story, simply because it has omitted or altered so much of that tale.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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3/4
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Faces of Death
(2026)
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Mark Dujsik
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[T]he film uses its inspiration as both the premise for a smart, unsettling story and the means of examining humanity's enduring fascination with the macabre...
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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3/4
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Exit 8
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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The film is full of surprises, not just of the jump-scare variety...
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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2/4
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ChaO
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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[T]he tonal mishmash here means neither the humor nor the attempts at sincerity can really develop.
Posted Apr 09, 2026
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1.5/4
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The Yeti
(2026)
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Mark Dujsik
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There's not nearly enough development of the characters and ideas that take up more of the screenplay ... for the movie to make its non-yeti sections involving.
Posted Apr 02, 2026
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3/4
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The Stranger
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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The Stranger is ultimately ... haunting.
Posted Apr 02, 2026
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3.5/4
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Pizza Movie
(2026)
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Mark Dujsik
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Pizza Movie keeps finding new, inventive, and ingenious ways to develop what is a very simple concept.
Posted Apr 02, 2026
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3.5/4
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Living the Land
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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Living the Land does possess ... [a] sense of humanity, and it comes through strongly in this complex and layered portrayal of simple lives complicated by customs and a changing world.
Posted Apr 02, 2026
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3/4
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John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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Lilly remains an utterly fascinating and deeply strange man, and this documentary shows several sides of both of those qualities.
Posted Apr 02, 2026
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2/4
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A Great Awakening
(2026)
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Mark Dujsik
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[I]t might have been fascinating to watch how these two characters influence each other ... Such an endeavor would require a fleshed-out story, and clearly, that's not the goal here.
Posted Apr 02, 2026
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3/4
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The Drama
(2026)
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Mark Dujsik
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[I]t's funny, in significant part because it dares to discomfort and provoke in such a specific way.
Posted Apr 02, 2026
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2.5/4
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
(2026)
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Mark Dujsik
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is at least a hop in the right direction.
Posted Apr 01, 2026
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1.5/4
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Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
(2026)
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Mark Dujsik
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[I]t becomes clear that the filmmaker has run out of ideas for this premise.
Posted Mar 27, 2026
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3/4
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The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist
(2026)
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Mark Dujsik
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It's an extensive and engaging examination of AI and a call not to become complacent...
Posted Mar 27, 2026
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2/4
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You're Dating a Narcissist!
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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You're Dating a Narcissist! becomes so contrived that it makes us constantly question the intelligence, sincerity, and believability of its main character.
Posted Mar 27, 2026
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2/4
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Marc by Sofia
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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They know each other well, and that might be to the downfall of Marc by Sofia.
Posted Mar 27, 2026
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2.5/4
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Kontinental '25
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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Kontinental '25 mostly ... talks itself into circles around some important ideas and persistent problems...
Posted Mar 27, 2026
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2/4
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Holy Days
(2026)
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Mark Dujsik
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[T]he movie enters and never leaves formulaic territory.
Posted Mar 27, 2026
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3/4
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Yes
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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The protagonist may try to mute his conscience, but the film's is loud and doesn't hide.
Posted Mar 26, 2026
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2/4
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They Will Kill You
(2026)
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Mark Dujsik
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Once the shock of the plot's actual setup is put forward, the movie falls into a series of familiar patterns...
Posted Mar 26, 2026
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3/4
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She Dances
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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[I]ts emotional core is ... frank and truthful.
Posted Mar 26, 2026
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3/4
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Our Hero, Balthazar
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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It is [funny] in a twisted way that's meant to make us uncomfortable, because there shouldn't be anything remotely comfortable about characters like these and subject matter like this.
Posted Mar 26, 2026
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2/4
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Forbidden Fruits
(2026)
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Mark Dujsik
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[It] ends with such a formulaic third act that one has to wonder if the writers ... couldn't determine how to bring all of it together.
Posted Mar 26, 2026
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3/4
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Fantasy Life
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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[The central] relationship is believable because it doesn't, despite what the title says, come across as a fantasy.
Posted Mar 26, 2026
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1.5/4
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Alpha
(2025)
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Mark Dujsik
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Is a striking visual metaphor enough to carry a movie? Writer/director Julia Ducournau ... is counting on that with Alpha.
Posted Mar 26, 2026
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