Category: Reviews
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‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ Is a Cinematic Panic Attack
Films can often make us laugh or cry, but very few are able to execute the goal of making us feel quite as uncomfortable as If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.
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Quality Characters Can’t Save ‘After the Hunt’ From Fizzling Out
‘After the Hunt’ covers controversial subject matter through complex characters, but can’t sustain momentum through a runtime that can sometimes feel tedious.
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Rishab Shetty makes Cinematic Magic with ‘Kantara: Chapter 1’
Rishab Shetty blends cinematic spectacle with cultural folklore for a grand-scale prequel in ‘Kantara: Chapter 1’.
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‘One Battle After Another’ Funny, Frantic, and Fantastic
Make some room on your top 10 list because Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another is a frantic, funny, and heartfelt father-daughter story that feels incredibly relevant in our current political climate.
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‘Lokah: Chapter 1 – Chandra’ Is the Hero We Need
We’ve seen cinematic universes, supernatural stories, and otherworldly action heroes a million times, but Dominic Arun’s Lokah: Chapter 1 – Chandra gives us a refreshing and meticulously-made take on the superhero genre.
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Quirky Characters Can’t Make Aronofsky’s ‘Caught Stealing’ Feel Fresh
Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Caught Stealing’ features quirky characters and an attempt to capture ‘After Hours’ vibes, but it ends up being like a grimier Guy Ritchie movie we’ve seen a hundred times.
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Does ‘Coolie’ Live Up to High Audience Expectations?
Coolie was one of my most anticipated movies of 2025, but aside from the performances of Rajinikanth and the star-studded cast, director Lokesh Kanagaraj’s film quickly becomes a convoluted mess of wasted potential.
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Is ‘War 2’ Too Formulaic to Be Fun?
War 2 is an action-packed spectacle that unapologetically embraces its over-the-top nature. But can the formulaic YRF Spy Universe still be fun?
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Zach Cregger’s ‘Weapons’ a Fittingly Freaky Follow-Up to ‘Barbarian’
Writer-director Zach Cregger had a lot to live up to after his solo directorial debut, Barbarian. His second film, Weapons, gives us a tense mystery about missing children and a town coming unglued.
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Could ‘The Naked Gun’ Breathe New Life Into Broad Comedy?
‘The Naked Gun’ is a legacy sequel matching the tone of the originals with the potential to breathe new life into a dying genre of comedy.
