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The Naked Gun Review • Calm Yourselves Up
The Naked Gun (2025) · Jul 31, 2025
Fantastic Four: First Steps Review • All Sharp Turns, No Straightaways
The Fantastic 4: First Steps (2025) · Jul 23, 2025
Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning Review • A Nothing Impossible Burger
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) · May 19, 2025
High and Low Review • Kurosawa's Best Movie
High and Low (1963) · May 11, 2025
Henry Johnson Review • New David Mamet Film
Henry Johnson (2025) · May 4, 2025
Warfare Review • First Great Film of 2025
Warfare (2025) · Mar 28, 2025
The Monkey Review • Unpleasant Valley Sunday
The Monkey (2025) · Feb 20, 2025
Nosferatu Review • Carnal Carnage
Nosferatu (2024) · Dec 20, 2024
A Complete Unknown Review • Talkin' Bob Dylan Biopic Blues
A Complete Unknown (2024) · Dec 10, 2024
Juror #2 Review • Eastwood and Casual Dread
Juror #2 (2024) · Nov 22, 2024
Gladiator II Review • Better Than the Original
Gladiator II (2024) · Nov 11, 2024
Heretic Review • The Hugh Grant Show
Heretic (2024) · Nov 5, 2024
Memoir of a Snail Review • One of the Best Movies of 2024
Memoir of a Snail (2024) · Oct 27, 2024
Conclave Review • The Divine Dramedy
Conclave (2024) · Oct 24, 2024
The Apprentice Review • Cookies Full of Arsenic
The Apprentice (2024) · Oct 9, 2024
Joker: Folie à Deux Review • Deconstructing the Joker
Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) · Oct 4, 2024
Megalopolis Review • Coppola's Fairy Tale
Megalopolis (2024) · Sep 27, 2024
Deadpool & Wolverine | Movie Review
Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) · Jul 26, 2024
Dune: Part Two | Movie Review | No Spoilers
Dune (2021) · Feb 23, 2024
Dune: Part Two | Movie Review | No Spoilers
Dune: Part Two (2024) · Feb 23, 2024
Drive-Away Dolls | Review Discussion
Drive-Away Dolls (2024) · Feb 22, 2024
The Zone of Interest | Movie Review
The Zone of Interest (2023) · Dec 23, 2023
American Fiction | Movie Review
American Fiction (2023) · Dec 15, 2023
May December | Movie Review | No Spoilers
May December (2023) · Nov 26, 2023
Napoleon | Movie Review
Napoleon (2023) · Nov 18, 2023
The Holdovers Review | No Spoilers
The Holdovers (2023) · Nov 10, 2023
The Killer | Movie Review | No Spoilers
The Killer (2023) · Oct 26, 2023
Killers of the Flower Moon Review (No Spoilers)
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023) · Oct 18, 2023
Anatomy of a Murder Review | Criterion Channel
Anatomy of a Murder (1959) · Oct 8, 2023
Thief | Criterion Channel Review
Thief (1981) · Aug 29, 2023
It Always Rains on Sunday | Criterion Channel Review
It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) · Aug 10, 2023