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Highest 2 Lowest (2025)

Thriller Rated R

“A mashup of Macbeth and the biblical chronicles of King David…”

What a Way to Go! (1964)

Comedy Rated NR

“A bit of a misfire that is nonetheless endlessly entertaining…”

Stray Dog (1949)

Drama Rated NR

“… a portrait of national trauma in the wake of World War II.”

Ne Zha II (2025)

Action/Adventure Rated NR

“… magically maximizes nature to awesomely cosmic proportions.”

High and Low (1963)

Thriller Rated NR

“… begins as a one-room morality play before opening up into a tense police procedural.”

Ne Zha (2019)

Family Rated NR

“… offers catnip to kids.”

Weapons (2025)

Horror Rated R

“ The Pied Piper was on my mind throughout Weapons…”

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

Drama Rated NR

“… the quintessential backstage Gothic noir.”

Heartburn (1986)

Drama Rated R

“The audience is never fully let in on either character’s interior life, as we skip from incident to incident.”

Together (2025)

Horror Rated R

“… eventually goes off the deep end, but without doing the work.”

Recent Reviews

Power Ballad (2026)

Drama Rated R

“If you weren’t a dad before seeing Power Ballad, you’d likely be transformed into one by the movie’s end.”

Backrooms (2026)

Horror Rated R

“Parsons proves to be an expert manipulator of space with the camera.”

Boxcar Bertha (1972)

Drama Rated R

“Scorsese pulls out a handful of stylistic flourishes…”


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