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The Brutalist (2024)

Drama Rated NR

“… a momentous movie, if not quite as momentous as it thinks it is.”

Moana 2 (2024)

Family Rated PG

“… an undeniable drop in quality when it comes to the music.”

Vampyr (1932)

Horror Rated NR

“… turns on a fear of mortality — or worse, being stuck in some in-between place.”

Wicked (2024)

Musical Rated PG

“A powder keg of movie-musical performances…”

National Anthem (2024)

Drama Rated R

“… establishes its own unique identity by intimately portraying an identity in flux.”

The Passionate Friends (1949)

Drama Rated NR

“David Lean returns to the type of tortured romance he had explored in 1945’s Brief Encounter.”

My Old Ass (2024)

Comedy Rated R

“Some beautifully scripted dialogue scenes, nicely performed…”

Gladiator II (2024)

Action/Adventure Rated R

“Jumps the shark — and the rhino, and the rabid baboons.”

Rebel Ridge (2024)

Action/Adventure Rated NR

“Hot damn is this thing cathartic…”

Dahomey (2024)

Documentary Rated NR

“Educational, intimate, and transcendent…”

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Out of the Past (1947)

Thriller Rated NR

“Mitchum holds the screen in the palm of his hand without appearing to even try…”

The Bride! (2026)

Horror Rated R

“The fun here is in the audacious attempt and the performances.”

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Comedy Rated NR

“A bit of a whiff for Frank Capra…”


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