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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes Review: Wes Ball Directs Uneven New Franchise Entry

The Game (1997)

The Game Review: The Most Audacious Film from David Fincher

The Artifice Girl (2023)

The Artifice Girl Review: Low Budget A.I. Film from Franklin Ritch Exceeds Expectations

Drive-Away Dolls (2024)

Drive-Away Dolls Review: Ethan Coen Solo Film Is in on the Joke

Argylle (2024)

Argylle Review: Matthew Vaugh Directs a Dreadful Action Film for Apple TV+

Civil War (2024)

Civil War Review: New Alex Garland Film is Light on its Details and Vague in its Motives

The Boy and the Heron (2023)

The Boy and the Heron Review: Hayao Miyazaki Returns With a True to Form Animated Adventure

I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody Review: Naomi Ackie Dazzles in a Trite, Surface-Level Portrait of Whitney Houston

saw x 2023

Saw X Review: A Gory New Approach to Jigsaw

Elvis (2022)

Elvis Review: New Baz Luhrmann Movie Is a Hot Mess That Doesn’t Do the King of Rock and Roll Any Favors, Even if Austin Butler Does

Night Swim (2024)

Night Swim Review: New Blumhouse Movie Lacks the Scares

Emancipation (2022)

Emancipation Review: A Perfectly Decent Historical Drama That Lets Will Smith Cook

The Taste of Things (2023)

The Taste of Things Review: Tran Anh Hung’s Delectable Feast Plated by Benoît Magimel and Juliette Binoche

Lisa Frankenstein (2024)

Lisa Frankenstein Review: Diablo Cody Pens Drab Teenage Comedy, Elevated Only Slightly by Kathryn Newton as the Lead

Girls State (2024)

Girls State Review: Documentary Duo Behind ‘Boys State’ Revisits Mock-Government Program to Similarly Compelling Results

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 (2024)

Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 Review: Marginally Better Than the Original Horror Tale

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Review: James Gunn Directs the Best Film from Marvel Studios in Years

The Pope's Exorcist (2023)

The Pope’s Exorcist Review: Russell Crowe Tries to Have Fun Expelling Demons in This Nutty Horror Movie

Polite Society (2023)

Polite Society Review: A Martial Arts Comedy That Lacks a Real Punch

Renfield (2023)

Renfield Review: Nicolas Cage Finally Gets His Turn as Dracula

Grand Illusion (1937)

Grand Illusion Review: A Prescient Anti-war Film in the Canon of Cinema