Year: 2025

Explore Cinephile Corner’s full selection of movie reviews from 2025, featuring critiques on all the major releases from this year. From blockbuster hits to indie gems, our archive covers the best (and worst) films that defined 2025.

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Love, Brooklyn (2025)

Love, Brooklyn Review: André Holland Navigates Two Romantic Relationships in Rachael Abigail Holder’s Light Debut

In Your Dreams (2025)

In Your Dreams Review: Netflix’s Latest Animated Adventure Is Plain and Clumsy

Nouvelle Vague (2025)

Nouvelle Vague Review: Richard Linklater’s ‘Breathless’ Ode Mostly Works

The Legend of Ochi (2025)

The Legend of Ochi Review: A24’s Family Feature Lacks Momentum

The Fantastic 4: First Steps (2025)

The Fantastic Four: First Steps Review: Marvel’s First Family Is Brought Into the MCU to Tolerable Results

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025)

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain Review: A Two-Year-Old Girl’s Coming-of-Age Story is Wonderfully Animated and Thematically Scattered

Frankenstein (2025)

Frankenstein Review: Guillermo Del Toro’s Adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Classic Novel Is Faithful to a Fault

Die My Love (2025)

Die My Love Review: Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson’s Hot Mess Chemistry Envelops Lynne Ramsay’s Surrealist Film Adaptation

Christy (2025)

Christy Review: Sydney Sweeney Carries a Christy Martin Biopic That Shows All of the Trauma, Not Enough of the Influence

Who Killed the Montreal Expos? (2025)

Who Killed the Montreal Expos? Review: Netflix’s Portrait of the Greediness in Pro Sports

The Luckiest Man in America (2025)

The Luckiest Man in America Review: Paul Walter Hauser and Walton Goggins Recreate an Infamous 1980s Taping of ‘Press Your Luck’

The Baltimorons (2025)

The Baltimorons Review: Michael Strassner and Liz Larsen Wander Baltimore in Jay Duplass’ Christmas Eve Dramedy

HIM (2025)

HIM Review: Football and Horror Intersect in Justin Tipping’s Provocative Failure

Together (2025)

Together Review: Alison Brie and Dave Franco Are Inseparable in One of 2025’s Buzzier Body Horror Films

Hedda (2025)

Hedda Review: Nia DaCosta’s Turbulent ‘Hedda Gabler’ Adaptation Is (Mostly) a Return to Form

The Elixir (2025)

The Elixir Review: Zombies Tear Apart a Small Indonesian Town in Netflix’s Latest Genre Import

Ballad of a Small Player (2025)

Ballad of a Small Player Review: Colin Farrell Is Down Bad in Five-Star Macau-Set Purgatory

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (2025)

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Review: Hulu’s Latest Straight-To-Streaming Remake Is Tedious

Honey Don't! (2025)

Honey Don’t! Review: Ethan Coen’s ‘Drive-Away Dolls’ Follow-up Sorely Underwhelms

Blue Moon (2025)

Blue Moon Review: Ethan Hawke Leads Richard Linklater’s Boozy Old-Broadway Biopic

A House of Dynamite (2025)

A House of Dynamite Review: Kathryn Bigelow’s Ambiguous Political Thriller Fizzles Out