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Movie Review: THE WEDDING BANQUET

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Rating: R Stars: Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Han Gi-Chan, Joan Chen, Youn Yuh-Jung, Bobo Lee Writers: Andrew Ahn and James Schamus, based on the screenplay by Ang Lee & Neil Peng and James Schamus Director: Andrew Ahn Distributor: Bleecker Street Release Date: April 18, 2025 He’s gay. She’s a lesbian. He needs a green card. She needs IVF for her partner. They think they’ll have a small wedding to make it legal – and then his family gets involved. So goes the remake of THE WEDDING BANQUET. The first version, made in 1993, was directed by Ang […]Read On »


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Movie Review: CALL OF THE VOID

CALL OF THE VOID movie poster | ©2025 Night Hawks Entertainment/One Tree Entertainment

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Caitlin Carver, Mina Sundwall, Richard Ellis, Christian Antidormi, Ethan Herisse, Ted Barton Writer: James B. Cox Director: James B. Cox Distributor: Night Hawks Entertainment/One Tree Entertainment Release Date: April 15, 2025 (digital) CALL OF THE VOID is one of those movies that invites a salute simply for its existence. Made on a low budget in the mountains of San Bernardino, California, it is well-acted, well-photographed, and has some great traditional American folk music. It doesn’t even do anything preposterous. At the outset, we see what appears to be an elemental void swirling around a black hole. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: THE UGLY STEPSISTER (DEN STYGGE STESOSTEREN)

THE UGLY STEPSISTER (DEN STYGGE STESOSTEREN) | ©2025 IFC Films/Shudder

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Lea Myren, Ane Dahl Torp, Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Flo Fagerli, Isac Calmroth, Malte Gårdener, Ralph Carlsson, Cecilia Forss, Katarzyna Hermann, Adam Lundgren Writer: Emilie Blichfeldt Director: Emilie Blichfeldt Distributor: IFC Films/Shudder Release Date: April 18, 2025 THE UGLY STEPSISTER (DEN STYGGE STESØSTEREN) is an intriguing dark fairytale, seen from the point of view of one of Cinderella’s famed relatives-by-marriage. While there is plenty of body horror, and Shudder is listed as a co-distributor, the movie is not conventionally scary. Directed and written by Emilie Blichfeldt, THE UGLY STEPSISTER is mostly simply dark period comedy/social commentary, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: IT FEEDS

IT FEEDS movie poster | © 2025 Falling Forward Films

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Ashley Greene, Ellie O’Brien, Juno Rinaldi, Mark Taylor, Julian Richings, Shawn Ashmore, Brooklyn Marshall, Shayelin Martin, Dov Tiefenbach Writer: Chad Archibald Director: Chad Archibald Distributor: Falling Forward Films Release Date: April 18, 2025 (theatrical and digital) We meet Cynthia Winstone (Ashley Greene) in the middle of what seems to be a nightmare. We’re in an empty schoolroom, with menacing words printed on the blackboard and papers and books tossed around haphazardly. However, it turns out Cynthia is at work – inside the mind of her client Larry (Dov Tiefenbach). Now an adult, Larry is still suffering […]Read On »


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Movie Review: DROP

DROP movie poster | ©2025 Universal

Rating: PG-13 Stars: Meghann Fahy, Brendan Sklenar, Violett Beane, Jacob Robinson, Reed Diamond, Gabrielle Ryan, Sarah McCormack, Jeffery Self, Ed Weeks, Ben Pelletier, Michael Shea Writers: Jillian Jacobs & Chris Roach Director: Christopher Landon Distributor: Universal Release Date: April 11, 2025 The title of DROP refers to a short text message. It also probably refers to the vertiginous setting of an upscale high-rise-topping restaurant, where much of the action takes place. DROP begins with a nasty bang. A woman (Meghann Fahy) is being brutally beaten, kicked, and threatened with a gun by a hysterical man (Michael Shea). We learn more […]Read On »


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Movie Review: WILLIAM TELL

WILLIAM TELL movie poster | ©2025 Samuel Goldwyn Films

Rating: R Stars: Claes Bang, Connor Swindells, Golshifteh Farahani, Tobias Jowett, Jonah Hauer-King, Emily Beecham, Ellie Bamber, Ben Kingsley, Jonathan Pryce, Jake Dunn, Billy Postlethwaite, Rafe Spall Writer: Nick Hamm, based on the play WILHELM TELL by Friedrich Schiller Director: Nick Hamm Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films Release Date: April 4, 2025 William Tell, for those unfamiliar with the legend, is the Swiss equivalent of Robin Hood, or perhaps Moses. Although a possibly invented figure, Tell is credited with paving the way for Swiss independence and the foundation of Switzerland as a nation. In a voiceover, Tell (Claes Bang) informs us, […]Read On »


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Movie Review: WARFARE

WARFARE movie poster | ©2025 A24

Rating: R Stars: D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis, Joseph Quinn, Aaron Mackenzie, Alex Brockdorff, Finn Bennett, Evan Holtzman, Michael Gandolfini, Joe Macaulay, Laurie Duncan, Jake Lampert, Aaron Deakins, Henrique Zaga, Kit Connor, Noah Centineo, Taylor John Smith, Adain Bradley, Charles Melton, Tom Dunne, Rayhan Ali, Heider Ali, Sima Pollitt, Nathan Altai, Aso Sherabayani, Amira Dutton, Donya Hussen, Inbal Amram Writers: Ray Mendoza & Alex Garland Directors: Ray Mendoza & Alex Garland Distributor: A24 Release Date: April 11, 2025 The phrase describing war as “long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror” is said to date back to […]Read On »


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Movie Review: A MINECRAFT MOVIE

A MINECRAFT MOVIE | ©2025 Warner Bros. / Legendary

Rating: PG Stars: Jack Black, Jason Momoa, Danielle Brooks, Emma Myers, Sebastian Hansen, Kate McKinnon (voice) Writers: Chris Bowman & Hubbel Palmer and Neil Widener & Gavin James and Chris Galletta, story by Allison Schroeder and Chris Bowman & Hubbel Palmer, based on the video game created by Markus “Notch” Persson Director: Jared Hess Distributor: Warner Bros. Release Date: April 4, 2025 Per Wikipedia, MINECRAFT is the most popular video game in the world. Even if Wikipedia is wrong (it happens) about it being Number One, MINECRAFT is certainly right up there. It was therefore inevitable that a movie be […]Read On »


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Movie Review: HELL OF A SUMMER

HELL OF A SUMMER movie poster | ©2025 Neon

Rating: R Stars: Fred Hechinger, Abby Quinn, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Billy Bryk, Finn Wolfhard, Paradis Saremi, Rosebud Baker, Adam Pally, Matthew Finlan, Julia Doyle, Krista Nazaire, Julia Lalonde, Daniel Gravelle, Susan Coyne Writers: Billy Bryk & Finn Wolfhard Directors: Billy Bryk & Finn Wolfhard Distributor: Neon Release Date: April 4, 2025 Comparing HELL OF A SUMMER to SCREAM is a bit of a stretch. The characters in the new film aren’t fonts of horror movie lore. On the other hand, they are self-aware enough to mostly behave in a self-protective manner when danger threatens, and we eventually get some villain monologues. […]Read On »


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Movie Review: ERIC LARUE

ERIC LARUE movie poster | ©2025 Magnolia Pictures

Rating: Not Rated Stars: Judy Greer, Alexander Skarsgård, Paul Sparks, Alison Pill, Tracy Letts, Annie Parisse, Kate Arrington, Marylouise Burke, Nation Sage Henrikson Writer: Brett Neveu, based on his stage play Director: Michael Shannon Distributor: Magnolia Pictures Release Date: April 4, 2025 When a school shooting occurs, as it does all too often, the most obvious victims are the dead and wounded. However, other victims include the families of those shot, often the family of the shooter, and pretty much the whole community. ERIC LARUE, scripted by Brett Neveu based on his stage play, encompasses all of this. In his […]Read On »


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