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‘Exit 8’ Review: Creepy if Redundant Video Game Adaptation Blends J-Horror Tropes Into a Surreal Single Location Â
Director Genki Kawamura’s big-screen take on the indie video game hit follows a man who can’t find his way out of a Tokyo subway tunnel.
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‘Faces of Death’ Review: Barbie Ferreira and Dacre Montgomery in a Gratuitous Horror Remake
'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' helmer Daniel Goldhaber's film is inspired by the 1978 cult classic featuring real and staged death scenes.
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‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Review: Chris Pratt and Charlie Day Return for a Sequel That Will Delight Fans (but Few Others)
Anya Taylor-Joy, Jack Black and Keegan Michael-Key are also back for the follow-up to the 2023 animated hit, joined by newcomers Glen Powell, Brie Larson, Donald Glover and Benny Safdie.
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‘The Drama’ Review: Zendaya and Robert Pattinson Get All Dressed Up With Nowhere to Go
The stars play an engaged couple reeling from the bride-to-be's shocking admission in Kristoffer Borgli's downbeat dramedy co-starring Alana Haim.
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‘They Will Kill You’ Review: Zazie Beetz Kicks Ass in a Giddy, Gory Eat-the-Rich Actioner
Myha'la and Patricia Arquette also star in the film directed by Kirill Sokolov, set in an upscale New York City apartment building that houses a Satanic cult.
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‘Sparks’ Review: Elsie Fisher Headlines an Exhilaratingly Fresh and Affecting Queer Teen Indie
The 'Eighth Grade' star plays the protagonist of Fergus Campbell's feature debut, about a group of teens obsessed with cinema, time travel and each other.
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‘The Dads’ Review: Fathers of Trans Kids Support and Advise One Another in an Accessible and Moving Doc
Luchina Fisher's feature grew out of her Emmy-winning short focused on several of the subjects met here, a mini-spectrum of the experience of parenting transgender kids in America today.
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‘The Last Critic’ Review: Legendary Critic Robert Christgau Gets a Generous Homage in a Doc Revisiting Six Decades Chronicling the Best and Worst in Music
The 83-year-old, who covered everything from folk to punk to early hip-hop, reflects on more than half a century churning out music reviews with flair and savoir faire. Â Â
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‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’ Review: Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan Battle as Wayward Father and Son in Netflix’s Frothy Sequel Film
Tim Roth and Rebecca Ferguson join the feature-length follow-up to the long-running TV series about a damaged gang boss.
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‘Mr. Burton’ Review: Harry Lawtey Plays Richard Burton in a Poignant Drama About the Actor and His Adoptive Father
Toby Jones plays Philip Burton, who adopted the celebrated thespian and mentored him, in this film directed by Marc Evans.
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‘He Bled Neon’ Review: Joe Cole and Rita Ora Trudge Through a Clichéd, Poseur Crime Story
Music video helmer Drew Kirsch makes his feature debut at SXSW with this neo-noir pastiche, co-starring Marshawn Lynch.
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‘Summer 2000: The X-Cetra Story’ Review: Winning Doc Celebrates Adolescent Girlhood, in All Its Glitter-Sprinkled Complexity
Benefitting from abundant archive material, director Ayden Mayeri explains how a homemade album she and her friends cut when they were kids in 2000 went viral.
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‘Drift’ Review: Gripping Doc About Climber-Photographer Isaac Wright Will Give Even the Most Passionate Adrenaline Junkie Vertigo
Director Deon Taylor balances backstory and action to deliver a biopic-ready documentary about a rogue climber (and PTSD sufferer) wanted by the law.
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‘Summer of ’94’ Review: The 1994 U.S. World Cup Soccer Team Gets a Rousing Underdog Documentary Tribute
Dave LaMattina and Chad Walker's film, executive produced by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, features Team USA favorites including Cobi Jones, Alexi Lalas, Tony Meola and Eric Wynalda.
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‘Serling’ Review: Doc on ‘Twilight Zone’ Creator Captures Rod Serling the Visionary, but Rarely Rod Serling the Man
Featuring Leonardo DiCaprio among its producers, Jonah Tulis' film uses previously unheard dictaphone recordings to capture Serling's thoughts on politics, television and more.
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‘Drag’ Review: Lizzy Caplan Headlines a Twisted, Tongue-in-Cheek Robbery Thriller That Overstays Its Welcome
The first feature from Raviv Ullman and Greg Yagolnitzer follows two kvetching sisters who break into a stranger’s home and get way more than they bargained for.
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