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Ham-suck
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[Rating: Minor Rock Fist Down] In Theaters Friday, April 10 A dizzying reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s seminal work, director Aneil Karia’s version of Hamlet is bold, to be sure: though any…

Get Thee To a Streamer-y: The New ‘Hamlet’ Is Like Poison In the Ear
Level Up Sequel
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Super Mario flies across the galaxy to rescue a galactic princess.

Dam Good Time
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Avatar style technology helps a girl connect with her inner wild side.

Hail Mary TD
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[Rating: Solid Rock Fist Up] In Theaters Friday, March 20 The comforting embrace of optimism and fulfilled promise comes at a premium these days, making Project Hail Mary that rare…

‘Project Hail Mary’ Converts for a Touchdown
Oscar Roundup
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Man…what a twisty, bendy road Hollywood walks leading up to its biggest night. Favorites that seemed like a lock just one month ago look shaky in the light of early…

Oscars Preview 2026! Scene-Stealers Breaks Down the 98th Annual Academy Awards
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[Rating: Minor Rock Fist Down] In Theaters Friday, April 10 A dizzying reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s seminal work, director Aneil Karia’s version of Hamlet is bold, to be sure: though any further plaudits are difficult to conjure. A sort of Reader’s Digest version of the Danish prince’s tragedy, this telling carves out a new path for […]

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Super Mario flies across the galaxy to rescue a galactic princess.

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Avatar style technology helps a girl connect with her inner wild side.

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[Rating: Solid Rock Fist Up] In Theaters Friday, March 20 The comforting embrace of optimism and fulfilled promise comes at a premium these days, making Project Hail Mary that rare case of a movie living up to not just its potential, but its moment. A veritable dream team of talent in all major phases of […]

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Man…what a twisty, bendy road Hollywood walks leading up to its biggest night. Favorites that seemed like a lock just one month ago look shaky in the light of early spring, and unlike previous years, there doesn’t seem to be as big a stable of heavy favorites as what many come to expect at this […]

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‘Dreams’ Deftly Explores the Nightmares of Toxic Relationships in 2026 America

by Warren Cantrell February 25, 2026 Print Reviews

[Rating: Solid Rock Fist Up] In Theaters Friday, February 27 An erotic thriller that sits on a load-bearing pillar at the center of America’s in-progress collapse, Dreams tells a small story on the largest possible canvas. A film about the ways toxic relationships skew power dynamics and corrupt good intentions, it plays with familiar tropes […]

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History Struggles to Come To Life In Dreary, Repetitive ‘Pike River’

by Warren Cantrell January 29, 2026 Blogs

[Rating: Swiss Fist] In Theaters and On Digital January 30 Compressing 14 years of litigious, bureaucratic, deeply personal history into a 131-minute movie was never going to be easy, and the people behind Pike River should be commended for their attempt at just that. A dramatic exploration of the 2010 coal mining accident and its […]

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Great Choices in ‘No Other Choice’

by Christian Ramos January 6, 2026 Print Reviews

Job loss leads a man to an ultimate choice of life and death.

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Aussie Zombie Flick ‘We Bury the Dead’ Has Brains, But Little Backbone

by Warren Cantrell January 5, 2026 Print Reviews

[Rating: Minor Rock Fist Up] In Theaters Friday, January 2 An exploration of grief, loss, and regret wrapped inside of a zombie movie, We Bury the Dead isn’t a bait and switch so much as a catch and question. This is a flick about the undead and a mini-apocalypse, sure, but the “creatures” in this […]

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It’s a Miserable Life for “Ella McCay”

by Christian Ramos December 29, 2025 Print Reviews

Up and coming politician faces a myriad of issues, including the script!

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Swash-Buckling Adventures Abound in “The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants”

by Christian Ramos December 22, 2025 Print Reviews

SquarePants swabs a deck or two on the high seas!

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Family Drama in “Sentimental Value”

by Christian Ramos December 8, 2025 Print Reviews

A movie threatens to push a family even further apart.

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What A Piece of Work Is ‘Hamnet’ How Noble In Reason, How Infinite In Faculty

by Warren Cantrell November 25, 2025 Print Reviews

Honest, raw, and every inch as profound as the fiction it portrays, “Hamnet” is less of a movie and more a meditation on the emotional bonds that bind us.

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‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ Is Sharper Than Ever and Cuts Deep

by Warren Cantrell November 24, 2025 Print Reviews

‘Wake Up Dead Man’ is a blast, subverting genre expectations with one hand while examining the sociopolitical landscape of its setting with the other.

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‘Wicked: For Good’ Is Decent, But Doesn’t Defy Gravity

by Warren Cantrell November 20, 2025 Print Reviews

[Rating: Minor Rock Fist Up] In Theaters Friday, November 21 About a half hour too long with a stable of songs that are only about half as good as the previous installment, Wicked: For Good lives up to its name in more ways than one. Decent but not spectacular, the Broadway sequel dazzles with spectacle […]

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