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‘Whistle’ is more alarming than its familiar premise
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Horror films are no different: gore, jump scares, final girls, supernatural forces, monsters, masked murderers and more are the reasons we want to watch scary movies in the dark.
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‘Pike River’ dramatizes a real-world mining disaster and a fight for justice
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Pike River feels like a procedural, a contemporary labor fable, and a fight for justice all at once.
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The Rip puts Damon and Affleck in the crosshairs on Netflix
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The new Netflix cop picture The Rip starts with a bang when the captain of a narcotics division is gunned down after communicating with an undercover agent.
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My Top 5 Films of 2025
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Just when cinema needed a Superman, James Gunn gave us JustOKMan, but 2025 was a middling year at the movies at overall.
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‘Jay Kelly’ sends George Clooney for a Sentimental Journey on Netflix
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Noah Baumbach’s new Netflix picture Jay Kelly is a road movie that rambles across Europe, but also between past and present, cataloging the regrets of a man who seems to have everything.
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Secret Mall Apartment pictures the art of affordable housing
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Secret Mall Apartment is a documentary about an odd art project in an inhospitable space. It’s also about contemporary struggles with affordable real estate, and how those pressures affect creative communities.
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Frankenstein is monstrous and masterful on Netflix
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Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein delivers Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel as the sprawling gothic epic it was always meant to be.
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Troubled Teens and Traumatized Teachers in ‘Steve’
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Steve brings viewers a story about a community of outsiders struggling against the indifference of society and its cold and calculating systems.
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‘Bring Her Back’ finds the filmmaking Philippous aren’t flukes
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Identical twins Danny and Michael Philippou started their filmmaking careers creating wrestling videos in their Adelaide, Australia, backyard when they were 11 years old.
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‘Friendship’ is your weird new bestie on HBO MAX
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When I saw the trailer for Friendship, I thought it looked like a new, fun Seth Rogen-style comedy about male friendship, male loneliness and male stupidity. Sold!