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THUNDER FORCE – “A cringe-tastic viewing experience”

Thunderforce

HELD – “Promising premise – disastrous execution”

held

GODZILLA VS. KONG – “Mass destruction = mass entertainment”

Godzilla vs kong

FRENCH EXIT – “Wonderfully weird with a delicious turn by Michelle Pfeiffer”

FrenchExit

CONCRETE COWBOY – “Quite the profoundly affecting urban western”

concrete-cowboy

BAD TRIP – “An oddly enjoyable ride”

BadTrip

IRON MASK – “A way overblown fantasy with major head-scratching results”

Iron Mask

ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE – “Justice served”

justice-league-snyder-cut

THE FATHER – “A dizzying display of expert craftsmanship at work”

TheFather

CHERRY – “Amounts to an ambitiously stylized showcase for Tom Holland’s acting chops”

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YES DAY – “Inoffensive fluff for the whole family”

yesday

CRISIS – “A mostly gripping, albeit over-the-top, multi-perspective look at the opioid crisis”

Photo: Philippe Bosse
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RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON – “A plethora of mystical action and adventure to go around”

Raya-and-the-Last-Dragon

THE MAURITANIAN – “A wonderfully acted and oh-so captivating political drama”

the-mauritanian

TOM AND JERRY – “The shenanigans are cranked up high”

tomandjerry

THE UNITED STATES VS BILLIE HOLIDAY – “Andra Day is an A-grade revelation – the script, not so much”

Andra Day stars in THE UNITED STATES VS. BILLIE HOLIDAY from Paramount Pictures. Photo Credit: Takashi Seida.

MINARI – “Nothing short of a tender achievement in filmmaking”

minari

I CARE A LOT – “One deliciously dark blast from start to finish”

I care a lot

FLORA AND ULYSSES – “Is just nutty enough to work”

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JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH – “A powerhouse in every conceivable way”

Judas

SAINT MAUD – “A chilling unravelling of unsettling proportions”

SaintMaud

LAND – “Amounts to a 1 hour and 29-minute motion postcard”

Land

A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX – “The bizarre reality questioning documentary you want it to be”

glitchinthematrix

MALCOLM AND MARIE – “Emotionally exhausting”

MALCOLM & MARIE (L-R): ZENDAYA as MARIE, JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON as MALCOLM. NETFLIX © 2021

THE LITTLE THINGS – “A more than effective neo-noir thriller”

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PALMER – “Plays as a familiar, yet comforting, story of unlikely friendship”

Palmer

THE DIG – “Unearths a pleasant viewing experience”

The-Dig

OUR FRIEND – “Effectively touching”

ourfreind

THE WHITE TIGER – “Quite the bitingly entertaining journey”

The-White-Tiger

BROTHERS BY BLOOD – “The epitome of stark gangster fare”

brothers-by-blood

SHADOW IN THE CLOUD – “A pulpy period thrill ride”

shadowintheclouds

OUTSIDE THE WIRE – “A mostly worthy bullet-ridden distraction”

outsidethewire

ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI – “Slickly produced and poignantly performed”

one-night-in-miami

PIECES OF A WOMAN – “Dispenses palpable heartbreak by the handful”

Pieces-of-a-Woman

WONDER WOMAN 1984 – “Much like the 80s, embraces excess – and it works”

WW1984

SOUL – “An exquisite existential journey”

pixar-soul

PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN – “The boldest movie of the year”

PromosingYoungWoman

NEWS OF THE WORLD – “Has enough grit, grace and Tom Hanks to make it a passage worth embarking on”

Newsoftheworld

FATALE – “A b-movie quality guilty pleasure”

fatale

MONSTER HUNTER – “Monster-sized mindless action”

MonsterHunter

THE MIDNIGHT SKY – “A mostly poignant mix of Star Trek level space drama and dystopian arctic thrills”

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MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM – “Wonderfully lush and impeccably acted”

MaRainey

MAX CLOUD – “Fun retro video game shenanigans”

Max Cloud

SONGBIRD – “The sickly script infected the final product”

KJ Apa stars in SONGBIRD

THE PROM – “Isn’t an absolute showstopper, but rather a sufficient toe tapper”

the-prom

SAFETY – “Plays it a little too safe”

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LENNOX LEWIS: THE UNTOLD STORY – “A candid ringside seat”

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FREAKY – “A gender (and genre) swapping bloody good time”

Freaky

BLACK BEAR – “Wildly unique and outright entertaining”

BlackBear-

SOUND OF METAL – “Deserves to be seen – but mostly heard”

SOM

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BOX OFFICE TOP 5

8.5

Civil War
$25.7 million

7

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
$15.5 million

6.5

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
$5.8 million

7

Kung Fu Panda 4
$5.5 million

9.5

Dune: Part 2
$4.3 million

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