New Film and Drama Releases Reviewed
Critics offer their takes on several new films and dramas, including a satire about a wealthy family, a Finnish horror film, a drama about a school scandal, and a hip-hop drama inspired by a police shooting.
13 Feb, 19:50 — 15 Feb, 22:15
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Starfleet Academy Can Succeed Where Every Other New Star Trek Series Has Failed
screen-rantHBO’s 7-Part Crime Thriller With 96% RT Score Is One Of Its Best In Years
screen-rantDeadpool 3’s Release Date Secretly Repeated A $2.1B MCU Phase 1 Trick
screen-rantNetflix’s New 100% RT Crime Thriller Is Already A Masterpiece
screen-rantOnce Upon a Time in the West: Henry Fonda's Shocking Villain Transformation
variety‘Dust’ Review: A Stylish Saga of Friendship and Fraud That Slowly Plateaus
rolling-stoneThe Movie Where James Van Der Beek Broke Bad
The GuardianRosebush Pruning review – dysfunctional rich family move in strange circles
The GuardianNightborn review – Rupert Grint bringing up a monster baby
The GuardianThe Education of Jane Cumming review – sexuality, race and a real school scandal
The GuardianDreamscape review – dazzling hip-hop drama reclaims vital spirit of teenager slain by police
The GuardianSweetmeats review – the ripe fruits of late love
Korea Herald'Two Women Living Together' suggests a new kind of family
ignGoat Review
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Starfleet Academy Can Succeed Where Every Other New Star Trek Series Has Failed
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy is only in its freshman season, but is already in a position to do something no other modern series has managed.
By Craig Elvy
Read at source →HBO’s 7-Part Crime Thriller With 96% RT Score Is One Of Its Best In Years
HBO's 7-part crime thriller series Task is one of the best shows on the platform. With its 96% Rotten Tomatoes score, it is a modern masterpiece.
By Greg MacArthur
Read at source →Deadpool 3’s Release Date Secretly Repeated A $2.1B MCU Phase 1 Trick
Deadpool & Wolverine's release date borrowed from the first era of the MCU - a move that appears to have helped create the film's overall sucess.
By Zoe Miskelly
Read at source →Netflix’s New 100% RT Crime Thriller Is Already A Masterpiece
Dark Winds is one of the best crime thrillers to binge on Netflix, already considered a masterpiece, with four perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes seasons.
By Greg MacArthur
Read at source →Once Upon a Time in the West: Henry Fonda's Shocking Villain Transformation
In Once Upon a Time in the West, Sergio Leone slyly turned all-American everyman Henry Fonda into a despicable, child-murdering monster.
By Ben Sherlock
Read at source →‘Dust’ Review: A Stylish Saga of Friendship and Fraud That Slowly Plateaus
In Anke Blondé’s latest feature, two friends — middle-aged men in expensive suits — walk in step through offices and banquet halls for much of the first act. You might expect their strides to be scored by a power ballad or an upbeat hip-hop track, but “Dust” is a film of financial fraud brought to […]
By Siddhant Adlakha
Read at source →The Movie Where James Van Der Beek Broke Bad
In 2022, The Rules of Attraction fizzled at the box office and got mediocre reviews. But the deranged tale of nihilistic college students deserves a watch — if only to see the actor play the ultimate anti-Dawson
By Maria Fontoura
Read at source →Rosebush Pruning review – dysfunctional rich family move in strange circles
Jamie Bell and Elle Fanning lead a starry cast in this clumsy satire that provides little fascination in a wealthy family’s suffocating lives
By Peter Bradshaw
Read at source →Nightborn review – Rupert Grint bringing up a monster baby
Dark forces give new parents more than they bargained with in this unsubtle Finnish horror from Hanna Bergholm
By Peter Bradshaw
Read at source →The Education of Jane Cumming review – sexuality, race and a real school scandal
Sophie Heldman’s drama about two teachers accused of lesbianism by a pupil is exhilaratingly candid
By Peter Bradshaw
Read at source →Dreamscape review – dazzling hip-hop drama reclaims vital spirit of teenager slain by police
Inspired by the 1998 shooting of Tyisha Miller, the lost hopes and memories of a young Black woman – played beautifully by Jada Evelyn Ramsey – are explored through words, dance and beatboxing
By Arifa Akbar
Read at source →Sweetmeats review – the ripe fruits of late love
Karim Khan’s tender portrait of South Asians finding companionship through shared grief and illness is played with crackling chemistry by Shobu Kapoor and Rehan Sheikh
By Anya Ryan
Read at source →'Two Women Living Together' suggests a new kind of family
Last year, South Korea surpassed 8 million single-person households for the first time. According to data released in December by the Ministry of Data and Statistics, 8.045 million households were made up of just one person, up from 7.166 million in 2021, bringing the share of solo households to 36.1 percent, the highest level on record. The proportion has climbed steadily, crossing 30 percent in 2019 and 35 percent in 2023, with Seoul posting the largest concentration of people living alone. As
By The Korea Herald
Read at source →Goat Review
Goat review: This new animated movie isn’t doing anything new story-wise, but it’s a fun and engaging underdog (or undergoat?) sports comedy that shines thanks to its wonderful production design and animation.
By Scott Collura
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