Category: Reviews
Christy Review | Flickreel
Christy Review | Flickreel

Christy is a well-acted biopic centered on a compelling figure. Even at more than two hours, though, I sensed something crucial was missing. It didn’t become clear what the narrative was lacking until the obligatory end text, mentioning that Christy…

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Rhea Seehorn Successfully Carries the Sci-Fi Show’s Most Surprising Hour All by Herself
Rhea Seehorn Successfully Carries the Sci-Fi Show’s Most Surprising Hour All by Herself

Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Pluribus Episode 5.Happy early Pluribus day! Yes, you read that right — this week's episode of Vince Gilligan's Apple TV sci-fi show has dropped a whole two days ahead of schedule, likely…

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Ethereal Macedonian Documentary Details Struggle Against Capitalism, Climate Change
Ethereal Macedonian Documentary Details Struggle Against Capitalism, Climate Change

Macedonia's largest white stork population resides in Češinovo, a small farming village. As dependent on the success of the country's agriculture as the humans which cultivate the land, the birds have made a comfortable home for themselves here, in the…

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A Razor-Sharp and Relentless Reimagining
A Razor-Sharp and Relentless Reimagining

Edgar Wright’s 2025 adaptation of The Running Man arrives with tremendous expectation, not only because it reinterprets Stephen King’s dystopian novel for a new political and technological era, but also because Wright’s distinctive genre-blending sensibilities seem tailor-made for a story…

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Dwight’s Fiery Face-Off With the Dunmires Sticks the Landing
Dwight’s Fiery Face-Off With the Dunmires Sticks the Landing

Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for the Tulsa King Season 3 finale. Dwight Manfredi (Sylvester Stallone) has been put through the ringer in this season of Tulsa King. All he wanted was a little, itty-bitty, very legal distillery,…

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Dark, Tragic Series Makes Case For Studio To Tell More High Stakes Alternate Universe Stories
Dark, Tragic Series Makes Case For Studio To Tell More High Stakes Alternate Universe Stories

The multiverse in Marvel films has been both blessing and curse: a box office bonanza, but creatively a gimmick too often reduced to legacy cameos that are sometimes hamfisted into stories—Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man—folded into the…

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Train Dream Review | Flickreel
Train Dream Review | Flickreel

Train Dreams is a dream come true, alright. Writer/director Clint Bentley has crafted a hypnotic, at times spellbinding experience, one that washes over the audience like a dream that ends too quickly. It may not always be a sweet dream…

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We’re Not Ready for Sharon and Bode to Both Go Off the Rails
We’re Not Ready for Sharon and Bode to Both Go Off the Rails

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Fire Country Season 4, Episode 6.It seems like only yesterday that I was saying Bode (Max Thieriot) is currently the most rational of his generation of firefighters on Fire Country. Okay, it was…

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Brendan Fraser Delivers A Deeply Touching Performance In One Of The Year’s Best Dramas
Brendan Fraser Delivers A Deeply Touching Performance In One Of The Year’s Best Dramas

Hikari’s Rental Family may just be the most gentle, human film you’ll see all year. It’s the kind of film we need more of, as it captures the people’s loneliness and need for connection — with family, friends, and even…

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A Charming Vision of Forever
A Charming Vision of Forever

David Freyne’s Eternity is that rare fantasy romantic comedy that embraces whimsy without sacrificing emotional depth. Constructed with a warm, beating heart and a surprising amount of philosophical curiosity, the film uses its fantastical premise to explore the choices we…

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Apple TV’s Powerful Tribute to a Real-Life Love Story Is One of the Year’s Best Docs
Apple TV’s Powerful Tribute to a Real-Life Love Story Is One of the Year’s Best Docs

​​​​​​In Come See Me in the Good Light, the powerful documentary by Ryan White, there’s a scene where Poet Laureate Andrea Gibson reads the results of their latest bloodwork to their wife, Megan Falley. In 2021, Gibson was diagnosed with…

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Angelina Jolie Has Her Life Turned Upside Down In Alice Winocour’s Fashion Week Anthology [TIFF]
Angelina Jolie Has Her Life Turned Upside Down In Alice Winocour’s Fashion Week Anthology [TIFF]

TORONTO – It’s easy to imagine how much the script for Alice Winocour’s “Couture” resonated with Angelina Jolie. Her character, Maxine, an American movie director known for her work in the horror genre, has been hired by a Paris fashion…

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