★★★★1/2 Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons deliver career-best performances in Yorgos Lanthimos' darkly inventive sci-fi comedy, a wild ride through humanity's ever-present paranoia and the mysteries of an uncertain future.
Bugonia (2025)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)
★★★★ Rian Johnson continues to explore the seasons with his third Benoit Blanc murder-mystery, cleverly weaving the Easter backdrop into a witty and gripping clash between faith and secularism.
Him (2025)
★★1/2 The American Football horror flick bursts onto the field with an ambitious, promising kick-off, but tangled messaging and a wobbly tone cause director Justin Tipping to drop the ball well before reaching the blood-soaked end zone.
The Smashing Machine (2025)
★★★★ Johnson and Blunt shine, but it is Benny Safdie's daring fly-on-the-wall approach that pulls you right into the heart of this UFC biopic, which had me unexpectedly rooting for the trailblazers of a sport I previously cared little about.
One Battle After Another (2025)
★★★★★ Hilarious and thematically rich, Paul Thomas Anderson's sweeping political caper allows the celebrated director to orchestrate a dazzling spectacle of controlled chaos in his boldest and most captivating film yet.
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