Here are some reviews of films coming out at the theater this week as well as others that may be in theaters or newly on home video.
Opening: Mar. 15, 2019
Wide (United States)
Five Feet Apart
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Wonder Park
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Limited (United States)
Ash Is Purest White
Darren Mooney @ the m0vie blog
- Excerpt: A pure delight.
Ash Is Purest White
Paulo Portugal @ Insider [Portuguese]
2019 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
Apollo 11
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Captain Marvel
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Cold Pursuit
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Fighting with My Family
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Greta
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Happy Death Day 2U
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The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
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Serenity
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Auggie
Beverly Questad @ It’s Just Movies
- Excerpt: “Auggie” was written and directed by 28-year-old actor/director Matt Kane. He had a great cast to work with, but to see Richard Kind writhing on the living room floor with an imaginary love interest was just too much.
Babylon
Babylon
- Excerpt: …revealing and raw in its political and sociological spectrum. Unapologetically radical, intrusive and emotionally gripping…a blistering commentary…
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Betty Jo Tucker @ ReelTalk Movie Reviews
- Excerpt: An inspiring true story about a courageous young boy who persisted with his inventive idea that saved many lives in Malawi, Africa.
The Changeover
Ron Wilkinson @ Its Just Movies
- Excerpt: An easy going production with time-honored tropes fails to raise a ruckus.
Climax
Jeremy Kibler @ The Artful Critic
- Excerpt: Climax is alternately an endurance test and pure art-house cinema, but there’s still no way to deny Gaspar Noé’s berserk descent into hell and loss of control being effectively visceral and unforgettable.
Donnybrook
Ron Wilkinson @ Its Just Movies
- Excerpt: Rough and tumble violence in an uncaring world.
Extreme Job
Amir Siregar @ Amir at the Movies [Indonesian]
- Excerpt: Director Lee Byeong-heon establishes a breezy balance between complex action scenes and goofy workplace comedy, seeding quirks, relationships and rivalries into the squad that pay off throughout the film.
Finding Steve McQueen
Jared Mobarak @ The Film Stage
- Excerpt: You probably won’t love Finding Steve McQueen, but [its] unyielding wholesomeness ensures you won’t be able to hate it either.
Finding Steve McQueen
Don Shanahan @ Every Movie Has a Lesson
- Excerpt: There was certainly a porch-rocker and beer-sipper of a story to be told with Finding Steve McQueen and we get that entertainment.
Fly Me to the Saitama
Peter Nellhaus @ Coffee, Coffee and more Coffee
- Excerpt: Whatever one may make of Fly Me to the Saitama, it’s never visually dull.
Gloria Bell
Charlie Juhl @ Citizen Charlie
- Excerpt: Take a look at Julianne Moore completely lose herself to Laura Branigan’s eponymous tune and I dare you to not only admire that, but wish you were on the dance floor as well. “Gloria (Gloria), I think they got your number (Gloria) – I think they got the alias (Gloria) – that you’ve been living under (Gloria)!” You’re welcome for the ear worm.
The Heiresses
Paulo Portugal @ Insider [Portuguese]
Juanita
Candice Frederick @ New York Times
Little Monsters
- Excerpt: A gory, expletive-ridden venture, that occasionally crosses the boundaries of good taste, while still offering a surprisingly touching addition to the zombie genre. It’s the latter that sets it apart, and it owes a debt to an incredible turn from Lupita Nyong’o who captivates as well as decapitates.
The Man Who Feels No Pain
Darren Mooney @ the m0vie blog
- Excerpt: He probably couldn’t even feel his sides splitting if he watched this film. (It’s great.)
The Prince and the Dybbuk
Jared Mobarak @ JaredMobarak.com
- Excerpt: [It’s] a fascinating forensic case into an enigmatic man who seemingly transitioned between four or five vastly different lives within his sixty years on Earth.
Prospect
Scott Phillips @ The Movie Isle
Starfish
Gregory J. Smalley @ 366 Weird Movies
- Excerpt: It’s not a movie for those who value plot, but ‘Starfish’ earns a recommendation for anyone who appreciates a heavy dose of psychological drama in their genre films.
Triple Frontier
Darren Mooney @ the m0vie blog
- Excerpt: Internet Daddies’ Camping Trip.
The Trouble With You
Ron Wilkinson @ Its Just Movies.com
- Excerpt: French humor that does the impossible, transcends the Atlantic humor barrier.
Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: As we potentially close out the Madea Cinematic Universe, A Madea Family Funeral offers typical Madea material: an odd mix of soap opera melodrama and raunchy humor with a hint of morality thrown in.
Us
- Excerpt: Us is a meticulously crafted slice of horror. Twisted and weird, but grounded by a finely built family dynamic. Some aspects of the film are sure to be polarizing, but it’s undeniable what a fresh and enthralling experience it is.
The Wedding Guest
Jared Mobarak @ JaredMobarak.com
- Excerpt: Winterbottom is experimenting with genre conventions, but how he meshes them together strips each of the intrigue they might have brought to the table alone.
When Margaux Meets Margaux
Ron Wilkinson @ Its Just Movies.com
- Excerpt: Doppelgangers a generation apart learn equally from each other’s victories and mistakes.
Who Killed Cock Robin?
Ron Wilkinson @ Its Just Movies
- Excerpt: At times overly complicated and frustratingly murky, this noir has all the twists and turns right up to a strong and unique ending.
Woman at War
Frederic & Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: A watershed Icelandic film which will speak to the hearts and minds of all committed women who are working toward the creation of an ecological world.
2018 Films
Ben Is Back
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Can You Ever Forgive Me?
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Fahrenheit 11/9
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The Happytime Murders
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Hereditary
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The Nun
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The Predator
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A Private War
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Ralph Breaks the Internet
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Roma
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Second Act
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A Simple Favor
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Vox Lux
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Angelo
Darren Mooney @ the m0vie blog
- Excerpt: Not a black and white issue.
Climax
James Jay Edwards @ FilmFracture
The Dead and the Others
Paulo Portugal @ Insider [Portuguese]
The Kindergarten Teacher
Frederic & Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: A character-driven drama about a schoolteacher who yearns to nurture the poetic brilliance of a student.
Never Look Away
Jonathan Richards @ Santa Fe New Mexican
- Excerpt: Von Donnersmarck can lapse into cheesy cinematic devices from time to time, and the powerful music score gets a bit bombastic. But overall, the sweep and skill of his storytelling carry the weight of the film’s three-plus hours gracefully.
Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: This documentary has some words of wisdom within it, but it also has an idealized version of the Holy Father, more a set of homilies than an intimate portrait.
Season of the Devil
Paulo Portugal @ Insider [Portuguese]