Because of embargoes (those happy little restrictions on when critics can post reviews, good or bad), a lot of our critics aren’t able to share links with you until release day. Here are some last-minute reviews for this weekend’s upcoming films. We’ve kept in all the reviews posted yesterday as well so you can have more help in deciding what to see (if you haven’t already).
Our critics have been hard at work reviewing the latest films. Here is a look at what’s coming out this weekend (in select cities, check your local listings) and what else may be in theaters right now.
Opening: Mar. 13-15, 2015
Wide (United States)
Cinderella
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Run All Night
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Limited (United States)
Home Sweet Hell
[New Today] Nicholas Bell @ Ioncinema
Jeremy Kibler @ The Artful Critic
- Excerpt: Save for Katherine Heigl’s killer turn, “Home Sweet Hell” leaves a sad, bitter aftertaste in one’s mouth.
It Follows
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: David Robert Mitchell pulls off a tricky balance with his ingenious response to 80’s horror films where teenage sex meant death and monsters walked leafy suburban streets in broad daylight by presenting his original, nightmarish idea via an homage to John Carpenter.
[New Today] James Jay Edwards @ FilmFracture
- Excerpt: It Follows’ Throws Back To The Teen Horrors Of Yesteryear – And It Scares The Hell Out Of You, Too
Seymour: An Introduction
[New Today] Donald Jay Levit @ ReelTalk Movie Reviews
The Wrecking Crew
Stacia Kissick Jones @ She Blogged By Night
2015 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
’71
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87th Oscars: Nominated Shorts
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Amour Fou
Marilyn Ferdinand @ Ferdy on Films
- Excerpt: Amour Fou is as droll a film as one can imagine. The actors all underplay their scenes, a parody of the polite society to which their characters belong. But Hausner tends to trap her characters at the bottom of frames, inside window panes, and below heavy, sashed curtains.
Ballet 422
Josh Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
Chappie
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The Cobbler
[New Today] Nicholas Bell @ Ioncinema
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
Josh Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
The Duke of Burgundy
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Eastern Boys
Josh Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
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Girlhood
Josh Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
The Hunting Ground
Josh Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
The Intruders
Sarah Gopaul @ Digital Journal
- Excerpt: In ‘The Intruders,’ a young woman feels something sinister is afoot in her creepy new house, but debates whether it’s imaginary, supernatural or corporeal.
The Last Five Years
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: The sheer singing talent of Ana Kendrick compels me to give this a pass.
The Lazarus Effect
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The Lovers
[New Today] Susan Granger @ www.susangranger.com
- Excerpt: Flailing among the centuries, it lacks any meaningful connection between the two timelines.
The Mafia Only Kills in Summer
Maps to the Stars
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Out of the Dark
Susan Granger @ www.susangranger.com
- Excerpt: Despite the grim, ghastly ghosts, it’s a forgettable film.
Queen and Country
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The Salvation
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The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
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These Final Hours
Nicholas Bell @ Ioncinema
Frank Ochieng @ SF Crowsnest
- Excerpt: In the blistering and noteworthy 2003 Australian apocalyptic low-budget film ‘These Final Hours’, writer-director Zak Hilditch delivers a somber and sleek story about mass paranoia and the redemptive vibes of one man caught up in the hysteria of the catastrophic bleakness that persists.
Unfinished Business
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What We Do in the Shadows
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Wild Canaries
Josh Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
Wild Tales
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Zhongkui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal
- Excerpt: Acclaimed Hong Kong cinematographer Peter Pau takes another swing at directing a major motion picture with this grand scale fantasy about legendary demon queller Zhong Kui. Assisted by co-director Zhao Tianyu and featuring some spirited performances, the result is a bumpy, yet enjoyable tale of otherworldly romance and adventure.
2014 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
American Sniper
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Birdman
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Calvary
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Foxcatcher
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Goodbye to Language
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The Grand Budapest Hotel
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
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The Imitation Game
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Inherent Vice
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Into the Woods
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John Wick
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Life of Riley
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Merchants of Doubt
Charlie Juhl @ Citizen Charlie
- Excerpt: Come and learn the names of the folks hired by Big Oil to lie to you about climate change
Oculus
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Red Hollywood
Cole Smithey @ ColeSmithey.com
- Excerpt: Never before has there been such a cogent examination of the filmic thematic social commentary (of films made by socially responsible filmmakers in the ‘40s and ‘’50s) that the House Committee on Un-American Activities seized upon for its falsely posed premise for ramming a fascistic form of capitalism down the throats of Americans.
Selma
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Third Person
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2015 Films (Coming Soon)
3 Hearts
[New Today] David Bax @ Battleship Pretension
- Excerpt: Despite the ways in which 3 Hearts feels like a departure for Jacquot, it is unquestionably in step with the rest of his oeuvre. He’s done melodrama before, in the soapy, steamy The School of Flesh, but what cuts through all his films, up to and including this newest one, is a humanism that is sympathetic but probing, like a trustworthy psychiatrist.
Elle L’Adore
[New Today] Stefan Pape @ HeyUGuys
Fighters
[New Today] Nicholas Bell @ Ioncinema
Gemma Bovery
[New Today] Aaron Pinkston @ Battleship Pretension
- Excerpt: The film largely plays as an adaptation/homage to Madame Bovary, with many inside jokes and references, to which I am not in the least familiar. For the ignorant ones like me, the film lays its influence on pretty thickly, making the plot mechanics an active part of the story, but I’m certain I missed a number of story and character connections along the way.
Haemoo
João Pinto @ Portal Cinema [Portuguese]
Hotel Nueva Isla
Josh Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
In the Basement
[New Today] Aaron Pinkston @ Battleship Pretension
- Excerpt: Certainly there is more attention that could be paid to this bizarre world even as Seidl shows off just as much as anyone would want to see from these subjects. In the Basement might not be a treatise on the basement but the shock value keeps it interesting.
The Janitor
João Pinto @ Portal Cinema [Portuguese]
Li’l Quinquin
[New Today] Aaron Pinkston @ Battleship Pretension
- Excerpt: I imagine seeing the mini-series, which is broken up into four episodes, is a more enjoyable way to experience to the feature, but the overlong, slowly paced structure does play into what Dumont is trying to do.
The Life and Mind of Mark DeFriest
Josh Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
Lou! Journal Infime
[New Today] Stefan Pape @ HeyUGuys
Metamorphoses
[New Today] Nicholas Bell @ Ioncinema
Murder in Pacot
- Excerpt: The latest film from Raoul Peck is a slow burn that strikes hard.
Nh10
[New Today] Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
The Price We Pay
[New Today] Sarah Gopaul @ Digital Journal
- Excerpt: ‘The Price We Pay’ is a dense documentary that explores and condemns corporate tax avoidance by demonstrating its impact on ordinary people via interviews with political and financial experts.
Ratter
Josh Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
Refugiado
Diego Salgado @ Guía del Ocio [Spanish]
The Royal Road
Josh Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
La Sapienza
Marilyn Ferdinand @ Ferdy on Films
- Excerpt: Alexandre’s desire to retain existing elements for new construction, as Borromini did, reminds us that cities and towns are an amalgamation of styles from throughout history; Green’s reference to an archeological dig further reinforces the fact that human life on Earth has been built, layer by layer, on the foundations of the past, a repudiation of modernity and its overweaning ego.
The Snake Brothers
- Excerpt: Real-life brothers Matej and Kryštof Hádek play a pair of down-and-out, small-town siblings whose relationship is tenuous at best in Kobry a užovky (English title: The Snake Brothers), a startling realist drama from director Jan Prušinovský with a wicked comedic streak.
Standby
- Excerpt: Charming Irish ditty featuring ‘MadMen’s Jessica Pare
Storm in the Andes
The Stranger
João Pinto @ Portal Cinema [Portuguese]
Suite Francaise
[New Today] Stefan Pape @ HeyUGuys
The Target
Diego Salgado @ Guía del Ocio [Spanish]
Uyghurs: Prisoners of the Absurd
X + Y
[New Today] Stefan Pape @ HeyUGuys
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