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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Job Insecurity: SEND HELP

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If the only thing exciting in Send Help is the filmmaking and the lead performance, well, oh boy, that’s enough. It’s an unsurprising bit o...
Monday, January 19, 2026

Life After Deaths: 28 YEARS LATER and
28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE

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Director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland wisely understood that the most interesting part of returning to the world of their 2003 ...
Sunday, January 18, 2026

There and Back Again: PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION

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It’s about time we had a new Brett Haley movie. He makes warm, gentle, and observant little dramas that are broadly appealing and specifica...
Friday, January 16, 2026

Truth and Consequences: IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT

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A trouble with living in a society that allows for unaccountable government violence against those it deems a threat to the authoritarian go...
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Hide and Seek: THE SECRET AGENT

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There’s something fitting about the cheeky yet deadly serious title of The Secret Agent , a loose-limbed and steel-spined character study of...
Saturday, January 10, 2026

Scenes from a Marriage: IS THIS THING ON?

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Bradley Cooper’s Is This Thing On? is his third directorial effort, and the one that really clarifies his interests as a filmmaker. It also...
Thursday, January 1, 2026

25 Favorite New-to-Me Movies of 2025

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25.  Jiang Ziya  (2020, Cheng Teng/Wei Li) 24.  45365  (2010, Bill and Turner Ross)  23.  Downhill Racer  (1969, Michael Ritchie) 22.  Unfai...