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New This Week (01/16/2026): Dead Man’s Wire, Charlie the Wonderdog, All You Need is Kill, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of January 16th, 2026. Theatrical Releases: Dead Man’s Wire (Limited Release): Gus Van Sant’s based-on-true-events crime drama tells the story of the tense standoff that unfolded when Tony Kiritsis (Bill Skarsgård) took a mortgage broker (Dacre Montgomery) hostage in 1977 with a shotgun strapped to his neck,… Read More New This Week (01/16/2026): Dead Man’s Wire, Charlie the Wonderdog, All You Need is Kill, & More!

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Official Trailer for Matt Johnson’s Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie!

By John Corrado The official trailer has just been released for Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Canadian filmmaker Matt Johnson’s wildly entertaining time travel comedy. This one premiered at SXSW last year, and also got a hometown welcome as the opening night film of TIFF’s Midnight Madness section, where it very easily won… Read More Official Trailer for Matt Johnson’s Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie!

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One Battle After Another and Sinners Lead the 2026 Dorian Film Awards Nominations

By John Corrado The nominations for the 2026 Dorian Film Awards, presented by GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (of which I am a member), have just been announced. Paul Thomas Anderson’s seemingly unstoppable award season juggernaut One Battle After Another is leading the pack with nine nominations, followed closely by Ryan Coogler’s Sinners… Read More One Battle After Another and Sinners Lead the 2026 Dorian Film Awards Nominations

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New This Week (01/09/2026): Father Mother Sister Brother, The Choral, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of January 9th, 2026. Theatrical Releases: Father Mother Sister Brother (Limited Release): Jim Jarmusch’s latest film, which won the Golden Lion at Venice, is a triptych following three sets of family members across three separate chapters. The ensemble cast includes some lovely work from Adam Driver, Mayim… Read More New This Week (01/09/2026): Father Mother Sister Brother, The Choral, & More!

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Movie Review: Father Mother Sister Brother

By John Corrado In his latest film, the triptych anthology movie Father Mother Sister Brother which was awarded the Golden Lion at Venice, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch offers another collection of observations on human nature and interaction. The film itself unfolds in three separate chapters that aren’t connected, per se, but all share narrative beats and… Read More Movie Review: Father Mother Sister Brother

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New This Week (01/02/2026): We Bury the Dead, Stranger Things 5: The Finale, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of January 2nd, 2026. Happy New Year! Theatrical Releases: We Bury the Dead (Wide Release): There aren’t a ton of big releases in this post-holiday window, but we are getting this new zombie thriller starring Daisy Ridley (of Disney Star Wars fame). It comes to us from… Read More New This Week (01/02/2026): We Bury the Dead, Stranger Things 5: The Finale, & More!

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4K Ultra HD Review: Black Phone 2 (Collector’s Edition)

By John Corrado Ethan Hawke returns as The Grabber in Black Phone 2, director Scott Derrickson’s followup to his 2021 film The Black Phone. This poses a unique challenge for the horror sequel, seeing as Hawke’s mask-wearing, child-napping serial killer was already killed in the first film. But, as we know from this genre, there… Read More 4K Ultra HD Review: Black Phone 2 (Collector’s Edition)

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New This Week (12/25/2025): Marty Supreme, Song Sung Blue, No Other Choice, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of December 25th, 2025. Merry Christmas and God bless us, everyone! Theatrical Releases: Marty Supreme (Wide Release): Timothée Chalamet stars as a ping pong player in this exhilarating 1950s-set sports epic from Josh Safdie, one half of the directing duo behind Good Time and Uncut Gems. It… Read More New This Week (12/25/2025): Marty Supreme, Song Sung Blue, No Other Choice, & More!

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First Teaser for Avengers: Doomsday

By John Corrado The first teaser (and poster) for Marvel’s Avengers: Doomsday is now officially online, after playing exclusively in theatres in front of Avatar: Fire and Ash (and inevitably leaking online). The film finds directors Anthony and Joe Russo returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, following Infinity War and Endgame. This short teaser, which… Read More First Teaser for Avengers: Doomsday

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First Trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey!

By John Corrado The first trailer for The Odyssey, director Christopher Nolan’s ambitious cinematic adaptation of Homer, has just been released online. This is following the teaser that played exclusively in theatres in front of Jurassic World: Rebirth over the summer, and the film’s prologue playing in IMAX with Avatar: Fire and Ash (and the 70mm… Read More First Trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey!

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New This Week (12/19/2025): Avatar: Fire and Ash, The Housemaid, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of December 19th, 2025. Theatrical Releases: Avatar: Fire and Ash (Wide Release): The biggest of this week’s new releases is obviously Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third film in James Cameron’s blockbuster sci-fi saga set on Pandora. This one is a continuation of 2022’s The Way of… Read More New This Week (12/19/2025): Avatar: Fire and Ash, The Housemaid, & More!

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