jinsei
Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Jinsei

Director Ryuya Suzuki’s ‘Jinsei’ is unexpected, poignant and flat-out strange. It’s also besotted with problems that get more intense as …

glory
Biography/History, Drama, War
Glory

1989’s ‘Glory’ is a top war film for a reason. But families should be advised of bloody battles and foul …

backrooms
Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller
Backrooms

Everything that makes ‘Backrooms’ terrifying could come in a PG-13 package. Alas, it doesn’t.

Horror, Thriller
Obsession

Up-and-coming writer and director Curry Barker knows his craft, but in ‘Obsession,’ he uses his talents to tell a messed-up …

i love boosters
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Satire, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
I Love Boosters

‘I Love Boosters’ doesn’t lack creativity. But this crime/comedy/fantasy surrealist satire falls short in decency and coherence.

Horror
Passenger

‘Passenger’ feels like a series of online horror shorts all tied together with a gossamer narrative thread.

Action/Adventure
The Furious

‘The Furious’ is packed with top-shelf martial arts action. But the end result is messy in oh so many ways.

tuner
Crime, Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller
Tuner

In ‘Tuner,’ a guy with supersensitive hearing uses his unique skillset to crack safes. Too bad the film’s foul language …

little brother
Comedy
Little Brother

The nice messages in Netflix’s ‘Little Brother’ are completely overshadowed by the film’s raunchy comedy, foul language and more.

Comedy, Romance
Voicemails for Isabelle

Netflix’s ‘Voicemails for Isabelle’ is often sweet, sometimes funny and, all too often, problematic as well.

in the hand of dante
Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
In the Hand of Dante

Netflix’s ‘In the Hand of Dante’ feels like a pretentious, smirkingly shocking, absolutely vacuous puddle of goo.

Comedy, Drama, Music
Power Ballad

Paul Rudd plays a wedding band singer longing for better days. But though ‘Power Ballad’ strums a few nice chords, …

Drama
Color Book

‘Color Book’ has some quiet and wonderful moments in its black-and-white palette. Too bad there are some off-color language bits, …

Action/Adventure, Thriller
Deep Water

‘Deep Water’ is essentially two disaster movies rolled up in one. Squinting heroism and bloody carnage abound.

mortal kombat ii
Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Mortal Kombat II (2026)

‘Mortal Kombat II’ is a faithful adaptation of its video game source material—which means lots of blood-soaked butchery.