Film

She Said Maybe is a mess of a rom-com with leads you can’t root for and a cast of malicious characters you have to tolerate for little payoff.

In banking so much of its genre exercise on setups and backstories Wake Up Dead Man suffocates before it can even get started.

One part Italian rom-com and one part Chinese martial arts film, Forbidden City is a genre smashing title that pays off big. 

Anti-colonial horror at its finest, Mārama is moving and cathartic, Ariana Osborne makes this Maori gothic revenge horror story near perfect.

The Strangers Chapter 2 continues to laugh in the face of the beloved original despite a stellar performance from its lead, Madelaine Petsch. 

Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill have done it again, with Black Phone 2, a fast-paced throwback supernatural horror story.

Primate (2025) is at home in its absurd violence, pulling apart jaws, smashing in skulls, ripping off faces, is where it shines.

HIM (2025) is a movie that takes American football culture and throws the ball deep, marked by its ambition and only let down by its spectacle. 

Same Day With Someone seems like an average time loop romance at first, but a few subtle twists on the genre distinguish the movie from the pack.

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey follows two lost souls looking for connection and struggles to find any heart or chemistry along the way.