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Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Nightmare Alley’ is not a horror movie as some may expect, but it is a dark, suspense thriller that gradually tightens its grip on audiences and doesn’t let go until the credits.
‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ passes on the legacy of busting ghosts and feeling good by strengthening its connection to the past and having lots of fun in the process.
‘Last Night in Soho’ is a spellbinding thriller that traverses the swinging ‘60s and modern-day with enchanting visuals and an entrancing soundtrack.
‘Dune: Part I’ acts as an introduction to a vast universe with a unique ruling system, familiarizing audiences with the characters as they embark on a life-changing, transformative journey.
‘Halloween Kills’ is the latest picture in the franchise featuring the masked killer and his original final girl, continuing the decades-long battle with pure, unstoppable evil.
‘I’m Your Man’ is an unconventional portrait of a woman who empirically lives with a humanoid robot and finds the answer to what makes someone human is not as black-and-white as she once thought.
‘The Rescue’ is a high-intensity thriller documenting the real-life, international operation to save a junior soccer team from a flooding Thai cave.
‘Titane’ is a provocative thriller about a volatile young woman who changes her identity after a series of incidents requires her to go on the run, where she makes a connection she never expected.
‘Dear Evan Hansen’ is a too-true-to-its-source adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical about loneliness and wanting to belong.
‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ falls somewhere between a reboot and a remake, but it’s not the things it has in common with its predecessor that falls short.
After an extensive wait for the film and then further delays for the release, ‘Black Widow’ is finally here to deliver everything one expects from a Marvel picture… but perhaps a touch too late.
‘The Forever Purge’ is the radicalization of an already extremist event as an organized group of Americans seize the opportunity to violently enforce their ideals on the country.
