2025 Reviews

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97th Oscar-Nominated Shorts (Animated) (*** ½) (Full Review)
97th Oscar-Nominated Shorts (Documentary) (*** ½) (Full Review)
97th Oscar-Nominated Shorts (Live Action) (*** ½) (Full Review)

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All the Empty Rooms (Short Film) (*** ½) (Full Review)
Arco (*** ½) (Full Review)
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud (Short Film) (****) (Full Review)
Avatar: Fire and Ash (***) (Full Review)

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The Bad Guys 2 (***) (Full Review)
Bugonia (*** ½) (Full Review)
Butcher’s Stain (Short Film) (*** ½) (Full Review)
Butterfly (Short Film) (*** ½) (Full Review)

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Children No More: “Were and Are Gone” (Short Film) (*** ½) (Full Review)

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The Devil Is Busy (Short Film) (****) (Full Review)
Dog Man (** ½) (Full Review)

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Éiru (Short Film) (*** ½) (Full Review)

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Forevergreen (Short Film) (*** ½) (Full Review)
Frankenstein (***) (Full Review)
A Friend of Dorothy (Short Film) (*** ½) (Full Review)

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The Girl Who Cried Pearls (Short Film) (*** ½) (Full Review)

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Hamnet (****) (Full Review)

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Jane Austen’s Period Drama (Short Film) (****) (Full Review)

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Kiss of the Spider Woman (*** ½) (Full Review)
KPop Demon Hunters (*** ½) (Full Review)

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Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (*** ½) (Full Review)

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One Battle After Another (*** ½) (Full Review)

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Perfectly a Strangeness (Short Film) (***) (Full Review)
Pillion (***) (Full Review)

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Retirement Plan (Short Film) (***) (Full Review)

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Sentimental Value (****) (Full Review)
The Singers (Short Film) (** ½) (Full Review)
Sinners (*** ½) (Full Review)

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The Three Sisters (Short Film) (*** ½) (Full Review)
Two People Exchanging Saliva (Short Film) (*** ½) (Full Review)

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Weapons (***)
Wicked: For Good (*** ½) (Full Review)