Tag: in theaters
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Mercy: Maddox, Get Chris Pratt Out of That Chair
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Mercy (2026) Timur Bekmambetov While barely hanging on by a thread as my snow prison sentence has been extended by another day (school was canceled for tomorrow yet again), I finally got back on the road and—naturally—went straight to the theater. Mercy was on the docket today, and by the looks of the trailers, it was going to be as “January movie” as possible. I was a little…
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The Testament of Ann Lee: Seyfried Shakes Up the End-of-Year Standings
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) Mona Fastvold Morgan and I (mostly I) made the questionable decision earlier this week to go see The Testament of Ann Lee in the opening stages of Texas’ yearly “winter storm to end all winter storms” today, but we dodged all the bad stuff. It was only moderately raining as we both entered and left the theater today for a movie that…
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No Other Choice: A Thriller Making All the Right Choices
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. No Other Choice (2025) Park Chan-wook To my surprise, Gabe and I seem to be making a habit of seeing movies together over the weekend. Our venture to Grapevine for No Other Choice was our second movie in as many weekends, and I think this may be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. As the cinephile in the friend group, I feel it my duty to take my…
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Dead Man’s Wire: An Explosion Too Good for January
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Dead Man’s Wire (2025) Gus Van Sant I’m not sure whether to consider Dead Man’s Wire a 2026 release due of its theatrical release date or a 2025 release because of its festival run, but if it ends up settling on my 2026 list, it’ll be the first good January movie in a while. I expected that, since it’s had time to cook in the festivals, but I…
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Is This Thing On?: If We’re Asking About Bradley Cooper, Then Yes, He Is
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Is This Thing On? (2025) Bradley Cooper After a long holiday hiatus, my return to the theater—the Fossil Creek Regal, to be specific—was glorious. I brought Gabe along this time to see Is This Thing On?, a movie I’ve found myself getting more excited for since I first heard about it. Especially after rewatching and loving A Star Is Born earlier in the week, I was pumped for a…
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Song Sung Blue: Good Times, Hard Times, and Songs That Stick
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Song Sung Blue (2025) Craig Brewer Just kidding about the “last theater visit of 2025” thing from before! With an abundance of time in Kansas City before the Roos basketball game this evening, half of our group ventured to Screenland in Kansas City (by the way, one of the coolest theaters I’ve ever been to, and with a great chicken bacon grilled cheese to boot!) to…
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Marty Supreme: Chasing and Catching Greatness
Marty Supreme (2025) Josh Safdie As evidenced by its mentioning in my Anaconda review, I was absolutely stoked to make Marty Supreme my final theater visit of 2025, and I was only a bit worried that my uber-high expectations may not be completely met. While I haven’t decided on a rating for this film at the start of my review, I do know that Marty Supreme definitely met my expectations, and it’s easily one of the…
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Anaconda (2025): Low Stakes, Big Snake, Good Remake
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Anaconda (2025) Tom Gormican Being the perfectionist I am, I’ve kept a close eye on my Letterboxd statistics for 2025, and I currently have 248 films in my diary. With Marty Supreme on the docket for tomorrow, I needed to get something else in to make it number 250, so Anaconda at 9:45pm it was. I wanted to see this movie anyway, so even though the circumstances weren’t ideal, I…
