Reviews

Andra Nechita as Cin in Bone Lake
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Review: 'Bone Lake' Is Drowning In Its Own Ambitions

By Lyvie Scott

This psychosexual thriller falls just short of a return to form.

America Ferrera and Matthew McConaughey in The Lost Bus
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'The Lost Bus' Tries Too Hard To Bring Back The Disaster Movie

By Lyvie Scott

This harrowing true story could have made a great action film, but too often does it veer off-course.

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'The Smashing Machine' Feels Like A Good Cry

By Siddhant Adlakha

Dwayne Johnson creates spellbinding intimacy in Benny Safdie’s sports drama.

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Review: 'Bone Lake' Is Drowning In Its Own Ambitions

By Lyvie Scott

This psychosexual thriller falls just short of a return to form.

Review

'The Lost Bus' Tries Too Hard To Bring Back The Disaster Movie

By Lyvie Scott

This harrowing true story could have made a great action film, but too often does it veer off-course.

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'The Smashing Machine' Feels Like A Good Cry

By Siddhant Adlakha

Dwayne Johnson creates spellbinding intimacy in Benny Safdie’s sports drama.

Beyond Fest 2025 Review

'Shelby Oaks' Just Scratches The Surface Of Horror Greatness

By Lyvie Scott

Writer-director Chris Stuckmann delivers a promising, if repetitive, horror debut.

Beyond Fest 2025 Review

'Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die' Is The Apocalyptic Wake-Up Call We Need

By Lyvie Scott

Gore Verbinski returns with a gonzo sci-fi spectacle about the end of the world.

Fantastic Fest 2025 Review

'Black Phone 2' Is Too High-Minded For Its Own Good

By Lex Briscuso

The sequel turns to religious horror in a way that puts the movie at odds with itself.

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'Wayward' Is The Best Conspiracy Thriller Show Of 2025

By Dais Johnston

You’re lying on your back. You’re crying out for your mother.

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'Alice in Borderland' Season 3 Barely Justifies Its Existence

By Dais Johnston

The new season of the underrated Japanese thriller series is Squid Game cranked up to eleven.

Fantastic Fest 2025 Review

'The Strangers - Chapter 2' Is A Tortured Horror Sequel That Tarnishes The Original

By Matt Donato

You’ll want to stay home for this one.

TIFF 2025 Review

'Hamlet' Is A Visceral, Much-Needed Shakespearean Remix

By Lyvie Scott

Riz Ahmed delivers a career-best performance in this kinetic crime thriller.

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