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Ash
Run Time: 1:35
U.S. Release Date: 2025-03-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Horror
Director: Flying Lotus
Cast: Eiza Gonzalez, Aaron Paul, Iko Uwais, Beulah Koale, Kate Elliott, Flying Lotus

Even though this haunted-house-on-an-alien-planet movie is highly derivative, it is enjoyable for precisely that reason.

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Locked
Run Time: 1:35
U.S. Release Date: 2025-03-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Thriller
Director: David Yarovesky
Cast: Bill Skarsgard, Anthony Hopkins

The disappointingly straightforward screenplay drags things out too long, relies on banal, rambling dialogue, and offers little in the way of twists or turns.

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Electric State, The
Run Time: 2:08
U.S. Release Date: 2025-03-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Action
Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Cast: Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Stanley Tucci, ...

The greatest sin of all is the most difficult to forgive: "The Electric State" is a huge bore.

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Black Bag

Run Time: 1:33
U.S. Release Date: 2025-03-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett, Rege-Jean Page, Marisa Abela, Tom Burke, Naomie Harris, Pierce Brosnan, Gustaf Skarsgard

"Black Bag" belongs on an Endangered Species list – a spy thriller that relies on uncovering motivations and unraveling narrative knots to generate suspense.

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Novocaine

Run Time: 1:50
U.S. Release Date: 2025-03-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Thriller/Comedy
Director: Dan Berk, Robert Olsen
Cast: Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson, Jacob Batalon, Conrad Kemp, Evan Hengst, Betty Gabriel, Matt Walsh

There are times when "Novocaine" is a blast, but then there are the instances when it falls into the trap of believing the action scenes are more exciting than they actually are.

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Review: "In the Lost Lands"

Run Time: 1:41
U.S. Release Date: 2025-03-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Fantasy
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Cast: Dave Bautista, Milla Jovovich, Arly Jover, Amara Okerke, Fraser James, Simon Loof, Deirdre Mullins

The narrative is so slight and the performances so artificial that the whole thing feels like an extended cut-scene from a video game.

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Mickey 17

Run Time: 2:17
U.S. Release Date: 2025-03-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Content)
Genre: Science Fiction
Director: Bong Joon Ho
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette, Anamaria Vartolomei

A mostly failed attempt to merge sci-fi with satire, "Mickey 17" suffers from a fragmented narrative and a scenery-chewing performance from Mark Ruffalo.
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Riff Raff

Run Time: 1:43
U.S. Release Date: 2025-02-28
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Dito Montiel
Cast: Ed Harris, Lewis Pullman, Jennifer Coolidge, Gabrielle Union, Bill Murray, Pete Davidson, Miles J. Harvey, Emanuela Postachini, Michael Covino

A perfectly adequate thriller with bleakly comedic overtones but, with a cast this accomplished, better expectations are reasonable.

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Last Breath

Run Time: 1:33
U.S. Release Date: 2025-02-28
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Scenes of Peril, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Alex Parkinson
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu, Finn Cole, Cliff Curtis, Mark Bonnar

The production is workmanlike but it feels more like a good made-for-streaming production than an immersive big-screen experience.

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Monkey, The

Run Time: 1:38
U.S. Release Date: 2025-02-21
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Director: Osgood Perkins
Cast: Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Colin O’Brien, Christian Convery, Elijah Wood, Rohan Campbell, Sarah Levy, Osgood Perkins, Adam Scott

This radical reimagining of the Stephen King short story is plenty entertaining for those with a sufficiently warped sense of humor and a love of the grand guignol.