Wuthering Heights
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A strikingly cinematic reimagining of classic literature. |
| There is at least one filmmaker working today bold enough to take a classic work of English literature, strip it down to its bare bones, build it back up in lavish fashion, and then release it into the wilds of 21st century movie-goers and film critics. Much has been said about how the story is not faithful to the original novel, but very little has been said about how it stays true to the quintessential elements and then makes the story better. | 2026 Directed by: Emerald Fennell Screenplay by: Emerald Fennell Based on the novel by Emily Brontë Starring: Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi, Hong Chau, Shazad Latif, Alison Oliver | |
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Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
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Get ready to either love this or hate this. |
| My first introduction to Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie was when it was announced for the Toronto International Film Festival and everyone who had already seen it at SXSW called it the funniest film ever. That’s quite the selling point. However, the second piece of information is that it’s based off a web series called Nirvanna the Band the Show, which I had never heard of. So I was a little apprehensive with no idea what I was getting myself into, which I think is going to be true for most of the audience. | 2025 Directed by: Matt Johnson Screenplay by: Matt Johnson, Jay McCarrol Starring: Matt Johnson, Jay McCarrol | |
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Soul's Road
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A simple, familiar story with lovely characters and music. |
| A story about redemption, about making amends while still reaching for your dream, Soul’s Road is a simple, but lovely, movie featuring well-worn characters and some good music. It also happens to be a Canadian independent film and now is a great time to support the Canadian indie film industry. While the story does get very simple and the film can be unpolished at times, it’s still an easy movie to watch, to lose yourself for a couple hours. | 2025 Directed by: Joel Stewart Screenplay by: John K. MacDonald Starring: Dallas Smith, Camille Stopps, Charlie Gillespie, Josh Collins | |
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F Valentine's Day
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A funny but predictable romantic comedy. |
| With that title, you’re probably not expecting a typical romantic comedy. And there are various times during the movie where it looks like it might become unexpected but never ends up veering off course. However, typical romantic comedies can still be enjoyable especially when you have a cast like this one. Virginia Gardner is a fresh of breath air as the heroine Gina. | 2026 Directed by: Mark Gantt Screenplay by: Steve Bencich Starring: Virginia Gardner, Skylar Astin, Jake Cannavale, and Marisa Tomei | |
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Fabian and the Deadly Wedding
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Uninteresting characters get caught up in a flat murder mystery. |
| Fabian (Bastian Pastewka) is a con man, a bad but lucky con man. His scheme to open the movie is posing as a rich lawyer’s masseuse, to then drug and lock him in his sauna room, and then becomes the benefactor of a 10% deposit and signed real estate deal, only for the rich lawyer to wake up, and Fabian has to run out of there. He loses the stolen money but makes it onto a getaway bus, and onto his next scheme. | 2026 Directed by: Markus Sehr Screenplay by: Martin Eigler and Sönke Lars Neuwöhner & Sven Poser Starring: Bastian Pastewka | |
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Relationship Goals
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Self-help book and religious rom-com in one. |
| What starts as a cute, fun, typical rom-com quickly devolves into a preachy, pandering, predictable story where the movie can’t decide if it would rather sell the audience a self-help book or religion, so it settles on both. Relationship Goals is named after the self-help romance book featured in the plot of the movie, which just so happens to be a real book which you can buy right now on Amazon. I don’t think that’s a coincidence. | 2026 Directed by: Linda Mendoza Screenplay by: Michael Elliot & Cory Tynan and Laura Lekkos Based on the book by Michael Todd Starring: Kelly Rowland, Method Man | |
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Even If This Love Disappears from the World Tonight
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Empty and superficial, leaning too heavy into a fantasy romance. |
| Even If This Love Disappears from the World Tonight is a Korean version of the Japanese love story where a teenage boy starts dating his classmate who has anterograde amnesia. Amnesia is overused in movies in general, but especially here where it is nothing more than a gimmick to frame their romance. It is extremely superficial with no analysis of her condition or how it fundamentally changes who she is every day. | 2025 Directed by: Kim Hye-young Screenplay by: Misaki Ichijo Starring: Choo Young-woo, Jo Yoo-jung | |
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Untitled Home Invasion Romance
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Some predictable twists, but also a lot of humour and insanity. |
| Untitled Home Invasion Romance is a better title than it sounds like, which is probably why the distributor stuck with it despite the original, more ordinary, less intriguing title “Getaway”. Jason Biggs stars as Kevin, a struggling actor and screenwriter, who is desperate to win back his wife, Suzie (Meaghan Rath). The couple have been on a break after their impromptu wedding, less than a year after meeting. | 2025 Directed by: Jason Biggs Screenplay by: Joshua Paul Johnson, Jamie Napoli Starring: Jason Biggs, Meaghan Rath | |
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The Big Fake
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A visually compelling movie with a story that isn’t all there. |
| The Big Fake is an Italian true story about an artist in the 1970s who becomes one of the greatest forgers of all time. How good this movie is hinges on exactly one thing: how interesting you find the main character and his crime world. Toni (Pietro Castellitto) is an artist from a small town who grew tired of painting fog, so off he moves to Rome and meets an art dealer. A match made in heaven and history. | 2026 Directed by: Stefano Lodovichi Screenplay by: Lorenzo Bagnatori, Sandro Petraglia Starring: Pietro Castellitto | |
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Mercy
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A flawed premise with a fun plot. |
| Set just three years in the future in 2029, Mercy is a mix between Minority Report and Searching where the court of law has been replaced by an AI judge and one man has to use all the technology at his fingertips to prove his innocence. The premise is fun, there are some fundamental flaws to it, but that premise works great in Minority Report and when it leads to a Searching-esque mystery plot, the movie is at its best. | 2026 Directed by: Timur Bekmambetov Screenplay by: Marco van Belle Starring: Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson | |
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How to Lose a Popularity Contest
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A very average teen romance. |
| Sara Waisglass, of Ginny & Georgia fame, does her best to elevate How to Lose a Popularity Contest above a typical teen romance. It’s cute, sweet, predictable, and very run-of-the-mill. A good girl falls for a bad boy, and other than a decent message about seeing the best in people and not judging others before you get to know them, it’s a hastily written, well-produced average teen romance. | 2026 Directed by: Stephen S. Campanelli Screenplay by: Dorian Keyes, Kaitlin Reilly Starring: Sara Waisglass, Chase Hudson | |
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Killer Whale
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When animals attack is still a bad premise. |
| What’s better than a survivalist thriller? How about when animals attack and become blood-thirsty killers set on revenge? I mean, no, I think in general that doesn’t make it better, but it is a common formula, and I respect Killer Whale’s attempt to pair it with an “animals don’t belong in captivity” theme. | 2026 Directed by: Jo-Anne Brechin Screenplay by: Jo-Anne Brechin, Katharine McPhee Starring: Virginia Gardner, Mel Jarnson | |
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Is This Thing On?
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A funny and compelling introspection on the collapse of a marriage. |
| Bradley Cooper’s latest, Is This Thing On?, feels more like a Noah Baumbach film due to its intimacy, Laura Dern and comedic handling of emotional (im)maturity: the end of a marriage. While this is meant as a compliment, perhaps it’s too early or just not possible to define what does or doesn’t feel like a Bradley Cooper film. Either way he delivers a small film with limited focus but universal impact, a profoundly moving and enjoyable piece about relationships and the people in them. | 2025 Directed by: Bradley Cooper Screenplay by: Will Arnett & Mark Chappell, and Bradley Cooper Starring: Will Arnett, Laura Dern | |
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