Reviews

Dive deeper into the latest film releases with in-depth critical reviews from the Screendollars team.

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The Dog Stars

It’s the end of the world as we’ve been shown it, and it feels benign. read full review

Insidious: Out of the Further

Even as it delivers the umpteenth spin on “generational trauma is the real horror,” this sixth entry in the spooky series upholds its core of humanity while offering jolts and frights along the way.

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Coyote vs. Acme

This nearly-shelved Looney Tunes feature keeps the visual and verbal gags rapid-fire while also hitting its marks as a character-based legal thriller. With giant wooden mallets.

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The End of Oak Street

The many references to Spielberg in David Robert Mitchell’s latest serve only as a reminder that Spielberg would more delicately handle the disparate tones of this dysfunctional-family-versus-dinosaurs saga.

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Super Troopers 3

Everyone’s favorite mustachioed goofballs-with-badges are back, but their hearts (and funny bones) no longer seem to be in it.

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Spider-Man: Brand New Day

Tom Holland’s Peter Parker remains the most human of the Marvel Universe’s larger-than-life characters, and his latest adventure embraces both his frailties and his incredible powers.

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The Odyssey

One of the cornerstones of Western literature gets the full Christopher Nolan treatment, blending sprawl and bombast with intimacy and introspection.

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Moana

If Disney insists on plundering its own back catalog for these redundant live-action remakes, the results should always be this entertaining.

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Young Washington

Teachers of seventh-grade history have a new Movie Day option, and that’s the best that can be said for this stiffly competent (and lightly faith-based) historical biopic.

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Minions & Monsters

Supremely silly sequel delivers the slapstick you’d expect while paying homage to (and having fun with) cinema history.

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Supergirl

Milly Alcock’s eponymous Kryptonian deserves better than this oops-all-cantinas “Star Wars” knock-off.

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Toy Story 5

Even if this Pixar series has already passed its peak, this fifth sequel doesn’t shame the franchise thanks to a healthy serving of laughs, sentiment, and celebration of the youthful imagination.

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