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Not sure what to watch this weekend or to stream on Netflix? Check out our movie reviews! We review new releases, old favorites, and movies available to stream online.

‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ leans into weirdness and queerness | movie review

ActionKarl DelossantosJuly 7, 2022
Natalie Portman and Chris Hemsworth in Thor: Love and Thunder. Courtesy of Disney.

In his fourth solo outing, Thor: Love and Thunder finds Thor and Valkyrie align with an unlikely new hero to take down a villain with a taste for revenge.

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‘EO’ and the donkey that enchanted Cannes | movie review

DramaKarl DelossantosMay 21, 2022
An image from Eo, which is competing for the Palme d'Or at the 75th Cannes Film Festival

Eo follows life through the eyes of the eponymous donkey as he experiences life and conflict in the human world

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‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ brings horror to the MCU | movie review

ActionKarl DelossantosMay 3, 202217
Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff in Marvel Studios' DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. ©Marvel Studios 2022. All Rights Reserved.
Doctor Strange has to go up against his fellow Avenger Wanda Maximoff in order to save a young girl and the fabric of the multiverse Don't worry, Sam Raimi fans. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness fully goes horror—jump scares, body horror, a smattering of diabolical kills and all. It's a Marvel Cinematic Universe…
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Cold War gay romance ‘Firebird’ lacks spark | movie review

DramaKarl DelossantosApril 29, 2022
Tom Prior stars as Sergey and Oleg Zagorodnii as Roman in Peeter Rebane’s FIREBIRD Photo Credit: Herrki-Erich Merila Courtesy of Roadside Attractions, LLC / The Factory

Firebird tells the true story of a hidden romance between a private in the Cold War-era Soviet military and a star fighter pilot

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‘Crush’ is a typical high school rom-com — and that’s a good thing | movie review

ComedyKarl DelossantosApril 28, 2022
Rowan Blanchard and Auli'i Cravalho in Crush. Courtesy of Hulu.

Crush follows an awkward queer high schooler as she tries clear her name as the school vandal while navigating a new crush

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‘The Northman’ goes south | movie review

ActionKarl DelossantosApril 25, 2022
Alexander Skarsgard in The Northman. Courtesy of Focus Features.

Years after witnessing his father’s murder, a Viking prince goes on a rampage across Scandinavia to avenge his death and save his mother.

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‘X’ is a Texas Boogie Nights Massacre | movie review

ComedyKarl DelossantosMarch 17, 2022
The Cast of X. Credit: Christopher Moss

X follows a young group of aspiring filmmakers who travel to an isolated farm to film a porn. It doesn’t go well.

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‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ is a bloody game of Among Us | SXSW review

ComedyKarl DelossantosMarch 14, 2022
The cast of Bodies Bodies Bodies. Credit: Gwen Capistran.

Accusations fly between a group of friends after a stormy game night turns deadly in Bodies Bodies Bodies.

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A movie like ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ has never existed before | SXSW review

ActionKarl DelossantosMarch 12, 2022
Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, and Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All At Once. Courtesy of A24.

In Everything Everywhere All At Once, an unremarkable Chinese-American woman finds out that the fate of the multiverse lies in her hands.

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‘Jethica’ is a charming little ghost story | SXSW review

ComedyKarl DelossantosMarch 13, 2022
Callie Hernandez and Ashley Denise Robinson in Jethica. Courtesy of SXSW.

When Jessica’s stalker follows her to New Mexico, she and her friend Elena look for an otherworldy solution to get rid of him

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