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REVIEW: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes is Enjoyable and Captivating, but Falls Apart in its Third Act

This Hunger Games prequel provides intriguing performances and some insight into the early days of Panem, but fails to keep the momentum throughout.

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REVIEW: Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls is a Delightfully Sweet Horror Comedy

Onyx the Fortuitous is funny and charming, while still bringing the proper thrills and chills. Here's CBR's review.

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REVIEW: Dream Scenario Makes Nic Cage the Man of Your Dreams

Dream Scenario puts Nicolas Cage inside everyone's dreams, in Kristoffer Borgli's hilariously sad new movie. Here's CBR's review.

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REVIEW: Walden Provides an Intriguing Lead Performance Within a Disjointed Crime Thriller

Walden, starring Emile Hirsch, is a mishmash of tones that doesn't work as a thriller, but the film's unexpected quirks keep it watchable.

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REVIEW: Horror Movie It's a Wonderful Knife Can't Quite Live Up to Its Premise

It's a Wonderful Knife is best when riffing on its goofy mash-up and less successful when it makes an earnest attempt at dealing with trauma.

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The Marvels Review: A Fun, if Flawed, Space Adventure

The latest MCU film The Marvels shines in the stellar chemistry and action between its three leads, despite exhibiting some notable pacing issues.

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REVIEW: MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios Documents Cinema's Biggest Franchise

New book MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios highlights the complete, unfiltered story of pop culture's biggest cinematic franchise.

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REVIEW: Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor is an Effectively Scary Found Footage Prequel

Hell House LLC Origins is a surprising and fresh take on a haunted house tale. Here's CBR's review.

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REVIEW: Suitable Flesh is an Intriguing Steamy Body Horror

Joe Lynch's Suitable Flesh adapts H.P. Lovecraft's "The Thing on the Doorstep" and injects it with a sexier neo-noir edge. Here's CBR's review.

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REVIEW: Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match Is a Goofy Love Letter to the '80s

The latest Mortal Kombat Legends animated movie, Cage Match, is a weird, neon-soaked Johnny Cage-centric adventure. Here's CBR's review.

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REVIEW: In the Fire Isn't the Highbrow Horror It Thinks It Is

Starring Amber Heard, In the Fire pits science against religion in a beautiful but predictable horror-thriller period piece. Here's CBR's review.

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REVIEW: Shudder's The Puppetman Delivers a Confusing and Derivative Horror Tale

The Puppetman is a new horror flick that fails to convey an effective story or major scares. Here's CBR's review.

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REVIEW: Poor Things is a Crowd-Pleaser at the Cost of Ideas

Emma Stone stars in Yorgos Lanthimos' latest film, Poor Things, a steampunk gothic about reanimation and sexual awakening.

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REVIEW: Divinity is a Transfixing Sci-Fi Body Horror About Living Forever

Eddie Alcazar's Divinity examines the cost of living forever in an abrasively refreshing black-and-white sci-fi indie.

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REVIEW: Hulu's The Mill Carries Effective Themes in a Flawed Package

A single-location thriller, The Mill features important themes and a solid lead performance but suffers from major pacing issues. Here's CBR's review.

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REVIEW: Foe Squanders Two Supremely Talented Artists for a Predictable Twist

Foe, starring Paul Mescal and Saoirse Ronan, should be an event to celebrate. Instead, it's a sci-fi story that's been told a thousand times.

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REVIEW: When Evil Lurks Offers an Intense, Terrifying Take on Demonic Possession

Argentinean writer-director Demián Rugna's powerfully unsettling horror film When Evil Lurks is not for the faint of heart or faint of stomach.

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REVIEW: Dicks: The Musical is the Hilariously Heartwarming Musical About Alpha Male Twins Who Vow to Save Their Family

Dicks: The Musical presents the rare experience for 2023: laughter and disgust coexisting on the silver screen.

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REVIEW: Tom DeLonge's Monsters of California Rocks When It Focuses on the Laughs

The Blink182 singer's directorial debut, Monsters of California, entertains when it brings the laughs and not the overcooked drama.

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REVIEW: Totally Killer Is a Fun Take on 1980s Horror

Horror comedy Totally Killer is colorful and upbeat, with an amusing high-concept story that's just fast-paced enough to keep from falling apart.

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