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Nobody Wants This

Rarely do romcoms match up caustic humor with warm and fuzzies and pull it off, but this story about a forthright agnostic woman (Kristen Bell) and a not-what-you’d-expect rabbi (Adam Brody) walks the line and delivers as a good date night movie for couples bridging big divides. As the Guardian‘s Lucy Mangan describes it, “It’s

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Spanish movie about gender identity and bees

20,000 Species of Bees

A critically-praised Spanish film about an eight-year-old slowly realizing they’re not like the other kids, and their longing to be someone else as they spend the summer in Basque country, helping a great aunt tend to her bee colony.  Sensitive and nuanced, the film explores timely themes of gender, sexuality and identity through the lens

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His Three Daughters

A stirring, often funny film festival hit about three estranged sisters who reunite at their father’s deathbed, and learn to see each other through new lenses. Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne, and Elizabeth Olsen deliver this must-watch for anyone who’s gone through the loss of a parent, the film steers clear of the morbid curiosity and

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Jeffrey Epstein island plot in Blink Twice Channing Tatum

Blink Twice

After a tech billionaire (Channing Tatum) invites a cocktail waitress and her friend to his private tropical island for the weekend, they can’t believe their luck: private jets, champagne, lavish dinners. Then it all starts to get weirder and creepier in this tense psychological thriller that hints at a Jeffrey Epstein-inspired plot — but with

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James McAvoy horror Speak No Evil

Speak No Evil

Eager for new friendships and an adventure, an American family befriends a charismatic British family during a vacation, and gets invited to spend time at the couple’s idyllic countryside home. What begins as a blissful getaway soon spirals into a terrifying weekend they desperately try to escape in this thrilling Blumhouse remake of the 2022

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Oscar nominee about friendship Robot Dreams

Robot Dreams

This year’s Academy Award-winning animated feature is an unlikely wordless heartwarmer about a dog and his friendship with a robot, set against a 1980s New York summer cacophony.  From RogerEbert’s Brian Tallerico:  “‘Robot Dreams’ asks us if we remember the relationships that formed us, the ones that may not have lasted our entire lives but

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Cha Cha Real Smooth

Cha Cha Real Smooth is a sweet, intimate antidote to all the noisy summer blockbusters out there. Filmmaker Cooper Raiff proves he’s someone to keep a close eye on.

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Beetlejuice sequel cast

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Nearly 40 years after Tim Burton’s camp horror movie became a cult classic, he brings back his 0riginal cast for a sequel that will delight fans of the original while drawing in their kids (and grandkids). The story follows Lydia (Winona Ryder), wh now has a TV show where she communicates with the dead, her

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Rebel Ridge

Don Johnson stars as a corrupt small town police chief in this conspiracy thriller that follows former marine Terry Richmond (Aaron Pierre, The Underground Railroad) as he attempts to post bail for his informant cousin — only to find himself in the crosshairs of a dirty Louisiana police force.  From The Wrap’s William Bibiani: “A

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