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Love Hurts (2025)

It is not fun to pick on Ke Huy Quan. It is also not fun to watch Love Hurts.

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Sweethearts (2024)

It should be a surprise to exactly zero people who have ever read a sentence of my movie reviews that I love the teen comedy Sweethearts.

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Presence (2024)

Presence, the latest Steven Soderbergh joint, has a hook that sounds radical at first blush

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Companion (2025)

Companion offers a curious stew of themes and genres that is sure to annoy large percentages of audiences.

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Superbad (2007)

Gun to your head, what is the funniest film of your lifetime?

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Better Man (2024)

Of all the 2024 movies, it’s the one that most sounds like a 30 Rock gag.

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The Apprentice (2024)

I had drafted a thousand-word spiel about why The Apprentice is the exact opposite of the film I am excited to watch, but I don’t think you really need me to explain it.

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The Seed of the Sacred Fig (2024)

Watching The Seed of the Sacred Fig is a bit like the conversation that Homer Simpson has with the dealer of the cursed Krusty the Clown doll.

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Y2K (2024)

I had high hopes for Y2K, sketch comedian Kyle Mooney’s foray into horror-comedy, but the result is a frustrating mishmash that has no idea how to have a good time.

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All We Imagine as Light (2024)

There’s a scene in All We Imagine as Light that is one of my favorites of the year.