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Drop (2025)

I’ve been using the term “thriller” a lot recently, perhaps too casually, as if any film that includes at least one jump scare, one chase scene, and a suggestion of threat to the protagonist’s life qualifies.

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Black Bag (2025)

Steven Soderbergh had himself a proper double feature this spring

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Sinners (2025)

The devil comes in many forms, but sometimes he just carries a guitar.

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Borderline (2025)

Borderline is a rarity among 2020s comedy-thrillers

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Opus (2025)

Like most movie lovers, I typically seek out films I think I will like, or at least find fascinating.

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Heart Eyes (2025)

Your ninth scoop of ice cream will never taste as good as the first, and, as such, these high-concept slashers have lost a bit of their novelty.

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The Monkey (2025)

The Monkey is a big, dumb mess of a movie. (Complimentary.)

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The Electric State (2025)

As I watched the opening act of The Electric State, I felt something.

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Back in Action (2025)

The various social media circles and movie meme accounts I follow have settled on a term for this kind of film

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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.