Soul Patrol Showcases Vietnam’s First Black Special Ops Team [Sundance]
Soul Patrol is a revelatory documentary, showing the internal and external conflicts the first Black Special Ops team faced in the Vietnam War.
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The Incomer Makes Strong Inroads With Delightful Deadpan Comedy [Sundance]
The Incomer tells a vital story on community through such a quirky, hilariously staid comedy interspersed with fantastical elements ensuring its unforgettable.
Jane Elliot Against the World Is Eye-Opening About the Woman But Nothing New [Sundance]
Jane Elliot Against the World is standard fare. It does not challenge how white activism rarely admits or attempts to rectify its own culpability.
Send Help Is a Survival Challenge Meets Workplace Conflict
Send Help takes on demographic conflicts with peak surprises as the story shifts the survival threat from people versus nature to people versus people.
Primate Is Memorable For Devastating Deaths But Little Else
Primate best moments are brutal, balancing humor with horror. Most of the attempts to connect with the characters don’t work, but it’s still a lot of gory fun.
Influencers Is More Dramatic But Keeps Secrets
Influencers is a fun follow-up, but feels occassionally mismatched with its first flick, at times leaning into hammy antics.
Affection Ups How Far Some Go For Love [Brooklyn Horror]
Affection has science fiction in a tech bro coding way, but focuses on the mystery and human question of what’s ethical and the cost of finding true love.
Wicked for Good Has Remarkable Heart But Rushes to Conclusion
Wicked for Good does not capture the heady heights of the first film, but carves out an emotional trek all its own even if that journey is sometimes rushed.
Predator: Badlands Brings the Destruction to a New World
Predator: Badlands cuts a phenomenal film weaving action, a surprisingly touching story, and laughs, elevating the Predator to more than just a monster.
Incomplete Chairs Is Obsession But Torture to Watch [Brooklyn Horror]
Incomplete Chairs suffers from the illogical affliction, devolving the entire film into a violent torture flick without purpose or sense.
Camp Is a Fascinating Dream And Nightmare [Brooklyn Horror]
Camp is not a chilling film, but more so dreamlike discomfort, with student film style imagery and effects, building up an odd journey.
Bone Lake Is a Startling Slasher With Killer Pretty Privilege
Bone Lake is a fun slasher that builds the relationships and tension in the first half to set up for its over-the-top comedic bloodshed in the latter.