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Review: The End of Oak Street (2026)

David Robert Mitchell’s creature feature is a throwback to PG-13 1980s fare like Gremlins.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromAugust 20, 2026The End of Oak Street, David Robert Mitchell, Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella, Christian ConveryComment

Review: The Samurai and the Prisoner (2026)

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s The Samurai and the Prisoner is an intelligent mashup of the period drama and the whodunnit.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromAugust 18, 2026The Samurai and the Prisoner, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Honobu Yonezawa, Masahiro Motoki, Masaki Suda, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Munetaka AokiComment

Review: Disclosure Day (2026)

An uneven work of science fiction by a master filmmaker who is firmly in his “late style” phase.

Review: Backrooms (2026)

The YouTube phenomenon makes its way to the big screen in this “liminal space” horror film.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromJune 4, 2026horror, liminal space, YouTube, creepypasta, Kane Parsons, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate ReinsveComment

Review: Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)

Playing it safe, Jon Favreau’s command of action and genre conventions make The Mandalorian and Grogu a success.

Review: The Wizard of the Kremlin (2025)

Olivier Assayas has made a rare thing: a portrait of modern Russia as a complex, living thing.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromMay 22, 2026The Wizard of the Kremlin, Olivier Assayas, Emmanuel Carrere, Giuliano da Empoli, Paul Dano, Alicia Vikander, Tom Sturridge, Will Kean, Jeffrey Wright, Jude LawComment

Review: Michael (2026)

Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic is a cinematic fantasy, for better and for worse.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromMay 12, 2026Michael, Michael Jackson, Antoine Fuqua, John Logan, Jaafar Jackson, Nia Long, Juliano Valdi, KeiLyn Durrel Jones, Laura Harrier, Jessica Sula, Mike Myers, Miles Teller, Colman DomingoComment

Review: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026)

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is entertaining, pleasant, and completely devoid of any dramatic tension or narrative substance.

Review: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2025)

This mockumentary starring Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol is a complex metafiction farce and a loving portrait of friendship and Toronto.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromFebruary 24, 2026Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Matt Johnson, Jay McCarrol, Nirvanna the Band the Show, Nirvana the Band the ShowComment

Review: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)

Nia DaCosta’s sequel to 28 Years Later pits two competing theologies of death against each other.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromJanuary 19, 2026Nia DaCosta, Alex Garland, Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, Chi Lewis-Parry, 28 Years Later, 28 Years Later: The Bone TempleComment

Review: Marty Supreme (2025)

Josh Safdie’s exhilarating new feature starring Timothée Chalamet is an American triumph.

Review: It Was Just an Accident (2025)

Jafar Panahi’s brilliant thriller is a personal, seething indictment of the Iranian regime.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromDecember 29, 2025It Was Just an Accident, Jafar Panahi, Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten, Majid Panahi, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr, Delnaz Najafi, Afssaneh Najmabadi, Georges HashemzadehComment

Review: Wicked: For Good (2025)

Like its predecessor, Wicked: For Good is half a movie stretched to feature length.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromDecember 23, 2025John M. Chu, Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox, Stephen Schwartz, Gregory Maguire, Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff GoldblumComment

Review: Good Boy (2025)

Ben Leonberg’s Good Boy succeeds entirely due to its novel concept and the very good dog at its centre.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromDecember 12, 2025Ben Leonberg, Alex Cannon, Indy, Shane Jensen, Arielle Friedman, Larry Fessenden, Good BoyComment

Review: Nouvelle Vague (2025)

In charting the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless, Richard Linklater has crafted another easygoing hangout picture.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromDecember 8, 2025Nouvelle Vague, Richard Linklater, Holly Gent, Vincent Palmo, Michele Halberstadt, Laetitia Masson, Guillame Marbeck, Zoey Deutch, Aubry Dullin, Jean-Luc Godard, French New WaveComment

Review: One Battle After Another (2025)

Paul Thomas Anderson has produced a rousing, riveting genre picture with One Battle After Another.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromNovember 17, 2025Paul Thomas Anderson, Vineland, Thomas Pynchon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, Chase InfinitiComment

Review: Tron: Ares (2025)

Tron: Ares succeeds as an audio-visual sensory experience but it lacks substance.

Review: Weapons (2025)

Zach Cregger’s ambitious new horror movie is another cinematic prank.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromSeptember 25, 2025Zach Cregger, Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Alden Ehrenreich, Austin Arbams, Cary Christopher, Toby Huss, Benedict Wong, Amy Madigan, WeaponsComment

Review: The Naked Gun (2025)

A hilariously stupid pure comedy in a Hollywood severely lacking them.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromAugust 18, 2025The Naked Gun, Akiva Schaffer, Dan Gregor, Doug Mand, Police Squad, David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker, Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, Danny Huston, CCH Pounder, Kevin DurandComment

Review: The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)

Marvel’s first family finally joins the MCU in this solid superhero film that gets at the appeal of the classic comic book characters.

Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAnders BergstromAugust 15, 2025Fantastic Four, superheroes, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Joseph Quinn, Julia Garner, familyComment