January 1, 2025

Hedda (2025) *

A disappointing adaptation of a play by Henrik Ibsen. Its potential has been totally wasted on modernizing it.

Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning (2025) *

Hopelessly boring action flick starring Tom Cruise.

Mickey 17 (2025) *

Atrocious science-fiction flick set in a human colony on a distant planet. It's hard to believe that Ho Bong-Joon, who made such a great masterpiece as "Parasite" (2019), could stumble so badly with his very next project.

If I Had Legs I'D Kick You (2025) *

Rose Byrne plays a mother way beyond the verge of a nervous breakdown who faces one calamity after another in this nerve-wrecking drama that offers nothing but frustration to its viewers.

Eddington (2025) *

How do you make a movie like "Eddington"? You think of a movie like "One Battle After Another" and you take away reason and accountability...

Elio (2025) *

A routine science-fiction adventure film with very familiar plot twists and boring characters.

28 Years Later (2025) *

A totally unremarkable zombie pic. Far less compelling than the weakest episodes of "The Walking Dead".