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Twinless finds a career-best Dylan O'Brien inside James Sweeney's tonal high-wire act
Review Miguel Mateo 8/3/26 Review Miguel Mateo 8/3/26

Twinless finds a career-best Dylan O'Brien inside James Sweeney's tonal high-wire act

Sweeney's sophomore feature swings from dark comedy to grief to something closer to thriller without ever losing its footing, anchored by a Dylan O'Brien performance that ranks among the year's best.

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The Life of Chuck, or: Sentiment Working Overtime to Cover for a Thin Idea
Review Miguel Mateo 8/3/26 Review Miguel Mateo 8/3/26

The Life of Chuck, or: Sentiment Working Overtime to Cover for a Thin Idea

A film so eager to move you that it forgets to earn it.

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Weapons Finds Its Monster in Plain Sight
Review Miguel Mateo 8/3/26 Review Miguel Mateo 8/3/26

Weapons Finds Its Monster in Plain Sight

Zach Cregger's ensemble horror is a high-wire act of tone that somehow never falls, and it has Amy Madigan to thank for sticking the landing.

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Sorry, Baby Turns the World Into a Hall of Mirrors, and Only Two People See Straight
Review Miguel Mateo 8/3/26 Review Miguel Mateo 8/3/26

Sorry, Baby Turns the World Into a Hall of Mirrors, and Only Two People See Straight

Eva Victor's staggering feature debut surrounds its heroine with a world that keeps getting her slightly wrong, and finds its deepest tenderness in the rare moments when someone finally gets her right.

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Jurassic World Rebirth: A Franchise Running on Fumes and Nostalgia
Review Miguel Mateo 8/3/26 Review Miguel Mateo 8/3/26

Jurassic World Rebirth: A Franchise Running on Fumes and Nostalgia

The seventh Jurassic film knows exactly what made the original great, which only makes its inability to recapture it more frustrating.

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F1 goes around in circles
Review Miguel Mateo 8/3/26 Review Miguel Mateo 8/3/26

F1 goes around in circles

Joseph Kosinski's racing spectacular delivers everything the summer demands and very little of what this genre can actually do.

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Materialists Has the Cast to Make the Choice Impossible, and a Screenplay That Refuses To
Review Miguel Mateo 8/3/26 Review Miguel Mateo 8/3/26

Materialists Has the Cast to Make the Choice Impossible, and a Screenplay That Refuses To

Celine Song's follow-up to Past Lives has two of the most compelling screen presences working today and a script that, at its midpoint, decides one of them is too much trouble.

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