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Old Master: 'The Christophers' Review
Ian McKellen is astounding. The rest of The Christophers is pretty good too.
 • Gabriel Frieberg
Kristoffer Borgli's 'The Drama' Is the Best Film of 2026 So Far
Spoiler-free review of the new Zendaya + Robert Pattinson film
 • Gabriel Frieberg
Comparison Is Deadly: Why 'The Bone Temple' Can’t Escape the Shadow of '28 Years Later' (Review)
A solid sequel that moves sideways when the franchise needed to move forward
 • Gabriel Frieberg
Schmear's Best Movies of 2025: #10-1
The crème de la crème
 • Gabriel Frieberg
Schmear's Best Movies of 2025: #20-11
Some of these WOULD be top 10 films most any other year...
 • Gabriel Frieberg
'Marty Supreme' Review: An Ode to Being Young, Dumb, and Full of Cum
New Timothée Chalamet film plays like The Brutalist meets Boogie Nights.
 • Gabriel Frieberg
Predator: Badlands (Theaters)
With another imaginative, thrilling winner, Dan Trachtenberg makes his case for Predator as the best current franchise.
 • Gabriel Frieberg
Frankenstein (Netflix)
A strangely lifeless creation from Guillermo Del Toro
 • Gabriel Frieberg
Bugonia (Theaters)
Entertaining, but thin, Bugonia thrills even if it doesn't hit the heights of other 2025 films commenting on the present
 • Gabriel Frieberg
A Little Prayer (Theaters)
Angus MacLachlan delivers melodrama done right—gentle, novelistic, and deeply humane.
 • Gabriel Frieberg
The Roses
Immaculate houses, bitter laughs, and two great stars in a mid-budget gem we don’t get enough of
 • Gabriel Frieberg
Caught Stealing
Austin Butler carries Darren Aronofsky’s bloody, uneven crime caper on sheer star power.
 • Gabriel Frieberg
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