While stellar performances balance out its disappointing attributes, they're not enough to save the movie from being a dull, sometimes plodding story about a mysterious disappearance.

Killer Heat delivers something new and refreshing that deserves to stand out for its creativity and clever storytelling.

Writer-director Simon Hacker has a good grasp on his characters and story, but while Notice to Quit has a spark, it lacks any true heartwarming moments, which are buried beneath a surface-level premise that refuses to engage with vulnerability.

It's clear there were several great ideas in The Radleys, wonderful casting across the board, but the edit leaves much to be desired.

The doting relationship between the couple does some heavy lifting for the film and even in the third act (so conveniently announced by chapter cards that appear throughout Sleep), when things nearly go haywire, their believable bond papers over any horror movie lapses in logic. Yu is also wise enough to primarily put the focus on one half of the couple and Jung delivers.

When a film is trying to tell three stories at once, it’s bound to get tied up in its own narrative misgivings, and Hold Your Breath is certainly culpable of that.

Despite its flaws, the film has plenty of memorable, engaging moments thanks to strong characters and a story that feels true to history while offering some hope along the way.

Whether it’s a big, emotional scene or something comparatively more low key, the animation always does a great job of capturing the humanity of the cast and story, making an already great story even better to go through.

While the movie may never fully overcome its feeling of familiarity, Panettiere and Williams' performances truly ground us throughout the tense ride.

Will & Harper is a beautiful story of friendship and change, with plenty of laughter along the way.

Rez Ball is a wonderful sports drama with a story that is equal parts insightful and inspiring.

Winslet’s got plenty of fire as the titular photographer, but the biopic’s spark quickly fades.

As a vampire movie, Salem's Lot is refreshingly old-school.

The whole thing feels like a slightly wayward, if well-intentioned retread that was created out of the opportunity to answer three very specific mysteries in Rosemary's Baby, but muddled things too much. It's certainly passable, and there are things to admire, but this is nothing on the original.

His Three Daughters is a balancing act. The characters are layered and the story is so simple yet thoroughly touching and, at times, painful to watch because of the flood of emotion that comes through.

Despite sturdy performances, Without Blood doesn’t fully come together.

The true story aspect will leave audiences wanting to dig deeper into the two disparate accounts, but even if they don’t, Howard’s Eden is a compulsory watch that does enough to satisfy.

The Assessment, directed by Fleur Fortuné, is conceptually sound and looks incredible, but while it’s psychologically involved and provoking, it doesn’t go beyond the surface of its ideas.

Structurally, Fitting In isn't perfect. It overuses the montage and features dialogue that leans more into preachy territory than Lindy's natural expression of their feelings. However, it's impossible to accuse the film of being anything less than emotionally truthful.

This particular narrative is a sound idea but for a documentary instead.

The Critic was far less fun than I had hoped it would be.

With a little more thought, and some effort made to elevate the narrative beyond sexy killer robots, it could have carved out a space as a cult hit, but Subservience falls short.

The film has two major things going for it: Goldstein and Poots' casting and their characters' chemistry. The only thing that fully captures our attention from beginning to end is Laura and Simons’ undeniable spark and charming banter.

I don’t go out of my way to drag films, as there is so much time and effort put into every project, and a film of this caliber was likely made with the best of intentions. But intending to craft a pitch-black dark crime comedy is different from actually executing one well. And Riff Raff just doesn't land.

The Piano Lesson captures the importance of honoring our ancestors through legacy.

Like many other great documentaries, The Pitch is not satisfied with simply showing the surface level of the problem, nor is it fulfilled when it reveals possible solutions. The Pitch drives deeper to the core of the problem, making its argument in a concise and undeniably powerful way.

The horror film has an engrossing premise that remains engaging even in its lulls.

For all its flaws, The Deb is hilarious and entertaining. The music is infectious.