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Adam Driver travels to Earth with dinosaurs
The Playlist
The creation of Spotify
History of the World Part II
Mel Brooks at his best…and worst
Luther: The Fallen Sun
A feature film from the BBC series
Bruiser
Toxic masculinity challenges a family
Operation Fortune: Ruse De Guerre
Jason Statham & Guy Ritchie team up
Meet Shirley Maisel
Caroline Aaron is much more than the mother-in-law
Creed III
Michael B. Jordan takes on Jonathan Majors
Two creepy concepts from Tony Basgallop
Servant & The Consultant
Men on the road with Game of Thrones girls
The Last of Us & Upright
Gaslit
Sean Penn & Julia Roberts as the Mitchells in the Watergate scandal
Emily
A look at Brontë’s life and love
Fighting the Atlantic Coast Pipeline
From the Richmond Environmental Film Festival
TVJerry marks 25 Years!
Tales from the Grips to Sifter
Cocaine Bear
Yes, it’s a comedy
To Leslie
The performance that got Riseborough her Oscar nom
Aftersun
Paul Mescal’s Oscar-nominated performance
We Have a Ghost
A haunted family adventure
Jesus Revolution
About a real religious movement
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
A family adventure in a strange world
Sounds like Steve Lack
Sound designer mixer, engineer and composer
Of an Age
A car ride turns romantic
Sharper
A complex con game
George and Tammy
Biopic of the country music superstar duo
3 quickie reviews before vacation
Palm Royale, Renegade Nell & Música
Wicked Little Letters
Olivia Colman & Jessie Buckley spar over nasty notes
Monkey Man
Dev Patel gets violent (& directed)
In the Land of Saints and Sinners
Liam Neeson as a mellow killer
Moroccan-American director at JRFF
Yossera Bouchtia discusses 3 of her shorts
Asphalt City
The gritty job of EMS in NYC with Sean Penn
The Wages of Fear
A French remake of the nitroglycerine transport thriller
Constellation
Outer space drama goes quantum & loses impact
Problemista
Julio Torres uniquely quirky autobiographical comedy
3 Body Problem
Sci-fi from the Game of Thrones creators
Annual check-in from the Virginia Film Office
Andy Edmunds looks at 2023 & 2024 (including the new movie in town)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
The latest sequel is even worse
The Better Sister
Crime drama overshadowed by familial chatter
Bring Her Back
Sally Hawkins gets creepy
They dance with their incarcerated fathers
Meet the co-directors of this doc
Jane Austen Wrecked My Life
A writer’s block leads to love
Adults
A Gen-Z version of “Friends”
Mountainhead
A tech-bro drama from the creator of “Succession”
Government Cheese
David Oyelowo is the best thing about this somewhat quirky series
Sirens
Julianne Moore plays a weird socialite…or is she?
Friendship
Tim Robinson & Paul Rudd play neighbors
Creating the French Film Festival
Meet the couple behind it
Fountain of Youth
John Krasinski & Natallie Portman search for it
Pee-wee as Himself
A documentary with Paul Reubens
Overcompensating
This coming out comedy has fun moments
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
The 7th film for Cruise isn’t the best
Final Destination: Bloodlines
Still gleefully gory fun after 25 years
Mobland
Tom Hardy is tough but Helen Merren is tougher
Selling Virginia film before
Former Va Film Office Director Rita McClenny
Still growing after 25 years
Dig into VPM’s Virginia Home Grown
Shadow Force
Kerry Washington & Omar Sy on the run
Your Friends and Neighbors
Jon Hamm’s version of Breaking Bad
Nonnas
Grandmothers are the chefs
Another Simple Favor
An unexceptional sequel
Étoile
Paris & NYC ballet companies exchange stars
Thunderbolts
More Marvel misfits in a lukewarm rehash