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| Short Redhead Reel Reviews date from 1986 to present. This main page lists the five most recent film reviews. To view a complete list of all films reviewed this month, see Previous Reviews on the right. |
Sunday, April 6, 2025 |
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Ballad of Wallis Island, The |
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PG-13 2025 |
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[Opens April 11 in theaters.] James Griffiths'\' heartfelt, entertaining, superbly-written, well-acted, moving, wit-punctuated, 99-minute film highlighted by awesome cinematography and scenery in which a lonely, quirky, talkative, two-time-lottery winning widower (Tim Key) invites his favorite guitar-playing singer/songwriter (Tom Basden) to give a concert on his Welsh island but when the well-meaning host, who likes a local shopkeeper (Sian Clifford), omits numerous details, including inviting his former musical partner and lover (Carey Mulligan) and her husband (Akemnji Ndifornyen), tensions quickly escalate.
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Home Sweet Home: Rebirth |
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NR 2025 |
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[Available April 11 in select theaters.] Spectacular special effects and cinematography dominate Steffen Hacker and Alexander Kiesl's action-packed, frenetic-paced, complex, dark, violent, 92-minute thriller based on the 2017 videogame in which a desperate cop (William Moseley) in a realm called "The Hindrance" tries to stop the Gates of Hell from completely opening with the help of a mysterious monk (Alexander Lee) and a sinister demonic occultist (Michele Morrone) from entering earth in order to save his wife (Yaya Urassaya Sperbund) and daughter (Akeira Hadden).
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Sacramento |
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R 2025 |
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[Opens April 11 in theaters.] After his estranged friend (Michael Angarano) suddenly shows up in Los Angeles upon the death of his father to take a buddy road trip to Sacramento allegedly to spread his ashes in Michael Angarano's humorous, weird, bittersweet, well-acted, 89-minute comedy, a quirky, panic-prone father to be (Michael Cera), who has a free-spirited, pregnant wife (Kristen Stewart), agrees to the journey in a convertible he once owned when in college 10 years earlier, learns that his friend had a son with his ex-girlfriend (Maya Erskine), and then makes an impromptu, rash decision.
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Stolen Kingdom |
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NR 2025 |
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[Screens April 11 opening night at the Enzian Theater as part of the Florida Film Festival in Orlando that runs April 11-20; for more information, log on to https://floridafilmfestival.com.] Joshua Bailey's quirky, fascinating, wacky, 74-minute documentary that examines the theft of Disney props at Walt Disney World, including the $500,000 Buzzy animatronic, showcases the trial of Mr. Blaytin Taunton and Mr. Patrick Spikes who were charged with theft, and consists of film footage and commentary by explorers (such as Matt Sonswa, Ed "chief" Barlow, and Nomeus), filmmakers Dan Bell and Kenny Johnson, YouTuber "Disney Dan" Becker, archivist How Bowers, and journalist Seth Kubersky.
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Zero |
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NR 2025 |
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[Opens April 11 in theaters and available on various VOD platforms.] Great visuals highlight Jean Luc Herbulot's powerful, award-winning, intense, well-acted, violent, 83-minute thriller with a surprise ending in which two Americans (Cam McHarg and Hus Miller) find themselves with bombs on their chests in Dakar, Senegal, and are forced to complete a series of random missions within ten hours instructed by a mysterious manipulator (Gary Dourdan) and instructor (Willem Dafoe) in their ears.
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©2025 by Wendy Schadewald
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