Euphoria (2017)
El espinazo del diablo (The Devil's Backbone) (2001)
Crime 101 (2026)
Anaconda (2025)
Agak Laen (2024)
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning (2025) ///
Julie And Julia (2009) Deftly mounted production sparked by comic eccentricities of Meryl Streep as accidentally influential 1950s recipe writer and humane confusion of Amy Adams' blogger cooking her way through the French meals in 2002. Light drama connects dual lives with enjoyable sense of self-discovery.
Euphoria (2017) Commendable cast struggle with blandly defined characters as flailing artist Alicia Vikander is invited on French holiday by her ill sister Eva Green, unaware the retreat is an assisted dying facility. Tame approach to provocatively moving themes sees dulled personal resolutions.
El espinazo del diablo (The Devil's Backbone) (2001) Vengeful ghost tale laced with savage change at end of Spanish Civil War, as young Fernando Tielve is brought to remote orphanage contaminated by echoes of violence. Classically styled visuals create sinister atmosphere pierced with sense of loss.
Crime 101 (2026) Confidently calibrated crime thriller centers on slick, alienated thief Chris Hemsworth whose heists engulf disgruntled insurance broker Halle Berry, obsessed cop Mark Ruffalo, and psychotic villain Barry Keoghan. Despite promise of messy noirish shadow, narrative contrives rounded character conclusions.
Anaconda (2025) Potent combination of bit-part actor Paul Rudd and wedding videographer Jack Black reviving friendship and cinematic dreams with low budget remake of titular 80s film undone by paucity of laughs and thrills. Self-aware references and narrative twists flounder amid awkward staging, despite David Fleming's lively score.
Agak Laen (2024) Shaggy comedy coasts on fluid chemistry between four leads, appealing losers whose failing haunted house becomes success after they hide death of a customer that decides to return as ghost. Awkwardly shifting tones during last act; best when concentrates on surprising silliness.
Mission: Impossible The Final Reckoning (2025) Bloated length acts as excuse for first half of call backs to previous adventures while second pursues ticking clock of consuming AI plan for nuclear devastation. Athletic Tom Cruise anchors expansive production that delivers on heady action sequences.
