Simon Abrams

Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com Oct 29, 2026 0/4 The soccer scenes are especially disappointing, though, since the filmmakers’ use of AI only creates a disturbing Uncanny Valley effect. Go to Full Review Kung Fu Soccer (2026) 22% - -

Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com Oct 18, 2026 1/4 It looks bland, doesn’t make much sense, and takes its time getting you to places you’ve been several times before. Go to Full Review The Influencer Project (2026) 40% - -

Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com Oct 17, 2026 1.5/4 [It] struggles to weave a web of wispy interpersonal connections between Serena and Mr. Rossmore’s tenants, many of whom are barely stock types. Go to Full Review Crawlers (2026) 58% - -

Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com Oct 17, 2026 2.5/4 Director Nelson Dilipkumar applies the same visual dynamism that made the first "Jailer" so satisfying. Go to Full Review Jailer 2 (2026) 86% - -

Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com Oct 12, 2026 2.5/4 [It] doesn’t have much of a plot, serving more as a vehicle for effect-driven jump scares and adrenalized dread. Go to Full Review Other Mommy (2026) 19% - -

Simon Abrams AV Club Oct 8, 2026 D- The biggest problem with Matchbox: The Movie isn’t that it’s a dumb, by-the-numbers action movie, but rather that it doesn’t know how to be both a parody of that kind of movie and an emotionally resonant defense of camaraderie-instilling group play. Go to Full Review Matchbox The Movie (2026) 30% - -

Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com Sep 26, 2026 3/4 Boyle and his collaborators take a few jarring creative shortcuts and by-passes, but pull off most of what they attempt. Go to Full Review Never After Dark (2026) 98% - -

Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com Sep 26, 2026 [It] works more often than not because Nicholson—Jack’s grandson—does what he can with his major and mostly thankless part. Go to Full Review The Deputy (2026) 57% - -

Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com Sep 4, 2026 3.5/4 [It] is an arresting and surprisingly sensitive window into the past. Go to Full Review Dear You (2026) 91% - -

Simon Abrams AV Club Sep 4, 2026 C Unfortunately, while a number of car stunts are thrilling and a few of the less choreography-heavy melees look passable, the rest of Runner has the same basic problem as a Poochie cartoon: the movie loses all steam whenever Ritchson’s not on screen. Go to Full Review Runner (2026) 78% - -

Simon Abrams AV Club Sep 2, 2026 C- This thankless sequel’s highs simply aren’t high enough. Go to Full Review Fall 2: Deadpoint (2026) 52% - -

Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com Aug 31, 2026 2/4 It’s not thoughtful or inspired enough to make you care about its paint-by-numbers story beats, and it’s certainly not angry enough to be disarming. Go to Full Review Onslaught (2026) 60% - -

Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com Aug 28, 2026 3/4 It’s not for everyone, but ‘Idiots’ is already one of the most charming American comedies of the year. Go to Full Review Idiots (2026) 65% - -

Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com Aug 20, 2026 2/4 It has a real Spirit Halloween fire sale vibe as far as its haphazard variety and wildly fitful effectiveness. Go to Full Review Insidious: Out of the Further (2026) 58% - -

Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com Aug 4, 2026 2.5/4 It’s mostly pretty satisfying, even if there’s ultimately nothing surprising or essential here. Go to Full Review Ice Cream Man (2026) 25% - -

Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com Jul 27, 2026 0/4 Good luck to Vijay in his political career, and I hope he never makes anything as perfectly oppressive as ‘Jana Nayagan’ again. Go to Full Review Jana Nayagan (2026) 20% - -

Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com Jul 24, 2026 2.5/4 Kore-eda’s animating curiosity makes his latest feature more compelling than not, but you’ll still have to make your own leap of faith in order to accept the movie’s limited terms and conditions. Go to Full Review Sheep in the Box (2026) 43% - -

Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com Jul 24, 2026 2/4 It isn’t a deconstruction of the genre, it does repeatedly deny viewers the formulaic pleasures that it promises. Go to Full Review The Truthers (2026) - - - -

Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com Jul 6, 2026 3/4 Its action, much like its humorless dialogue and sudsy interpersonal relationships—and yes, even its standard-grade nationalism—is polished to a uniformly satisfying sheen. Go to Full Review Alpha (2026) 26% - -

Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com Jun 26, 2026 3.5/4 [It’s] about the soul-expanding crossroads that we hopefully find ourselves at whenever we allow a combination of worldly and intellectual pleasures to transport us, without judgment or distinction, to a heightened state. Go to Full Review Drunken Noodles (2025) 100% - -