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Rubén Rosario MiamiArtZine Sep 29, 2026 Abrams shows he's able to carry a movie on his everyman shoulders. He makes viewers ask themselves what they would do if they were facing Bryan's growing dilemma. (Nine times out of ten, it's the opposite of what he does.) Go to Full Review Resident Evil (2026) 96% - -

Rubén Rosario MiamiArtZine Sep 29, 2026 Primetime isn't the shallow exercise of style over substance its detractors would have you believe. Oppenheim and Singh were not aiming to make a profound message movie, and there is nothing wrong with that. Go to Full Review Primetime (2026) 86% - -

Rubén Rosario MiamiArtZine Sep 7, 2026 The result is a deep dive into the past that, in its indictment of corporate greed, also feels very much like a movie of the moment. Go to Full Review Coyote vs. Acme (2026) 96% - -

Rubén Rosario MiamiArtZine Sep 7, 2026 The choices that do connect outweigh the ones that don't. Go to Full Review The Dog Stars (2026) 41% - -

Rubén Rosario MiamiArtZine Sep 7, 2026 As coming-of-age tales go, however, “Tony's” heart is always in the right place. The more it leans into the tug of war between its protagonist's smugness and his ample curiosity and creative drive, the more it sucks you in. Go to Full Review Tony (2026) 93% - -

Rubén Rosario MiamiArtZine Sep 7, 2026 A commanding Arjona channels Michelle Rodriguez as she hones Celeste's survival instinct into a weapon sharp enough to square off against these genetically engineered bogeymen. Go to Full Review Onslaught (2026) 60% - -

Rubén Rosario MiamiArtZine Sep 7, 2026 Considerably more entertaining, but weighed down by a mountain of expository dialogue, is this claustrophobic, fitfully engaging supernatural tale that occasionally transcends the genre's shopworn trappings. Go to Full Review Marrow (2026) - - - -

Rubén Rosario MiamiArtZine Aug 25, 2026 Scheepers has crafted psychological horror with precious little psychological depth. Go to Full Review Hen (2025) - - - -

Rubén Rosario MiamiArtZine Aug 25, 2026 This is dumb grindhouse fun. It delivers the bloody goods, then crawls back into the swamp. Go to Full Review Gator Face (2026) 80% - -

Rubén Rosario MiamiArtZine Aug 25, 2026 This is the rare genre venture that succeeds as both a straightforward adventure and a deconstruction of a “blockbuster” with quotations firmly in place. That alone is enough reason to celebrate. Go to Full Review The End of Oak Street (2026) 86% - -

Rubén Rosario MiamiArtZine Jul 31, 2026 What it really needed was a filmmaker with the drive to deliver a movie that lives up to the promise of its title. Cretton ultimately chooses not to rock the boat. Maybe somebody ought to do just that. Go to Full Review Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) 90% - -

Rubén Rosario MiamiArtZine Jul 24, 2026 So raise your glasses. Let us toast “Heartstopper.” For the talented folks it introduced to us, on both sides of the lens. For the happiness it ushered into our lives. For being an anchor at a time when I was feeling adrift. Go to Full Review Heartstopper Forever (2026) 93% - -

Rubén Rosario MiamiArtZine Jul 21, 2026 In the end, too much of “The Odyssey” plays like a dry humanities lecture, albeit one with more depth of feeling than we've seen from Nolan in well over a decade. Go to Full Review The Odyssey (2026) 94% - -

Rubén Rosario MiamiArtZine Jul 15, 2026 Early has nonetheless whipped up a tasty dish: a touching character study that's also an engaging ensemble piece. Go to Full Review Maddie's Secret (2025) 85% - -

Rubén Rosario MiamiArtZine Jul 15, 2026 Wilde sidesteps this potential pitfall, and the “hard sell” approach of the film's early scenes gives way to something more nuanced and wise, with just a smidge of the bitterness of “Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” Go to Full Review The Invite (2026) 96% - -

Rubén Rosario MiamiArtZine Jun 22, 2026 Better than that, it takes a thoughtful, even philosophical approach to a corner of the Sunshine State that, one senses, is ripe for further exploration. His movie slithers into your good graces. Go to Full Review The Python Hunt (2025) 96% - -

Rubén Rosario MiamiArtZine Jun 22, 2026 I see you, Uncle Steven. You've made a film of staggering inner beauty. It glows from within, like E.T.'s heart. Now tell me another story. While we're both still here on this pale blue dot. Go to Full Review Disclosure Day (2026) 79% - -

Rubén Rosario MiamiArtZine Jun 10, 2026 Backrooms is the real deal, a calling card film so accomplished that it makes you forget you are watching a calling card film. Go to Full Review Backrooms (2026) 85% - -

Rubén Rosario MiamiArtZine Jun 10, 2026 It reduces what could have been a potent deconstruction of codependency to a twisted punch line, and shows us who this rising star is on the inside. It's not a pretty picture. Go to Full Review Obsession (2025) 93% - -

Rubén Rosario MiamiArtZine May 26, 2026 What does not surprise, as a headstrong porker taught us so many years ago, is that a movie dominated by talking animals can be this good, so good that you end up forgetting these are talking critters and become invested in their welfare. Go to Full Review The Sheep Detectives (2026) 95% - -