The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH)

Mark Meszoros The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Oct 21, 2026 2.5/4 For the most part, Klara is an engaging and thoughtful film, set in a dystopian future where, following a third world war and the related banning of the internet, human-like androids are commonplace. Go to Full Review Klara and the Sun (2026) 26% - -

Mark Meszoros The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Oct 21, 2026 3.5/4 A delightfully dark, often humorous and, well, downright horny fable about a man who’s seemingly such a good husband that it causes problems for an entire community. Go to Full Review Wicker (2026) 94% - -

Mark Meszoros The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Oct 21, 2026 2/4 Director and co-writer Kitao Sakurai’s action-packed, high-energy and perhaps only borderline-nonsensical love letter to the games Go to Full Review Street Fighter (2026) 41% - -

Mark Meszoros The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Oct 21, 2026 2.5/4 Like The Rip, Animals sits above the average streaming release but leaves you with the inescapable belief there was a better film to be cooked up given all the ingredients. Go to Full Review Animals (2026) 30% - -

Mark Meszoros The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Oct 8, 2026 3/4 A movie largely interested in the kind of ragebait that will drive engagement on a platform such as Facebook, The Social Reckoning has the juice to anger up the blood a bit and falls somewhere between being worthy of a like and a reshare. Go to Full Review The Social Reckoning (2026) 54% - -

Mark Meszoros The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Oct 1, 2026 2/4 The film’s twisty but unsatisfying conclusion feels so poorly thought out. Go to Full Review Verity (2026) 31% - -

Mark Meszoros The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Oct 1, 2026 3.5/4 Forgotten Island may be one of those movies you won’t soon forget. Go to Full Review Forgotten Island (2026) 95% - -

Mark Meszoros The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Oct 1, 2026 3/4 The relationship between man and beast is entirely convincing. Go to Full Review Heart of the Beast (2026) 84% - -

Mark Meszoros The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Sep 21, 2026 3/4 A love letter to the games, not a straight adaptation. Go to Full Review Resident Evil (2026) 96% - -

Mark Meszoros The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Sep 8, 2026 3/4 The storytelling in Mayday becomes a tad wobbly from time to time, especially when the two heroes find reasons to distrust one another late in the affair, but, ultimately, the bromance holds. Go to Full Review Mayday (2026) 83% - -

Mark Meszoros The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Aug 28, 2026 3/4 Given the level of quality of Coyote vs. Acme, it’s wild to think the flick may never have seen the light of day. The movie business certainly can be a strange one. Go to Full Review Coyote vs. Acme (2026) 96% - -

Mark Meszoros The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Aug 28, 2026 2.5/4 Landing in the dog days of the summer movie season, Mutiny may not be the action movie of your dreams, but you’re unlikely to rebel against it, odd title and all. Go to Full Review Mutiny (2026) 49% - -

Mark Meszoros The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Aug 7, 2026 3/4 As "One Night Only" works its way to its predictable if also necessary conclusion, it does so a little clumsily, but overall the movie is solid work from Gluck. Go to Full Review One Night Only (2026) 44% - -

Mark Meszoros The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Aug 7, 2026 2.5/4 If the appeal is discovering what grotesque occurrences Roth and co-writer Noah Belson have cooked up, trust that the pair have packed plenty into the sub-90-minute affair. Go to Full Review Ice Cream Man (2026) 25% - -

Mark Meszoros The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Jul 28, 2026 3.5/4 A perfectly paced Spider-Man adventure. Go to Full Review Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) 90% - -

Mark Meszoros The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Jul 28, 2026 2.5/4 The latest straight-to-Netflix offering from comedian and actor Kevin Hart’s HartBeat Productions, 72 Hours, accomplishes its implied mission: be a poor man’s version of The Hangover. Go to Full Review 72 Hours (2026) 17% - -

Mark Meszoros The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Jul 28, 2026 3/4 Love of the increasingly popular sport — which blends elements of table tennis, tennis and badminton and is played on a badminton-sized court — permeates the largely laugh-filled affair. Go to Full Review The Dink (2026) 76% - -

Mark Meszoros The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Jul 16, 2026 3.5/4 A hurricane of impactful visuals and an ear-banging soundscape that is as thrilling as it is taxing. Go to Full Review The Odyssey (2026) 94% - -

Mark Meszoros The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Jul 16, 2026 2.5/4 Millie Bobby Brown is front and center again as Enola, of course. The young actor most synonymous with the hugely popular Netflix series Stranger Things continues to seem more comfortable in the skin of this English sleuth than in other character. Go to Full Review Enola Holmes 3 (2026) 65% - -

Mark Meszoros The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Jun 25, 2026 2/4 It’s tonally boring, a chore of a movie chock full of thinly drawn characters and increasingly bombastic and violent. Go to Full Review Supergirl (2026) 52% - -