There's simply nothing quite like Nickel Boys's duel-POV style. What many may call a gimmick allows for an unconventional filmmaking style that allows the film to tell the story of its duel protagonists, as harrowing as it is, in a way that feels so incredibly real.

Den of Thieves 2 loses some of the first movie's enjoyable loudmouth energy, but that slickness that made the first movie a cut above most other Heat copycats remains. The film abandons the Cop and Robber cat-and-mouse chase from the first movie for most of its runtime and instead feels more like your standard heist movie.

With Wolf Man, Leigh Whannell attempts to do what he did with The Invisible Man: take a Universal Monster Movie character and use it as a more profound allegory relevant to the modern day.

Fly Me to the Moon works in its throwback atmosphere. From the recreated news footage to the editing akin to 60s TV to the sets and costumes, it all feels like a fun throwback to the 1960s. Watching the film, you get a good sense of not only how it felt to be in the film's setting during the 60s but also a general sense of how it felt to live in America in the 1960s. 

Horizon: An American Saga is an ambitious concept detailing the rise and fall of the American West in a multi-movie saga that follows multiple people.

Michael Sarnoski's intimate dramatic sensibilities lend themselves surprisingly well for A Quiet Place prequel. Within the tense set pieces of A Quiet Place: Day One, there's an intimate character drama about finding genuine connection in a world of seemingly unending bleakness.

Inside Out 2 is a satisfying follow-up to the first movie. Like all good sequels, there's an inherent charm to stepping back into the world and characters from its predecessor.

Though its synopsis makes you picture an action film featuring a 90-year-old woman, Thelma has a much more chill, laid-back tone. Much of the film's comedy stems from how it turns mundane aspects of its 90-year-old protagonist's life and treats them like action movie tropes, complete with a bombastic soundtrack and over-the-top sound effects

The Bikeriders is a pretty conventional rise-and-fall crime movie and features a structure that kept me from engaging with it as much as I wanted. But it's well-acted, and the filmmaking is pretty solid.

The Watchers certainly shows Ishana Night Shyamalan to be a promising filmmaker. But its also got a lot of quirks in its screenplay that holds it back.

Furiosa is an unconventional prequel. Where most prequels mean to explain the origins of iconography from their predecessors (which Furiosa does, and to satisfying results), Furiosa also means to explore aspects of its world that Fury Road couldn't due to the simplicity of its narrative.

The Strangers has its fair share of intense moments. There are moments of well-handled, pent-up tension that gets released through relatively well-handled jump scares. But that means little if the characters followed throughout the 90-minute runtime are this unlikable and frustrating to watch.

I Saw the TV Glow is a film abundant with skin-crawling imagery. But the film most effectively captures a more existential horror.

If Fury Road was all action with a story and world-building lying just under the surface, Furiosa is the complete opposite. Furiosa is all story and world-building, with light action here and there meant solely to drive the story forward.

IF has its charms, is good-natured and well-made, but ultimately doesn't quite know what it wants to be.

Tarot feels caught between trying to be two different kinds of horror films. The film wants to be a dark and creepy horror film with brutal kills. But, with its hilariously obvious foreshadowing and over-the-top performances and writing, it almost feels like the film wants to be a more campy and comedic horror film.

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes borrows from the original series' themes and ideas while connecting to the lore of the 2010s trilogy.

With The Fall Guy, David Leitch and writer Drew Pierce attempt to make a Blockbuster action movie that simultaneously delivers a pure-hearted celebration of movies and moviemaking while also delivering the fight scenes and glorious practical stunts you expect in this kind of action movie.

For most of its runtime, Boy Kills World is a simple but effective revenge action film with stylistic flourishes.

Challengers is a movie about the emotional high of relationships- the exhilarating feeling that comes from connecting with another human being, both on a romantic and platonic level.