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Abby Olcese

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Leviticus (2026) 97% EDIT “Leviticus remains an impressive first film, even if it does borrow considerably from one of the most effective horror movies in recent memory.” – The Pitch May 6, 2026 Full Review Michael (2026) 39% EDIT “Dumb as it is, this film relies on the belief that the audience is even dumber.” – The Pitch May 6, 2026 Full Review Hokum (2026) 88% EDIT “While Hokum may not be McCarthy’s strongest entry to date (that honor belongs to Oddity), it’s still a spooky good time that sees the filmmaker playing in the sandbox to effective results. ” – The Pitch May 6, 2026 Full Review Dead Media (2025) EDIT “This is Scrimshaw’s first film as a writer-director, and as flabby as parts of Dead Media are, his enthusiasm is both understandable and infectious. ” – The Pitch May 6, 2026 Full Review Find Your Friends (2025) EDIT “Howard’s magnetism aside, everything in Find Your Friends feels like a weak pastiche of elements pulled off better in other films, by filmmakers who actually had something to say.” – The Pitch May 6, 2026 Full Review Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (2026) 76% EDIT “Is there a moral here? Anything of political substance? Of course not, that’d ruin the vibe. But there is a perspective in all this pursuit of the bit, genre-blending and trope-exploiting, and it’s this: joy. ” – The Pitch May 6, 2026 Full Review Project Hail Mary (2026) 94% EDIT “The film feels like a delightful throwback. From writing to directing to casting, Project Hail Mary hits the right nail squarely on the head.” – The Pitch May 6, 2026 Full Review Broken English (2025) 92% EDIT “It is a true celebration of a life that considers its subject as a full person, as well as representative of a time and place. Forsyth and Pollard are enamored with their subject. By the end of the film, you probably will be, too.” – The Pitch Mar 12, 2026 Full Review Nuisance Bear  (2026) 97% EDIT “In circling these different perspectives without drawing a clear judgment, the movie loses some efficacy. Stretching out other perspectives beyond Gibbons’ story dilutes what is clearly the heart of the film.” – The Pitch Mar 12, 2026 Full Review Seized (2026) 100% EDIT “Seized is a love letter to local newspapers, at a time when local newspapers (and let’s be real, national newspapers, too) are dying on the vine. It’s clear that, like the Marion County Record staffers and their loyal intern, Liese loves her subjects.” – The Pitch Mar 12, 2026 Full Review Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) 81% EDIT “The wild creativity and midnight movie playfulness on display is enough to recommend Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, even if it does feel like an attempt to cash in on the efforts of similar work that tackles these themes more successfully. ” – The Pitch Feb 24, 2026 Full Review H Is for Hawk (2025) 81% EDIT “That there are a few remarkable elements in H is for Hawk (i.e. the titular Hawk) make it all the more disappointing that the rest of the film can’t reach the same consistency. ” – The Pitch Feb 9, 2026 Full Review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 92% EDIT “28 Years Later: The Bone Temple proves this series isn’t just a cash-grab resurrection. These movies have something to say, and more than ever, we need to hear what they’re telling us.” – The Pitch Feb 9, 2026 Full Review Anaconda (2025) 47% EDIT “Anaconda isn’t doing anything especially deep or wildly noteworthy, but it is a better-than-usual take on recycled IP, with a perspective that actually does something new with existing material. ” – The Pitch Dec 30, 2025 Full Review Wicked: For Good (2025) 66% EDIT “It’s genuinely impressive that Wicked: For Good manages to justify its existence as a standalone film, considering that the back half of the stage musical is far from anyone’s favorite part.” – The Pitch Dec 12, 2025 Full Review The Running Man (2025) 61% EDIT “It’s clear Powell wants to be Cruise or Brad Pitt-level. But what might that look like? The Running Man has the answer, and it’s pretty damn compelling.” – The Pitch Nov 15, 2025 Full Review Rebuilding (2025) 91% 5.5/10 EDIT “Rebuilding, like many other post-Zhao movies, wants the audience to be surprised by what they find, but you never get the sense the filmmakers themselves find their locations that special, or know their characters beyond the basic identities they present.” – Paste Magazine Nov 13, 2025 Full Review Train Dreams (2025) 94% EDIT “This isn’t a loud movie. It’s the kind of film that burrows its way into your heart and mind and invites you to have long conversations afterward.” – The Pitch Nov 7, 2025 Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% EDIT “Simply put, it seems like del Toro loves this story too much to really do anything with it, and the whole production feels uneven and strangely uninteresting as a result. ” – The Pitch Oct 27, 2025 Full Review Black Phone 2 (2025) 72% EDIT “The idea of diminishing returns on a series that set a pretty low bar isn’t a terribly encouraging one.” – The Pitch Oct 18, 2025 Full Review The Smashing Machine (2025) 71% EDIT “The Smashing Machine doesn’t give us enough of a reason to be invested over the long haul, because it never invests enough in any one thing. In trying to observe as much as possible, the film ends up giving us almost no insight at all.” – The Pitch Oct 12, 2025 Full Review Roofman (2025) 87% EDIT “It could go deeper, but what it does it does pretty well. In terms of construction, it works. Here’s the problem, though: Roofman likes its main character a little too much.” – The Pitch Oct 12, 2025 Full Review A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025) 37% EDIT “As much as the movie is really a pile of sentiment wrapped up in some nice cinematography, there are themes about pursuing happiness over contentment, grief and disappointment that do contain some striking universal truths. ” – The Pitch Sep 19, 2025 Full Review Caught Stealing (2025) 85% 7.5/10 EDIT “In a way, though, it’s refreshing to see an Aronofsky movie that, for once, isn’t bursting with more ideas than it can reasonably contain.” – Paste Magazine Aug 27, 2025 Full Review DEVO (2024) 85% 8.2/10 EDIT “At a surface level, Smith’s film is a fun documentary about a fun band. Looking deeper, it’s an even more interesting examination of trying to maintain your values in an industry that wants more than anything to smooth those rough edges down to nothing.” – Paste Magazine Aug 19, 2025 Full Review
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