A local film shot and set in Seattle, In the Company of Women is an occasionally interesting if ultimately misguided story that never manages to find a compelling narrative groove. 

The Beta Test is a chaotic and mysterious story of how one Hollywood agent receives a purple envelope containing a letter offering a sexual encounter with a stranger. The letter and the stranger soon become an obsession that will utterly consume his life. It is an all-encompassing piece of work, writer-director Jim Cummings’s most ambitious yet, a high compliment considering all that has already come before it.

A breezy if basic science fiction journey, Finch follows Tom Hanks traveling across an apocalyptic America to San Francisco with his dog and a robot in tow. 

It gives shape and form to the aftermath of violence in an attempt to uncover if we can heal.

A film that is deeply uncertain of what it wants to be or where its strengths lie, Halloween Kills succeeds in sending any lingering interest in this franchise to its grave. 

A historic epic bold enough to feature a blonde Ben Affleck and a mulleted Matt Damon, Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel is given life from a riveting performance by Jodie Comer.

best when it’s at its most absurd, Venom: Let There Be Carnage makes the most of the Tom Hardy and Venom romance when it doesn’t get bogged down in superhero tedium. You just wish it would let them fully commit and make out already.

When the biggest point of praise is the acting and comedic timing of a rooster, your film might be in trouble.

It made me feel like my head was going to explode while also putting my mind at ease once it settled into what it really wanted to be. It is full speed ahead and Wan is the maniac in the driver’s seat taking us off the cliff.

An incredible calling card of a feature debut, Small Engine Repair is a remarkably well-written and acted character study of three deeply flawed men trying to reconnect with each other.