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[Get the exclusive video  version of these weekly reviews each Friday by becoming a paid subscriber!] My Film Critic pants are quite fetching; they are on, pressed, and ironed. I'm ready to review six new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, March 6th, 2026. 1) THE BRIDE! I really wanted The Bride!  to work. I like Maggie Gyllenhaal . I admired her first film as a director, The Lost Daughter . The cast here is phenomenal. And the idea itself, revisi

One of the absolute joys of watching certain genres—whether action, adventure, sci-fi, fantasy, or spy thrillers—is seeing our heroes get absolutely wrecked and yet somehow miraculously keep going. When a main character gets shot, stabbed, blown up, thrown off a building, crushed, run over, electrocuted, or beaten to within an inch of their life… and yet, they still  get back up and keep fighting. Well, except when the movie is terrible, as in the recent release of Novocaine