Movie Reviews

Cosmic Circus has been covering movies and TV/streaming series for over five years now. Please take some time to read through some of our movie reviews below to find out what the writers think of past and new films.

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‘The Wrecking Crew’: Ángel Manuel Soto Delivers 2026’s First Must-See Action Film

It may be easy to dismiss Ángel Manuel Soto’s The Wrecking Crew as a fake-looking piece of “content” that only serves to fill an ever-expanding algorithm on Prime Video. You could be right to think this way, since none of the promotional materials have fully advertised the film’s pleasures the way they should have. The movie was also essentially dumped on

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‘Send Help’ Review: Sam Raimi Does It Again

The great formalist Sam Raimi has done it again with Send Help and continues to prove why he’s one of the best genre artists working today. Of course, it (pun intended) helps that his two leads, Rachel McAdams and Dylan O’Brien, go all in with Raimi’s flashy, kinetic expressions, as the two protagonists fight for survival within the confines of a

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‘All You Need Is Kill’: A Beautifully Animated, but Tired Timeloop Film

It feels strange that Doug Liman’s Edge of Tomorrow, the American adaptation of Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s All You Need Is Kill, is somehow better than Kenichiro Akimoto’s more faithful and less Hollywoodized 2026 transposition for Japanese audiences. There’s no denying Studio 4°C is an animation powerhouse, but the timeloop has become the most stale and unimaginative subgenre that’s always in need of

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’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ Is A Quieter, Gnarlier Second Chapter

Continuing the story of its predecessor’s release from only a couple of months ago, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple marks the most fascinating point in the franchise’s history creatively. 2025’s 28 Years Later represented a refreshing shift from the rut of the modern legacy sequel, offering one of the most thematically rich studio films in recent times, with cinematography that

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‘Marty Supreme’ Proves Timothée Chalamet Is Here to Stay

Marty Supreme finds Timothée Chalamet reaching Leonardo DiCaprio’s strengths of performance. As an actor, Chalamet has more than demonstrated his talent, with a diverse portfolio of films ranging from musicals to sci-fi epics. But with Marty Supreme, the 29-year-old performer exudes a charismatic presence reminiscent of his mentor’s (DiCaprio’s) style in The Wolf of Wall Street. From an individual standpoint, Marty Mauser

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‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Review: More Like Fire and Rehash

Avatar: Fire and Ash is a rare artifact from James Cameron. Throughout his career, the filmmaker behind the Terminator franchise has deliberately avoided trilogies. Even after Terminator 2 became an early ’90s phenomenon, he chose other creative endeavors, such as True Lies, and had a brief run developing Spider-Man before Sam Raimi. The question no one has ever considered is whether

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Dorothy’s Role Holds ‘Wicked: For Good’ Back From Perfection

Wicked: For Good has finally flown into theaters worldwide after an excruciating year-long wait! The second half of the popular Broadway show, For Good explores Elphaba fighting to expose the lying Wizard of Oz and intersects with Dorothy’s mission to defeat her. But the film deliberately glosses over Dorothy’s story, assuming audiences are already intimately familiar with her journey from the

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‘Rental Family’ Lacks Focus but Remains Wholesome

Rental Family is one of those films made with the intention of pouring an ounce of softness into the world. Other examples being We Bought A Zoo, Minari, and Marcel the Shell with Shoes On. And it all stems from a foreign concept in the Western world; the idea of hiring an individual to serve as a friend or family member

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‘Eternity’ Delivers a Powerful, Heart-Crushing Meditation on Love Beyond Life

A24’s Eternity is a story about the journey rather than the destination. The question of whether an afterlife exists and what it consists of has been a topic of debate since the beginning of time. Since the advent of film, filmmakers have endeavored to explore this concept. Eternity presents an afterlife where the newly deceased must choose a destination to spend their

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