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 Fantastic Four: First Steps’ is Absolutely Fantastic

Marvel’s first family makes their highly anticipated return to the silver screen in The Fantastic Four: First Steps this weekend! It’s been nearly a decade since this superhero team’s last cinematic appearance, a second attempt from 20th Century Fox to produce a franchise, which was both a critical and box office disappointment. With three past attempts to bring the Fantastic Four

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Fantasia Film Festival 2025: ‘Rewrite’ Offers Complex and Sincere Sci-Fi

Each year, covering Fantasia Film Festival reminds me of how dull America’s writing has become. Rewrite exemplifies this idea, not just because it’s penned by one of Japan’s best sci-fi screenwriters. The film blends an earnest high school drama with a complex time travel story. It’s especially appealing because its source material is inspired by the brilliant anime, The Girl Who

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‘Superman’ Movie Review and the Future of James Gunn’s DC Universe | The Cosmic Circle

Host Uday Kataria discusses with Brian Kitson, Wiktor Reinfuss, and John Dotson DC’s Superman (2025) starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, and Nicholas Hoult. This podcast episode is spoilery so be sure and watch the movie before listening in! The four get into a lively debate about what worked and what didn’t in the film and talk about James Gunn’s handling of

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Fantasia Film Festival 2025: ‘Terrestrial’ Movie Review

Fantasia Fest 2025 kicked off over the weekend, and we are here with our first of many reviews. The first is a subversive dark comedy from Grosse Point Blank screenwriter Steve Pink about a group of friends reconnecting with their successful (and unstable) friend who has inherited wealth as a sci-fi novelist. Terrestrial mostly reveals the movie’s conflict inside a mansion.

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‘Eddington’ Review: Ari Aster Made A ‘South Park’ Movie

Eddington wears the skin of a Coen Brothers movie while utilizing the comedic mechanics of a South Park episode. The film plays everything serious while featuring solid performances from talents like Emma Stone and Joaquin Phoenix. It has the window dressing of rich Coen Brothers thrillers like Blood Simple and No Country for Old Men. Yet, the material is wildly satirical in

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‘Oh, Hi!’: A Romantic Comedy with a Fair Share of Ups and Downs

In a film landscape where rom-coms seem to be few and far between (theatrically speaking), the film Oh, Hi! can be seen as a breath of fresh air in many ways. The film’s setup is playful enough, with great chemistry from Molly Gordon and Logan Lerman, respectively, as they embark on their first romantic getaway together. Not everything hits comedically, but

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‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ is Bloody Good Fun!

Everyone has secrets that they’ll take to their graves, right? Those bits of information that are too delicate to ever utter out loud in the world. Events that perhaps bind us through trauma, never to be mentioned again. Things we’d do just about anything to forget, even though they’ll haunt us for the rest of our lives. Those living in South

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James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ Embraces the Spirit of the Character

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a drone? Or is it a man? No, it’s the newest Superman movie that’s meant to bring back hope, spirit, and optimism into our hearts. James Gunn has created the kind of Superman story that reminds us why the character has lasted nearly a century. The film isn’t just about introducing

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Superman Review: Discussing the Good and the Bad of James Gunn’s New Film

Vin and Cam discuss James Gunn’s Superman in the latest episode of Cosmic Circus Reviews. The two talk about how it compares to past versions of Superman, what the new DC film does right, and what it struggles with, favorite characters, as well as their hopes for what might happen for these characters in the DCU going forward. Superman (2025) was

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