Glinda in a bubble in Emerald City in Wicked: For Good
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Gregory Nussen is the Lead Film Critic for Screen Rant. They have previously written for Deadline Hollywood, Slant Magazine, Backstage, Salon, In Review Online, Vague Visages, Bright Lights Film Journal, The Servant, The Harbour Journal, Boing Boing Knock-LA & IfNotNow's Medium. They were the recipient of the 2022 New York Film Critics Circle Graduate Prize in Criticism, and are a proud member of GALECA, the Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics. They co-host the Great British Baking Podcast. Gregory also has a robust performance career - their most recent solo performance, QFWFQ, was nominated for five awards, winning Best Solo Theatre at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in 2025.
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ScreenRant’s Reviews Team is back with a fresh slate of films to check out in theaters and on streaming. Our roundup features expert takes on both the weekend’s biggest blockbusters and hidden indie gems—helping you decide what’s worth your watch time.
We've got reviews of the conclusion to Wicked, Mark Wahlberg's Family Plan follow up, Sisu: Road to Revenge, aka the Finnish John Wick, plus a handful of re-posted reviews for newly released Rental Family, Train Dreams and more, along with excerpts from each review. Visit our movie reviews section daily for all the latest releases and sharp critic takes.
Wicked: For Good
Wicked is really the story of the unlikely and life-changing friendship between these two women, and Chu's adaptation succeeds because of how well it taps into this emotional current. Once this relationship retakes center stage, the film's pull is practically irresistible. Erivo and Grande get to deepen their stellar work from the first movie as their characters genuinely wound each other, less out of malice than out of circumstance, and have to grapple with how this changes their bond. Through them, the tension of this political struggle has actual heft.
Read Alex Harrison's full review of Wicked: For Good.
Rental Family
It’s touching without being heavy-handed, and really gets to the heart of these characters. Every conversation is thoughtful, and the film is often funny. It’s a balancing act that gracefully handles every element. It’s a story that is deeply rooted in humanity and how we move in the world in relation to one another.
Read Mae Abdulbaki's full review of Rental Family.
The Family Plan 2
The film is woeful from top to bottom. There are so many moments that feel like stragglers of a first draft, including a band of five assassins that Aidan hires to take out Dan, and whom are never seen nor heard from again. Except for the one female assassin, who gets to fight Jessica, because, of course, because women can only fight women, or something. Even Kevin Matley's score is absurdly generic, which sounds like it was made in a vacuum irrespective of the film's action. At two hours long, the film feels closer to ten. If there is a third Family Plan, hopefully they actually have a plan besides pumping something out so non-distinctive.
Read Gregory Nussen's full review of The Family Plan 2.
Keeper
The film has an impossible time breaking free from its box of oddities, and when the revelations come they don't do much to shed light on the previous 95 minutes. Most frustrating of all is that whatever themes Perkins is going for are buried under a mountain of kookiness. Presumably, one could read in this an allegory of how straight men find remarkable ease in sacrificing women for their own power, but you'd be squinting pretty hard to do so.
Read Gregory Nussen's full review of Keeper.
Zodiac Killer Project
Though the images here are relatively innocuous, there is something evocative about their placidity and the tension of what might happen inside the frame. Of course, nothing does. And yet, Shackleton makes us believe something still could. Like filmmaking itself, the excitement of what could be is often more thrilling than what is. Its a contradiction which keeps us returning both to the Zodiac case, and the movie theater.
Read Gregory Nussen's full review of Zodiac Killer Project.
Angel's Egg 4K Re-Release
Oshii collaborated with visual artist and animator Yoshitaka Amano to create a film of infinite visual splendor, each frame packed with unusual expressiveness. Culling from a range of inspirations, not least of which seems to be the angular density of the German Expressionists, Amano and Oshii invoke the emptiness of war-ravaged Japan as much as the light-deprived depths of the ocean.
Read Gregory Nussen's full review of Angel's Egg.
Train Dreams
At times, the movie is deeply compelling, but its complexities can get lost in the shuffle and repetition of the same points. Striking cinematography and philosophical reflections can’t make up for this too-slow film that pokes at life’s meaningful moments without inspecting them further.
Read Gregory Nussen's full review of Train Dreams.
Altered
This is a film that literally labels the bad guys "bad guys" in the dialogue, so perhaps it's unfair to expect any degree of nuance, but it would be nice if even our schlock was competently made. But the catch-all approach to allegory makes for a really weak film, reliant on aspects it cannot possibly rely on, especially when it is as painfully obvious as it is just how little money there is to play with.
Read Gregory Nussen's full review of Altered.
Sisu: Road to Revenge
Considering that this sequel doesn't give its characters any chance at remuneration, it instead takes up an even more apocalyptic feeling than the first. Yet for all of its barenness, it doesn't feel remotely bleak, partly because the escalation of Aatami's survivalism is so absurd it can only elicit incredulous laughter. And, even more than the first, Helander's ability to effectively stage a brutal action sequence is aces.
Read Gregory Nussen's full review of Sisu: Road to Revenge.
Cactus Pears
Kanawade's feature directorial debut is not the first queer romance to depict the life of a gay man returning home and facing the conservatism of what he left behind, but few others have been told with such tenderness. In every scene, as Anand navigates the prickly traditionalist, religious culture from which he came, Kanawade softly depicts the nervy, yet exhilarating process of self-actualization with sweet, soft care. Vikas Urs's camera remains fixed in nearly every scene, allowing gentle observation, and the space for their protagonist to discover for himself how to both honor himself and the family for which he so clearly, deeply cares.
Read Gregory Nussen's full review of Cactus Pears.
Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember
A Road Trip to Remember is a wonderful, profoundly human roller coaster of emotions that resonates with the audience due to the way it deals with grief, loss, and the complexities associated with Alzheimer's specifically.
Read Ben Gibbons's full review of Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember.
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