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Wed, 28 Oct 2026 22:33:57 PST en-us https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Breeder.shtml Reviews Writer-director Alex Goyette puts a fresh spin on the “character lured to a big, foreboding house under false pretenses” horror trope and, aided by a terrifyingly single-minded performance from Dot Marie-Jones, he gives us one last treat of a film to wrap up this year’s spooky season at the movies. ]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2026 22:30:00 PST https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Breeder.shtml https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Middleburg-Film-Festival-2026-Gentle-Monster.shtml Reviews An awards-worthy performance from Léa Seydoux anchors this powerful portrait of the methodical unraveling of marital trust as a woman struggles to reconcile love with the unfolding evidence of her husband’s depravity. ]]> Tue, 27 Oct 2026 08:30:00 PST https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Middleburg-Film-Festival-2026-Gentle-Monster.shtml https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Middleburg-Film-Festival-2026-Fjord.shtml Reviews Cristian Mungiu’s 2026 Palme d'Or-winning film finds unsettling power in the space between protecting children and understanding a family, with Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve anchoring a drama where conviction is abundant but certainty is elusive. ]]> Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 PST https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Middleburg-Film-Festival-2026-Fjord.shtml https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Middleburg-Film-Festival-2026-Possible-Love.shtml Reviews Lee Chang-dong’s absorbing, meditative study of two couples from different strata of Korean society whose lives become intertwined exposes questions of desire, class, and the limits of goodwill, with nuanced performances, carefully composed images, and restrained music sustaining a sense of ambiguity throughout. ]]> Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:30:00 PST https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Middleburg-Film-Festival-2026-Possible-Love.shtml https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Middleburg-Film-Festival-2026-Misty-Green.shtml Reviews This gripping but uneven portrait of a talented actress sliding out of Hollywood's favor is anchored by a ferocious, natural performance from Rosalind Eleazar and a vivid, character-like Los Angeles but Chris Rock's sharp dialogue and strong ensemble are undercut by the intrusion of his own stand-up persona, an inconsistent ticking clock, and an ending that softens too fast. ]]> Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:00:00 PST https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Middleburg-Film-Festival-2026-Misty-Green.shtml https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Klara-and-the-Sun.shtml Reviews Jenna Ortega is an engaging, offbeat presence in Taika Waititi’s adaptation of novelist Kazuo Ishiguro’s retro-futurist, dystopian love story, but the film around her struggles with thin plotting, misplaced humor, and simplistic themes as the director squanders a carefully built, visually appealing world by pushing for emotion rather than giving the story room to develop. ]]> Fri, 23 Oct 2026 08:45:00 PST https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Klara-and-the-Sun.shtml https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Wicker.shtml Reviews This beautifully crafted, ribald fairy tale romance sees Olivia Colman’s lonely Fisherwoman commissioning a husband from wicker, and Alexander Skarsgård bringing the premise to life with the help of an expressive, practically built suit. The film’s satire of marriage and gender roles is pointed but shallow; nonetheless, it balances humor, tenderness, and some surprising darkness. ]]> Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:30:00 PST https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Wicker.shtml https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/New-Telsa-Model-3-and-Model-Y-Can-Power-Your-Home-V2H-But-There-s-a-Catch.shtml News and Show Reports A running change to the Model 3 and Model Y lines has now enabled Vehicle to Home (V2H) so your car's battery can power your home during a blackout. But you still need a Tesla Powerwall battery. ]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2026 17:42:04 PST https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/New-Telsa-Model-3-and-Model-Y-Can-Power-Your-Home-V2H-But-There-s-a-Catch.shtml https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/The-Social-Reckoning.shtml Reviews Writer-director Aaron Sorkin picks up the thread of his 2010 masterpiece "The Social Network" to explore the downstream effects of Facebook's impact on modern life. Spoiler alert: like this film, it's not great. ]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:45:00 PST https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/The-Social-Reckoning.shtml https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Tenzing.shtml Reviews This reexamination of the first successful summit of Mount Everest is a handsome, sincere portrait of the man history too often left in Edmund Hillary's shadow, and even if it admires its hero more than it examines the world around him, lead actor Genden Phuntsok's understated performance and the film's immersive craft make it well worth finding on the biggest screen possible. ]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 PST https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Tenzing.shtml https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Digger.shtml Reviews This quirky endurance test of a film partners Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Tom Cruise in a "big message" outing that's punishingly self-important but ultimately puddle-deep. ]]> Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:45:00 PST https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Digger.shtml https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Your-Mother-Your-Mother-Your-Mother.shtml Reviews Mahershala Ali gives a potent performance as a devout Houston hitman left to raise three children in writer-director Bassam Tariq's confident and surprising genre-blending crime drama. ]]> Fri, 02 Oct 2026 09:00:00 PST https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Your-Mother-Your-Mother-Your-Mother.shtml https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Verity.shtml Reviews The latest attempt to adapt one of Colleen Hoover’s melodramatic page-turners delivers a few jolts of energy, but its monotonously repetitive structure is ultimately a bore. ]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2026 22:45:00 PST https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Verity.shtml https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Heart-of-the-Beast.shtml Reviews This well-crafted but unremarkable man-versus-nature survival tale is elevated by a strikingly good canine performance, Brad Pitt's capable if underwritten turn as a war-scarred veteran, and beautiful cinematography of the Alaskan wilderness, all of which yields a moving tribute to the bond between man and dog in a film that earns its emotional payoff. ]]> Fri, 25 Sep 2026 09:00:00 PST https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Heart-of-the-Beast.shtml https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Ha-Chan-Shake-Your-Booty.shtml Reviews This genre-defying grief comedy about a Tokyo widow who rediscovers herself through ballroom dance is anchored by a remarkable Rinko Kikuchi performance, and while director Josef Kubota Wladyka’s surreal, culturally-specific take on mourning doesn’t always cohere it’s still a generous, imperfect film that’s well worth seeking out. ]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:30:00 PST https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Ha-Chan-Shake-Your-Booty.shtml https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Resident-Evil.shtml Reviews Zach Cregger's new film is a lean piece of genre filmmaking that doesn't feel beholden to the video game franchise. ]]> Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:00:00 PST https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Resident-Evil.shtml https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/The-Uprising.shtml Reviews Paul Greengrass brings urgency and a formidable ensemble to this dramatic retelling of the 1381 Peasant's Revolt whose class-conscious anger still carries a modern sting, but its reluctant hero never convincingly grows into a leader and the film’s restless camera and patchy digital spectacle leave its most ambitious moments feeling smaller and less affecting than intended. ]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2026 07:15:00 PST https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/The-Uprising.shtml https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Practical-Magic-2.shtml Reviews This follow up to 1998’s durable cable-era comfort movie brings back Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as witchy sisters seeking a balance between their magical powers and family dramas, but with repeated emotional beats, ill-timed exposition, and a storyline that feels diluted, what should play like a flickering spell yields little more than smoke. ]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2026 05:00:00 PST https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Practical-Magic-2.shtml https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Buddy.shtml Reviews This Barney-esque character is one you don't want your children around. ]]> Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:45:00 PST https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Buddy.shtml https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/It-Ends.shtml Reviews This debut feature from writer-director Alex Ullom is an exercise in atmosphere and style that upends the notion of a horror movie as four friends on a joyride wind up on a road to nowhere. ]]> Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:30:00 PST https://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/It-Ends.shtml