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With an all-star cast and a buzzy premise, “Death of a Unicorn” blends fantasy, comedy and horror. Unfortunately, Nathan Weinbender says, it’s one of the biggest letdowns of the year so far.

“Eephus” is an ode to the rituals of baseball, and a strange comedy about male friendship. Nathan Weinbender says the low-budget ensemble film is one of the small jewels of the year.

Zach Cregger’s latest film "Weapons" is an unruly horror-comedy epic about the disappearance of small children in a small town. Nathan Weinbender says it’s strange, sick, funny and mostly surprising.

Dave Franco and Alison Brie star as a couple who are more than a little clingy in the gory thriller “Together.” Nathan Weinbender says the bloody special effects are inventive, but the plot is full of creaky horror clichés.

Julianne Moore plays a desperate mother and Sydney Sweeney is her troubled daughter in the neo-noir “Echo Valley.” Nathan Weinbender says the film, streaming on Apple TV+, is a well-made diversion that could have been a lot more.

Comedies can be hard to review. Either you laugh or you don’t. Nathan Weinbender says you’ll either roar with laughter or sit stone-faced during “Friendship,” starring Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd.

Dwayne Johnson is getting the best reviews of his career playing UFC fighter Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie’s "The Smashing Machine." Nathan Weinbender says the performance is solid, but the movie is sketchy and unsatisfying.

In The Mastermind, Josh O’Connor is a 1970s family man who briefly moonlights as an art thief. Nathan Weinbender says this quiet, low-key drama is one of director Kelly Reichardt’s best.

The Christophers is the latest from prolific director Steven Soderbergh, a dialogue-heavy comedy about an art fraud and her unlikely mentor. Nathan Weinbender says it’s an entertaining two-hander between Ian McKellen and Michaela Coel.

Nathan Weinbender reviews two new movies from important international directors: Radu Jude’s Kontinental ’25, from Romania, and Christian Petzold’s Miroirs No. 3, from Germany.