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A new Coen brothers movie is always cause for celebration. But Nathan Weinbender says that “Drive-Away Dolls," a crime comedy directed by Ethan Coen without Joel, feels more like a meager tribute to their work than it does the real thing.

“Argylle” has a huge cast, a massive marketing campaign and a plot full of twists and turns. It’s also a soulless hunk of CGI-smeared dreck. Nathan Weinbender says that this caper comedy from the director of the “Kingsman” movies, now on V.O.D., is D.O.A.

The Italian director Luca Guadagnino isn’t known for restraint, and his newest film “Challengers” is a big, stylish melodrama about obsession and betrayal in the world of tennis. Nathan Weinbender says it’s a lot of fun, and made with more energy and zeal than most mainstream movies.

The Oscar-nominated actor Dev Patel steps behind the camera for the first time with the bloody, pulpy thriller “Monkey Man.” It follows a standard revenge movie plot, but Nathan Weinbender says it stands apart with its mayhem and its sense of righteous anger.

Right on the heels of the horror hit “X” comes its prequel “Pearl,” which is currently available on VOD. Nathan Weinbender says the film is even better than its predecessor.

The horror franchise that began with "X" and "Pearl" is now a trilogy. Director Ti West and star Mia Goth return to that sleazy world with "MaXXXine" but Nathan Weinbender says it’s too unfocused and overburdened with film references to stack up to its predecessors.

With its buzzy marketing, “Longlegs” has been an unexpected horror hit. Nathan Weinbender says that it’s a stylishly made and ultimately promising nightmare that loses steam as it goes along and has to explain its plot.

The latest from Marvel, “Deadpool & Wolverine,” finally teams up the irreverent Merc with a Mouth and the glowering X-Men leader. Nathan Weinbender says the movie is designed to please fans, but barring a few good jokes, it doesn’t offer anything new to the Deadpool formula.

“Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” is as strange and unwieldy as its title. Nathan Weinbender says the new time-travel satire from Gore Verbinski is equal parts inventive and undisciplined.

Everyone already has a strong opinion about Emerald Fennell’s maximalist retelling of “Wuthering Heights.” Nathan Weinbender is no exception: He says the movie is dramatically murky, emotionally inert and generally unbearable.