Alex Saveliev

Power Ballad

By Alex Saveliev | June 2026

NOW IN THEATERS! I am allergic to sentimentality. I find it insulting when filmmakers resort to cheap gimmicks to squeeze out tears….

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NOW IN THEATERS! I am allergic to sentimentality. I find it insulting when filmmakers resort to cheap gimmicks to squeeze out tears. Happily-ever-after...

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A demented cautionary tale about current adolescents, led by the star of the hit mini-series Adolescence, director Jan Komasa’s Heel couldn’t be more...

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Director David Mackenzie’s latest action extravaganza, Fuze, resembles a solid one-night stand: vigorous, efficient, intermittently thrilling, and...

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Here’s an unexpected surprise. Writer-director Chase Joliet’s quietly searing drama Grapefruit seems to have slipped through the cracks, and it’s a...

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There was a time when scrappy filmmakers like Robert Rodriguez could go for broke and break through — just look at how El Mariachi came together. You'd...

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Don’t piss on an AI drone. That’s the first lesson learned in Peter Webber’s goofy thriller DRAGN (I think it’s all caps — it stands for Defense...

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Once every blue moon, a film comes out of nowhere that has the capacity to ignite proverbial fires with a mere whisper. Fabián Suarez’s tender drama...

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Ann Marie Allison co-wrote, produced, and directed You’re Dating a Narcissist!, her first (and most likely last) time helming a feature, so the result is...

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Do we have anything left to say to each other? As family, friends, lovers, strangers, artists? And why do we always regret the things we left unsaid,...

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Just when you thought that you’ve seen it all, that cinema has bombarded you into submission with its predictable story lines, flat VFX, and pandering...

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