Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Director: James Wan

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9663764

Review: A few hints of some interesting beats from one character but otherwise a weightless mess with no real stakes, emotion, or meaning.

Watch it if: You've ticked every box so far.

And if you liked: Wonder Woman 1984, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Aquaman

The Mirror Has Two Faces

Director: Barbra Streisand

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117057

Review: A complete disaster with no handle on tone or theme that spends its entire runtime contradicting itself.

Watch it if: You want to see how truly bizarre a light romantic comedy can be.

And if you liked: It's Complicated, The Truth about Cats and Dogs

Check this out: Le Miroir à deux faces

The Prince of Tides

Director: Barbra Streisand

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102713

Review: A little messy but largely in a way that enhances the themes, with a strong story and good chemistry between the leads.

Watch it if: You can handle one particularly rough scene that's not handled all that well.

And if you liked: Days of Heaven, Radio Flyer, Good Will Hunting, The Witness

Check this out: The Prince of Tides

Yentl

Director: Barbra Streisand

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086619

Review: Very clearly the exact film that was set out to be made, but filled with bizarre choices, incongruous with each other in a way that creates a confused whiplash.

Watch it if: You want to be baffled.

And if you liked: Silence

Check this out: Yentl

A Star is Born (1976)

Director: Frank Pierson

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075265

Review: Runs long towards the end but carries itself with a decent momentum and genuine charisma from the two leads.

Watch it if: You're ok with not fully understanding some of the musical choices.

And if you liked: Phantom of the Paradise, Ladies and Gentelmen, the Fabulous Stains

Check this out: A Star is Born

Godzilla Minus One

Director: Takashi Yamazaki

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23289160

Review: Engaging and engrossing from the get-go, with a genuine complex emotional core that carries everything through to its major thrilling moments.

Watch it if: You're ok with a blockbuster style film being patient with its emotional drama.

And if you liked: Godzilla, Godzilla (2014), Pacific Rim

I Love You to Death

Director: Lawrence Kasdan

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099819

Review: Some wild swings that absolutely do not land but brings such an odd and enjoyable energy that it manages to make itself work.

Watch it if: You want to see how weird a comedy can get while still remaining small.

And if you liked: So I Married an Axe Murderer, Dead Man on Campus

Check this out: Frances and Anthony Toto

The Boy and the Heron

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6587046

Review: More successful in its intriguing and mysterious sections than the rest but brings a bevy of ideas, tones and visuals that are hard to argue with.

Watch it if: You want something reasonably unpredictable.

And if you liked: Pan's Labyrinth, Return to Oz, Spirited Away

Check this out: How Do You Live?

Wonka

Director: Paul King

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6166392

Review: Dull and derivative with a few small laughs here and there but hampered by emotional beats that feel contrived and cynical.

Watch it if: You're really that curious.

And if you liked: Paddington, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory