Robot Dreams  
Don't let the simplicity of the art style and plot fool you: Pablo Berger's masterful adaptation of Sara Varon's wordless graphic novel is as profound, poignant, and at once devastating and downright joyous as cinema gets.
Rez Ball  
The underdog sports movie beats may be common, but the heart, conviction, and the authentic and specific cultural perspective of Sydney Freeland's rousing Native American basketball drama are most certainly not.
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Nag Ashwin's star-studded science fiction epic is an immersive, involving spectacle that gradually builds momentum -- and investment -- in what could be an even more rewarding film franchise future.
A Quiet Place: Day One
The location is new, but the basic mechanics of this sci-fi horror prequel are not -- not that it's a bad thing, since incoming director Michael Sarnoski and a cast led by Lupita Nyong'o sell the scares and tension as if they were completely fresh.
Umro Ayyar: A New Beginning 
Pakistan's first attempt at a superhero saga shows promise, but all the pieces don't quite completely come together -- yet, at least.
Twisted Hearts
Charm is the ultimate key to any romantic comedy, and whatever formula beats are covered here, the easygoing appeal, especially by way of the film's cast, is hard to deny nor resist.
Fly Me to the Moon
Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum's combined star power and a clever, and even subversive, historical fiction conceit makes Greg Berlanti's period rom-com achieve liftoff.
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
While not the high water mark that was 2020's third franchise installment, the ever-magnetic pair of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence and returning directors Adil & Bilall still know how to deliver an irresistible summertime splash of action and comedy.
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