The Roses (2025)

An update on The War of the Roses which tones down and loses all of what made the original feel so dark and memorable. After 10 years of marriage, resentments start to brew, and a husband and wife are at each other's throats, leaving the lawyers, families, and everyone in their orbit in marital collateral. It lacks much of the bitterness and viciousness which made the 1989 film good. This one doesn't compare at all; it's tamer and doesn't have the conviction to push its limits as far. Feels like we're being edged but we never get to finish.

1 Julia Child oven out of 5

Nightbitch (2024)

Amy Adams plays a new mom who hates her life and finds she may be turning into a...bitch. The literal kind. There's not a lot of subtlety to this movie. It wears it all on the surface and doesn't seem to get much deeper than that. Adams turns in a worthy performance, but it's more of a dark commentary than any kind of horror comedy. What I can't seem to figure out is why people continue to have kids when all it does is make them bitter and resentful. People do this to themselves.

2½ hairy nipples out of 5