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Leah Peifer
Located in Chicago, Illinois. Leah is working on getting her degree in Marketing at the University of Illinois Chicago. For Feature First, she writes articles and reviews, all of which have to do with film. Her main interests include collecting physical media, watching old Hollywood cinema, and predicting every awards season months in advance.
After years of anticipation, book lovers can see Emily Henry’s Poppy and Alex brought to life. 
Bradley Cooper's third directing outing is not as ambitious as A Star is Born or Maestro, but might just be his most resonant. Read our Is This Thing On? review.
After making a splash at the Cannes Film Festival in 2025, The Plague is finally coming to a theater near you. Read our The Plague review.
Based on the best selling book of the same name, Paul Feig’s The Housemaid is a campy, sometimes thrilling ride with surprises behind every door. 
Guillermo Del Toro reminds you again of the humanity of the creature in his adaption of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. 
Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal star in Hamnet, following the Shakespeare family and the tragic event that led to the making of Hamlet.
George Clooney plays an aging movie star grappling with what he has left behind to get where he is today in the newest feature by writer-director Noah Baumbach.
One of Richard Linklater's two films of the year, Blue Moon, is a dialogue driven soiree that is sure to charm you.
The highly anticipated second part to last year's worldwide phenomena is finally here, and worth the wait.
Rom-coms have the reputation of having extremely low stakes, but that can not be said for A24’s afterlife love triangle gem, Eternity.
Chris Stuckman’s first feature is an intriguing, entertaining blend of found-footage and narrative filmmaking that has its flaws, but ultimately ends up being a good time at the theater.
The third Stephen King adaptation of the year does not hold back; delivering on gore, compelling interpersonal relationships, and all things that could possibly happen on The Long Walk.