Mike Schulz, Dave Levora, and Darren Pitra talk about the latest round of film releases as they each try to withstand the pressure of the looming Oscars in their individual ways:

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• The Brutalist (dir Brady Corbet, starr Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, Isaach de Bankolé, and Alessandro Nivola).
  
• Presence (dir Steven Soderbergh, starr Lucy Liu, Julia Fox, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Lucas Papaelias, West Mulholland, and Eddy Maday).
  
• Flight Risk (dir Mel Gibson, starr Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery, and Topher Grace).
  

Previews:

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• Companion (dir Drew Hancock, starr Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén, and Rupert Friend).
  
• Dog Man (dir Peter Hastings, voiced by Pete Davidson, Lil Rel Howery, Isla Fisher, Poppy Liu, Stephen Root, Billy Boyd, and Ricky Gervais).
  

“The Brutalist,” “Presence,” and “Flight Risk”