Disclosure Day (2026)
There’s a lot happening in Disclosure Day, so much so that Steven Spielberg drops the audience straight into what feels like the second act. It's a bit disorienting. I happened
The Sheep Detectives (2026)
People who know me well know that I’m not joking when I tell them that Babe should have won the 1996 Oscar for Best Picture over Braveheart. Sometimes a well-made
Normal (2026)
If Normal were an old-school Western, Bob Odenkirk’s Sheriff Ulysses would ride into town twirling his gun, eyes squinting as the locals watched him through clouds of dust and passing
The Drama (2026)
When we meet Emma (Zendaya) and Charlie (Robert Pattinson) days before their wedding, they’re cute puppy dogs in love. The preparations are exciting, and their anticipation buzzes as they mull
By Design (2026)
Her arms are caressed. Her legs are seductively untied from binding twine, the fabric released. Her body is licked by a besotted lover. She is a chair. Camille (Juliette Lewis)
Tron: Ares (2025)
Tron: Ares starts with an evil tech CEO named Dillinger (Evan Peters) waving his arms and making big sweeping pronouncements about the latest advances in AI. Why immerse yourself in
One Battle After Another (2025)
Expecting a wacky comedy from the trailers, I was genuinely shocked by the chilling opening scene of One Battle After Another: a visceral sequence of revolutionaries violently breaking into a
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
Welp, here we go again. For the past couple decades, Marvel has painstakingly attempted to reboot and relaunch the Fantastic Four on the big screen, with new casts and new
Superman (2025)
The character of Superman has always been an earnest do-gooder. The guy is not just pretty (eyeball-meltingly pretty), but he's relatable, growing up as an outsider (he is, after all,
40 Acres (2025)
As much as I love me some good post-apocalyptic storytelling, whether it be zombies or spores or meteors causing the end of society as we know it, the dystopian horror
Eleanor the Great (2025)
It only took Hollywood decades to figure out that 90-something June Squibb could easily hold her own as a lead. After landing a Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for Nebraska (2013),
Freakier Friday (2025)
Set 22 years after the 2003 hit comedy Freaky Friday, Freakier Friday plops us back into the lives of mom-and-daughter duo Tess (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Anna (Lindsay Lohan). We
Materialists (2025)
How many inches do you require in order to date a man? Is that number non-negotiable? But what if he had a good personality? Oh, that doesn't matter, you say.
The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025)
If you have ever cried at a concert when your favorite artist played a song you loved, you’ll find awkward Charles (Tim Key) to be a kindred spirit. Happy tears,
A Real Pain (2024)
Everyone, I'm sure, has known a guy like Benji---he was your old college roommate, or the clown at work, or a kid from childhood that you grew apart from over
The Running Man (2025)
Years before The Hunger Games, there was The Running Man, Stephen King’s 1982 futuristic dystopian novel about a reality-TV game show where contestants must survive for 30 days while being
Die My Love (2025)
Die My Love is a scene-exploding showcase for Jennifer Lawrence, portraying a first-time mother unraveling in her isolation. At times, it’s uncomfortable to watch for its sheer rawness; other times,
One Battle After Another (2025)
Expecting a wacky comedy from the trailers, I was genuinely shocked by the chilling opening scene of One Battle After Another: a visceral sequence of revolutionaries violently breaking into a
40 Acres (2025)
As much as I love me some good post-apocalyptic storytelling, whether it be zombies or spores or meteors causing the end of society as we know it, the dystopian horror
Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025)
Early on in Jurassic World: Rebirth (aka Jurassic Park VII), we meet perhaps the most boring family ever---a dad, his two daughters, and the older girl's pothead boyfriend---sailing across the
The Running Man (2025)
Years before The Hunger Games, there was The Running Man, Stephen King’s 1982 futuristic dystopian novel about a reality-TV game show where contestants must survive for 30 days while being
Frankenstein (2025)
It doesn’t take a film critic to see aspects of Mary Shelley's horror classic Frankenstein bountifully sprinkled throughout Guillermo del Toro's career---from misunderstood creatures (The Shape of Water), to gothy
Tron: Ares (2025)
Tron: Ares starts with an evil tech CEO named Dillinger (Evan Peters) waving his arms and making big sweeping pronouncements about the latest advances in AI. Why immerse yourself in
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
Welp, here we go again. For the past couple decades, Marvel has painstakingly attempted to reboot and relaunch the Fantastic Four on the big screen, with new casts and new
Superman (2025)
The character of Superman has always been an earnest do-gooder. The guy is not just pretty (eyeball-meltingly pretty), but he's relatable, growing up as an outsider (he is, after all,
Nosferatu (2024)
In 1838 Germany, a newlywed couple is planning their hopeful future despite the distressing problem that the lovely young bride is haunted by visions. Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp) remembers horrid yet
A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
If you were already dying like Lupita Nyong'o’s character Samira, is it strange than an alien invasion would make you feel alive again? A hospice patient, she barely makes the
The First Omen (2024)
From the mood-setting opening scene featuring Charles Dance's guilt-ridden priest getting an efficient, bloody comeuppance, I felt like my face went through a progressive range of emotions during The First
Late Night With the Devil (2023)
I love the setup of Late Night With the Devil. Portrayed as a solemn, late-70s contemporary documentary, the film's POV uses "original footage" of a long-lost episode of late night
The Exorcist: Believer (2023)
Victor Fielding (Leslie Odom, Jr.), a single dad with a 12-year-old daughter, has good reason to have lost religion. He saw his pregnant wife die while they were on a
Nosferatu (2024)
In 1838 Germany, a newlywed couple is planning their hopeful future despite the distressing problem that the lovely young bride is haunted by visions. Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp) remembers horrid yet
Flow (2024)
I always joke that "unlikely animal friends" is my favorite genre of mood-enhancing, brain-melting YouTube videos. Show me a sweet little video of ducklings nestling up to a mama cat,
Tuesday (2023)
Death taking the shape of a filthy bedraggled macaw---who shows up to take life with the fanning of a wing---is a fascinating, kind of beautiful image. As Death appears to
The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
The Last Voyage of the Demeter piqued my interest because it had two of my favorite genres in one: religious/supernatural horror and a tall-masted ship on a voyage of doom.
The Flash (2023)
You can never accuse The Flash of not going big. There are multiverses, multisuperheroes, and even multiFlashes. Why have one Batman when you can have all of them? Why have
Pillion (2025)
“It's not a bear movie, it's an otter movie!” a woman opined outside the theater after the early screening of Pillion. It's true: Alexander Skarsgård is too sleek to be
Man on the Run (2025)
The man we meet at the beginning of Man on the Run is no longer a young, starry-eyed boy from Liverpool. The Beatles are disintegrating, the music scene around them
Crime 101 (2026)
Crime 101’s Los Angeles is one of contrasts. From the gorgeous, slowly turning opening shot of the city at night, we see a world of white billionaires collecting art by
The Choral (2025)
The Choral is one of those British historical dramas that feels like a pair of well-worn slippers, a cosy sweater, and a hot cup of tea on a drizzly day.
Marty Supreme (2025)
Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet) is the kind of guy I’d call a “little shit.” A scrawny, smirky white boy with a unibrow and a peach-fuzz little mustache, he exudes a
