Shark movies! I want to make this abundantly clear: I’m not a shark movie guy. I mean, I like Jaws as much as the next person, but I don’t understand the cinematic world’s fascination with these beasts of the sea. I don’t get why Shark Week is a thing that people celebrate and program TV watching around. I just… it’s all beyond me. There are … Continue reading The Devil’s Mouth Review
Much has been made of the lack of true modern A-list stars in Hollywood. Tom Cruise seems to be the last real one (though I’m sure some of his contemporaries like Brad Pitt and Matt Damon might disagree with that assessment), but he is not a young man (and neither are the other two I mentioned). Can Hollywood survive an era where there are no … Continue reading How To Make A Killing Review
Weight loss culture is a big thing these days. I feel like that’s a permanent truism, really. When has weight loss NOT been one of the pre-eminent things on Americans’ minds? It’s a constant top New Year’s Resolution every single winter, and celebrity culture has made thin in for ages now. But in the back half of the 2020’s, it only seems to be rising … Continue reading Saccharine Review
1999 is widely considered one of the best years for film in the medium’s history. The Mummy, The Matrix, Fight Club, The Sixth Sense, Toy Story 2, Office Space, and several other notable offerings have a lot of folks absolutely in love with the last year of the 1990’s from a cinematic perspective. This is all to say that when you ask folks to name … Continue reading Sleepy Hollow Review
Building a movie around a shtick is always a double-edged sword. Whether it’s an extended one-cut or non-linear storytelling or a lack of dialogue (as with today’s outing), you could end up with a sensational picture that achieves what others can’t… or you could end up with a flick that can’t get out of its own way and whose gimmick is more distraction than benefit. … Continue reading Motor City Review
Another week, another new horror release has hit our favorite streaming service, Shudder. To be absolutely honest, Shudder has not been knocking it out of the park so far in 2026. So far of note, we have had Honey Bunch and Forbidden Fruits as outings that I quite enjoyed, and that was just about it. Well, I guess sMothered wasn’t bad, either. But it’s July … Continue reading Touch Me Review
Directed by Meredith Alloway Written by Meredith Alloway and Lily Houghton Starring Lili Reinhart, Lola Tung, Victoria Pedretti, and Alexandra Shipp With the commitment to its own candy coating and its camp, this becomes a fun time whose cast is all for the ride. I get why people have been comparing this to Mean Girls and The Craft, and I also saw a review draw … Continue reading Review of Forbidden Fruits
Directed by Steven Spielberg Written by David Koepp Starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Eve Hewson, Colin Firth, Colman Domingo, Wyatt Russell, Elizabeth Marvel, Henry Lloyd-Hughes, and Courtney Grace As clunky and sluggishly paced as this can be, it’s got some real emotional heft that keeps me seated up till the deeply impactful ending. Oh dear, though, before that point, we’re having to tread through quite … Continue reading Review of Disclosure Day
As of this writing, it’s July 1st. Coming into today, I had seen 56 movies released in 2026. Not quite the pace I was on last year, but not a bad one by any stretch. With most of the days of the year in the backend, I’m likely easily going to crush 100 new releases in the calendar year. And that’s got me excited. So … Continue reading Little Brother Review
Up until today, the oldest movie I had watched in 2026 was 1957’s The Seventh Seal. Which is definitely old! But I thought I could do a little better. After having skipped over the choice on Tubi a couple of times, I finally sat myself down and decided to go a full eighteen years older and watch 1939’s Mr. Smith Goes To Washington. Despite his … Continue reading Mr. Smith Goes To Washington Review
Written and directed by Boots Riley Starring Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, Taylour Paige, Poppy Liu, Eiza González, Demi Moore, LaKeith Stanfield, Will Poulter, and Don Cheadle. This may not vibe with me as strongly as Sorry to Bother You had, but hot damn, this is so self-assured about presenting its anti-capitalist commentary in such a colorfully bonkers fashion that I simply must have a hoot … Continue reading Review of I Love Boosters
I like to imagine I’m really confusing the hell out of the little gremlin personally in charge of my Tubi algorithm. In recent months, Tubi has become one of my favorite streaming services. Its movie selection is almost unparalleled, and it has a wide array of both big name flicks and independent outings exclusive to the streamer. While most other services are clogging up with … Continue reading Prank Night Review
This isn’t my first foray into the history of the Slasher film genre. I still do love me some Slashers, but something like 90% of my experience with them comes in the form of franchises. Your Halloweens or Fridays The 13th or A Nightmares On Elm Street or even a Maniac Cop or three. I dig them, but I tend to dig them in bunches, … Continue reading The Burning Review
Written and directed by Elliot Tuttle Starring Reed Birney and Kieron Moore This takes a bold path towards challenging us with its deeply uncomfortable material, and it achieves that with quite a nimble hand. What writer-director Elliot Tuttle does to keep things afloat with Reed Birney and Kieron Moore onboard as the starring duo deserves admiration, because this could have easily collapsed into a bucket … Continue reading Review of Blue Film
I’m having a very Sylvester Stallone-ified 2026 so far. First, there was my rush of Rocky movies that I watched earlier this year. Then there was my recent rewatch of Guardians Of The Galaxy Volume 2, which I will be covering on the 8/12/26 episode of the Stew World Order podcast. I actually always forget Stallone is in that, his role is so minor and … Continue reading First Blood Review
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