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
Directed by Valerie Weiss Written by Casey Schroen Starring Bailey Noble, Jeanine Mason, Michael Grant Terry, Bill Sage, Dendrie Taylor, Kyanna Simone Simpson, Alexis Rosinsky, and Timothy Granaderos Damn, a lesbian action thriller that shows off the badassery of archery? Now this is the suspenseful substance that we need more of. As someone who’s taken precisely one archery lesson, which occurred on my 18th birthday, … Continue reading Review of The Archer
You know, I’m perfectly fine with the way movies are release nowadays. I know there are complaints that the only movies that get made are low-budget efforts that won’t hurt a studio if they fail or big budget blockbusters. People will lament that the mid-cost movie never gets made anymore. Where are the Adventure pictures? What happened to the studio Comedy? Where have all of … Continue reading Office Romance Review
Written and directed by Larry Cohen Starring Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Megan Gallagher, Richard Bright, Janine Turner, Eric Braeden, Nick Chinlund, Red Buttons, James Dixon, and Stan Lee The chaotic creativity of this 1990 flick is absolutely something that belongs in Larry Cohen’s distinct filmography, and it’s all such fun to gobble up. I can understand why I’d come across a review that compared … Continue reading Review of The Ambulance
Legacy sequels are a strange beast. To come out with a sequel years (and sometimes decades) after a previous movie was released can be a real double-edged sword. You can capture nostalgia and tell an interesting story about where the characters have been in the intervening years. But you also have to make sure the tale you are telling is worthwhile and needs to be … Continue reading The Mummy Returns Review
Nothing makes me feel more pretentious and pseudo-artsy-fartsy than a thought I had earlier today: I have really eclectic taste in movies. Now, do I think most everyone has an eclectic taste in film, whether they realize it to not? Yes, I really do. So I don’t think I’m too darned special in this regard. But still… it’s good to know that I can get … Continue reading Miss You, Love You Review
I watched Christopher Nolan’s Insomnia earlier this year on a whim. It was one of those movies that I was not positive if I had ever seen it before or not, so I found it on a service and put it on. I had a very good time with it, and I just kind of moved on with my life. It was great, but it … Continue reading Dunkirk Review
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