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Rating Title | Year Author Quote
B-
Dracula (2025) Jesse Hassenger In the hands of Jones and Besson, this Dracula is… kind of a dumb-ass.
Posted Apr 16, 2026  Edit critic review
B
Cold Storage (2026) Jesse Hassenger Cold Storage makes horror-comedy look as easy and appealing as it’s supposed to be.
Posted Apr 16, 2026  Edit critic review
D+
Psycho Killer (2026) Jesse Hassenger Psycho Killer shows some kinship between the psychos and the killers: Both types of movies can be insultingly, irretrievably stupid.
Posted Apr 16, 2026  Edit critic review
B-
The Bluff (2026) Jesse Hassenger At its lean and efficient best, the movie feels sort of like a pirate take on a violent Western. As its most generic, it feels like any other limited-location action thriller,
Posted Apr 16, 2026  Edit critic review
B
Forbidden Fruits (2026) Jesse Hassenger In the translation from stage to screen, the filmmakers create a clever generational dissonance.
Posted Apr 16, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
Alpha (2025) Jesse Hassenger Unlike so many horror filmmakers, Ducourneau doesn’t seem fixated on inherited trauma, so much as the ongoing trauma of living in an imperfect world with a deeply fallible body.
Posted Apr 16, 2026  Edit critic review
C-
Scream 7 (2026) Jesse Hassenger If a Scream movie forgoes horror talk or broader pop culture for a story about a mother trying in vain to protect her child from trauma, isn’t it just another middling legacy sequel?
Posted Apr 16, 2026  Edit critic review
B-
Faces of Death (2026) Jesse Hassenger It’s both a canny contemporary riff on the material and a well-made but only moderately scary slasher.
Posted Apr 16, 2026  Edit critic review
C+
Thrash (2026) Jesse Hassenger Wirkola doesn’t cut between the stories in a way that ratchets up tension; he’s more talented at moving things along than actually wringing the maximum suspense out of every scene.
Posted Apr 16, 2026  Edit critic review
B
Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026) Jesse Hassenger Cronin has figured out a new, more cleverly ghastly route into the mummy mythology, preying on parental fears and playing up the squishy pliability of the human form.
Posted Apr 16, 2026  Edit critic review
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026) Samantha Nelson While there aren’t as many big laughs or surprises as the first film, Ready or Not 2 has some incredible moments... But if Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett send Grace on a third killing spree, hopefully they’ll make it a bit more focused.
Posted Mar 14, 2026  Edit critic review
75
Iron Lung (2026) Tasha Robinson Iron Lung is an immersive experience. It traps the audience in a close, suffocating space, and the sense of terror is palpable and thrilling. It’s a slow-burn horror movie, but it certainly isn’t lacking in scares.
Posted Mar 10, 2026  Edit critic review
85
Project Hail Mary (2026) Tasha Robinson For once, fans’ "Did they do the book justice?" anxieties are misplaced: The movie version of Project Hail Mary is funny, strange, heartening, and completely satisfying.
Posted Mar 10, 2026  Edit critic review
75
War Machine (2026) Tasha Robinson The pleasures of Netflix’s sci-fi action movie War Machine are simple, straightforward, and gut-level. There’s a strong thread of competence porn here, and it covers both what’s happening on screen, and what’s clearly going on behind it.
Posted Mar 06, 2026  Edit critic review
78
THE BRIDE! (2026) Tasha Robinson The Bride! seems like it was meant to be analyzed at length, with fans seizing on different elements as the key to the whole shambling conglomeration. But like so many Frankensteinian creatures that preceded it onscreen, it’s a bit of an unwieldy monster.
Posted Mar 04, 2026  Edit critic review
Redux Redux (2025) Samantha Nelson Despite those flaws, Redux Redux demonstrates what makes multiverse stories so compelling.
Posted Feb 20, 2026  Edit critic review
This Is Not a Test (2025) Chris E Hayner This particular horror subgenre has grown up and gone off to college. Meanwhile, movies like This Is Not a Test are still stuck in high school.
Posted Feb 18, 2026  Edit critic review
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) Jake Kleinman Good Luck is undeniably a messy shaggy dog of a movie, but it’s a beautiful mess. It’s a timely plea for humanity to snap out of our collective tech-enabled stupor before it’s too late, if it isn’t already. I
Posted Feb 10, 2026  Edit critic review
Arco (2025) Brian VanHooker For a movie that’s so (understandably) cynical about our current times, it’s optimistic about the future, though it sounds like things will have to get far worse before they ever get better.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
The Confession (2025) Aimee Hart What follows is an 87-minute hotpot of different genres that somehow remains cohesive right up until the finale.
Posted Jan 16, 2026  Edit critic review
B
We Bury the Dead (2024) Jesse Hassenger We Bury the Dead isn’t as boldly stylized as either of Danny Boyle’s forays into zombieland, but it does benefit from location shooting, the steady clarity of Hilditch’s compositions, and Ridley’s haunted yet determined performance.
Posted Jan 14, 2026  Edit critic review
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) Jake Kleinman Much like a doted-on youngest child, the saga’s final entry may get pampered with the biggest reveals and plot points. But as far as middle entries go, The Bone Temple is one of the best.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
B-
Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) Jesse Hassenger Silent Night, Deadly Night takes the material seriously without any suffocating fealty to its low-rent aesthetics.
Posted Dec 23, 2025  Edit critic review
B+
Influencers (2025) Jesse Hassenger It’s the same principle that made the James Bond movies look so opulent: Yes, explosive action and special effects can show off a big budget, but just providing a travelogue of sorts for the audience also feels inherently cinematic.
Posted Dec 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) Matt Patches Nothing in this movie is entirely novel and, yet for the first time in this series, I cared deeply about where the actual story of Avatar was going, and felt satisfied over how Cameron landed his personal leonopteryx.
Posted Dec 16, 2025  Edit critic review
Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution (2025) Isaac Rouse Although Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution delivers an exciting preview for what’s to come, I wish the Shibuya stuff were more extended, especially the fight between Mahoraga and Sukuna.
Posted Dec 10, 2025  Edit critic review
Dust Bunny (2025) Aimee Hart Dust Bunny speaks to your inner child, while also being a not-so-gentle reminder that your fears are only as strong as you make them out to be. It’s a visually and thematically distinct horror fairytale, and one that fans of Fuller will love.
Posted Dec 10, 2025  Edit critic review
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025) Chris Hayner If Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 was meant for a mass audience, it should make some concessions for that audience. Instead, FNAF 2 left me feeling excluded from the party other people were having.
Posted Dec 04, 2025  Edit critic review
Zootopia 2 (2025) Samantha Nelson Zootopia 2 isn’t as narratively tight as the original... But it’s just as ambitious in its earnest effort to drive home a big moral message by inviting viewers into an incredibly detailed, vibrant world.
Posted Nov 25, 2025  Edit critic review
Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025) Chris E Hayner In the moments where we get to see these younger magicians marvel at the Horsemen, while also showing them the dated nature of some of their magic, Now You See Me: Now You Don't is a really enjoyable movie.
Posted Nov 11, 2025  Edit critic review
Predator: Badlands (2025) Samantha Nelson While there's plenty of CGI-packed action, there's no real tension.
Posted Nov 04, 2025  Edit critic review
The Elixir (2025) Claire Lewis It's mostly serving up scares. But they're effective scares, and because the film gives each character enough room to grow and doesn't punish them for having flaws, the result is an engaging and enjoyable entry in the zombie horror genre.
Posted Oct 27, 2025  Edit critic review
Frankenstein (2025) Oli Welsh It’s all very sweeping. If it’s not quite as moving as the director wants it to be, it might be because Elordi’s lovely, soulful monster eclipses most of the human players with ease.
Posted Oct 22, 2025  Edit critic review
Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc (2025) Isaac Rouse A great time, a terrific point of entry, and a memorable love story.
Posted Oct 22, 2025  Edit critic review
TRON: Ares (2025) Samantha Nelson Rønning’s dazzling action sequences and the killer soundtrack might be enough to satisfy fans, but Tron: Ares feels just as likely to get lost among a sea of the type of films Tron inspired.
Posted Oct 07, 2025  Edit critic review
Shelby Oaks (2023) Jake Kleinman Shelby Oaks is a worthy meditation on what happens when early internet culture comes face-to-face with modern-day horror.
Posted Sep 19, 2025  Edit critic review
Mononoke The Movie: Chapter II - The Ashes of Rage (2025) Aimee Hart Ashes of Rage drops gobsmacking visual hints and puzzles throughout its tightly structured narrative, and they're wonderful to analyze and pick at, especially on a second viewing.
Posted Aug 14, 2025  Edit critic review
War of the Worlds (2025) Matt Patches If the movie were any good, I might fear the implications.
Posted Aug 06, 2025  Edit critic review
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) Samantha Nelson It’s a silly family-friendly story that stands on its own, without expecting its audience knows what came before or cares much about what comes after.
Posted Jul 22, 2025  Edit critic review
Smurfs (2025) Oli Welsh Smurfs is garbage. It’s a randomized assortment of Stuff That Happens in Kids’ Animated Movies, which scriptwriter Pam Brady and director Chris Miller seem to have organized into a narrative by means of free-association.
Posted Jul 16, 2025  Edit critic review
Distant (2023) Matt Patches Long Distance has brains, brawn, and a sappy sentimental side.
Posted Jul 11, 2025  Edit critic review
B
Superman (2025) Jesse Hassenger Gunn’s real superpower is his ability to wear this comic-book nonsense lightly — to take it seriously within the world of the movie without feeling like he’s assigning homework.
Posted Jul 08, 2025  Edit critic review
The Woman in the Yard (2025) Zosha Millman Jaume Collet-Serra and writer Sam Stefanak don’t savor the promise of Woman in the Yard’s premise. Instead, they point toward an ending like a pool player calling a pocket. Which makes it all the more disappointing that the movie can’t even sink its shot.
Posted Jun 18, 2025  Edit critic review
The Shrouds (2024) Zosha Millman The Shrouds splashes around in the deep end of a lonely pool, the frustration of loving, longing for, and feeling left behind by a partner who’s passed on.
Posted Jun 18, 2025  Edit critic review
4/5
28 Years Later (2025) Samantha Nelson With 28 Years Later, Boyle and Garland have once again produced a remarkable, surreal film by stretching and evolving the genre’s tropes.
Posted Jun 18, 2025  Edit critic review
Our Times (2025) Samantha Nelson Rather than obsessing over the idea of fixing the past, Our Time is a bittersweet meditation about personal growth and the way relationships shift with circumstances.
Posted Jun 12, 2025  Edit critic review
71/100
Ballerina (2025) Tasha Robinson Ballerina may not satisfy all the John Wick stalwarts. But it does have its own satisfying angles, thanks to two things the filmmakers do radically differently from the rest of the franchise — and one thing they take straight from the series’ heart.
Posted Jun 04, 2025  Edit critic review
Fountain of Youth (2025) Samantha Nelson Vanderbilt and Ritchie’s attempt to find some profound meaning in the search for lost treasure never really works, because their characters are too thin to make their emotional catharsis meaningful.
Posted May 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) Matt Patches Dead Reckoning was satisfying, in a classic M:I way, but it needed a coda to wrap up all its open-ended plots.
Posted May 14, 2025  Edit critic review
The Rose of Versailles (2025) Petrana Radulovic I can see how a recap movie with beautiful animation and song sequences would appeal to a longtime fan of this franchise, but for someone new to the story, it just feels like a frustrating hint of something even better.
Posted May 01, 2025  Edit critic review
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