Disclosure Day (2026)

Minor spoilers ahead you can stop after the first paragraph if you want to avoid them. My review is a C+. I recommend waiting for streaming on this one. I want to give it a higher grade, but I can't. Nothing is wrong with it, but it feels like it never gets out of first gear. The train sequence and the farmhouse scenes feel like film is stretching its legs, but quickly returns back to first gear.

Normally I would say a movie like this doesn't know what it wants to do or was too much on its plate, but I can't say that for this movie. This movie has a clear goal and a strong sense on how to get there, it is just the ending isn't that great. It's a two hour plus movie with great action set pieces that ends with humanity watching a video essay on their phones. It's a such a let down. It felt a disappoint taste in my mouth. Maybe it will get better on rewatches.

Emily Blunt is great in this. I don't think this movie is going to get nominated for anything that isn't behind the scenes stuff, but it’s worth seeing the film for that.

I Love Boosters (2026)

(This was originally published on May 25, 2026)

I am going to be honest with you this movie is super hard to talk about without spoilers. I suggest look up the trailer and coming back.

This movie isn't going to be for everybody, but I loved it. This is a surrealist heist comedy about the importance of unions and community. There are so many good jokes about working retail that I kind of wish it was just about that. This very Michel Gondry inspired, the mix of surreal stop motion with live action, if you like his work then you'll definitely enjoy this.

I want to shout out the performances of Demi Moore and Keke Palmer, both are great in this. Even though they don't share a lot of screen time together, they have great chemistry together. I think both ladies should be up for best of the year awards at the end of this year, but due to the outrageousness of the film I kind of seeing it getting lost in the discussion of this film.

My rating is a strong A. I highly recommend seeing this in a theater. After this anything writer director Boots Reilly I am going to watch.

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu

(This was originally published on May 25, 2026)

I saw this movie twice this long weekend. Once by myself and the other time with my girlfriend. I really enjoyed it. It is everything I want from these two characters, a good fun stand alone story. I don't want these characters to be pushing the Star Wars narrative forward. These characters aren't built for that.

I will say this movie does feel like the first half of a TV season. While I found it to be annoying with Jack Ryan: Ghost War, I thought it worked here. I am a big fan of the show, but my major complaint was the seasons often felt padded. This felt very streamlined. This movie is playing the hits, you’re not getting b sides or new material. I can understand if people are upset about that, but for me it worked. The final season went a little too heavy with the lore. I'm happy to get back to good stand alone stories again. I would be beyond happy if they make a good stand alone film like this every couple of years.

My review is a strong B+. I recommend it. I thought it was great to see it with a crowd, but we all know it's going to end up on Disney plus by the end of the summer, so if you decide to wait I understand.

Duel (2022)

(This was originally published on November 22, 2022)

This film has the plot of a dark comedy satire but wants to be a drama. It should have been a comedy. This whole movie feels like a bunch of joke setups and no punchlines. There was one decent joke with Aaron Paul thought, I will give the film that.

I have a feeling the person who wrote this script was really influenced by Yorgos Lanthimos' film The Lobster. Just watch The Lobster instead of this. The Lobster does everything Dual is trying to do, but better.

It's a solid five out of ten. I want to see Karen Gillian in more lead comedic roles. I think the premise is genius and would work better as a miniseries on a streaming service and not as a 95 minute movie. It's on AMC+, I can't recommend.

The Death of Robin Hood (2026)

(This was originally published on June 23, 2026)

This is like someone tried to make an art house version of Logan with a popular fair use character that got lucky enough to get Hugh Jackman to star in it. That is mean, but that's the best way to describe this film. It's a well shot movie, the limited action scenes in this are great, but it doesn’t know what it wants to be. Is it a redemption arch or is it a deconstruction of the Robin Hood character. This movie tries to do both and ends up feeling flat.

Outside of a couple of scenes Hugh Jackman never really gets out of first gear like he did in Logan. For what this movie was trying to be he needed to bring that of performance.

My review is a C. You can definitely wait for streaming.

Mortal Kombat 2 (2026)

(This was originally published on May 9, 2026)

This franchise has such a great premise, people fighting to the death in a tournament. It's simple, it's easy, so it's such a shame that they have to stuff it with so much boring lore and back story.

This franchise loves it's own lore too much. If you're into that you're going to love this movie. If not this movie is going to drag for an first two acts. Karl Urban deserves an award for his performance, he's great in this. He was the only thing keeping me interested in this film until the middle of the second act. I kind of wish this reboot had been centered around his character.

Once this film commits to the tournament, it's a decent movie. It's a fun blockbuster. This movie is going to play well on basic cable. My review is a C+. Would I recommend seeing this movie in theaters, no unless you're a fan of the franchise I think you might have more fun watching this at home.

Don't sleep on that Karl Urban performance.

The Old Guard 2

(Originally published on July 2, 2025)

I am so frustrated with this movie. I was so hyped for this, and it let me down. The first one was my favorite film of that year, and this is all set up, little to no pay off. I like the cast,but outside of Charlize Theron, they feel like background actors. I feel like this film wasted Uma Thurman's time. She barely has anything to do in this movie, and I don't think she brought her A game.

The first movie was a fun action movie, with strong female leads, positive queer representation, and cool fight scenes. That basically sets up Netflix's version of the middle age X Men. This should have been a franchise where these cool immortal former soldiers travel the world fight evil with just enough back story and lore sprinkled in here and there. This movie is a whole lot of back story and lore and not enough action.

For a movie that's spends so much time building on top of its original, it forgot what made it work so well the first time. The perfect balance of story and action is thrown out the window for what feels like a speed run of underdeveloped dramatic moments and plot.

I am not happy about this, but my review is a D.

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War (2026)

(This was originally published May 23, 2026)

This feels like half of a season of the tv show cramped into a 107 minute movie. It's not good. The one positive thing that I can say is that it move fast. It's not trying to monopolize your time.

This should have been another season of the tv show. Everything feels underdeveloped and poorly written. Wendell Pierce gives this monolouge where the word cost is said about five to ten different times in two minutes. The villain is dull and never feels threatening. The film never gives him time to be, he just comes off as an upset middle age man on a cellphone. He could be talking about bad customer service and not terrorism.

I don't like John Krasinski's take on the Jack Ryan character. He feels more CIA operator than analyst, which is a point the film goes out of its way to stress to you about every five minutes.

This movie is super forgettable. No one outside of the Jack Ryan fan base will remember this movie in six weeks. My review is a D, you can skip this.

Obsession (2026)

There were so many things that I liked about this movie and three things that frustrated me. Of those three things I will only address two of them because the third is a spoiler.

I think this is a great commentary on young men in their 20s and all the wrong ways that they can deal with unrequited love. This movie is going to be the subject matter of countless video essays on YouTube for the next five to ten years. It addresses a lot without feeling too "this is the message".

I am not familiar with the two leads, Inde Navarrette and Michael Johnston, but I thought they were great. I look forward to seeing them in whatever their next projects are. Whoever did the lighting in this movie, they did amazing work. They really set the tone for how crazy this movie was going to get.

This movie has pacing problems. The main character often finds himself in awkward moments. The film really want you to feel the awkwardness of those moments. The problem is it stays in those moments too long and it just slows the film down. What is supposed to feel like a stylistic choice ends up feeling like padding.

My other issue with this movie it feels like it was a short film/ story idea that was stretched out to fit the length of a feature film. The second act of this movie plays some of the same notes over and over again when it should just move on to the next one. The two leads make it easy to get through these moments, but that's a testament to their acting abilities rather than the script.

All my issues with the pacing of this film come during the second act. Especially compared to the fast paced and chaotic nature of the third act.

Do I recommend this movie, yes. Do you need to see this in a theater, maybe. If you like horror movies then yes. If you’re a casual horror movie fan like I am then I recommend waiting until it hits streaming services. I think this movie is going to play better on rewatches, there is a lot this movie is trying to say and I think it takes more than one watch to get it all. Also I would pair it with 2025's

Companion for a "the dangers of unrequited love" double feature.

My review is a strong B-.

Super Girl (2026)

I am not saying this movie is underrated or some sort of masterpiece, but it has taken a lot of unnecessary criticism. I heard people call this movie a disappointment or a film with nothing going on and I don't agree. I think a lot of people expect this to be James Gunn's Superman part 2, when in reality it's feels more like a movie tie in back up story to Gunn's Superman movie from last year. It's a fun story that gets you on board with this take on the Supergirl character. It doesn’t really push the character forward or the DC films forward.

As someone who is halfway through the book this movie is based on, this movie feels like it should have been an eight part miniseries like HBO Max's The Penguin. There is no depth to this film, it just feels like it is running to the next scene. This film is too concerned with getting through the plot to worry about developing it's characters. If I was a Supergirl fan that would be very frustrating, especially since the flashbacks feel like they are supposed to do that. They kind of do, but they mostly left me asking more questions. If you told me that there was another half-hour or hour left on the editing room floor I would believe you.

It's got enough fun action scenes that I can't write this movie off. Jason Momoa is pretty good as Lobo and I don't even like that character. I think this movie is going to do crazy numbers on basic cable and streaming, this has all the makings of a future TNT/TBS/USA Network classic. This a great movie to fold laundry to on a weekend afternoon. You will be folding your clothes and Supergirl will be folding up her enemies. I call that a win win.

If you like superhero movies then I recommend seeing this, but you can wait for streaming on this one. My review is a C.