Weapons
Ever since I heard the premise of this film, I've been intrigued to see how the narrative would play out. Kids Naruto-running out of their houses inconspicuously in the middle of the night? Cool stuff! I haven't checked out Barbarian yet, but I plan to do
Frankenstein
To be honest, I've never been interested in Frankenstein as a character or story: the scientist and the monster never interested me, so I didn't really give any of its adaptations a chance. However, bingeing through all of this year's Oscar nominations that I
Train Dreams
Train Dreams was the third-to-last of the 98th Academy Awards Best Picture nominees I watched. After watching the other two emotionally subdued yet hopeful tragedies that were Hamnet and Sentimental Value, one which I enjoyed enough and one which I found to be one of the weakest Oscar picks in
Hamnet
As soon as this film was released on Peacock, I threw it on to see what the hype was all about! As a casual fan of Chloé Zhao, I was intrigued to see her take on the story of Hamlet's conception and how she would bring the iconic
Marty Supreme
Even with the monumental success of the Safdie Brothers in the past, I was a tad skeptical about this ping-pong film. Not because there's anything wrong with ping-pong, I enjoy the game as much as the next person, but I didn't really think I'd
Song Sung Blue
Spoilers ahead for Song Sung Blue! Song Sung Blue was one of the most surprising and interesting films of 2025 for a plethora of reasons. This movie takes the viewer through the full range of emotions and reveals so many twists and turns atypical for a musical biopic. As such,
Zootopia
Warning: spoilers for Zootopia 2 ahead. Dang man, what the heck, as Kevin's parents would say in Home Alone: "we did it again!" This movie wasn't a complete mess, and was an actually worthy sequel! Anyway, Zootopia 2 arrived to bring us back into
Bugonia
My best cinephile friend, Hunter Haubert, once upon a time convinced me to watch Jordan Peele's Nope. And, unfortunately, I didn't like it that much. Hunter, looks like Bugonia is my Nope, and you've said Nope to Bugonia. Because this is my crazy alien
Jurassic Park
Spoilers ahead for Jurassic World: Rebirth! I know this film disappointed many people, but me? It was exactly what I wanted from the movie, and it is undoubtedly the best Jurassic World film, even if it isn't fresher than Fallen Kingdom. And, ask me on the right day,