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Before most American audiences had even heard of I Swear, the film had already been pulled into one of the uglier moments in recent awards history. At the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards, Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson — the real man on whose life the film is based — was seated in the audience while Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo (Sinners) took the stage to present an award. During that moment, Davidson involuntarily shouted a racial slur, a direct result of his coprolal

There is a certain kind of studio sci-fi film that feels increasingly endangered. The kind built on scale, curiosity, star power, and emotional payoff. The kind that trusts audiences to engage with ideas while still delivering momentum and spectacle. Project Hail Mary  belongs to that tradition, and it does so with confidence. It is, at least for me, the strongest film I’ve seen so far this year. That may sound like the usual post-screening high talking, the sort of reaction

I produce my own fan-voted movie awards every year.  Previously known as “The Golden Peas,” THE GARAGE AWARDS   WINNERS have been announced in 11 film categories. The nominees were selected from a “short list” of possibilities by a select committee of 32 individuals who are fellow critics, movie lovers and channel members of The Awards Garage on YouTube. Click here for more information. All the nominees, along with each category winner are listed below, and all these winners

As of this writing, it's January 12th, and I've already watched my second foreign language film of the year! I wonder how long it took me to watch a non-English movie in 2025? (Actually, the answer to that depends on whether Flow counts or not. It's a foreign made picture, sure, but it has no language to speak of) Anyway, today's movie comes to you due to the fact that I have seen a lot of Letterboxd friends log this movie recently--with pretty high scores for it!--and I deci

Some films tell a family story. Sentimental Value  feels like it wandered into your own, quietly rearranged a few memories, and then left you to sit with the mess. Joachim Trier’s latest is a father–daughter drama on the surface, but under that it’s a film about time, about the way we turn life into narrative, and about how cinema becomes a substitute language when we don’t know how to speak honestly to the people closest to us. It’s also easily sitting in my top ten of the

I know Netflix kind of hangs its hat on shows these days, but I have always been a movie guy, and I'm glad to see they still release so many new original films. I like television programs, sure, but they're an awful big commitment. Several seasons of several episodes, all lasting between thirty and sixty minutes each. Sometimes much more if you enjoy something like Stranger Things! That's a time commitment of, like, twenty-ish hours or so on a low average. The wife and I rece

I need to watch more of the classic Universal Horror features from the 1930's through 1950's. I've seen a handful of them, sure, but there are several more out there. For instance, I have skipped The Mummy and The Phantom Of The Opera because I had heard they didn't quite measure up to the rest. But maybe I'll dig them anyway when I try them out. My favorites at the point to what I've seen are The Creature From The Black Lagoon , The Invisible Man , and The Bride Of Franken

After thirty years of planning, Guillermo del Toro breathes new life into Frankenstein — an operatic Gothic marvel that’s as emotionally rich as it is visually breathtaking.

I recently combed through the 2025 new releases that I've seen so far to come up with the movies and performances that are both some of...