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"When all else fails, you hit 'em with the truth. Ya know the hard truth. Just bang, bang, bang! Whoo! Whoo!" Digger was touted as the first film in a while in which we witnessed Tom Cruise giving this dramatic performance. When the news came out that he'd be working with 4-time Academy Award-winning filmmaker, Alejandro González Iñárritu, more eyes were on this satirical black comedy. Going into this I was given fair warning that this would divide people, and boy has it! I'v

Tubi is an absolutely phenomenal online streaming service for finding movies that you can't get anywhere else. They have a vast selection of films that rotate onto and off of the provider, and they really put care into curating their cinematic selection. I love to scroll through Tubi for movies and just... see what's out there that I have never watched before. I could spend hours watching popular films there. Tubi also has original movies! Are they typically any good? They ar

AppleTV Plus is, from what I understand, THE destination for high quality TV programs in the 2020's. I say that I only understand that to be the case because I don't watch a lot of serialized television. I'm much more of a movie guy. TV series, to me, are a little arduous in how in-depth they are. I have two hours to watch a movie, yes. I don't have ten hours to give to a ten episode series of hour-long episodes. And then they take YEARS between seasons nowadays. I'm lucky if

Buddy (Keegan-Michael Key) is an anthropomorphic talking unicorn with magical powers and the host of a 1990s-style children's television program. The show centers around him teaching lessons and playing with four children, in the same vein as something like Barney. But when two of the children, Freddy (Delaney Quinn) and Wade (Caleb Williams), become increasingly suspicious of Buddy and his short temper, they begin planning their escape from this seemingly inescapable world.

I have been on vacation for almost the entirety of time from August 13th through September 2nd. And because of that and the various trips I made (South Carolina and Toronto), I watched precious little in the realm of movies. I just haven't had the time or ability. I was either having fun with friends or at Fan Expo Canada as Press and working my time away there. On a year where I have been averaging over one movie watched per day, going over half a month without seeing many r

"I think I'm getting a divorce. What tipped me off was that I'm living in an apartment on my own." After coming off the heels of remaking A Star is Born for a modern audience and trying his hand at making a biopic on Leonard Bernstein's life with Maestro, Bradley Cooper brought us his third film with Is This Thing On? last year. It premiered as the closing film of the 63rd New York Film Festival, where it got rave reviews. Being a fan of Cooper's first two films and having an

In a luxurious villa in Catalonia, four wealthy American siblings live with their blind father, largely isolated from the outside world. Their already complicated family dynamic begins to unravel when Jack (Jamie Bell), the eldest son, announces that he plans to move out and live with his girlfriend, Martha (Elle Fanning). As Martha becomes more involved with the family, tensions between the siblings begin to rise, while Ed (Callum Turner) becomes increasingly fixated on the

In 1975, 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain (Dominic Sessa) arrives in Provincetown with dreams of becoming a writer but little idea of where his life is actually headed. After stumbling into the chaotic world of a local restaurant kitchen, Tony finds himself surrounded by a group of eccentric coworkers who introduce him to an entirely different way of living. As the summer unfolds, he forms new friendships, falls in love, and develops an unexpected passion for food that will ultim

Kris (Hannah Einbinder) is a young filmmaker who is hired to reboot the cult 1980s slasher Camp Miasma. In preparation for the film, she tracks down Billy Presley (Gillian Anderson), the actress who played the original movie’s final girl and now lives on the same grounds where it was filmed. As Kris spends more time with Billy and becomes more obsessed with the history of Camp Miasma, the line between the movie and reality starts to disappear. What begins as a straightforward

Imagine you live in a country where your government has banned premarital sex, except for one night of the year when everyone can go crazy. Well, One Night Only just hit theatres on Friday, and it is one of the wildest movie premises I’ve heard of in a long time. Starring Callum Turner and Monica Barbaro, I was personally excited for the film as it has been marketed as a classic romantic comedy. I am a sucker for romance, so I am always looking for one that brings me back to

The year is 2026 and a 66 year old man has crawled out of a twelve year retirement to make a film begging young people to take their clothes off and be honest with each other. This is where we are. This is I Want Your Sex. Gregg Araki looked at the cultural moment, at the right wing influencers proudly announcing their celibacy like it is a personality trait, at an entire generation too anxious and too online to admit they want anything, and decided that someone needed to say

Much has been made of the lack of true modern A-list stars in Hollywood. Tom Cruise seems to be the last real one (though I'm sure some of his contemporaries like Brad Pitt and Matt Damon might disagree with that assessment), but he is not a young man (and neither are the other two I mentioned). Can Hollywood survive an era where there are no real stars to drive crowds to the cineplex? It's an interesting determination. What besides supernova actors gets people to the movies?

Another week, another new horror release has hit my favorite streaming service, Shudder. To be absolutely honest, Shudder has not been knocking it out of the park so far in 2026. So far of note, we have had Honey Bunch and Forbidden Fruits as outings that I quite enjoyed, and that was just about it. Well, I guess sMothered wasn't bad, either. But it's July as I write this, and they release, as I said, a new movie every week. Most of which I have watched! And most of which hav

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 how has 2026 been so far on the cinematic front? Pretty good! After having just one 4.5 out of 5 movie and no 5 out of 5 offerings in 2025, I've already got one p

The highly acclaimed FX series The Bear returned to fans' screens on Thursday night, heightening anticipation for its final season. In the series' tradition, all eight episodes were dropped for binge-watching. Straying from the series organic flow of travelling to new food scenes across Chicago and the globe, season 5 boldly chooses to take on its own rendition of a chamber piece. Rather than travelling outside of the restaurant, the majority of the season takes place either

Office Romance is about, as you may have guessed, an office romance. Jackie Cruz (Jennifer Lopez) is the President and CEO of an airline, dealing with a lawsuit. Daniel Blanchflower (Brett Goldstein) is her new lawyer. Everyone can see where this is going. Jennifer Lopez has such a natural screen presence that I always enjoy regardless of the quality of the movie. Mediocre movies that involve her are still worth watching to some extent. That was no different here as she plays

Nate Wilcox (Nate Bargatze) is left to take care of his three daughters by himself when his wife Katie (Mandy Moore) has to go out of town for a business related trip. The premise alone is already very been there, done that. The concept that the dad has no idea how to parent because the mom does all the hard work is a stereotype that has been played to death. That wouldn't matter as much if we got one of the best versions of that trope or even a movie that's actually really f

Damien Sachs (Sacha Baron Cohen) is an ultra-successful ad executive with the Atlas agency and he has an insatiable thirst for more. More power, more sex, more money, he wants it all. And in doing so, he ticks every wealthy male stereotype box we all love to hate. Adding fuel to this fire is the fact that he's been tapped by current CEO, Fred Powell (Charles Dance), to be his successor. Except there's a catch. In order to save face and show that Atlas is inclusive and diverse

With I Love Boosters, Boots Riley has made another film that feels like it was conceived at 2am by someone who read three books on Marxist theory, watched every heist movie ever made, and then ate something they probably should not have eaten. I mean this as a compliment. Mostly. Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, and Taylour Paige play three working class Bay Area women who steal luxury goods and resell them on the street at prices normal humans can actually afford. They are not crim

For twenty years, The Devil Wears Prada has been an essential piece of media for anyone wishing to start a career in the fashion industry. The dream of working for a publication is one any girl would kill for. However, for Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway), it is her desperate, final attempt to work for a reputable publication after graduating from Northwestern University. A journalism major, Andy looks down on Runway and those in the fashion industry for being frivolous and not bei