The best popcorn film of the summer is writer-director David Robert Mitchell’s wildly entertaining Spielbergian throwback The End of Oak Street.

Backrooms is a stylish and imaginative jolt of malevolent weirdness that got under my skin.

The Bride! remains my favorite film of 2026.

Mortal Kombat II is nothing more than a half-dead carcass uneasily resting several steps beyond salvation.

They Will Kill You isn’t without its issues, but it still manages to slay the majority of them with a crooked smile, a windmill kick to the head, and a swift meat cleaver thrust to the side of the neck.

As unexpected (and unnecessary) sequels go, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come doesn’t have any right to be as good as it is.

I will see films in 2025 that I will dislike far more than I do writer-director Ian Tuason’s undertone. I doubt I will see many that I will find nearly as disappointing.

Calling this invigorating cinematic caterwaul magnificent would be an injustice. The Bride! is so much better than that.

As big a fan as I’ve been of this series since the beginning, Scream 7 stabs this franchise in the heart and puts any chance for a triumphant resurrection on life support.