The Dog Stars may not have a lot to say, but there’s still plenty it is working overtime to make its audience feel.

Safe to say, this Penny Lane is Dead is not for the faint of heart.

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.