Project Hail Mary is a richly rewarding sojourn into the unknown that celebrates intelligence and selflessness.

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

Pixar returns to the head of the animation class with Hoppers, a vibrant, imaginative, and, best of all, exceedingly funny flight of zany madness that is sure to send audiences out of the theater sporting a gigantic smile.

At least it’s funny. I do have to give Mercy that.

Wild, weird, and overflowing in rich ideas, The Bone Temple is a deliciously nasty soliloquy of birth, death, and resurrection that begins like some tragically austere Puccini operetta only to climax with death metal majesty like it’s the most raucous Iron Maiden concert ever staged.

As much as I did enjoy Avatar: Fire and Ash, I’m ready for Cameron to move on to telling new stories far removed from this one.

The Running Man: I say change the channel and go watch something else.

Let the hunt begin.

This may be the end of the world, but nothing about it made me feel fine. I found Bugonia to be an unrelentingly miserable journey into pessimistic darkness, its viscerally sardonic malice more than I could bear.