Consequence

Tony doesn’t give Tony too much growth by the end, but it does highlight some core values that Bourdain would express in his work as an adult: The pleasure of creation, the beauty of consumption, and the power of the unassuming and unexpected.

A remarkably coherent, often joyful film, dedicated to giving the character some growth and grace.

The director's highly anticipated follow-up to Oscar-winning Oppenheimer is a true blank check moment, an opportunity for Nolan to obsess over period details, work with a remarkable cast, and continue exploring the concept of war as not an opportunity for glory, but as a corrosive element that tears both societies and people apart.

Moana contains no nightmare fuel on the level of 2025's Snow White — which ends up being high praise for adaptations like these. At this point, it feels like too much of a stretch to hope for better from these remakes. The most we can aspire to is different. If only to avoid the feeling of watching a rerun.

There’s even a sweetness to the humble beginnings on display here, especially the extremely low-fi nature of the stuntwork. As gnarly as it is to revisit the 2010 Poo Cocktail Supreme, it’s equally harrowing to watch a young Knoxville get taped into a cardboard box and then tipped down a flight of stairs.

When Supergirl takes big risks, they tend to pay off. There aren't enough of those moments, though.

What Toy Story 5 reveals is that this approach may have indeed peaked with Toy Story 3 — and that we may have found the limit to what a toy’s perspective on the world has to teach us.

Disclosure Day is both small and massive in scope — focused on a few specific characters over the course of a few days. That tightness could feel claustrophobic, except it allows the film to explore huge themes about faith and aliens, and how the existence of one might affect the other. In between the car chases, that is.

Given the choice between a silly take on this material and a grounded one, the silly version feels far preferable. If nothing else, the film is doing its best to have fun. The way playing with one's toys should feel.

There have been some exciting new stories told in this universe since the premiere of The Rise of Skywalker in 2019, but watching this latest installment of Lone Wolf and Cub in space just confirms the degree to which Star Wars feels like it’s spinning its wheels.