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Big viral hit is a pretty good thriller but is way too over rated. Yet the film maker, Curry Baker, shows great promise and A24 gave him 2 literally Oscar calibre actors to realise his vision. We can see greater things from him in the future.

A massive surprise hit that was so low budget, it became probably one of the most profitable film of all time. It has one special 'effect': Inde Navarette completelly multi layered performance. It is so uncanny and strange, complex and unhinged that it probably was the reason that this film was so popular. This performance will be Oscar nominated for sure, with a high potential win for her.

This is actually a great adaptation of the toy franchise, lovingly created and made by everybody involved that....flopped so hard in the box office. Why? Because this IP may be loved a lot but the demography skewed really old like myself (above 45). Hopefully, it will get some younger viewers into this movie once its in Amazon Prime. It will for sure, be considered a cult classic later on for sure.

Disclosure Day is probably one of Spielberg's best movies in years, but it is way below what the 'Master's' output at the height of his powers. Back then, his movies provide that sense of awe and thrills that many can achieve. Now, at the twilight of his career, we can see his film being trounced literally by two Indie darling, Obsession and Backroom. It's an interesting bookend to his so called 'Benign Alien' trilogy, starting from Close Encounters, ET and now this film. An interesting watch, with some surpisingly good action sequences (his best since Minority Report), but alas, we expect more and it does not deliver.

Mean spirited, but albeit 'fun' thriller changes genres so many times that only a veteran director like Raimi can juggle these. It's great though that he is having fun with this picture, a breath of fresh air from directing a 'corporate product' such as the Dr Strange MOM.

A great course correction for Pixar. This is what Disney should be about: fun, great characters and above all, a great story line with a message. While Hopper offers something unique albeit pedestrian, Pixar shows that they are one of the few studios that can 'milk' an IP without actually 'milking it'. This is how you do sequels folks. Find a great story first to tell. At the moment, this is the best movie of 2026.

Nobody 2 is basically an action choreography flick and nothing more. This John Wick / Taken inspired films may be great to watch, but after so many imitations, it feels all the same. Still watchable, with as surprising performance by Sharon Stone as the villain, but not as good as its predecessor.

Interesting, Oscar bait picture may be a career ending film for Aster, a clear horror darling that made Hereditary, one of the best horror flick in the last decade. On its own, it has some pretty good twists and I'm not going to deny it, there are some pretty good action scenes. But it's a movie that nobody wants to watch, despite the fact that it has very, very similar tone to 'One Battle after Another' (i.e. comedy / action / western vibe). Alas, it flopped quite badly.

Released the same time as Ready or Not 2, this film has some good action choreography and some good twists, but it has the same plot as that flick and flopped hard. Not a bad watch, but don't expect too much out of it.

Funny, self aware thriller- comedy is suspenseful and funny. Well cast and the plot is actually more unpredictable than you think.

Well made, but controversial adaptation tries to modernize the literary classic. For newbies like me, it works. It's a similar approach that has been used in the past. Casting Jacob Elordi is also a good choice. Seems that he plays a good looking, highly toxic, yet symphathetic individual exremelly well. Yet, Robbie is way too old for this role and that really affects the movie's effectiveness.

Boring, pretentious movie is meant to be a thriller / horror, with a stellar 'oscar worthy' casts. It's not thrilling. It's not scary. It has the tone of a satire but it's not funny. It looks like it was made for less of a million when in fact it's budget was 50 million dollars. I think these Hollywood executives has got to think really hard who they gave their money to. On one hand, they looked down on their audiences and gave them 'franchise' pictures like Mandalorian and Grogu that are so generic. Then they gave this movie so much money as the director is a so called 'auteur'. A film that was so left field that nobody wants to watch. Both the Backroom and Obsession, 2026's 'sensations' were made for so little, with so much impact, should give them a lesson on things that people really want to see at home and in cinemas.

Messy 'remake' of the Bride of Frankenstein shows lots of promise, marrying it with a period 'Bonnie and Clyde' vibe. But Gylenhall is a much better actress than director. It's good that a lot of academic voters did not see the Bride before giving Buckley the Oscars, her scenes are hammy and over the top. The tone of this flick is all over the place; truly its parts are really better than its total sum. One of 2026's biggest flop so far.

Sequel to the Video Game adaptation is more faithful to the source material, however, it is rifed with uninteresting choreography and action. Only in the last 15 minutes or so, the flick starts to feel alive. The best part of this? The end credits where the original soundtrack is played in the background.

Lots of hate for this film which was designed as a streaming movie. At least I get a bang for my buck instead of having to see a 'streaming movie' on theather (Disney..cough, cough). It's actually punch above its weight quite a bit thanks to Krasinski himself. Hey, if you want to have a stand alone movie, give a good protagonist and conflict that's worth the audience time. At least this flick did that. It also made me curious for the long running (yet finished) series. I might binge that in the weekend.

Not exactly that we have in mind for the Mummy, it feels more like an extension of the 'Evil Dead' franchise. However, it has enough unpredictable moments to make this a worthwhile watch.

Mandalorian and Grogu is Disney again at its most cynical. It’s basically a damage control to its overly focus on Disney + and again, while it is financially responsible, doesn’t mean that it results in a good product. The end result: a no stake adventure, repurposed from Mandalorian season 4, that is made for people who have not seen the series. Sure, they add in budget for some snazzy CGI and effects, but all the set pieces, with the exception of the first 10 minutes, are mediocre at best. Wait for its debut on Disney+ instead.

One of Burton's best movies still hold well all these years. As usual, Depp is excellent and another surprise for me, so many of the cast members end up in the Harry Potter series.

Two great casts lead what we can say as a B movie and moved it to a surprising, and thrilling direction. Theron's 'action star' recent career turn is paired with Edgerton's current turn as a villain.

Fun animated movie from believe or not, John Lasseter, has a stacked cast and despite its odd design choices (yup, I'm talking about the character's noses), it ends in a poignant way. A great watch.

I've never liked Derrickson's works, except for his non horror flicks. This installment on his successful franchise is so derivative of the Nightmare of Elm Street, without the imaginative kills. Nevertheless, it's great to see Hawke back, a talented and dependable actor, despite the lacklustre material here.

A flop when it was released, this is actually a faithful adaptation of King's novella. It has great visceral action and moves propulsively. Too bad Powell seems to have no drawing power whatsoever to this project, eventhough he is quite good in this flick. Probably will be a hit and like any other of Edgar Wright's movies (that often flops), will become a cult classic.

Predictable shark fest is supported by B rate actors that just made this unnecessarily uninvolving. There is a good thriller in here, if only Honsou, always a great presence is not relegated to the sideline form most of the flick.

Entertaining sequel to the surprise hit brings you more of the same, with great casts and locale. But it's thunder has been taken by so many series such as 'Emily in Paris', 'Sex and the City' and the like that its potency was a bit lost. Nevertheless, its beloved cast buoyed this flick and made it enjoyable.

Let’s get this right, the critics are clearly way too harsh on this film. As it is, it is a great rendition of the King of Pop’s career, up to 1985, way before any of his controversies really arise. As for its spectacle, it defintelly delivers, recreating the King of Pop’s iconic moments to a tee. Kudos also for the casts, including Jafaar Jackson and Domingo, for delivering some truly great, nuanced performances, in a relatively short running time. Worth a watch and will be a big hit.

Entertaining sequel to the box office hit has all the Nintendo nostalgia that you can want and great production values. However, the novelty is starting to wear thin. Still a pretty good watch but not as good as the original.

Entertaining and well made sci fi flick is not as good as The Martian (also from the same author and screenwriter), but good enough to pass your time. It's a bit overlong though at 2,5 hours, which lessened its impact somewhat.

Promising horror thriller has a good concept but lousy execution. It's like everything that is interesting about the flick happens only in the last 12 minutes or so. The bad thing was the casts were actually pretty good.

Occasionally funny sequel / remake / spoof is funny at spots but is so uneven that you just can't take it seriously in any way. Not a bad film due to its energetic casts but not a movie that I want to watch in the Theatre.

Vernbinski was one of the most dependable hit maker back in the early 00's, but went into director hell due to 2 significant flops. He is now back with this quirky flick, which biggest problems is that it puts in so many ideas that it is sort of did not gel together that well in one movie. It is also overlong which hurts this film even more.

Slick 'Heat wannabe' has all the casts that money can buy, but somehow lacked that spark that made that film a classic. The biggest problem is a mismatch between the casts and the tone of the film. If you have these casts and place them in an 'Ocean Eleven' style flick, it would have been so much better. As it is, they got stuck in this brooding, sombre crime thriller that will do well on Prime Video but absolutelly no one will watch on theatres.

Badly directed gangster -scifi flick has a good cast and script but the film making is so amateruish that zapped any enjoyment you can get from the film. No wonder the studio dumped this flick directly to streaming.

Unique action flick is a unique take on a 'John Wick' style flick but with ballerinas (?). Set pieces are set up realistically for better or worse. You just can't expect teenage ballerinas to flight 'kung fu style'. Better than you think it is but not by much

Entertaining flick from Pixar is a good watch but not as great as their previous entries. Mind you for the little ones, there is a particularly scary plot point on the final third that really caught me off guard, bordering on 'horror'.

Entertaining thriller took a left field on its final 3rd that made it a poignant movie that at the very least has a different take on this genre. Worth a watch.

Fast paced knock off of Minority Report is buoyed by 2 good performers, but everything else feel so average in comparison. A streaming movie that you'll forget once you finished it.

Scream 7 has been a troubled project and the end result here, a hodge podge of ideas mixed together in a non sensical way shows you that while yes…while audiences associate Campbell with this franchise, but the previous instalment’s idea to move away for her was on hindsight a good idea. There is simply no story to tell and having the same characters experiencing the same things and making the same ones over and over again became redundant. As is this franchise, which ironically became very thing that it ‘lampooned’ in the past. Unless you are a die hard fan, avoid this installment.

The book is the star here, a surprising hit that somehow resonate with readers. What you have here is a serviceable adaptation of the book, brought some by pretty good casts. Some weird choices for its soundtrack and 'changes' from the book made it more mainstream, but other than that not a bad little thriller.

Entertaining and somehow poignant, sci fi action is meant to be a 'dumb' melding between Predator and 'Metal Gear', yet Ricthson brough a soulful performance into what could have been a 'one note character'. The direction is no slouch either as the flick caught on why Predator or Terminator became such classics: how the $%# can you kill this machine? Netflix in 2026 is essentially killing it, and this is another hit on their ever improving movie library.

Both charismatistic leads can't save this so so action buddy comedy. Interesting locale though which gave it a bit of a plus. Mundane action set pieces though really sink this flick.

Average 'MGM Prime Video' action flick is a star vehicle for Chopra, but this Die Hard meets Pirates felt forced and predictable despite the efforts of its casts. It seems that people should stop giving the Russo brothers these so so projects and let them stick to the MCU.

Predictable buddy action comedy has great chemistry between the 2 charismatic leads and nothing else. There are some surprisingly heart felt moments but the action sequences are unmemoreable. A good stream but nothing else.

Jessie Buckely will win the best actress Oscar. This film is a tour de force of her performance and it's a heartfelt rendition of loss that is better than it ought to be.

It's Gerald Butler Vs a comet. What more can we say? The problem is that you've seen this story many times before.

Oscar bait for sure, this drama shows Skarsgard acting in his native language. Great performances from the rest of the cast (hence, the plethora of Oscars it received). Worth a watch but it's obvously a filler 'nominee'.

Damon and Affleck's little Netflix thriller is better than it ought to be. It's a simple cops and robbers flick, supported by a trully stellar cast that elevates the film way above its material. A great watch.

Amusing little film from Fuller is a change of pace for him, but still entertaining and well produced. Think of it as the Professional meets 'Alice in Wonderland' and you'll get what he is aiming at.

A romcom lvies and dies by its leads and folks, give a rousing welcome to Emily Bader, the successor to such rom com queens such as Meg Ryan and Julia Roberts. She buoyed the picture and has a great chemistry with her co star Blyth. More and more so, Netflix is cementing itself as the best studio out there. The fact that this and premiere series 'His&Hers' was released almost week to week shows the dominance of this streaming behemoth.

More of the same from the Knives Out series still offer a pretty good whodunnit with a stupendous cast, but let me tell you, I found that Craig's Benoit Blanc character is running it's course. And of course, the movie has an astronomic price tag that is not shown on screen.

More of the same from the Avatar series. However, the plot is starting to wear thin and the 'wow' moments are too far and between to sustain the whole movie. Is it time for Cameron to move on? I think so after this installment. Big positive note though: great performances from the ladies: Zeldana may be the best 'mo-cap' actor beside Andy Serkis, while Chaplin does wonder as the villain.