Category: Action
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Anaconda (2025): Low Stakes, Big Snake, Good Remake
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Anaconda (2025) Tom Gormican Being the perfectionist I am, I’ve kept a close eye on my Letterboxd statistics for 2025, and I currently have 248 films in my diary. With Marty Supreme on the docket for tomorrow, I needed to get something else in to make it number 250, so Anaconda at 9:45pm it was. I wanted to see this movie anyway, so even though the circumstances weren’t ideal, I…
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The Running Man: Quick Out the Blocks, Stumbled to the Finish
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. The Running Man (2025) Edgar Wright I’ve been hyping up The Running Man since I added it to my watchlist at the beginning of the year and decided to read it for my Adaptation Appreciation adventure. I was even more excited once I finished the book, which was fantastically and horrifyingly written. I figured that Edgar Wright would do the story justice, and he was doing just that…for…
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Roofman: The Man Who Stole My Heart, Among Other Things
Roofman (2025) Derek Cianfrance Heading into Roofman tonight, I had been led to believe by its marketing that this was going to be a straight studio comedy, and that couldn’t have been much further from the truth. While there were certainly plenty of laughs to go around—and I mean plenty—Roofman really surprised in its emotional storytelling and family dynamics, which had me not only cheesing for most of the movie, but on the…
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One Battle After Another: The Voice of a Revolution
One Battle After Another (2025) Paul Thomas Anderson After some back-and-forth movie scheduling with Morgan and her ever-demanding nursing degree, a compromise was reached. I would test drive One Battle After Another this weekend—you know, make sure it’s not poisonous—and then Morgan and I would see it again next weekend. I honestly feel so bad for Morgan, because she missed out on what will likely be one of the best movies of…
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Superman (2025): A Hopeful, Heroic Return to Form
Superman (2025) James Gunn Rarely do I anticipate a movie’s release so excitedly or for so long as I have James Gunn’s Superman. In these seven months since the first trailer that I’ve been waiting, I have shockingly rekindled a love for superhero movies that has seemingly hit its climax tonight, in glorious IMAX, which I don’t think I’ve experienced since our elementary school field trip to the downtown IMAX theater. Superman had…
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Jurassic World Rebirth: See? Dinosaur Movies Can Still Be Good!
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) Gareth Edwards As anyone who’s read my recent reviews would know, I’ve had many a doubt about the Jurassic Park franchise, and I was nervous that Rebirth couldn’t right the ship. I’m glad to report, though, that I was wrong about Rebirth, and I had a pretty good time at the theater this 4th of July. The formula for a Jurassic Park movie is well-worn, so despite the “humans…
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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning: A Perfect Ending to a Surprising Franchise
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) Christopher McQuarrie When I started my Mission: Impossible journey about four months ago, I had no idea that I would become as huge a fan of the franchise as I’ve become. Tom Cruise’s formula for an action spy movie has worked on me time and time again, and The Final Reckoning was the perfect finale for an amazing franchise, aided immensely by my…
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Warfare: A War Movie With a Fear All Its Own
Warfare (2025) Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza After surprisingly loving Alex Garland’s Civil War last year, I knew that I had to check out his next movie, especially after hearing that Warfare’s depiction of the Iraq War was alarmingly immersive. That much was true and more, and I came out of Warfare pretty shell-shocked—suffice it to say it was a “no-music” car ride home. From the opening beats, Garland sets the camera alongside this platoon…
