Category: Action
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day: A Reboot and a Homecoming for the MCU’s Finest
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) Destin Daniel Cretton As Morgan and I got seated in the theater tonight (albeit way too early—I figured there’d be lines out the wazoo for concessions, so we got to the theater 20 minutes before our showtime only to find zero line), I realized that I’d only ever seen four MCU movies in the theater before tonight. Those were the first Avengers, Spider-Man:…
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The Odyssey: An Epic Destined to Please the Gods
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. The Odyssey (2026) Christopher Nolan My personal film-loving renaissance began in 2022 under pretty silly circumstances (that aren’t important to this story, so I’ll save them for another time), and as my love of film grew, one of the big events I remember early in that development was Barbenheimer in the summer of 2023. I was determined to see both Barbie and Oppenheimer in order to…
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Young Washington: Where Did We Come From, and Where Are We Going?
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Young Washington (2026) Jon Erwin After being on the road for most of last week, I was happy to get back to the theater today, and I barely squeezed in a patriotic watch on this Fourth of July weekend. Young Washington wasn’t really on my radar, and despite Angel Studios not really being my favorite studio, the trailer was interesting enough that I wanted to give it a…
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Supergirl: Lost in Translation Without Gunn
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Supergirl (2026) Craig Gillespie I’ve had quite the superhero renaissance over the last few years, and it all started with James Gunn’s Superman. I saw that poster and trailer and immediately felt hope for the genre again. I felt many of the same feelings about Supergirl—my excitement most manifested in me reading the comic that this movie was allegedly based on—but those feelings waned as everyone on the…
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Masters of the Universe: Nicholas, Jared, and Travis Have the Power!
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Masters of the Universe (2026) Travis Knight I told you I was scheduling a lot of movies! I remember when Masters of the Universe was first announced a few years ago; I immediately added it to my watchlist, only after asking, “What’s Masters of the Universe?”. I didn’t ever watch the show as a kid, but I knew who He-Man and Skeletor were in the same way that I…
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Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu: Cute and Fun, and That’s Just Fine
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026) Jon Favreau Just over a year ago, I started my latest trek through the entire Star Wars universe, this time in chronological order. It was an absolute blast getting to revisit all these iconic movies, and I even found some new favorites, both in the movies and TV shows (looking at you, Andor and Rogue One). The three seasons of The Mandalorian were pretty enjoyable, so…
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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…
