Category: Adventure
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The Dog Stars: What Can Be Said When It’s All Said and Done?
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. The Dog Stars (2026) Ridley Scott When I was choosing my Adaptation Appreciation books at the end of last year, Peter Heller’s The Dog Stars was in the running, purely off of the movie’s star power. I loved all three of the upcoming film’s leads and figured that, with Ridley Scott at the helm, this adaptation could hit pretty hard. I eventually sidestepped The Dog Stars book in favor of…
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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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Moana (2026): A Good Time, But How Far Will This Go?
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Moana (2026) Thomas Kail At this point, it seems like Disney is going to release a live-action remake every year until I die, so I’ve done my best to accept that and develop what I think is a nuanced view of Disney’s business model. We’re definitely trapped in a vicious cycle here, where the live-action remakes fund the original movies—precisely why we need the remakes—and though…
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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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Swapped: Freaky Fly-Day is a Win for Skydance
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Swapped (2026) Nathan Greno Animation fans have been blessed over the last decade. I hate to simplify too much and give all the credit to the Spider-Verse films, but since Into the Spider-Verse came out in 2018, animation has been the medium of creative risk and experimentation. Though it feels like every major animation studio has been pushing the envelope for the last ten years, there are a few whose…
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie: 8-Bits Forward, 8-Bits Back
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026) Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic I know it’s a bit silly for a 25-year-old father-of-none to be anticipating The Super Mario Galaxy Movie for as long as I have been, but what can I say? I’m a kid at heart, and that includes at the cinema. With the introduction of Rosalina, I would be at the theater opening weekend whether the product was…
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Project Hail Mary: Amaze Amaze Amaze!
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Project Hail Mary (2026) Phil Lord, Christopher Miller This review is going to be really long, so strap in. It’s been about four hours since I got out of Project Hail Mary, and I took those four hours to really let my thoughts about this film marinate—I also ate dinner and watched some March Madness. Admittedly, I’m pretty tired as I begin writing this review, so there’s…
