Category: Crime
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The Only Living Pickpocket in New York: Time Cannot Be Stolen Back
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (2026) Noah Segan I was at one of my students’ volleyball games yesterday, and after it was over, her dad and I were talking about Halloween plans. I told him that we didn’t get any trick-or- treaters at our apartment, so I’d be going to see a movie, and he asked me, “Do you go see pretty much everything in theaters?”, and I…
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Wild Horse Nine: Trade Out Your Bullets for Horses
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Wild Horse Nine (2026) Martin McDonagh That may be the last school night press screening that I do for a while. Don’t get me wrong; I really love going to press screenings, and tonight’s movie was fantastic. But driving 80 minutes from Roanoke to downtown Dallas on a Tuesday night for a 110-minute movie? Not the most fun way to spend an evening. For as much…
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The Rivals of Amziah King: We Bee-long Together
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. The Rivals of Amziah King (2025) Andrew Patterson Color me absolutely shocked that the best movie that I’m seeing during Coyote vs. Acme Week may not be Coyote vs. Acme! I had middling interest in The Rivals of Amziah King—I like Matthew McConaughey as much as the next guy—but then I kept seeing people rave about the story and the music on Instagram and I thought I should check it…
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Tuner: A Music Fan’s Dream and Nightmare
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Tuner (2025) Daniel Roher I’m back in Fort Worth, so you know what that means: let’s schedule an insane number of new movies to go see! First up was Tuner, which looked cheesy the first time I saw the trailer and then more legitimately interesting every time I saw the trailer after that. From the outside, it seemed like this movie was made for me, given its…
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I Love Boosters: A Masterful Monochrome Mindhump
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. I Love Boosters (2026) Boots Riley A couple months ago, I watched Sorry to Bother You in preparation for I Love Boosters, and suffice it to say I was shocked by that movie. I loved it, no doubt, but it totally shifted my perception of what I Love Boosters would be. Going into tonight, I was fully prepared for the absurdist social commentary that Boots Riley excels at, and Morgan so…
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How to Make a Killing: Killer Charm and Charming Killers
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. How to Make a Killing (2026) John Patton Ford I’m sorry, did you say Glen Powell AND Margaret Qualley? How had I not heard about this movie sooner? As you can probably imagine, I was quickly interested in How to Make a Killing once I saw that first star-studded trailer. Between the endless amounts of charm oozing from Powell and Qualley and the very interesting premise, I was…
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Mercy: Maddox, Get Chris Pratt Out of That Chair
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Mercy (2026) Timur Bekmambetov While barely hanging on by a thread as my snow prison sentence has been extended by another day (school was canceled for tomorrow yet again), I finally got back on the road and—naturally—went straight to the theater. Mercy was on the docket today, and by the looks of the trailers, it was going to be as “January movie” as possible. I was a little…
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Dead Man’s Wire: An Explosion Too Good for January
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Dead Man’s Wire (2025) Gus Van Sant I’m not sure whether to consider Dead Man’s Wire a 2026 release due of its theatrical release date or a 2025 release because of its festival run, but if it ends up settling on my 2026 list, it’ll be the first good January movie in a while. I expected that, since it’s had time to cook in the festivals, but I…
