Category: Drama
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Song Sung Blue: Good Times, Hard Times, and Songs That Stick
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Song Sung Blue (2025) Craig Brewer Just kidding about the “last theater visit of 2025” thing from before! With an abundance of time in Kansas City before the Roos basketball game this evening, half of our group ventured to Screenland in Kansas City (by the way, one of the coolest theaters I’ve ever been to, and with a great chicken bacon grilled cheese to boot!) to…
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Marty Supreme: Chasing and Catching Greatness
Marty Supreme (2025) Josh Safdie As evidenced by its mentioning in my Anaconda review, I was absolutely stoked to make Marty Supreme my final theater visit of 2025, and I was only a bit worried that my uber-high expectations may not be completely met. While I haven’t decided on a rating for this film at the start of my review, I do know that Marty Supreme definitely met my expectations, and it’s easily one of the…
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Ella McCay: An Old-Fashioned Revival Dead on Arrival
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Ella McCay (2025) James L. Brooks Anytime Morgan goes out of town for the weekend, one of my first thoughts is, “how many movies can I go see?”. Unfortunately, this weekend doesn’t hold a lot of movies that Morgan wouldn’t also want to see, so Ella McCay won tonight in a fierce battle with Five Nights at Freddy’s 2. As much as I didn’t like the first Five Nights at…
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Little Amélie or the Character of Rain: What a Wonderful World This Could Be
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (2025) Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han Jin Kuang I’m a big animation fan, as everyone should know by now, so when I saw the captivating animation and score in the trailer for Little Amélie or the Character of Rain, I got very excited. While KPop Demon Hunters has been mine and pretty much everyone’s de facto Best Animated Feature winner since July, after watching Little Amélie tonight, I think…
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Jay Kelly: Can I Watch Again? I’d Like Another One
Jay Kelly (2025) Noah Baumbach Boy, have I missed Serious Sandler! Jay Kelly has been on my list since before I saw the first trailer thanks to Adam Sandler starring and Noah Baumbach directing, but that first trailer had me believing that this could be special. Then the reviews started rolling in, and I got nervous. I’m happy to report, though, that I personally had my worries proven wrong and was spellbound…
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Hamnet: To Be Sad or To Be Very Sad
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Hamnet (2025) Chloé Zhao After a quick Chipotle break in the car and Morgan being added to the watch party, I ventured back into the same auditorium (not the same seat, though; I moved from E8 all the way to E7—Morgan sat in E8) for Hamnet, which I’ve been getting excited for for weeks. Fortunately, the film was just about as good and absolutely heartbreaking as I…
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Sentimental Value: There Were Never Such Devoted Sisters
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Sentimental Value (2025) Joachim Trier Am I a little bit cuckoo for scheduling a 9:35am showing of Sentimental Value ahead of my 12:40pm showing of Hamnet at the same theater? Yes, but that’s not my fault; if Cinemark had offered reasonable times to see this film, I would’ve gone at a reasonable time, but alas. I’ve gotten behind on my international films this year, so I was glad to take…
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Rental Family: Fake Families, Real Feels
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Rental Family (2025) Hikari What a finish to Thanksgiving break! I have never watched so many consecutive new releases as I did over the last week, but it’s been so fun. Rental Family was a film that caught my attention from its first trailer—I have a thing for films that highlight people’s goodness and humanity—and the product absolutely delivered. I have yet to see Brendan Fraser’s Oscar-winning turn in The…
