Category: Sports
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The Dink: The Pickleball to Happy Gilmore’s Tennis
The Dink (2026) Josh Greenbaum As my summer winds down, I’m really trying to cherish my last few days before the school grind arrives, and a new Jake Johnson comedy seemed like a great way to do that. Despite it taking the world by storm since Covid, I haven’t played pickleball in like 15 years, so I clearly wasn’t going to be the target demographic for The Dink. I’d miss all…
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GOAT: Steph Curry 4, LeBron James 1
GOAT (2026) Tyree Dillihay Day 2 of the Valentine’s Day Weekend Theater Crawl has come and gone, and GOAT was second on the docket. I’d actually become more and more excited about this one since it was announced last year. At that point, it seemed gimmicky and simple, but my tune changed once I turned my brain back on and remembered that Sony’s has been on fire lately. With their stellar, experimental…
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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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The Smashing Machine: The Boulder Has Entered the Ring
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. The Smashing Machine (2025) Benny Safdie I’ve always been a fan of athletes finding a second life in acting, whether they gun for the more dramatic roles like Dave Bautista or they go full comedy like John Cena and Marshawn Lynch. I’ve always enjoyed The Rock’s movies, but his résumé was always missing a dramatic turn that The Smashing Machine has now impressively satisfied. I totally get that…
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HIM: Decidedly Not Him
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. HIM (2025) Justin Tipping I’m trying to get back on the cinematic path this weekend after a month or so of very inconsistent watching, and it’s all starting with HIM today, which I gradually took interest in since I first saw the trailer. What I imagined would be an interesting, novel genre-bender backed by reliable Jordan Peele turned out to be quite the opposite. While certainly novel and…
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F1: Racing Straight Into My Heart
F1 (2025) Joseph Kosinski Let’s imagine, for a second, that Nate has been given the keys to the next big blockbuster. What does he need in it? Big stars? Beautiful, immersive cinematography? A score from one of his favorite composers? A bomb soundtrack? Given this, it surely seems like I wrote F1, a movie I knew I’d enjoy going in, but definitely not this much. While the path of F1 was well-tread, especially…
