Category: Thriller
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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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If I Had Legs I’d Kick You: Every Rose Has Its Thorn (This One Has Many)
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025) Mary Bronstein I’m now in Day 3 of Snowmageddon 2026, and the cabin fever is starting to set in. I’m running out of things to do, but luckily, there are a ton of Oscar-nominated films and short films that I need to get to. If I Had Legs I’d Kick You is one that I’ve had on my radar and…
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No Other Choice: A Thriller Making All the Right Choices
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. No Other Choice (2025) Park Chan-wook To my surprise, Gabe and I seem to be making a habit of seeing movies together over the weekend. Our venture to Grapevine for No Other Choice was our second movie in as many weekends, and I think this may be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. As the cinephile in the friend group, I feel it my duty to take my…
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It Was Just an Accident: I Liked This One on Purpose
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. It Was Just an Accident (2025) Jafar Panahi I’ve got just a few days between NTFCA awards finalists being announced and my voting deadline, so I’m going to try to squeeze in a few more awards contenders before I have to send in my ballot. Being nominated multiple times and probably gunning for a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars, It Was Just an Accident was first on…
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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…
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Now You See Me: Now You Don’t: When We Needed Them Most, They Vanished
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Now You See Me: Now You Don’t (2025) Ruben Fleischer In a year where I’ve poured hours into a ton of franchises with varying returns, I’m not sure why I saw the Now You See Me franchise through. I didn’t love either of the first two movies, even though the premises had a lot of potential, but I figured that I should go see the third film since…
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Bugonia: Are WE the Bees?
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Bugonia (2025) Yorgos Lanthimos November has suddenly become jam-packed, not only with films that I want to see, but some real heavyweights, both in my personal rankings and probably at the Oscars, too. Bugonia fell squarely into both categories, and I’m glad to say that the Yorgos-Emma Stone experiment is now 2-for-3 (maybe 2.5-for-3, if I’m feeling generous towards Kinds of Kindness) in my book. Morgan and I had a…
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A House of Dynamite: Lit Fuse, Dud Finale
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. A House of Dynamite (2025) Kathryn Bigelow I had received a lot of mixed signals before my viewing of A House of Dynamite, from the early Oscars buzz to the Letterboxd rating that continued to drop the longer it was out, so I had no idea what to expect. A House of Dynamite oozed with promise, given its engaging premise and great cast (and I mean great—Idris Elba, Rebecca…
