Category: 2026
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The Cat in the Hat (2026): There’s More Than One Way to Write a Cat
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. The Cat in the Hat (2026) Erica Rivinoja, Alessandro Carloni After a few days at home to rest (and to, you know, go to my day job), I was back at the theater tonight to take in another string of new releases! Did I feel a little silly going into my opening night showing of The Cat in the Hat in my local Regal’s biggest auditorium…
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La Bola Negra: Written, But Not in Stone
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. La Bola Negra (2026) Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo On my day off from school today, I was simultaneously a dedicated movie critic and an idiot. I drove all the way to Dallas to see La Bola Negra, a film that’s a shoe-in for a Best International Feature nomination (and, at this rate, even more). I didn’t know, though, until the film started and the Netflix logo…
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Wicker: A Real Basket Case, Am I Right?
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Wicker (2026) Eleanor Wilson, Alex Huston Fischer The weekend of new releases continues! Morgan’s been unavailable for most of the weekend due to clinicals, but she was free tonight, so we had to go see a movie. We decided to check out Wicker—because I had “checked out” everything else myself already—and I was surprised by the entire experience. I was expecting an odd, raunchy romantic-comedy, and…
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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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Fjord: Has Anyone Asked the Kids What They Want?
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Fjord (2026) Cristian Mungiu No one should be surprised that, on Halloween night with the WNBA Finals in the balance, Nate spent his evening at the movies, watching a Norwegian courtroom drama in a theater by himself. Priorities! This weekend will be big for me movie-wise; I rewatched Wildwood yesterday and I’m following it up with Fjord, The Only Living Pickpocket in New York, Wicker, and…
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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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Klara and the Sun: Reading the Book Versus Reading the SparkNotes
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Klara and the Sun (2026) Taika Waititi I bet it’s really easy to tell based on my movie-watching activity that Morgan’s out of town. Before coming to my senses and slowing down, I was actually going to watch another movie tonight after Klara and the Sun. In lieu of that, I’m writing this review. I read Klara and the Sun a few months ago and really…
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Clayface: The Makeover Superhero Movies Needed
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Clayface (2026) James Watkins So that’s the difference between an R-rated DC movie and an R-rated Marvel movie! The new DC got off to a rocky start—Superman became one of my favorite superhero movies ever, and Supergirl charmingly fell on its face—so I was interested to see where the studio would go from there. Enter Clayface, which from the first trailers looked markedly different from its…
