Category: 2026
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Young Washington: Where Did We Come From, and Where Are We Going?
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Young Washington (2026) Jon Erwin After being on the road for most of last week, I was happy to get back to the theater today, and I barely squeezed in a patriotic watch on this Fourth of July weekend. Young Washington wasn’t really on my radar, and despite Angel Studios not really being my favorite studio, the trailer was interesting enough that I wanted to give it a…
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Minions & Monsters: An Ode to Cinema, Good and Bad
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Minions & Monsters (2026) Pierre Coffin When Despicable Me 4 was about to come out two years ago, I rewatched all of the Despicable Me movies and unfortunately realized that the franchise has only gotten worse over the years. In my opinion, Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2 are the only good movies in the larger Despicable Me universe—once the girls got phased out and the minions phased in, the quality cratered. I’m really not a…
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Supergirl: Lost in Translation Without Gunn
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Supergirl (2026) Craig Gillespie I’ve had quite the superhero renaissance over the last few years, and it all started with James Gunn’s Superman. I saw that poster and trailer and immediately felt hope for the genre again. I felt many of the same feelings about Supergirl—my excitement most manifested in me reading the comic that this movie was allegedly based on—but those feelings waned as everyone on the…
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The Death of Robin Hood: An Emotional Turnaround A Bit Too Late
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. The Death of Robin Hood (2026) Michael Sarnoski No matter what movie I saw today, it was going to be hard for it to follow Toy Story 5, which I absolutely adored. The challenger up to that task was The Death of Robin Hood, which I foolishly prepared for last week by rewatching the original animated Robin Hood. I could’ve gleaned this from the trailer, but these two Robin…
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Toy Story 5: Holding On and Letting Go (for Kids!)
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Toy Story 5 (2026) Andrew Stanton The Toy Story franchise has been one of my favorites for as long as I can remember—Sammy and I had Woody and Buzz toys as kids—and I’d also confidently say the original Toy Story trilogy is one of the greatest movie trilogies of all time. My feelings on Toy Story 4 had teetered between “great but unnecessary” and “antithetical to Woody as a character” since it…
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Power Ballad: John Carney Strikes Another Chord
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Power Ballad (2026) John Carney If you follow the Nate at the Movies website closely, you’d know that I actually intended to watch Power Ballad on Tuesday, but my stomach decided that wasn’t going to happen. Luckily, I’m on summer break, so pivoting to a new day and showtime was easy-peasy. I was excited for Power Ballad because of how much I adore Sing Street, and I figured that with Paul…
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Pressure: Weather or Not to Storm the Beaches
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Pressure (2026) Anthony Maras There wasn’t going to be a single thing I could do today to get that heart-wrenching Spurs loss out of my mind, not the least of which a new WWII movie in theaters, but that didn’t stop me from ending up there today. I didn’t have too many expectations for Pressure, but I figured it would be decent if Andrew Scott and Brendan…
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Disclosure Day: We Came in Peace a Long Time Ago
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Disclosure Day (2026) Steven Spielberg For the uninitiated, alongside my Letterboxd, I also have a website—Nate at the Movies—where I post all my reviews. We’re slowly (and I mean slowly) building a following, but more importantly, my website earned me a coveted spot in the North Texas Film Critics Association, which I have loved being a part of. I’ve gotten to meet with people who share…
