Tag: in theaters
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Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere: Stuck in the Biopic Blues
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (2025) Scott Cooper Much like the superhero fatigue that has plagued society for the last few years (funny, though, considering that’s when I decided to start watching them), it feels like the music biopic’s time in the sun has come and gone, yet a new music biopic comes out every six months. Even with some fatigue in the genre, I wanted…
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After the Hunt: Call Me By Your Next Movie
After the Hunt (2025) Luca Guadagnino My first two Luca Guadagnino experiences—Call Me By Your Name and Challengers—were both knockouts, so I came to expect greatness from Guadagnino, only to be let down last year by Queer. Like Ariana Grande in the late 2010s, Guadagnino seems to be prioritizing quantity over quality recently, and that continued with After the Hunt. I was definitely drawn in by the director’s pedigree and the stacked primary cast…
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Roofman: The Man Who Stole My Heart, Among Other Things
Roofman (2025) Derek Cianfrance Heading into Roofman tonight, I had been led to believe by its marketing that this was going to be a straight studio comedy, and that couldn’t have been much further from the truth. While there were certainly plenty of laughs to go around—and I mean plenty—Roofman really surprised in its emotional storytelling and family dynamics, which had me not only cheesing for most of the movie, but on the…
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Kiss of the Spider Woman: Tangled in Its Own Web, But It Works!
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025) Bill Condon After adding Kiss of the Spider Woman to my watchlist as Morgan and I were picking our Sundance movies earlier this year, I was kind of shocked to see that my local Regal theater was showing it this weekend! I also had no idea until yesterday that Kiss of the Spider Woman was a book, then a play, then a movie, then…
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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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One Battle After Another: The Voice of a Revolution
One Battle After Another (2025) Paul Thomas Anderson After some back-and-forth movie scheduling with Morgan and her ever-demanding nursing degree, a compromise was reached. I would test drive One Battle After Another this weekend—you know, make sure it’s not poisonous—and then Morgan and I would see it again next weekend. I honestly feel so bad for Morgan, because she missed out on what will likely be one of the best movies of…
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Light of the World: Redeeming the Age-Old Narrative
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Light of the World (2025) Tom Bancroft and John J. Schafer I remember hearing about both The King of Kings and Light of the World around the same time this year, and I initially believed Angel Studios would come out on top. Angel Studios left the door open for Light of the World to take the top spot on my 2025 Animated Jesus Movie List, and boy, did it ever do just…
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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey: This Really Should’ve Worked
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. A Big Bold Beautiful Journey (2025) Kogonada After being disappointed by HIM yesterday, I was hoping that A Big Bold Beautiful Journey would be able to defeat its lackluster Letterboxd rating, and for honestly some of the same reasons, it couldn’t get the job done. It boggles my mind a little bit that the Colin Farrell, Margot Robbie-led sweeping romance didn’t work out, because it totally should have. Where the…
