Tag: netflix
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Remarkably Bright Creatures: An Adaptation With Three Hearts
Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026) Olivia Newman Since I read Remarkably Bright Creatures back in March, you, loyal reader, may think that this was one of my many Adaptation Appreciation reads, but you’d be mistaken! It was actually one of my “in-between” reads—because I’ve become a reading fiend in 2026—and while I enjoyed it, I wasn’t blown away in the way that other people had been. I still wanted to check out the…
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Swapped: Freaky Fly-Day is a Win for Skydance
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Swapped (2026) Nathan Greno Animation fans have been blessed over the last decade. I hate to simplify too much and give all the credit to the Spider-Verse films, but since Into the Spider-Verse came out in 2018, animation has been the medium of creative risk and experimentation. Though it feels like every major animation studio has been pushing the envelope for the last ten years, there are a few whose…
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The Perfect Neighbor: Rage Against the Political Machine
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. The Perfect Neighbor (2025) Geeta Gandbhir With Oscars nominations being announced this morning, my second ever Oscars Death Race attempt has begun! In comparison to last year at this time, I’m a little bit behind because films that I thought were shoe-ins for a nom (like Wicked: For Good and No Other Choice) were snubbed, so the next seven weeks or so are going to be a grind. The…
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Selena y Los Dinos: Celebrating Selena With Style
Selena y Los Dinos (2025) Isabel Castro Selena is one of the many musicians that I’ve fallen in love with since I began teaching my students about her, and I’m a little sad that I didn’t check out this documentary until after my 4th graders had finished their Selena unit already. Suffice it to say that Selena y Los Dinos (the doc, not to be confused with the band) only solidified my…
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Wake Up Dead Man: A New Knives Out Classic Just Dropped
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Wake Up Dead Man (2025) Rian Johnson Who doesn’t love the Knives Out franchise? Couldn’t be me! I’ve had Wake Up Dead Man on my watchlist for two years now, and the wait to watch was finally over tonight. I haven’t yet been disappointed—nay, I haven’t yet been anything short of enthralled—by the Knives Out franchise, and Wake Up Dead Man may have actually made a case for the best entry in the franchise,…
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Jay Kelly: Can I Watch Again? I’d Like Another One
Jay Kelly (2025) Noah Baumbach Boy, have I missed Serious Sandler! Jay Kelly has been on my list since before I saw the first trailer thanks to Adam Sandler starring and Noah Baumbach directing, but that first trailer had me believing that this could be special. Then the reviews started rolling in, and I got nervous. I’m happy to report, though, that I personally had my worries proven wrong and was spellbound…
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Train Dreams: Pictures and a Thousand Words
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Train Dreams (2025) Clint Bentley As the only truly film-obsessed member of my family, I’ve spent considerable time convincing my wife, parents, and siblings to watch movies with me that they’ve never heard of. Train Dreams was the movie today as we’re all together for Thanksgiving, and I know for a fact my family missed out on one hell of a film as I watched this one by myself.…
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Frankenstein (2025): It’s Alive (Cinema, That Is)! ALIVE!
Frankenstein (2025) Guillermo del Toro I had been itching to watch Frankenstein for the last two weeks, but Morgan’s nursing schedule and the plethora of theater releases I needed to attend to kept us from it until tonight. I read Frankenstein in high school and enjoyed it, but I don’t think it (nor my viewing of Young Frankenstein in October) prepared me for how much I would love this. What stood out earliest, of course, were the…
