Tag: netflix
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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…
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In Your Dreams: A Netflix Nightmare
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. In Your Dreams (2025) Alex Woo I like to get ahead of the game when it comes to Oscar-nominated movies, so I’ve been checking Variety’s list of predictions and gave In Your Dreams, one of their Best Animated Feature predictions, a go. I shouldn’t have. Netflix has always been hit-or-miss on their original films, and while they usually fare well with acquiring and then distributing animated films—think KPop Demon…
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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…
