Tag: press screening
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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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Primetime: I Saw the CCTV Glow
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Primetime (2026) Lance Oppenheim A press screening on a school night? Where you have to drive all the way across DFW? Is that a good idea? These are the things I know you’re asking yourself of me, and I hear you. I also need you to know that, for Primetime, I would have driven to Austin on a school night. Morgan and I were equally stoked…
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Forgotten Island: Can I Get a Wapoosh?
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Forgotten Island (2026) Januel Mercado, Joel Crawford Was back-to-back press screenings in Dallas on school nights the best idea I’ve ever had? Definitely not. But did I want to see Forgotten Island really bad and couldn’t pass up the opportunity? For sure! With Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado attached to direct (after the success of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish), Forgotten Island was sure to…
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One Night Only: The Gluck Hasn’t Run Out
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. One Night Only (2026) Will Gluck My first day of school is in a week, so tonight’s viewing of One Night Only will probably be my last press screening for a while, unfortunately. I’ve really enjoyed them, even if they’ve necessitated hour-long drives to Dallas and tons of money spent on tolls so I don’t get there late. I wasn’t planning on seeing One Night Only when I first saw…
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The Odyssey: An Epic Destined to Please the Gods
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. The Odyssey (2026) Christopher Nolan My personal film-loving renaissance began in 2022 under pretty silly circumstances (that aren’t important to this story, so I’ll save them for another time), and as my love of film grew, one of the big events I remember early in that development was Barbenheimer in the summer of 2023. I was determined to see both Barbie and Oppenheimer in order to…
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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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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…
