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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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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…
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HIM: Decidedly Not Him
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. HIM (2025) Justin Tipping I’m trying to get back on the cinematic path this weekend after a month or so of very inconsistent watching, and it’s all starting with HIM today, which I gradually took interest in since I first saw the trailer. What I imagined would be an interesting, novel genre-bender backed by reliable Jordan Peele turned out to be quite the opposite. While certainly novel and…
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The Roses: Now I Know What Not to Do!
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. The Roses (2025) Jay Roach I’m back on the proverbial movie horse after a week away from film, and while I excited to see The Roses today (the trailers made it look very promising), I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this movie. The main source of this surprise was in its exceptional balance between comedy—which is possesses in spades—and realistic and tragic relationships. Many of the…
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Weapons: Elementary Horrors and Uncomfortable Laughs
Weapons (2025) Zach Cregger Whiplash confirmed! After breezing through a shockingly kid-coded horror/fantasy movie in Sketch, I walked right over to my next auditorium and began Weapons right as I finished my Sketch review. The tonal shift was abrupt and significant, and I was totally there for it. I’m not seasoned in the world of horror movies, but Weapons felt especially unique and uniquely unsettling, bordering on dreadful. As I write my review, everything’s still feeling pretty…
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Sketch: Horror for Kids…and It Works!
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Sketch (2024) Seth Worley Sketch was the first film of my whiplash-inducing double feature today, paired quite impeccably with Weapons. I’m sitting in the theater prior to Weapons right now writing this review, actually! My primary motivation to see Sketch was to hear Cody Fry’s first theatrical score, and while it was certainly one of the good qualities of this film, I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn’t the only good one.…
