Welcome back to the blog readers. As you know, I am currently on my "Best Picture Expedition," in which I venture to watch every film nominated for Best Picture. This is honestly the film I have been waiting for, since the frontrunner to win Best Actress is nominated for it. Besides the main performances, I am a fan of the director of this film, having liked her last two films. Would this be the film that gets me on board with her and her chances for Best Picture/Director? St

Welcome back to the blog readers. One person who definitely has Academy voters in the palm of their hand is Richard Linklater. Nowadays, most films he makes get some award attention in one way or another, with his film Boyhood (2014) winning Patricia Arquette her Oscar. He has a film adaptation of Merrily We Roll Along (TBD) on the way, and he is a pretty busy man. Continuing my trek to watch all the acting nominees, would this film be deserving of yet another Best Actor nomi

Welcome back to the blog readers. As you know, I am currently on my "Best Picture Expedition" where I strive to watch all ten films nominated for Best Picture. I am more than halfway through the field now, and I am working full steam ahead to get the last four taken care of. With this film being regarded as one of the weaker nominees, I went into it with the full confidence that I would like it. Would I be proven right, or would I be disappointed? Stick around to find out. Tr

Welcome back to the blog readers. As you know, I am well into my "Best Picture Expedition," where I venture to watch all ten films nominated for Best Picture. This is the film I was the most nervous about because I did not know at all if I was going to love or hate it in the end. Alas, the time has come for me to watch the film and share my opinion. What would I think of the film? Stick around to find out. Bugonia was directed by Yorgos Lanthimos from a screenplay by Will Tra

Welcome back to the blog readers. I was not as enamored with Game of Thrones (2011-19) as everyone else was, but I did enjoy the series overall. Its prequel spinoff House of the Dragon (2022-) is a different story, however. To me, that show is masterful and a better display of what the world of Westeros can be. Plus, the source material (the novel Fire & Blood ) is actually finished, George. Hearing we would be getting another spinoff involving two lesser-known characters in

Welcome back to the blog readers. As you know, I am well underway on my "Best Picture Expedition," in which I strive to watch every film nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. I am also going on a separate odyssey to watch all twenty acting nominees. Most of them will come from my "Best Picture Expedition" but there are some that I have to do some "extracurricular activities" to achieve. With this being one of these films, would I like it more than the previous film, If I

Welcome back to the blog readers. Romantic films are a kind of film that I could never really get into all that much because they are almost all predictable. Each film in the genre almost feels like a glorified Lifetime film with their campy and unoriginal nature. Hearing about this film's release really confused me, because I do not recall ever really needing to see another adaptation of the novel, but alas, here we are. Given what we got, would the film at least be enjoyabl

Welcome back to the blog readers. The world has long been missing director Gore Verbinski since he directed the film A Cure for Wellness (2016) and, as the kids say nowadays, dipped for a decade. Hearing about this film absolutely intrigued me since I am very much against the use of artificial intelligence at all, and I love a good amount of people in this film. Would my expectations be met or would I wind up being disappointed? Stick around to find out. Good Luck, Have Fun,

Welcome back to the blog readers. Crime thriller is a genre that I can be a real big fan of, especially if the film is done right. I remember hearing about this film from my main man John Campea, who went to CinemaCon in April and saw footage from this film. Obviously, since I did not go to Vegas, I had no idea what to expect from this film. Would I come out of this film happy or disappointed? Stick around to find out. Crime 101 was written and directed by Bart Layton, based

Welcome back to the blog readers. As you may know, I am on my soon-to-be annual marathon of watching all of the Best Picture nominees that I call my "Best Picture Expedition." This year, I have also decided to watch every single acting nominee, which is normally a bit difficult but this year is different. Watching all the Best Picture nominees (and already having seen Weapons (2025)) will get me to seventeen out of the twenty. For the odd three, this is one of the films that

Welcome back to the blog readers. Now that the dust has settled on the Academy Award nominations, I get to start up my Best Picture Expedition proper. In case you were not around last year, the Best Picture Expedition is where I venture to watch every film nominated for the highest honor: Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Watching this film was going to put me at halfway since I had already seen F1, Sinners, Marty Supreme, and One Battle After Another (all 2025). Would this

Welcome back to the blog readers. If you were following me throughout 2025, then you would know that I have a love/hate relationship with horror films. Last year was the best year for horror films that I have ever been a part of, and 2026 is getting off to a pretty decent start. This film has been on my radar ever since I heard about it since I love who is in the director's chair. The reviews were very kind to the film and I got hopeful I would have a fun time. Would my hope

Welcome back to the blog readers. One genre of film that has never really sat right with me would have to be the screenlife genre. To be honest with you all, I really do not get why the genre exists in the first place. It feels like a lazy way to save money on a budget, but they all feel the same, especially that terrible War of the Worlds (2025) film from last year. Hearing this film would be coming left me intrigued and nervous at the same time since I love the stars of the

Welcome back to the blog readers. As you may know by now, I was very excited for 28 Years Later (2025) from the trailers, but found myself somewhat disappointed with the film. However, one of the main positives was without a doubt the breakout performance of Alfie Williams, who gave one of my favorite performances of the year. He is the main reason I was even planning on seeing this film in the first place, and I was hopeful that this would be a better film than the first. Wo

Welcome back to the blog readers. 2025 was undoubtedly the best year in horror that I have ever seen. We got great films like Sinners, Together, Weapons, and The Monkey (all 2025), and I am looking forward to seeing what 2026 will offer in that department. We are starting off the year with two high-profile horror projects that will each deliver their own thing, but how would my first film of the year fare? Stick around to find out. Primate was directed by Johannes Roberts fro

Welcome back to the blog readers. I think it is safe to say that Netflix films are pretty hit and miss. I do my best to try to avoid most of them because I do not have the power to sit through a lot of crappy films. Since this film is from one of my favorite director duos, I had faith that this would be one of the rare exceptions where I liked an original Netflix film. Would my hope be proven to be true, however? Stick around to find out. The Electric State was directed by Jo

Welcome back to the blog readers. As you all know, science fiction is one of the genres that I love the most because it allows for us to explore some familiar tropes and questions with new ideas and ways to think about the mortal world we live in. One of the staples of the science fiction genre over the last century plus would have to be War of the Worlds, a novel that has been adapted into every possible medium: television series, television film, radio show, and theatrical

Welcome back to the blog readers. Now that I am approaching the three-year anniversary of this blog, there should at this point be a small group of people who do not know at this point that I love Timothée Chalamet. While I may or may not be joking about him being the love of my life (we will never know), I really do believe he will be the next Daniel Day-Lewis. With this oddball film being his next film, would it move him closer or further from my proclamation? Stick around

Welcome back to the blog readers. One of the franchises that really grabbed my attention when it comes to spectacle, wonder, and awe has been the Avatar (2009-) franchise. I was very late to the franchise, having watched Avatar (2009) three months before the release of The Way of Water (2022) (both films I really enjoyed by the way). Now that we are three films and a video game into this franchise, would it justify continuing or would the returns be dead on arrival? Stick aro

Welcome back to the blog readers. As you could probably tell by now, I am not the biggest fan of book-to-screen adaptations because they normally can never capture the same magic that the book does. Now I am no reader, but I can tell based on the reactions that I see from people that have read the source material. And of course I make my own judgment, but what would that judgment entail for this book-to-screen adaptation? Stick around to find out. The Housemaid was directed b