Month: June 2026

Supergirl (2026)

At the end of my review of last year’s Superman, I mentioned how the director (James Gunn) made a playlist for each of the main characters of the film.

For Supergirl, Spotify created a list specifically for the title character, I assume, to ensure we knew Kara Zor-El is not at all like her more famous cousin. While he is all about fighting for the American way, she is more along the lines of “whatever”. I’m not against a protagonist having this type of lifestyle, but it is sad when you feel this way when leaving a film like Supergirl.

Tags PG-13, Rated PG-13, Superman, DC, Jason Momoa, Movie Reviews, Movies, 2026, Supergirl, Millie Alcock, milly-alcock

3 Stars

Toy Story 5 (2026)

A few months ago, I learned that my nephews, Link and Lenny, were not too excited about seeing the newest Toy Story film.

Thankfully, they knew they had no choice (because their mom has the final say), but I was still hurt to know my nephews did not have a strong desire to see the film. Obviously, they did not grow up with the films as my generation did, so they could not have had as much of a connection. Yet, even with one of the most recognizable cast of characters in cinematic history live-action or animated), the series is starting to show some wear and tear.

Tags 2026, Disney, Movies, PG, Pixar, Rated PG, Toy Story, Toy Story 4, Toy Story 5

4 1/2 Stars

Disclosure Day (2026)

With his latest feature, I found out (thanks to the marvel that is Letterboxd) that I have seen 30 films helmed by Steven Spielberg, tying for the most I’ve seen by anyone (tied with the only person I consider superior, Alfred Hitchcock).

Why bring this up? As arguably the most well-known filmmaker of the last half-century, one might think that we would see some familiarities in Spielberg’s work by now. When his most recent film, Disclosure Day, started up, I knew nothing outside of what everyone else did: that it had to do with Aliens. Imagine my surprise when the first thing we see is…well, not at all what I could have had on my radar (and certainly nothing I can remember seeing in a Spielberg film before). My guy still knows how to surprise.

Tags 2026, David Koepp, Disclosure Day, Emily Blunt, film, Janusz Kaminski, John Williams, Josh O' Connor, Movies, PG-13, Rated PG-13, reviews, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Steven Spielberg

4 Stars

Power Ballad (2026)

After the backwash of films like Ray (2004) and Walk the Line (2005), the last two plus years of musical biopics have (for the most part) been quantity over quality.

In that time, there is director John Carney, who has specialized in dramas revolving around music. Nearly two decades since 2007’s Once, he has helmed Begin Again (2014), Sing Street (2016), and Flora and Son (2023). Now comes Power Ballad, proving he knows the idea of how to do quality over quantity (Flora and Son is probably his most forgettable, but that does not make it a bad flick).

Tags 2026, Havana Rose Liu, John Carney, Movies, Music, Nick Jonas, Once, Paul Rudd, Power Ballad, Rated R, reviews