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5 Stars

Wildwood (2026)

Hopefully you won’t find this too vulgar of me, but when I think of the Laika film studios, the word that keeps coming to mind is “ballsy”.

With five feature films already under their belt (two of which, The Boxtrolls and Missing Link, I still need to see), they have been walking to the beat of their own drum since Coraline came out in 2009. I was a little late to the party, having only discovered them a decade ago with Kubo & the Two Strings (which I called the best film of 2016); it did not take long to realize they make films that are a darker alternative to the films of Disney, Pixar, Illumination, and the other studios around.

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4 1/2 Stars

You Can See Everything (2026)

At the strong recommendation of my good friend Myles, the only prior knowledge I had of Nathan Fielder was of his TV series The Rehearsal.

It did take a few episodes to realize the fact that Nathan Fielder was diving more into just what the premise of the show promised (a chance for people to live out scenarios they were, for one reason or another, unable/unwilling to do in real life). This at least gave me some prep for what Fielder (and co-director Lance Oppenheim) might have in store with You Can See Everything, the latest documentary on Elizabeth Holmes (someone I knew very little to nothing about).

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3 1/2 Stars

Coyote vs. Acme (2026)

Is there a more resolute, fictional lovable loser than Wile E. Coyote? Because I can’t think of one.

For over ¾ of a century, his quest to capture the Road Runner has been more memorable than any cartoon short of Tom and Jerry. His 0 percent success rate is one of the truly rare things that can make me laugh with the same delight I had as a kid watching reruns on Cartoon Network. Still, all this time I thought Wile was the bad guy (being a carnivore and all), but now, having seen Coyote vs. Acme, I’m not so sure.

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2 1/2 Stars Movies

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.

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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.

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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.

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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).

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3 Stars

Mortal Kombat II (2026)

In today’s world of IP expectation overload (as of this writing, the trailer for Avengers: Doomsday is still not public), the reboot of Mortal Kombat has definitely gotten less fanfare in comparison, and I am glad for it.

While not as popular as the aforementioned MCU or the Star Wars universe, there are still plenty of fans for the MK verse (not sure if that is the proper term), including myself. Promise was shown after the 2021 reboot, leading to this sequel, which is everything a fan could truly hope for.

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3 1/2 Stars

The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026)

When The Devil Wears Prada came out in 2006, I had just graduated from high school.

Looking back, the reason I never got around to seeing the film in the theater was a mixture of work (had to save up before college, obviously), still being under the spell of Roger Ebert (who did not like the original much), virtually no knowledge of fashion magazines, and other forgotten factors that led me to simply never seeing the films until…honestly, a few years ago. 

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3 1/2 Stars

You, Me, & Tuscany (2026)

At some point, Netflix has really cornered the market on rom coms (more quantity-wise, not entirely quality-wise).

With an infinite amount in their library, a fair amount of these Netflix original rom-coms also have to do with exotic travel (the most recent one I remember seeing was People We Meet on Vacation). Looking back, the last of this type I remember seeing in the theater (not including last year’s regrettable A Big Bold Beautiful Journey) was 2018’s Crazy Rich Asians. Sufficite to say, these varieties of rom com getaways are rare in the theater setting, which is why I was surprised to hear about You, Me, & Tuscany, a film coated with everything those predictable Netflix movies are known for,…but is that a bad thing?

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