Had fun with EXIT 8, adapted from a minimalist video game where a character walks into a subway tunnel, turns left, then right, and ends up right back where he started.
More mystery and suspense than horror, but definitely see it with an audience!
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Throwback rom-com YOU, ME & TUSCANY may not challenge the viewer in any major way, but it is increasingly charming and entertaining, with a wonderful supporting cast.
This is a "pajamas and blanket" kind of movie and the crowd I saw it with had a ball.
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Starring Barbie Ferreira and Dacre Montgomery, the reimagining of cult classic FACES OF DEATH presents itself as both a finger-wagging commentary on social media and a gruesome slasher flick.
You can't have it both ways. At least not in this film.
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The Blair Witch-inspired HUNTING MATTHEW NICHOLS blends true crime with found-footage and builds to an intense final act. There's problems, especially in the first half, but this scrappy underdog effort might be worth the time for patient fan horror fans.
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"There is a particular indignity that comes from living in America, derived from the experience of waking up in the morning to see reports that Donald Trump has said something profoundly evil ..."
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THE DRAMA: Zendaya and Robert Pattinson portray a couple a week away from their wedding, when a situation occurs calling all they know about each other into question.
A24 asked critics not to discuss that reveal. So I didn’t. I also didn’t like the movie very much.
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Event poster for Tacoma LitFest featuring a photo of Mike Ward, promoting a free Zoom session titled “Everybody’s a Critic!” on April 9 at 6:30 PM PT.
I am humbled and honored to share the news that I will be Zooming with the incredible folks at Grit City Studio on the evening of April 9. Join us as we discuss how "Everybody's A Critic!" and explore film criticism in today's movie world. The event is FREE! Sign up here: luma.com/gritcitystudio .
Ryan Gosling, and a unique companion, make PROJECT HAIL MARY a major crowd-pleasing sci-fi adventure. Balancing humor with drama in an adaptation of Andy Weir's book of the same name, it is hard to not be entertained from start to finish.
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Man, I love that PTA invoked the all-timer year of 1975 in his speech. Go watch all five of those movies! One Battle will last. Sinners will last. Congratulations to all and to all a good night!
My blazing-hot Oscar take is that most of the Best Picture nominees are excellent, most of the nominees in the other categories are excellent and I suspect many deserving people to win tonight. (Alas, this take is unpublishable, even in my own newsletter. And probably in this skeet, too.)
undertone, "the scariest movie you'll ever hear!," is a lackluster movie in execution, logic, and story. An impressive sound mix can creep you out and there's a solid lead performance. Then ... there's everything else.
undertone is now playing at a theater near you.
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Pixar's HOPPERS hits theaters, reminding of some of the great Pixar films of the past. A little too frenetic at times, there are still memorable lines, great characters, and a moment that caused our entire theater to gasp in disbelief.
Go be entertained and have fun.
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Welcoming a new voice to Should I See It, @cartervanzanten.bsky.social! Carter looks at buzzworthy movie PILLION, starring Henry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård, which expanded into more theaters this weekend.
"A film confident in itself and trusting of its viewers..."
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What happens when you're blamed for breaking up the biggest band of all time?
MAN ON THE RUN explores Paul McCartney's run through the 1970s - following the end of the Beatles, his marriage to Linda, and the formation of Wings.
Now streaming on Amazon Prime.
People born in the 2000s will never understand a nation once so innocent that an ice skater kneecapping another ice skater sent us into an existential crisis.
A movie poster promoting the “2026 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Presented by Taika Waititi”
Never let it be said that you can’t watch 15 Oscar nominated movies in one day!
Today’s viewing …
Abbott & Costello Cartoons Addams Family (1974) Adventures of Batman, The Animaniacs Aquaman Astro and the Space Mutts Atom Ant Baby Looney Tunes Batman: The Brave and the Bold Be Cool Scooby-Doo! Beetlejuice Ben 10 (2005) Beware the Batman Captain Caveman Captain Caveman & The Teen Angels Captain Planet Codename: Kids Next Door Courage The Cowardly Dog Cow & Chicken Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines Dexter's Laboratory Dorothy & the Wizard of Oz Dragon's Lair Duck Dodgers Dukes of Hazzard: The Animated Series Dumb & Dumber (Animated Series) Dynomutt, Dog Wonder
Ed, Edd 'n Eddy Evil Con Carne Flintstone Family Adventures Flintstone Kids Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends Freakazoid! Great Grape Ape Help, It's the Hair Bear Bunch Hong Kong Phooey Jonny Quest Justice League Justice League Action Krypto the Superdog Legion of Super Heroes Loonatics Unleashed Looney Tunes 3D Shorts Looney Tunes Cartoons MAD Magilla Gorilla Mucha Lucha! New Looney Tunes Show (aka Wabbit) New Scooby Doo Mysteries Paddington Bear Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Perils of Penelope Pitstop Pinky and the Brain Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain Powerpuff Girls Pup Named Scooby Doo Quick Draw McGraw Ricochet Rabbit
Scooby and Scrappy Doo Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue Smurfs Snagglepuss Static Shock! Super Friends Supernatural: The Anime Series Taz-Mania Teen Titans The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo The Batman The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley The Frankenstones The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy The Heathcliff and Dingbat Show The Mask (Animated Series) The New Adventures of Batman The New Adventures of Gilligan The New Fred and Barney Show The New Scooby Doo Movies The Plastic Man Comedy Adventure Show The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest The Secret Squirrel Show The Super Globetrotters The Yogi Bear Show Tiny Toon Adventures
Tom & Jerry Tom & Jerry Comedy Show Tom & Jerry Kids Tom & Jerry Show, The Tom & Jerry Tales Top Cat Unikitty Wacky Races Wacky Races (2017) Xiaolin Showdown Yo! Yogi Yogi's Galaxy Goof-Ups Yogi's Gang Yogi's Space Race Yogi's Treasure Hunt
In cartoon news, Tubi just revealed practically the entirety of the classic Warner Bros/Hanna-Barbera/Cartoon Network library is coming to the platform this March.
For those who don't wanna visit the bird site, here's the full list of what's coming.
This. All damn day.
I don't want to celebrate how Ilhan Omar was ready to throw down. Tired of valorizing Black women as fighters, that dude should have been stopped and stomped out before he got close to her.
The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.
16 is the number and takes away those “only will get the record because of the new category” takes that I started seeing.
Incredible that SINNERS now holds this distinction - for so many reasons. A stunning film and viewing experience we will talk about long after awards season comes to an end.
Really terrific analysis of “Sinners” and “Pluribus” from Gayle Sequiera at @nextbestpicture.bsky.social …
ICYMI: Here's the annual Should I See It list of the Best Performances in Movies, recapping the best work from 2025.
Check out 20 amazing performances and several honorable mentions!
Did your favorite performances make the list? Enjoy and watch more movies!
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2025 was… a year, to put it mildly. But, it was a great year for cinema. And one of my favorite things to do is cut my year-end Top 25 video. Give it a watch, and see you at the movies! youtu.be/5dWlwXODvH8?...
Time for Mike’s annual failure to maintain and continue consistent use of his Letterboxd.
PRIMATE scratches and claws its way into theaters this weekend as one of the first major new release movies of this new year.
Silly at times and absolutely not for the squeamish, yet somehow far more entertaining than it has any right to be.
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What a horrible day for our nation. When will it ever be enough. When?
Oh hi - inner voice monologue … who gave you the microphone with four hours left in 2025?
