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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Review The Super Mario Galaxy Movie may be more empty blockbuster calories, but there’s no doubt kids will light up in recognition at seeing familiar things.

#IFJA member Ben Sears writes that The Super Mario Galaxy Movie may be more empty blockbuster calories, but there’s no doubt kids will light up in recognition at seeing familiar things. #filmsky 📽️

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Class of 2006: Inside Man “Class of … ” — Nick Rogers’ monthly look back at films celebrating 20th, 30th or 40th anniversaries — continues with 2006’s hostage drama “Inside Man.”…

At Midwest Film Journal, #IFJA member Nick Rogers continues his "Class of ... " series — which looks at films celebrating 20th, 30th or 40th anniversaries — with Spike Lee's 2006 hostage drama "Inside Man." #filmsky 📽️

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Kurt Response: Executive Decision Kurt Response — Midwest Film Journal’s monthlong celebration of Kurt Russell’s 75th birthday — continues on his actual birthday with a look at his understated work in the over-the-top “Executive…

At Midwest Film Journal, #IFJA member Nick Rogers continues the site's monthlong celebration of Kurt Russell's 75th birthday with a look at Russell's turn in the 1996 action-thriller "Executive Decision." #filmsky 📽️

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Project Hail Mary When Ridley Scott accepted the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy ten years ago for his adaptation of the Andy Weir novel The Martian, he almost immediately blurted out, "Comedy?...

#IFJA member Brent Leuthold calls Project Hail Mary "a joyous sci-fi spectacle that counts as a high point for the cinematic year so far." Read his full review here #filmsky 📽️

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Coming Around Again: Supernova (2000) Coming Around Again — a series in which Nick Rogers revisits films he initially disliked to see if he feels differently — continues with 2000’s “Supernova.”…

At Midwest Film Journal, #IFJA member Nick Rogers returns to his Coming Around Again feature — revisiting movies he didn't much like the first time to see if he's changed his mind — with the 2000 sci-fi film "Supernova." #filmsky 📽️

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Every 2026 Oscar Nominee Ranked Ranking all 50 of the 2026 Oscar-nominated shorts and features, from best to worst.

#IFJA member Ben Sears ranks all 50 of the 2026 Oscar-nominated shorts and features from best to worst. #filmsky 📽️

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Kurt Response: Miracle (2004) Kurt Response — our monthlong celebration of Kurt Russell’s 75th birthday — continues with Nick Rogers’ look at Russell’s challenge of conventional sports motivation in 2004’s “Miracle.”…

At Midwest Film Journal, #IFJA member Nick Rogers contributes to Kurt Response — a monthlong celebration of Kurt Russell's 75th birthday — with a reflection on Russell's work in the 2004 film "Miracle." #filmsky 📽️

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The Bride! Writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal taps her The Lost Daughter star Jessie Buckley for The Bride!, the second classic literary adaptation from Warner Bros this season designed to turn heads. Though "Wut...

#IFJA member Brent Leuthold says The Bride! "can’t seem to decide what it’s trying to say with its titular protagonist" #filmsky 📽️

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Hoppers Most pop culture geeks are familiar with the 20 Year Rule, a cyclical principle in which popular trends can enjoy rejuvenated relevance roughly 20 years after their initial emergence. It's why mid-aug...

#IFJA member Brent Leuthold has early word on Hoppers, the newest release from Pixar coming out this weekend #filmsky 📽️

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Dreams (2025) Thunder only happens when it’s raining. Players only love you when they’re playing. And the new socially conscious erotic drama “Dreams” doesn’t always land. But it’s riveting when it does.

At Midwest Film Journal, #IFJA member Joe Shearer calls "Dreams" "a toxic game of relationship cat and mouse" that has "a finger on the pulse of sociopolitical issues revolving around illegal immigration, deportations and generational and sociopolitical differences." #filmsky 📽️

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“The Woman in Cabin 10” and 19 more additions to Quill’s ranked journalism movies list Quill, a magazine by the Society of Professional Journalists

#IFJA members Evan Dossey, Nick Rogers and Sam Watermeier offer their latest updates to an ongoing collaboration with the Society of Professional Journalists to rank 250 journalism films. #filmsky 📽️

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How To Make A Killing After his terrific feature debut Emily The Criminal, writer-director John Patton Ford returns with another desperate-times-desperate-measures thriller in How To Make A Killing. A loose adaptation of t...

#IFJA member Brent Leuthold has thoughts on the new dark comedy How To Make A Killing, now playing in theaters #filmsky 📽️

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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die A freewheeling odyssey to save the world, “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” is no-fear, cavalier, renegade, steer-clear filmmaking that leaves you feeling pretty psyched.

At Midwest Film Journal, #IFJA member Nick Rogers says "Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die" (opening this week) delivers no-fear, cavalier, renegade, steer-clear filmmaking that will leave you feeling pretty psyched. #filmsky 📽️

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Dracula At this point, there have been so many cinematic attempts at adapting Bram Stoker's immortal vampiric tale that filmmakers shouldn't bother cracking that coffin open unless they have something new to ...

#IFJA member Brent Leuthold isn't going batty for yet another movie version of Dracula, coming to theaters this Friday #filmsky 📽️

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Vie privée (A Private Life) Jodie Foster’s first French-language lead role in nearly 50 years offers some entertaining diversions, but its herky-jerky tones and superficial drama lack that certain je nais sai quoi.

At Midwest Film Journal, #IFJA member Nick Rogers says Jodie Foster's first French-language leading role in nearly 50 years has some fun diversions. But the herky-jerky tones and superficial drama of "Vie privée (A Private Life)" lack that certain je nais sai quoi. #filmsky 📽️

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Yap vs. Yap: Surprises and snubs from the 2026 Oscar nominations
Yap vs. Yap: Surprises and snubs from the 2026 Oscar nominations YouTube video by TheFilmYap

#IFJA members Ben Sears and Nate Richard share their thoughts and reactions to this year’s Oscar nominees on the Film Yap Podcast #filmsky 📽️

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The Testament of Ann Lee Although it can’t sustain the brilliance of its first hour, “The Testament of Ann Lee” remains a unique and worthwhile musical drama from the makers of “The Brutalist.”…

At Midwest Film Journal, #IFJA member Nick Rogers says that while "The Testament of Ann Lee" can't sustain the brilliance of its first hour, it remains a unique and impressive musical drama from the makers of "The Brutalist." #filmsky 📽️

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Class of 1986: Iron Eagle “Class of … ” — Nick Rogers’ monthly series that looks at films celebrating 20th, 30th or 40th anniversaries — kicks off for 2026 with a look at 1986’s “Iron Eagle.”…

#IFJA member Nick Rogers kicks off his 2026 installments of "Class of ... " — in which he reflects on a film celebrating its 20th, 30th or 40th anniversary — with an essay on 1986's "Iron Eagle" at Midwest Film Journal. #filmsky 📽️

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The Rip (2026) Matt Damon and Ben Affleck entertainingly dance around the depth and dedication of their legendary real-world friendship in a way that elevates this cop thriller above genre routine.

At Midwest Film Journal, #IFJA member Nick Rogers says there's little that's novel about "The Rip," but Ben Affleck and Matt Damon entertainingly dance around the depth and dimension of their real-world friendship. #filmsky 📽️

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Dead Man’s Wire The Hollywood spin on an iconic Indianapolis story offers a winter’s tale with no more heat than you’d find in umpteen, better-told variations.

At Midwest Film Journal, #IFJA member Nick Rogers says that the Hollywood spin on an iconic Indianapolis story in "Dead Man's Wire" offers a winter's tale with no more heat than you'd find in umpteen, better-told variations. #filmsky 📽️

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Favorite flicks & lookahead to 2026 Ben Sears of The Movie State joins Christopher Lloyd to hash out their favorite movies from 2025 and look forward in anticipation to the coming year in film.

#IFJA members Ben Sears and Christopher Lloyd get together for a podcast comparing their favorite films of 2025 and looking ahead to the most anticipated releases of 2026. #filmsky 📽️

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Is This Thing On? Despite a few iffy crutches and choices, Bradley Cooper’s smaller-scale dramedy shows he can fill a small room with emotions as shrewdly as stadiums.

At Midwest Film Journal, #IFJA member Nick Rogers says that despite a few missteps and crutches, Bradley Cooper fills small rooms with emotion in "Is This Thing On?" almost as well as he did stadiums.

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Class of 2005: The Matador “Class of … ” — Nick Rogers’ monthly look back at films celebrating 20th, 30th or 40th anniversaries — concludes for 2025 with a look back at 2005’s “The Matador.”…

At Midwest Film Journal, #IFJA member Nick Rogers concludes his 2025 "Class of ... " series — looking at films celebrating 20th, 30th or 40th anniversaries — with 2005's "The Matador." #filmsky 📽️

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Song Sung Blue So bad, so bad, so bad!

At Midwest Film Journal, #IFJA member Nick Rogers says "Song Sung Blue" — a new biopic about a Neil Diamond tribute act — is so bad, so bad, so bad. #filmsky 📽️

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Avatar: Fire and Ash While still far from James Cameron at his best, “Avatar: Fire and Ash” at least represents an infinitely more nimble and entertaining improvement on its immediate predecessor.

Although "Avatar: Fire and Ash" is still not James Cameron at his best, it's still a nimble and entertaining improvement over its immediate predecessor. #IFJA member Nick Rogers reviews the new film at Midwest Film Journal. #filmsky 📽️

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Los críticos de Indiana reparten sus premios entre las dos favoritas de las temporadas. Seis para #sinners, incluyendo Película y cinco para #onebattleafteranother incluyendo Dirección.

La coreana #nootherchoice es la única extranjera en el top10.

#ifja #roadtooscars

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Indiana Film Journalists Association Promoting Film Criticism Across the Hoosier State

There you have it! A full list of winners can be found on our website. What do you think about our winners for the 2025 #IFJA Awards?

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Announcing our winners for the 2025 #IFJA Awards!

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The Obsessive Viewer Podcast – Ep 496 – Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) & Eternity (2025) – Guest: Brent Leuthold This week, Brent Leuthold joins me to review the new Rian Johnson movie, Wake Up Dead Man in a feature review and then, in this week’s secondary review, we share our thoughts on Eternity. Brent and…

In this week's episode of The Obsessive Viewer, Matt Hurt and guest Brent review Wake Up Dead Man and Eternity. They also discuss the #IFJA Award nominations, Netflix and Warner Bros news, and more. #filmsky 📽️

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Dust Bunny (2025) Making his big-screen debut after a fruitful TV career, writer-director Bryan Fuller delivers a delightfully surprising advent calendar of R-rated fantasy affectations in “Dust Bunny.”…

#IFJA member Nick Rogers says writer-director Bryan Fuller delivers a delightfully surprising advent calendar of R-rated fantasy affectations in "Dust Bunny." Find his review at Midwest Film Journal.

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