[Get the exclusive video  version of these weekly reviews each Friday by becoming a paid subscriber on Patreon !] My Film Critic pants are quite fetching; they are on, pressed, and ironed. I'm ready to review six new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, January 9th, 2026. 1) DEAD MAN'S WIRE It’s always interesting when a new Gus Van Sant movie comes along, because for decades now he has been one of the most wildly unpredictable filmmakers working.

[Get the exclusive video  version of these weekly reviews each Friday by becoming a paid subscriber on Patreon !] My Film Critic pants are quite fetching; they are on, pressed, and ironed. I'm ready to review three new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, January 2nd, 2026. 1) THE PLAGUE The Plague  is one hell of a directorial debut. Charlie Polinger writes and directs this thing with a confidence and control you don’t usually see from first-time

[Get the exclusive video  version of these weekly reviews each Friday by becoming a paid subscriber on   Patreon !] My Film Critic pants are quite fetching; they are on, pressed, and ironed. I’m ready to review six new movies in this week’s capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, December 26th, 2025. 1) MARTY SUPREME I’ve made no secret about this: I am a full-blown, card-carrying Chalamaniac. I think  Timothée Chalamet  is the finest young actor working today, and it’s bee

[Get the exclusive video  version of these weekly reviews each Friday by becoming a paid subscriber on Patreon !] My Film Critic pants are quite fetching; they are on, pressed, and ironed. I'm ready to review four new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, December 19th, 2025. 1) AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH I cannot properly quantify how much I despise the Avatar  movies. I truly can’t. My dislike for this franchise borders on the philosophical. These films

[Get the exclusive video  version of these weekly reviews each Friday by becoming a paid subscriber on Patreon !] My Film Critic pants are quite fetching; they are on, pressed, and ironed. I'm ready to review four new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, December 12th, 2025. 1) ELLA MCCAY It has been fifteen years since James L. Brooks  made a film, and that is far too long to wait for one of the greatest writers and directors this country has ever

[Get the exclusive video  version of these weekly reviews each Friday by becoming a paid subscriber on Patreon !] My Film Critic pants are quite fetching; they are on, pressed, and ironed. I'm ready to review four new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, December 5th, 2025. 1) FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S 2 I'm going to start this by saying something that will immediately get me yelled at by teenagers, Twitch  streamers, TikTok  lore theorists, and anyon