[Get the exclusive video  version of these weekly reviews each Friday by becoming a paid subscriber!] My Film Critic pants are quite fetching; they are on, pressed, and ironed. I'm ready to review seven new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, February 20th, 2026. 1) I CAN ONLY IMAGINE 2 I should probably begin this by saying I am not the target audience for I Can Only Imagine 2 . Not even close. I didn’t see the first I Can Only Imagine  from 2018.

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, February 13th, 2026. 1) WUTHERING HEIGHTS Here’s the thing I want to make absolutely clear right up front, because I know how these things tend to get framed: my hatred of Emerald Fennell ’s Wuthering Heights  has absolutely nothing to do with some sacred-cow reverence for Emily Brontë ’s novel. I don’t worship

My Film Critic pants are quite fetching; they are on, pressed, and ironed. I'm ready to review five new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, February 6th, 2026. 1) THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 3 Here we go again. I honestly never would have guessed back in 2024, when The Strangers: Chapter 1  limped into theaters, that it would take three full movies to tell a story that barely justified one. And yet here we are in 2026 with The Strangers: Chapter 3 , the

My Film Critic pants are quite fetching; they are on, pressed, and ironed. I'm ready to review five new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, January 30th, 2026. 1) SEND HELP I get to say something I haven't been able to say in a long time with this level of enthusiasm: Sam Raimi is back. Like really back. Bloody, twisted, funny, unhinged, fully himself back. And Send Help  is the proof. Sam Raimi has been one of my favorite filmmakers for a very lo

My Film Critic pants are quite fetching; they are on, pressed, and ironed. I'm ready to review five new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, January 23rd, 2026. 1) MERCY Mercy  is the first truly terrible movie of 2026, and that’s saying something because January is traditionally the dumping ground. Every year, studios shovel their weakest projects into theaters right after the holidays, hoping no one notices while audiences are still catching up on

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, January 16th, 2026. 1) 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE Here’s the thing right up front: it is not often that a fourth film in a long-running series turns out to be the best one, especially when that series already has a genuine modern classic sitting at its foundation. But 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple  is ex