[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 two new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, July 17th, 2026. 1) THE ODYSSEY The Odyssey is exactly the kind of movie that reminds me why I have what is, for a lot of people, a very unpopular opinion: I am simply not a Christopher Nolan fan. I know that's p

With the release of Evil Dead Burn, I thought this would be the perfect time to look back at one of the greatest, weirdest, bloodiest, funniest, and most consistently entertaining franchises in horror history. And yes, I absolutely consider it a universe now. We're not just talking about six feature films anymore. There was the terrific Ash vs. Evil Dead television series, comic books, graphic novels, video games, stage musicals, crossover stories, documentaries, conventions,

Sometimes you have to separate artistic quality from commercial success. As a film critic, that's something I've been doing for decades. There are movies that I absolutely adore that nobody goes to see, and there are movies that make billions of dollars that leave me scratching my head. That's just the way the business works. Popularity and greatness don't always go hand in hand, and one of the things that has always fascinated me about movies is figuring out why audiences em

[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 four new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, July 1Oth, 2026. 1) EVIL DEAD BURN It’s still remarkable to me that one scrappy little independent horror movie made by three young filmmakers outside Detroit with virtually no money has become one of the most i

We are halfway through the year! So, here is the list of my choices for The 20 Worst Movies of 2026 (so far). Movies released from January thru June 2026. THE WORST FILMS OF 2026 ...SO FAR (in order of awfulness): 1) "WUTHERING HEIGHTS" 2) GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE 3) MICHAEL 4) THE BRIDE! 5) MERCY 6) NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE 7) THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 3 8) YOU, ME & TUSCANY 9) SCREAM 7 10) DRACULA: A LOVE TALE 11) THE BREADWINNER 12) READY OR NOT: HERE I COME

We are halfway through the year! So, here is the list of my choices for The 20 Best Movies of 2026 (so far). Movies released from January thru June 2026. THE BEST FILMS OF 2026 ...SO FAR (in order of preference): 1) ALPHA 2) PILLION 3) BACKROOMS 4) SEND HELP 5) TOY STORY 5 6) PROJECT HAIL MARY 7) THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD 8) HOKUM 9) 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE 10) THE DRAMA 11) TUNER 12) THE CHRISTOPHERS 13) THE SHEEP DETECTIVES 14) THE FURIOUS 15) MOTHER MARY 16) JACKASS: