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Film Critic pants - ON. Cubs Hat - ON. I am ready to review five new movies in this week's capsule (short) movie reviews for Friday, May 2nd, 2025. 1) THUNDERBOLTS* Let me start by saying something I've said a million times before — if you've ever listened to me on the radio, on my podcast, or read anything I've written, I could not possibly care less about comic book movies. Superhero films do absolutely nothing for me. DC , Marvel , MCU , whatever alphabet soup they want to

Although 2024 may have been a mediocre year for films, the best film performances of the year listed below were outstanding and deserve recognition. I include some under-the-radar work that you won't find on many other Year-End Lists. You'll see a few box-office bombs, a couple of ultra-low-budget experiments, and a substantial number of horror. In fact, some of these performances - particularly by women - were in horror, which made me very happy, given it's my favorite genre

Awards Season officially kicked off with the 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards , which took place this past Sunday night. The Globes are widely considered a joke because the Hollywood Foreign Press  has such a moronic reputation, and the awards have been given to some questionable winners in the past. Because of past controversy, the HFP nearly disbanded a few years back, and the awards were almost completely canceled. But they made some huge alterations in the organization, an

The Film Critic pants are out of the closet, and I have them on! It's time for some capsule (short) movie reviews on three New Releases for the week of Friday, October 11, 2024. 1) TERRIFIER 3 The idiotic Art The Clown kills more people in the awful sequel "Terrifier 3." The third installment of this inexplicably popular gore/horror series created by the talent-free Damien Leone  is more of the same. And by "same," I mean "shit."  The irritatingly stupid Art The Clown  is bac