The Super Mario Bros. Movie was one of the most lucrative of 2023, making a sequel inevitable. The follow-up movie sees Mario and pals going on an adventure into the stars. In the far reaches of space, Bowser Jr. (Benny Safdie) kidnaps Princess Rosalina (Brie Larson) and plans to use her power to make a […]
Forbidden Fruits Review
Forbidden Fruits starts as a riff on Mean Girls, but set in a mall (somehow still thriving in 2026) at a store halfway between Forever 21 and Nordstrom, called “Forever Eden”. The “Plastics” are replaced by the “Fruits”, Apple (Lili Reinhart), Cherry (Victoria Pedretti), and Fig (Alexandra Shipp), twenty-somethings whose views of social dynamics and […]
The Best Show You Aren’t Watching: Last One Laughing UK
If you’re a massive fan of the British series Taskmaster (like I am) you’ve likely already discovered the absolute gem that is Last One Laughing UK. I, somehow, managed to completely miss the first series, and only discovered that the series existed at all midway through the run of its second series (which just wrapped […]
Alpha Review
Bursting onto the scene with a strong voice, a distinct style, and a fresh tale is a fantastic way to get yourself noticed. But if your follow-up repeats (or even deepens) the same beats and style, you risk pigeonholing yourself as a certain kind of director. Some are perfectly content to explore the same themes […]
The Magic Faraway Tree Review
The Magic Faraway Tree is a family fantasy film based on a series of books by Enid Blyton, updated for a contemporary setting. The Thompson family moves from London to the countryside after the mum, Poppy (Claire Foy), quits her job due to ethical reasons. They plan to fulfil Tim’s (Andrew Garfield) dream of growing […]
Pretty Lethal Review
Pretty Lethal is an Amazon Prime exclusive, produced by 87North Productions, the company behind films like Nobody and Bullet Train. A dysfunctional ballet troupe is set to compete in an international competition in Budapest. Their journey to the Hungarian capital takes a detour because of a diverted flight and a broken-down bus. When the troupe […]
For All Mankind Season Five Review
I’ve been pretty up and down on For All Mankind, AppleTV’s alternative history series built on the question, “What if the Soviet Union had made it to the Moon before the United States?” From that question springs a host of twists and turn on history as we know it, including the Soviet Union lasting into […]
They Will Kill You Review
They Will Kill You is an action-horror-comedy hybrid that is a part of a trio of films about women released in quick succession. Asia Reaves (Zazie Beetz) is a woman who has served a 10-year prison sentence and sets out to find her sister. Asia takes up a job at the executive Virgil club in […]
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come Review
The directing duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett have returned to the world of Ready or Not for a bigger sequel. Ready or Not 2: Here I Come picks up where Ready or Not left off: Grace MacCaullay (Samara Weaving) has survived playing a lethal game of hide and seek and nearly being sacrificed by […]
Ready or Not Review
Ready or Not was the second feature film made by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, AKA Radio Silence (fourth if their work on anthology films gets included), and arguably the film that cemented their reputations as horror-comedy filmmakers. Grace (Samara Weaving) marries into the Le Domas family, owners of the Le Domas Family Games company. […]










