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4.5/5
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Predator: Badlands
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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Savage, badass, and brutal, Predator: Badlands is the most action-packed Predator film yet. See this one in theaters for the best picture and sound — it’s worth every penny.
Posted Nov 11, 2025
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4/5
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Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc delivers a one-of-a-kind anime film with frenetic animation, blood-soaked insanity, and heartfelt characters that want to feel something human, whether they’re a devil or not.
Posted Nov 01, 2025
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3/5
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Black Phone 2
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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Black Phone 2 delivers on gore and atmosphere, and Ethan Hawke remains a standout as a disturbing killer. However, the convoluted, illogical plot favors A Nightmare on Elm Street-style homage over a coherent story.
Posted Nov 01, 2025
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4/5
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Decorado
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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Decorado is a beautifully animated, reality-altering nightmare that is both depressing and enchanting.
Posted Oct 18, 2025
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4/5
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Primate
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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Primate has moments of pure terror that are only intensified by its raw and animalistic bloodshed. It is essentially a slasher film full of stupid decisions and a ridiculous concept, but it’s intense as hell and fiercely entertaining.
Posted Oct 18, 2025
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2/5
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Coyotes
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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Coyotes provides a decent amount of action and the CGI-yotes are the best part of the film. The cast is great, but the screenplay feels like it focuses a bit too much on forced humor and not enough on character development or a worthwhile story.
Posted Oct 18, 2025
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4/5
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Deathstalker
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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Take the fantasy elements of Beastmaster and smash them together with the squeamish fatalities of Mortal Kombat and you’ve got the barbarically potent masterpiece known as Deathstalker.
Posted Oct 18, 2025
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4/5
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Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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Infinity Castle is one of the most action-packed and gorgeously animated films of the year. The film has an absorbing story, vastly interesting characters, and a finale that closes one exciting chapter while teasing the next and possibly bloodier one.
Posted Sep 13, 2025
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3/5
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Highest 2 Lowest
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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Highest 2 Lowest features an unprecedented performance from Denzel Washington, impressive cinematography, and fantastic music. However, the story is so shackled to safe and expected circumstances that it tethers the film to certain mediocrity.
Posted Aug 12, 2025
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4/5
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Weapons
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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Weapons is a bonkers mystery that is worth seeing, and Zach Cregger is as bold as ever as a filmmaker, but it simply doesn’t leave you with that same sense of being completely blown away like after viewing Barbarian for the first time.
Posted Aug 10, 2025
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3/5
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The Naked Gun
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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There are some fun and hilarious moments in The Naked Gun, but it’s a barrage of slapstick comedy with unlimited ammo regarding its ludicrous content. The film is a lot like having a thousand punchlines to one joke or one setup.
Posted Aug 05, 2025
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4/5
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Stuntman
(2024)
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Chris Sawin
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With exceptionally poignant performances, Stuntman walks hand in hand with Jackie Chan’s Ride On as emotional excellence when it comes to Hong Kong films centered around stuntmen.
Posted Aug 05, 2025
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4/5
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The Bad Guys 2
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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The Bad Guys 2 is bigger, badder, and funnier than its predecessor. The gags are wilder and more creative, the jokes land and make you laugh, and the new characters are just as intriguing as the familiar ones.
Posted Aug 05, 2025
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3/5
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Noise
(2024)
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Chris Sawin
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Noise is an auditory nightmare fueled by uncertainty and a foreboding atmosphere. Authentic moments of dread are drowned out by the echoing reverb of halfhearted writing.
Posted Aug 05, 2025
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4/5
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The Fantastic Four: First Steps
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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There’s a lot of promise in what the future of the MCU holds with this version of The Fantastic Four, and it’s somewhat of a relief to have a Fantastic Four film that is actually worthwhile and hopefully worth revisiting with fondness instead of regret.
Posted Jul 26, 2025
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4/5
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Superman
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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Superman is goofy, hopeless, and rewarding in all of the best ways. It feels like James Gunn is attempting to build a DC Universe full of interesting characters that are not only worthy of being on screen but deserve to be there.
Posted Jul 26, 2025
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1/5
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Jurassic World Rebirth
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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Jurassic World Rebirth is the worst film of the Jurassic Park/World franchise because it has nothing original to offer. It spends so much time paying homage to the films that came before it that it lacks its own identity.
Posted Jul 26, 2025
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1/5
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How to Train Your Dragon
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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Dean DeBlois has somehow recreated an incredible film about dragons and the struggle to survive and turned it into this lifeless, carbon-copy shell of its former self. This is a film aimed to enhance the studio’s pockets and nothing more.
Posted Jul 26, 2025
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1/5
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Elio
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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Elio is visually fun to look at, but is otherwise a big, disappointing bowl of colorful intergalactic sludge. There’s something fun and whimsical here trapped inside the body of an entitled, lie-spewing thunderc_nt.
Posted Jul 04, 2025
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3.5/5
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Dogma
(1999)
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Chris Sawin
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The comedy has aged like a bowl of hot and expired #MeToo molasses, but the film has an immensely talented cast and superbly written dialogue. If you have a Mount Rushmore of Kevin Smith films, Dogma chisels itself as the Holy Grail of religious comedies.
Posted Jun 06, 2025
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4/5
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The Life of Chuck
(2024)
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Chris Sawin
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Wholesome, meaningful, timely, and incredibly moving; The Life of Chuck is overflowing with heart and is the type of film we all need right now. Our lives are a gift that deserve to be lived and studied and reminded of how incredible it is to exist.
Posted Jun 06, 2025
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3/5
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Lilo & Stitch
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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Lilo & Stitch is a watchable live-action Disney remake with some entertaining moments. Still, its knack for revising more than half of what made the animated version memorable and molding it into something more mediocre is baffling.
Posted May 30, 2025
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4/5
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Bring Her Back
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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Bring Her Back is another mesmerizing effort from the Phillipou brothers, with gnarly sequences that teeter on being fully gruesome. Sally Hawkins portrays a nurturing nightmare of a motherly figure to terrifying perfection.
Posted May 30, 2025
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4/5
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Re-Animator
(1985)
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Chris Sawin
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Ignite Films 4K restoration breathes new life into a beloved horror classic. Re-Animator only gets funnier with age and the film holds up so well because of its incredible practical effects.
Posted May 20, 2025
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2.5/5
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Holy Night: Demon Hunters
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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Holy Night: Demon Hunters is a punchier has some fun sequences, but the film is a bummer overall. Ma Dong-seok typically chooses great projects to be a part of, and it’s unfortunate that Holy Night: Demon Hunters feels so rushed and incomplete.
Posted May 14, 2025
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3/5
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Clown in a Cornfield
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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The kills are entertaining, but the young versus old debacle and less than surprising Frendo “twist” makes Clown in a Cornfield decent, but not memorable.
Posted May 07, 2025
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3.5/5
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Thunderbolts*
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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Thunderbolts* is loaded with ass-kicking awesomeness. Florence Pugh is outstanding and Bob is the coolest character to come along in the MCU in a long, long time.
Let it be known: Antiheroes are finally fun again.
Posted Apr 30, 2025
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4/5
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Havoc
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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It feels a bit different because of Gareth Evans’ choice to lean into CGI more than he ever has. But even with that in mind, Havoc will end up being one of the best action movies of the year.
Posted Apr 30, 2025
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3.5/5
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The Legend of Ochi
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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The Legend of Ochi is a magical adventure brimming with wonder. The film has a terrific score, and the puppeteering is solid. But it lacks character development or a proper resolution, and the story collapses on itself thanks to its simplistic nature.
Posted Apr 23, 2025
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5/5
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Sinners
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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Sinners is a scary, hilarious, and gloriously horny bloodbath with one hell of a bluesy score. An instant, masterful, and exceptional horror classic that deserves to be seen on the biggest screen possible.
Posted Apr 17, 2025
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1/5
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Zero
(2024)
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Chris Sawin
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There’s a decent premise buried in here somewhere, and Willem Dafoe is great in just about anything. But Zero is more like a violent case of explosive diarrhea than a worthwhile and thrilling action film.
Posted Apr 16, 2025
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2/5
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Drop
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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Drop overreaches and stretches out an enigmatic game of duck, duck, goose far beyond its limitations. A film driven by distressing text messages and wealthy buffoons acting strangely at a fancy restaurant will only get a film so far.
Posted Apr 11, 2025
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2/5
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Wake Up
(2023)
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Chris Sawin
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Wake Up could have been fun if the kills weren’t so dull and if the characters weren’t strictly one-layered a-holes. Everything is halfway developed here; the beginning of something with a middle and end involving no imagination or creativity whatsoever.
Posted Apr 09, 2025
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3/5
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Locked
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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Locked isn’t unique if you’ve seen 4×4, but it also goes in unexpected directions. It’s a lot like the Steven Knight-written and directed drama Locke starring Tom Hardy took one of the violently pumping gears out of Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof.
Posted Apr 04, 2025
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4/5
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The Monkey
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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Give us a dozen The Monkey sequels with more trippy nightmare sequences, unnerving death stares from the shadows, and unhinged music cues that are so loud they crumble part of your soul. Unpredictable. Crazy gore. Absurd. This is a potential franchise.
Posted Apr 04, 2025
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4.5/5
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Night of the Zoopocalypse
(2024)
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Chris Sawin
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Night of the Zoopocalypse is an adorably terrifying and excessively fun horror comedy. A frightfully crowd-pleasing safari full of whimsical buffoonery.
Posted Apr 04, 2025
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1.5/5
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Captain America: Brave New World
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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The worst part about Captain America: Brave New World is that it merely exists. Apart from its nostalgic roots, this “new” direction is more of the same just with actors and characters that aren’t nearly as interesting as they think they are.
Posted Apr 04, 2025
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4/5
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Paddington in Peru
(2024)
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Chris Sawin
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The Paddington films have always embodied an unparalleled sense of wonder and happiness, being content with the smallest things. Paddington in Peru is a heartwarming film about embracing your inner bear and discovering how precious home is.
Posted Feb 14, 2025
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1/5
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Love Hurts
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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Love Hurts is watchable because of Ke Huy Quan and the film features some decent action. However, the humor is juvenile and total cringe and the story is absolute butts.
Posted Feb 11, 2025
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1/5
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Heart Eyes
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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Heart Eyes is a clumsy horror film that is so dumb that it stumbles into accidental amusement from time to time. Some inventive kills are nearly ruined by a half-ass plot that points out how convoluted it is every chance it gets.
Posted Feb 09, 2025
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2.5/5
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Presence
(2024)
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Chris Sawin
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Presence is a close-but-no-cigar thriller with unusual camera tricks and everyone staring off slightly to the left or right to drive its sense of mystery.
Posted Feb 02, 2025
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2/5
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Wolf Man
(2025)
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Chris Sawin
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The performances are incredible in Wolf Man. But even boasting its practical effects, the creature design is underwhelming, and the story runs around aimlessly in the woods because there’s nowhere else for the film to go.
Posted Jan 19, 2025
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4/5
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The Prosecutor
(2024)
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Chris Sawin
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My hope with The Prosecutor was that Donnie Yen would shout OVERRULED! regularly before beating up criminals with a flurry of punches, 17 dropkicks, and top it off with an emphatic suplex. It delivers that on top of a gripping story and superb cast.
Posted Jan 17, 2025
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4/5
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3
(2024)
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Chris Sawin
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is the best, most entertaining, crowd-pleasing, and hilarious Sonic film to date. This sequel is a ridiculously fun blue streak of an action comedy. Jim Carrey is having the time of his life as Robotnik.
Posted Jan 17, 2025
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1/5
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Moana 2
(2024)
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Chris Sawin
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Moana 2 somehow feels like a three-hour film crammed into an hour and 40 minutes. The animation is disappointing, the story is stretched well beyond its means, and the music is pure trash.
Posted Jan 17, 2025
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1/5
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Wicked
(2024)
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Chris Sawin
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Wicked conjures song after song and drags on and on solely because it’s a bloated musical that wants you to die a rhythmic, and sometimes undecipherable, high-pitched death.
Posted Nov 22, 2024
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4/5
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The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
(2024)
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Chris Sawin
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The Day the Earth Blew Up is a crazy unique take on alien invasion and zombie films. The eye-popping animation is gorgeous and glorious. It captures the magic of the classics while delivering something entirely fresh and worthwhile.
Posted Nov 20, 2024
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3.5/5
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A Real Pain
(2024)
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Chris Sawin
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Jesse Eisenberg has made a film that is emotionally powerful and unbelievably relatable while Kieran Culkin delivers an exhaustingly mesmerizing performance loaded with depth and relentless magnetism.
Posted Nov 20, 2024
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2,5.5
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Gladiator II
(2024)
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Chris Sawin
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Denzel Washington’s extravagant performance likewise makes Gladiator II worthwhile. Still, not even its excessively violent action sequences, beautiful cinematography, and masterful set and costume design can save the sequel from how boring it is.
Posted Nov 19, 2024
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2.5/5
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Heretic
(2024)
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Chris Sawin
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Heretic is beautifully shot with a stellar performance from Hugh Grant, but its intriguing concept is drowned out by the desire to deconvert the audience and have a lukewarm reveal regarding whatever the one-true religion is.
Posted Nov 19, 2024
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