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Movies of the Week #5 (2026): Legends, Grief, and Two Frankensteins
This week’s movies cover legacy and monstrosity, from affectionate portraits to bungled reboots. Across eras, creators chase control and love. Mel Brooks gets loving but sometimes safe canonization, while Marc Maron’s grief diary feels raw, funny, and draining. Two Frankensteins mirror each other: Whale’s classic wrestles with ethics and empathy, Del Toro’s version swells with… Read more
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Movies of the Week #4 (2026): Memory, Monsters, and Melancholy
This week’s movies cover survival, memory, and healing—both personal and collective. From the poetic, aching beauty of Train Dreams to the dread-soaked spectacle of 28 Years Later: Bone Temple, these films span genres yet remain grounded in human resilience. Whether through communal music, noir puzzles, or quiet trauma, each story seeks transcendence in a broken… Read more
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Movies of the Week #3 (2026): Romances Under Pressure, Animatronics Gone Wild
This week’s movies cover a surprising range of emotional connections under pressure — some forged in the heat of deception, others unraveling through poor writing and missed chemistry. Black Bag shines as a classy spy thriller with a grounded romantic through-line, while Neighborhood Watch leans on character warmth despite its procedural messiness. The two Five… Read more
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Movies of the Week #2 (2026): Vampires, Vanity, and Viral Anxieties
This week’s movies cover a span of time and tone—from silent German expressionism to buzzy modern satire—with each film examining the tensions between illusion and reality, myth and identity. Murnau’s Nosferatu evokes eerie permanence through its shadowy legacy, while Eggers’ version strains to reanimate its Gothic core with contemporary nuance. Bugonia and Influencers tackle manipulation… Read more
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Movies of the Week #1 (2026): Franchise Fatigue, Queer Zombies, and Lonely Islands
This week’s movies cover creative swings that don’t always connect – offering glimpses of bold new voices, genre subversions, and franchise fatigue. The Ballad of Wallis Island is the clear standout, a slow-burning, intimate dramedy with a gently poignant core, while Queens of the Dead and The Running Man attempt fresh spins on familiar frameworks… Read more
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Movies of the Week #52 (2025): Dysfunction, Disguise, and December Feels
The Holdovers (2023): I’ll stay in the Christmas spirit, with one of the best new(er) additions to the list. My impressions after the first viewing remain all valid, and there’s just this warmth and gentle dynamic that makes The Holdovers a classic. It sure is helped by being set in the 1970s, which gives it Read more
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Movies of the Week #51 (2025): Truth, Change, and the Trouble with Pablo
This week’s movies cover the uneasy mix of personal transformation and broader power structures, whether inside a courtroom, a swimming pool, or a presidential motorcade. A Few Good Men and Loving Pablo reflect the extremes of justice—one gripping and theatrical, the other flat and chaotic—while Nadia, Butterfly offers a quieter confrontation with identity beyond career.… Read more
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Movies of the Week #50 (2025): Creative Jealousy, Grief Dogs, and One Last Rambo
This week’s movies cover wounded egos, unlikely intimacy, and the quiet disappointment of diminished returns. From a tragic portrait of creative jealousy and addiction to meditations on grief, companionship, and cosmic romance, these films circle loneliness in wildly different registers. Even the seasonal fluff and late-era action sequel reflect a longing for emotional payoff that… Read more
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Movies of the Week #49 (2025): Reflections, Repetitions, and Moral Trade-Offs
This week’s movies cover the tension between reflection and repetition, each grappling with legacy—of art, of people, of institutions. Chain Reactions and Hill peer backward, dissecting influence and endurance; Twinless and The Founder wrestle with moral compromise and the messy pursuit of success; while Freakier Friday turns nostalgia into a commercial comfort zone. Across them,… Read more
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Movies of the Week #48 (2025): Tenderness, Turmoil, and a Splash of Sludge
This week’s movies cover quiet heartbreak, thorny anxieties, and the soft ache of reinvention, moving from tender family secrets to faux-Austen comfort, from unrelenting maternal dread to surprisingly wistful franchise melancholy, and finally to a scrappy cult-remake that can’t quite escape its predecessor’s shadow. Across them runs a shared tension between personal reinvention and the… Read more
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Movies of the Week #47 (2025): Ideologies, Tsunamis, and Killer Jeans
This week’s movies cover society’s harsh undercurrents, from institutionalized racism and disaster trauma to satirical takes on fashion and fear. American History X remains hauntingly relevant in its depiction of ideological seduction and violence. The Impossible echoes tragedy through a Western lens, while Summer of 69 counters with playful innocence. Scared Shitless and Slaxx attempt… Read more
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Movies of the Week #46 (2025): Lost Dads, Lucky Breaks, and Predator on a Journey
This week’s movies cover emotionally distant fathers, unlucky optimists, nostalgic icons, and a Predator with daddy issues. From Joachim Trier’s layered family drama to a documentary tribute that manages to tug heartstrings without drowning in syrup, the selection mixes sincerity with satire. There’s a clear thread of characters grappling with legacy and self-worth—whether through existential… Read more
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