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What we saw, and whether it earned the ticket.
Movies09.09.26
Destin Daniel Cretton told NPR Fresh Air he had to request Hulk and Jean Grey from Kevin Feige. Reviewing the grounded erased Peter premise against the cameo oxygen it still spends.
Reviews09.09.26
Why Did I Get Married Again? premieres on Netflix September 9, 2026: Tyler Perry returns, Taraji P. Henson joins as Roselyn, Lake Como wedding premise. Packaging review without inventing critic scores.
Reviews / Movies09.07.26
Wild Horse Nine earned a reported 14-minute ovation at Venice and a stack of Malkovich raves with real reservations attached. I am grading festival notices and a dated theatrical, not inventing a locked Tomato.
Movies09.07.26
Neon opens Na Hong-jin's Hope on September 9. Rotten Tomatoes sits around 72 and Metacritic around 67 as of this filing. This is a ticket grade of the public sheet, not a private screening.
Movies09.06.26
Sony screened Zach Cregger's opening half hour on September 1. The rooms sounded sold. This filing reviews the preview, not a Tomatometer I refuse to invent.
Reviews / Movies09.06.26
Chronovisor opened limited September 4 with Rotten Tomatoes near 93 and Metacritic at 89 Universal Acclaim. I am grading the public sheet, not inventing a Popcornmeter.
Movies09.05.26
Mirzapur: The Movie opened Friday at 197 minutes. The Hindu, India Today, and trade notices agree the cast bites. The craft fight is length, politics, and whether OTT chaos survives a ticket stub.
Reviews / Movies09.05.26
Na Hong-jin's Hope hits U.S. theaters September 9 with a Rotten Tomatoes card near 77 and a Metacritic near 68. I am grading the public sheet before the lobby opens, not inventing a sequel.
Movies09.04.26
Bratton's Paramount historical thriller opens Friday with mixed grades and a reverse Green Book argument. The craft is loud. The pedagogy is the fight. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is the SKU.
Reviews / Movies09.04.26
Mayday lands on Apple TV September 4 with Ryan Reynolds, Kenneth Branagh, and a Rotten Tomatoes card in the mid-80s. Metacritic is colder. I am grading the public stream, not inventing a theatrical miracle.
Reviews / Movies09.03.26
Fall 2: Deadpoint opened at 53 percent and a 54 Metascore. The critics agree the height still works, then argue whether anything around it deserves the climb.
Movies09.03.26
Day after Fall 2: Deadpoint, the craft argument is cleaner than the grades. The Spierigs still know how to erase the floor. The script keeps trying to invent a reason.
Movies09.02.26
Wingard's A24 desert siege opens September 4 with a mid-70s Tomatometer and a mid-60s Metacritic. The craft is loud. The payoff is the argument. Adria Arjona is the SKU.
Reviews / Movies09.02.26
Onslaught opens September 4 with Adria Arjona and Adam Wingard. Rotten Tomatoes sits near 74. This is the critic pile, not opening-night popcorn.
Movies09.01.26
James Watkins' Speak No Evil is the public rehearsal for October's R-rated Clayface. The remake made money as hospitality horror. The melting man is not a villains reel on this evidence.
Reviews / Movies09.01.26
The Dog Stars sits at 39 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and 49 on Metacritic. This is the critic pile, not the Coyote box-office joke.
Reviews08.30.26
Dave Green's live-action and animation hybrid is in theaters. CinemaScore posted an A. Rotten Tomatoes and PostTrak agree the room liked the night. Friday covered the vault. Sunday grades the movie.
Reviews08.28.26
Netflix unlocks James Ashcroft's Alex North adaptation today. I have not screened it. Deadline, the Los Angeles Times, and Metacritic already argue the case: a 90s crime picture in a 2026 login, honest at roughly 111 minutes, haunted by men who go silent until a child is gone.
Reviews / Movies08.18.26
Holland’s third solo outing works because it is smaller. The machine around it is already trying to make it huge again.