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A private user reviewed The Pickup (2025)

The Pickup

Heist movies – particularly those with a finely honed comic edge – have become one of the most popular and enjoyable genres in today’s cinematic marketplace. And, when they’re done right, they can be a lot of fun, too. However, to succeed as solid entertainment vehicles (not to mention works of good filmmaking), their creators need to combine their films’ various elements with smart, savvy, razor sharp precision, something that director Tim Story’s latest offering only gets down pat about half the time. When Zoe (Keke Palmer), a shrewd, scheming, seductive ...

A private user reviewed The Bride! (2026)

The Bride!

Full review: https://fandomwire.com/the-bride-review/

Rating: A-

"The Bride! establishes itself as one of the year's most unique experiences, where Maggie Gyllenhaal's bold vision and a vibrant punk-rock aesthetic are anchored by the visceral performances of Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale. Encompassed in Hildur Guðnadóttir's somber score, the movie transforms gothic horror into a profound reflection on loneliness and the search ...

A private user reviewed Last Breath (2025)

Last Breath

**Rating --- 7/10**

I really liked this movie, based on quite an interesting real story.
I personally love anything to do with water so a movie about a diving accident falls right into my ball park.

Some CCTV parts seem to be from the real deal, which makes it all the better. This gives it an eerie look.

A private user reviewed Black Bag (2025)

Black Bag

Putting the “cool” into a big screen offering – and actually having it turn out to be cool – is often easier said than done. Attempts at accomplishing this feat in many instances turn out to be hokey, trite or mishandled, so it’s gratifying to see a filmmaker pull it off successfully. Such is the case in the latest work from director Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter David Koepp, an expertly structured, superbly executed spy thriller masterfully laced with suspense, wit, charm, class and a dash of deftly placed camp. This savvy ...

A private user reviewed Novocaine (2025)

Novocaine

It genuinely pains me when I have to say that a movie has absolutely nothing going for it, but, in the case of this celluloid trainwreck, I can come up with no other way to describe it. This overlong, frequently implausible, gratuitously violent, truly stupid offering from directors Dan Berk and Robert Olsen is one of the worst excuses for a film that I have ever seen, and I’m not exaggerating when I say that. The film tells the story of Nick Caine (a.k.a. “Novocaine”) (Jack Quaid), a 30-something credit union ...

A private user reviewed Dog Man (2025)

Dog Man

Following a bit of surgery that might have made “Dr Jekyll” proud, a police officer and his dog have been combined into the one formidable crime-fighting force determined to bring to book the evil menace that is “Petey” the stripey cat and criminal mastermind. No matter how many times he is captured, he still manages to escape - much to the chagrin of the police chief and the mayor! His latest scheme involves cloning but what he gets is a disappointingly timid, perhaps even decent, smaller version of himself who just ...

A private user reviewed Return to Silent Hill (2026)

Return to Silent Hill

When it takes over thirty minutes for a film to go anywhere even remotely interesting, for my money, something is wrong.

"Return to Silent Hill" lacks both pace and scares; in short, I found it boring. It's not the actors' fault; they hand in decent performances. Its story, in my opinion, needed to be reworked to make it more engaging and exciting.

A private user reviewed The Lost Bus (2025)

The Lost Bus

Ok, so there’s no volcano, but otherwise this is a pretty straightforward hybrid of “Dante’s Peak” (1997) and “Speed” (1994) only here it is Matthew McConaughey who’s driving the bus. Of course, we have the usual dysfunctional family background for the recently divorced and struggling “Kevin” as he tries to reconcile with his disinterested son “Shaun” (his own real life son Levi) who has come to stay with him and his wheelchair-bound mother (his own real life mother Kay). He has been doing his school run when he espies plumes of ...

A private user reviewed The Woman in Cabin 10 (2025)

The Woman in Cabin 10

I like the concept that every character is unsympathetic, including the protagonist. This makes it much more open to who's up to what, and what is going on.

However, the lengthy exposition at the beginning is annoying. There is potential in slowly building up the situation and characters; but that wasn't done here: flat characters ...

A private user reviewed After the Hunt (2025)

After the Hunt

Set amidst the intellectually rarefied environment of some university philosophers, I thought this might have had some similarities to “Tár” (2023) when a student makes an unsubstantiated accusation against one of her teachers and, well you know what they say about mud sticking. Sadly not, though, as this seems intent on avoiding dealing in any depth with any of the potentially interesting points that it raises. Acclaimed professor “Alma” (Julia Roberts) is seeking tenure, has an unique sort of marriage with psychiatrist “Frederik” (Michael Stuhlbarg) and has a very tactile rapport ...

A private user reviewed 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

Full review: https://movieswetextedabout.com/28-years-later-the-bone-temple-movie-review-how-ralph-fiennes-turns-the-grotesque-into-high-art/

Rating: A-

"28 Years Later: The Bone Temple asserts itself as an audacious triumph that revitalizes the saga with unexpected ferocity, balancing the franchise’s most repulsive graphic horror with biting narrative intelligence. Elevated by magnetic performances — especially by Ralph Fiennes — and dazzling cinematography that transforms the grotesque into art, the movie is both a ...

A private user reviewed Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback (2025)

Detective Conan: One-Eyed Flashback

I didn’t like this so much as last year’s “Million Dollar Pentagram” as the child-sized super sleuth has to get to grips with a mystery set amidst the snowy Yatsugatake mountains. A gunshot, an avalanche and an assault on a member of staff at the local astronomical telescope soon has police inspector “Kansuke” - himself a survivor of that perilous snowfall, only now with just the one functioning eye - at the scene of the crime trying to piece together just what is going on in this desolate and pristine wilderness ...

A private user reviewed The Great Flood (2025)

The Great Flood

FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://movieswetextedabout.com/the-great-flood-movie-review-kim-da-mi-shines-in-a-convoluted-disaster-flick/

"The Great Flood ends up being a bittersweet experience, promising an immersion into the human soul in the face of the abyss, but floating only on the surface of several ideas without truly diving into any of them ...

A private user reviewed Flight Risk (2025)

Flight Risk

'Flight Risk' is a film that I'm not totally convinced by, though in the end I think I like it. On the one hand, it has inconsistent suspense, has dodgy humour and doesn't truly entertain like an action thriller ought to. On the other hand, the performances are good, the exterior plane shots are convincing and the twisty nature makes it watchable ...

A private user reviewed Ocean with David Attenborough (2025)

Ocean with David Attenborough

This is one of those films that really does resonate. Using some phenomenal archive photography of the realm beneath the sea, Sir David Attenborough narrates a story of devastation, desperation and ultimately optimism as he takes us on a journey around the globe evaluating the damage caused to the Earth’s oceans by a mankind who has treated this vast resource with contempt ever since industrialisation enabled us to ignore the protective forces of nature and pretty much fish at will. Some of the imagery here is truly breathtaking. It’s beautiful, colourful ...

A private user reviewed Moana (2026)

Moana

Check out my full review @ https://www.manuelsbento.com/moana-2026-stranded-on-a-soundstage-of-pure-nostalgia/

Rating:

MOANA had every chance to expand on its animated predecessor, and it wastes almost all of it. Beat for beat identical to the 2016 original, this remake trades vibrant, sun-drenched color for green screen sterility, turning musical numbers that once felt joyously alive into stiff, mechanical spectacle. The lead performance ...

A private user reviewed Snow White (2025)

Snow White

You can find true entertainment from the original Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs from 1937 made by Walt Disney himself! This 2025 remake version does not follow up to the original classic and has a contrast plot that does not even match any wits of the said original. Racheal Zegler has made things worse with her offensive comments regarding the original masterpiece and has sparked controversy among fans. On the day of its theatrical release I will be watching the original 1937 which I have the most respect for. This ...

A private user reviewed Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War (2026)

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War

Watchable, but the underlying message isn't a good one. That's my core takeaway from "Jack Ryan: Ghost War". Yes, by all means, watch this film as a basic, wholly familiar and predictable but nonetheless enjoyable action romp. Expect decent pacing, lots of action and mildly engaging characters.

All that said, pushing the belief that doing horrible things to people is somehow redeemable in order to keep the world "safe" isn't good on any level ...

A private user reviewed Bone Lake (2025)

Bone Lake

A Twisted Tale of Love...

Super cute characters, in a really dorky way, and they made me smile. Curiosity killed the cat, and I can hardly wait until the shoe drops, and then the foot the wore the shoe.
What a twisted film this is becoming, or maybe always, was from the start. It was such a viciously well played game with our ability to discern what we thought was going on and what finally ...

A private user reviewed Dangerous Animals (2025)

Dangerous Animals

I suppose if you are called “Zephyr” then you’re likely to be a bit of a free spirit, so when we meet this one (Hassie Harrison) we ought not to be surprised that she does pretty much what she likes when she likes. That includes having a one night stand with the rather drippy but fit-looking realtor “Moses” (Josh Heuston) before she absconds before pancakes to ride the waves. Thing is, she’s got no fin key so has to borrow one from the friendly “Tucker” (Jai Courtney) whom we already know ...