adaptation
Project Hail Mary has lodged itself in my “favorites of 2026” list. It is an absolute, undisputed joy.
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I’ve been waiting for this adaptation of All You Need Is Kill, and my expectations were met and—especially with the changes from the source novel—exceeded.
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Wicked: For Good is not just a movie; it’s a statement, a fervent warning against bigotry and xenophobia.
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One Battle After Another is in an exclusive sphere where the word “classic” would not be amiss; this is certainly one of 2025’s best movies, if not one of Paul Thomas Anderson’s best.
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Caught Stealing is a fast-paced throwback movie where both action and characters are balanced with precision, and its visuals are timed perfectly to elicit gasps of anxiety and pain that merge with hard-earned laughs.
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The Electric State feels like it was stitched together with ChatGPT, containing none of the humanity it strives to portray.
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The enveloping, engrossing Longlegs and the darkness within it are still fresh in my mind as I write this, my second-ever review of an Osgood Perkins film. However, if Perkins was flexing his ‘80s Satanic Panic muscles with Longlegs, consider his adaptation of Stephen King’s short story The Monkey to be his twisted version of […]
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(If you’re looking for Luc Besson’s 2024 film Dogman, click here.) Dav Pilkey’s two stream-of-consciousness, ADHD-fueled book series Captain Underpants and Dog Man seem to follow the rules of great improv comedy; the word “no” doesn’t exist in these universes (except when some authoritarian figure says it), and anything that can happen will happen. Want a […]
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The legendary and ever-personal Pedro Almodóvar makes his English-language debut after 44 years of feature filmmaking with The Room Next Door, a story almost tailor-made for him. His films have a distinctive way of presenting facets of life from a different perspective, and this film has the bonus of having a two-hander cast of Tilda […]
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Confession time. Let me start by saying that I have never had the opportunity to: 1) Read Gregory Maguire’s Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. 2) See Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman’s musical stage adaptation of this novel. 3) Listen to a single recording of said musical. This review […]
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