Getting your wish is the worst thing imaginable in Obsession, a twisted take on love and romance that horrifies before going full-on horror. I appreciated the movie’s darkly comedic take on desire and relationships more than its gruesome endgame, but it’s a wild ride either way. Recommended. Continue reading Obsession (2026)
If you’ve seen a big budget disaster movie before, you know what to expect from Deep Water. Every disaster trope you can think of makes an appearance. What distinguishes this movie from the rest is that it’s not just an airplane crash movie, it’s also a shark attack movie! That’s right, it’s a genre mash-up, which turns out to be a brilliant move because both halves compliment each other perfectly, like a burger with a side of fries. The movie isn’t a masterpiece, but as far as genre fare goes, it’s exciting and entertaining.
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To say that a lot has changed in the past twenty years would be putting it mildly. Take journalism, for example. In The Devil Wears Prada, journalism graduates had career options. Fast forward to today and I doubt any student would seriously consider being a reporter. Print media has been supplanted by social media as the source of news for many people, making traditional journalists obsolete. How Andrea “Andy” Sachs handles this shifting landscape is the basis of The Devil Wears Prada 2, a funny and thoroughly enjoyable sequel that manages to take a few well-earned swipes at the downsize-afflicted corporate environment of 2026.
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Michael is a lively, if incredibly constricted look at Michael Jackson’s life. It offers a swiss-cheese rendering of his personal life in between electric reenactments of him recording and performing. Thankfully, the latter makes up for the former, and the movie is entertaining in a “hall of fame highlight reel” way. Mildly recommended. Continue reading Michael (2026)
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