The Black Phone 2 is a big improvement on the original movie, in that it's completely different but retains the heart. Where the first felt a bit pedestrian, the sequel fires all of its guns at once and explodes into space. #FantasticFest #BlackPhone2 Full review tomorrow.

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Black Phone 2 (no "the") retains what worked in the first movie and radically changes everything else. It's a big, wild, supernatural slasher flick with some truly memorable set pieces. #FantasticFest2025 #BlackPhone2 My full review on YouTube: youtu.be/HRub8TTZmrE

Just forced myself to pee seven times. Don’t ask how. #onebattleafteranother #IMAX Review coming tomorrow.

One Battle After Another may not be among Paul Thomas Anderson's best movies, but when you're flying down the highway with Bob and Sergio, downing Modelos and outrunning the cops, there's nowhere you'd rather be. #OneBattleAfterAnother My review: youtu.be/MSPm5uvzJgo

If you prefer the written word to the spoken word, I wrote up an article detailing my experience at Fantastic Fest 2025. #FantasticFest Read it here: tourtexas.com/article/285/Ev…

The Smashing Machine occupies this happy medium between the saturated melancholy of Fat City and the human interest story of Rocky. Ultimately, it's a movie about how we choose to confront pain. #TheSmashingMachine #UFC My review on YouTube: youtu.be/56-Z2xvy77M

In The Free Press, Woody Allen remembers Diane Keaton. “When we first met,” he writes, “I thought she was so charming, so beautiful, so magical, that I thought: Was it possible to fall in love so quickly?” thefp.com/p/woody-allen-…

Dream logic governs "Die My Love" like a mad king and Robert Pattinson has more Nicholas Cage in him than previously thought. #DieMyLove More on these and other such musings in my review of Lynne Ramsay's latest: youtube.com/watch?v=CkunQe…

A cinematic time loop has been closed, now that the director of "Slacker" has directed a movie about the Jean-Luc Godard and the French New Wave. My review of the floaty and fun "Nouvelle Vague," out tomorrow on Netflix: youtu.be/hXN1Ew7WSMc

My next order at Taco Bell. Review coming December 1st. #MartySupreme

Marty Supreme is No, And: The Movie. It's anti-improv where Safdie and Bronstein actively write themselves into holes for the fun of writing themselves out. The Deus Ex Machina here is not a guardian angel, but a fallen angel wreaking chaos. #MARTYSUPREME My review:

Like Leonard Cohen's tea and oranges, Bi Gan's "Resurrection" comes all the way from China. It's a lot of movie, and I try to make sense of it in my review: youtu.be/Q4boHZmkMJk

Last year, I created the Top 10 list. Despite (and to spite) the many imposters, I have decided to bring back the format this year to create the very first and only Best Movies of 2025 list. Get the real thing on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=KlAMHN…

The AI threat in "Have Fun, Good Luck, Don't Die" isn't an army of murderous robots, but something more insidious and corrosive. It could've been called "Dawn of the Braindead." Rub your eyes on my organic, non-GMO YouTube review: youtu.be/bTYXhW_y4xo. Only slop here is the

A few days after getting back from a road trip to Tupelo, MS, I attended the press screening for EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert. Did my trip influence my opinion that this is one of the best concert films I've ever seen? Yes. My review on YT: youtu.be/FvtuLRi4kik

In Japan, this movie is called Doki Doki Galaxy. My review of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (American title) coming tomorrow at 2pm.

Nintendo's magic can be largely attributed to the accessibly of their games--that no matter your age or skill level, the games will meet you there. This design philosophy does not translate to The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. My review: youtu.be/YAnuLs-ByrA

What The Super Mario Galaxy Movie doesn't understand about Nintendo. Full review here: youtu.be/YAnuLs-ByrA