Release Date: 07/29/26 [Prime Video] Genre: Horror. Thriller. MPAA: Rated PG13. Distributor: Amazon MGM Studios. The Verdict: A Mistake The Devil's Mouth has the ingredients for an effective survival thriller. A flooded cave system is inherently unnerving, and adding a shark to that environment should only heighten the danger. Instead, the film struggles to find much suspense in either idea, settling into a predictable story that never takes advantage of its strongest assets.

Release Date: 07/31/26 [Cinemas] Genre: Action. Adventure. Fantasy. SciFi. MPAA: Rated PG13. Distributor: Columbia Pictures. The Verdict: A Must-See It’s difficult to believe that we are seven films deep into Tom Holland’s tenure, with now four of those being solo outings. The original trilogy of standalone films was helmed by director Jon Watts, and while those have a mixed reception among fans, I always enjoyed the coming-of-age vibes he brought to the first three. Now onto

Release Date: 07/24/26 [Apple TV] Genre: Comedy. Sport. MPAA: Rated PG13. Distributor: Apple TV. The Verdict: A Maybe The Dink plays it safe, never straying far from its formulaic story arc, but still manages to tap the ball just over the net in this amusing, lighthearted romp. Jake Johnson brings his reliable goofball charm and likability to The Dink as Dustin Boyd, a once-promising young tennis star whose professional career fizzled out before it even began. While his pro t

Release Date: 07/24/26 [Cinemas] Genre: Fantasy. Horror. Thriller. MPAA: Rated R. Distributor: ITN Distribution. The Verdict: A Must-See There’s something delightfully campy to witness 80 maniacal minutes of pure practical carnage from a true childhood IP that enthusiastically blends with the horror genre. Pinocchio Unstrung is a self-aware entry in the Twisted Childhood Universe and the best one yet. Rhys Frake-Waterfield’s vision is brutally disturbing fun, and the dedicati

Release Date: 07/24/26 [Cinemas] Genre: Action. Crime. Drama. Mystery. Thriller. MPAA: Rated R. Distributor: IFC Films. The Verdict: A Must-See After years of imprisonment, a man escapes and sets out on an arduous journey back home to the woman he loves. On paper, that may technically sound like the plot of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey. But if you subtract the cyclops, the socio-mythical commentary, and most of the dialogue, it’s actually the plot of the new revenge thrill

Season Four. [Premiere] Aired On: Paramount+. Release Date: 07/23/26. Genre: Action. Adventure. SciFi. The Verdict: A Must-See Over the past three seasons, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has often felt more ordinary than strange; more familiar than new. The series has never lacked for charismatic performances or first-rate production values, but too often those strengths have merely warped to well-traveled territory. And yes, its blatant relationship with established Trek cano

w/ Actor Ben Foster. SYNOPSIS In 1970s Detroit, John Miller falls for a local gangster's girl. In retaliation, the gangster enacts a frame job to send the innocent a revenge campaign against the man who took his girl away.man to prison. Life ruined, Miller plots Cinefied's Dempsey Pillot discusses the action/thriller Motor City with one of the film's leads Ben Foster... Motor City is IN CINEMAS on July 24th!

Release Date: 07/25/26 [Paramount+] Genre: Adventure. Animation. Fantasy. MPAA: Rated PG. Distributor: Paramount+. The Verdict: A Must-See Those who have read my review of the Demon Slayer movie may recall my sentiment on writing reviews for movie tie-ins for TV shows: If you’re a fan of the show, you’re going to watch the film no matter if I say it’s good or bad. If you’re not a fan of the show, you’ll most likely skip the film unless someone else drags you to go see it. (Or

Season Fifteen. Aired On: Hulu on Disney+. Release Date: 07/20/26. Genre: Animation. Comedy. Drama. The Verdict: A Must-See After 15 years off the air, Hulu’s King of the Hill revival in 2025 re-acquainted us with the aged-up versions of the characters we remember. It didn’t try to do too much, but it also didn’t hold itself back. With the shuffling of some characters and a couple of voice adjustments, it was a really fun ride and left me hopeful for the three seasons they qu

Release Date: --/--/-- [Festival Run] Genre: Comedy. Drama. Horror. Thriller. MPAA: Not Rated. Seen for SXSW 2026. The Verdict: A Must-See The indie film And Her Body Was Never Found opens with a scene in which a wife, unenthusiastically, gives her husband a hand job in the middle of a creek. This scene, written and performed as a comedic opening, is emblematic of the couple’s strife. The passion, sparks, and trust have all but vanished. All that’s left is unhappiness masked

Release Date: --/--/-- [Festival Run] Genre: Drama. Thriller. MPAA: Not Rated. Seen for the 2026 Tribeca Festival. The Verdict: A Must-See Amid a growing epidemic of drug use, the lives of several residents in a small Massachusetts community struggle with addiction, recovery, and everything in between in the new film Cotton Fever. Daniel Black Schwartz directs the film, based on his short film of the same name. And it feels so raw that it may break your heart to find out it’s

Release Date: 07/17/26 [Cinemas] Genre: Adventure. Drama. Fantasy. MPAA: Rated R. Distributor: Universal Pictures. The Verdict: A Must-See Dare I admit, Homer’s Odyssey was not something I read in school, nor is it a poem I’ve brought myself to read outside of those years… so going into Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey I was pretty open to whatever was going to come my way. And for a 2 hr and 52 minute runtime, this epic was exactly that, epic. ​ For those like me who are unfa

Release Date: 07/10/26 [Cinemas] Genre: Comedy. Drama. Romance. MPAA: Rated R. Distributor: A24. The Verdict: A Must-See Directed by Olivia Wilde, The Invite is a very punchy, situational comedy that feels like it could have been made 30 years ago and still hit. We follow two couples at a dinner party. Angela (Olivia Wilde) and Joe (Seth Rogen) are hosting. They aren’t super agreeable with one another, and they seem to be on rocky terms. But they’re having their upstairs neig

THE LAST TEMPTATION OF BECKY Now working as a field agent for the CIA, Becky (Lulu Wilson) is sent undercover to Poland to infiltrate a family of innkeepers who are running a tourist venture at The Wolf’s Lair, Hitler’s WWII bunker. After learning that the father, Wilhelm Reuss (Neil Patrick Harris), is on a mission to bring about the Fourth Reich, Becky takes matters into her own hands. Director: Jenn Wexler Writers: Jenn Wexler and Matt Angel Story By: Matt Angel & Suzanne

Season One. Aired On: BritBox. Release Date: 06/24/26. Genre: Drama. The Verdict: A Must-See A Woman of Substance is a lively British series based on the beloved Barbara Taylor Bradford novel by the same name. The show tells the story of Emma Harte in two split timelines: one as a silver-haired business tycoon and the “wealthiest woman in the world” in 1970s NYC, and the other as a young housemaid working for a filthy-rich, titled and entitled family in 1910s Yorkshire. ​ The

Director: Matthew Testa. Release Date: --/--/-- [Festival Run] Genre: Documentary. MPAA: Not Rated. Runtime: 88 minutes. Seen for the 2026 Tribeca Festival. The Verdict: A Must-See A secret alliance of magicians using their tricks and wit to stop a thief on the other side of the world…It sounds like the premise of the next installment of Now You See It. But it’s actually a description of the events that unfold in real time in the brilliant documentary Stealing Magic. ​ You do

Release Date: 07/10/26 [Cinemas] Genre: Action. Adventure. Comedy. Family. Fantasy. MPAA: Rated PG. Distributor: Walt Disney Studios. The Verdict: A Mistake Déjà vu, anyone? Disney has been releasing live-action remakes of animated classics for decades now, with a heavy influx in the 2010s… So what's different here? The biggest issue is the one many have commented on: no, it’s not Dwayne Johnson’s bizarre wig; it’s that this modern classic is only 10 years old (this year!) an

Limited Series. Aired On: HBO Max. Release Date: 06/26/26. Genre: Comedy. History. The Verdict: A Must-See Larry David returns to HBO a little over two years after the series finale of Curb Your Enthusiasm with Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness. With over 2 decades of hit television comedies under David’s belt, he’s not looking to reinvent the wheel… Although I could easily see this as a premise in which Larry argues for the benefits of a stone octagon over a circula

Release Date: 07/10/26 [Cinemas] Genre: Fantasy. Horror. Mystery. MPAA: Rated R. Distributor: Warner Bros. The Verdict: A Must-See Sébastien Vanicek’s Evil Dead Burn, the sixth installment in a 40-plus-year franchise, is gross, violent, horrific, and quite often hilarious. It’s not a great film, but it has no need to be. Evil Dead Burn sets out to be what it was intended to be, crafted with selected, curated ingredients following a steady, familiar recipe. This distinction is

Season One. Aired On: Apple TV. Release Date: 04/29/26. Genre: Comedy. Drama. Horror. The Verdict: A Must-See Spoilers ahead. ​ In my previous review of the first couple of episodes, I noted how much Widow’s Bay reminded me of CW's Nancy Drew series. It captured those eerie coastal town vibes. But as I watched on, I found myself at times reminded of Lost, Robert Eggers' The Witch, Twin Peaks, Castle Rock, John Carpenter's Halloween and The Fog, and even IT: Welcome to Derry,