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,

Release Date: 07/10/26 [Cinemas] Genre: Thriller. MPAA: Not Rated. Distributor: IFC Films. The Verdict: A Maybe There will be puzzling questions still hanging in the air when many viewers reach the end of Georgia Bernstein’s debut film Night Nurse. This film drops us into an almost fantastical world of intrigue, sex, and power, but it does not care to explain why it is doing what it does. I concede that the point is not in the explanation, but in understanding the need to tak

Season Two. Aired On: Netflix. Release Date: 05/28/26. Genre: Comedy. Romance. The Verdict: A Maybe A year ago, I ended my season one review with high hopes for season two, but maybe I should have kept my trap shut. The friend group of Kate, Jack, Claude, Danny, Anne, and Ginny attempts to upkeep their seasonal group trips since the loss of Nick. This season is mostly everyone torturing each other through their own emotions without any meaningful growth. The show wants you to

Release Date: 06/05/26 [Cinemas] Genre: Comedy. Drama. MPAA: Rated R. Distributor: Republic Pictures. The Verdict: A Must-See Savage House is a darkly comedic and unsparing look at the darker side of manor life in 18th-century England. It’s as if writer/director Peter Glanz has pulled the curtain back from glitzy, glam period vehicles such as Downton Abbey and Bridgerton to show only the rubbish, filth, rats, and maggots in his creation. ​ Yet even with all the darkness and u

Release Date: 06/26/26 [Cinemas] Genre: Comedy. Documentary. MPAA: Rated R. Distributor: Paramount Pictures. The Verdict: A Maybe Jackass: Best and Last celebrates the last 26 years of Jackass with a glorified clip show of the best, the unaired, and a sprinkling of new stunts. It may be the weakest of the five, mainly because it consists of so little new material, but it’s a truly fun experience, especially for Jackass fans who haven’t rewatched the series or films in quite s

Release Date: --/--/-- [Festival Run] Genre: Comedy. Drama. Horror. MPAA: Not Rated. Seen for SXSW 2026. The Verdict: A Must-See The universal appeal of horror movies comes from the genre’s ability to project our worst, uncomfortable fears into a story. Beyond whatever gore, violence, or scares befall us, we can ultimately deeply relate to, or strongly purge, the heaviest human emotions through this medium. Perhaps that’s why horror can be such a turn-off for many filmgoers –

Season Three. Aired On: Apple TV. Release Date: 07/03/26. Genre: Drama. Mystery. SciFi. The Verdict: A Must-See Few serialized mysteries become more intriguing the longer they answer their own questions. As its penultimate chapter, Silo faces the difficult task of expanding its mythology while steadily guiding the story toward an ending. Created by Graham Yost and adapted from Hugh Howey's bestselling novels, the Apple TV science fiction series continues to avoid that trap, t

Release Date: 07/03/26 [Cinemas] Genre: Action. Adventure. Biography. War. MPAA: Rated PG13. Distributor: Angel. The Verdict: A Must-See From the jump, I should admit, I’m not a history buff, but with all historical dramas, I knew that Young Washington was going to be a dramatization of Washington’s young life. I took it as fact with a bit of fiction thrown in for solid entertainment. The film starts on a strong note, with Washington waking up in a mysterious daze amid an ong