Rendy Jones

‘We have something really beautiful here’: How the anime Oscar contender ‘Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle’ slayed the global box office The creative team that oversaw the animated blockbuster reveal the secrets behind its making

DEMON SLAYER: INFINITY CASTLE is a stunning, bloody animated spectacle that continue to make bank and Oscar talk. I chatted with the animation studio at Ufotable on their first of three films to conclude the epic saga.

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‘Marty Supreme’ Review: Josh Safdie’s Gonzo, Epic Ode to Working-Class American Dreamers Unearths Timothée Chalamet at His Career-Best Little Timmy Tim should have saved his “I want to be one of the greats” SAG Awards acceptance speech for A Complete Unknown for this instead.

Josh Safdie’s MARTY SUPREME in which i discuss how it’s possibly the most timely NY movie ever made. A raw & chaotic ode to the insatiable working-class desire to fulfill an ultimate destiny and its pursuit. An absolute SCHWEP. #MartySupreme

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Met MIRA NAIR at a IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT reception tonight (she loved it). Got starstruck for both THE NAMESAKE and her son becoming our mayor. Thanked her both.

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thinking of her today

Girl just give Oscar already. And Grammy. It’s Joever. Hell Macy’s Parade is not even a competition and yet EJAE, Rei, and Audrey won. This performance ate so hard, I fear everyone who performs after. Wow.

Wait they just announced Skyler Gisondo and Marcello Hernandez as Shrek & Fiona’s sons Fergus & Farkle alongside Zendaya’s Felicia for Shrek 5. Like that wasn’t even announced anywhere.

Did I just get new movie news via Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade?!

Perfidia Beverly Hills, I love your work!

I don’t know how else to say this but Lil Jon doing Turn Down For What on a Toys R Us float in 2025 is such a recession indicator.

Didn't expect a Shaggy medley in my #MacysParade. Also love that it's a series of "can we sing this with a TVPG rating?"

damn girl we see them

'Zootopia 2' Review: Disney Animation's Return to Animal-Run Concrete Jungle Shines with Sharper Claws in Studio's Best Sequel Yet If they don’t have that fox and bunny make-out sloth-py style in the next film, I'm rioting against Disney Animation.

ZOOTOPIA 2 is undeniably the best Disney Animation sequel to date. Bigger, sharper, and so darn funny. Nick and Judy got that 'Mulder and Scully' level of hot tension going on and I hate how I need them to kiss. Disney got me going feral on main now.

My review:
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The “a film by everyone at Disney Animation Studios” really was the Neil in the coffin. Not even if, when.

'Zootopia 2' Review: Disney Animation's Return to Animal-Run Concrete Jungle Shines with Sharper Claws in Studio's Best Sequel Yet If they don’t have that fox and bunny make-out sloth-py style in the next film, I'm rioting against Disney Animation.

ZOOTOPIA 2 is undeniably the best Disney Animation sequel to date. Bigger, sharper, and so darn funny. Nick and Judy got that 'Mulder and Scully' level of hot tension going on and I hate how I need them to kiss. Disney got me going feral on main now.

My review:
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'Sinners' Actor and Songwriter Miles Caton on Self-Reflection and Collaboration in Discovering Sammie's Soul Caton discusses the process of finding Sammie, what it meant to embody the film’s central themes of balancing religious values with the pursuit of the "Black American dream,"  and his collaborati...

I had a wonderful chat with SINNERS' Miles Caton (SAMMIE!). He shares how brought his city-kid experience to Preacher Boy, embodying the film’s central themes, and co-writing "Last Time (I Seen the Sun)" with Ludwig Göransson and Alice Smith.

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I fear you’d become too powerful.

'Wicked: For Good' Review: A Chaotic, Tornado-Filled Finale Despite Powerful Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande Performances Whatever magic that flying broom had to propel itself into the air in ‘Part One’ hits only severe turbulence throughout ‘For Good’ before crashing onto a yellow-brick tarmac.

WICKED: FOR GOOD - whatever magic that flying broom had to propel itself into the air in PART ONE hits only severe turbulence throughout this final chapter. All before crashing onto a yellow-brick tarmac.

What an unintelligible, ugly mess.

My review: www.rendyreviews.com/movie-review...

'Wicked: For Good' Review: A Chaotic, Tornado-Filled Finale Despite Powerful Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande Performances Whatever magic that flying broom had to propel itself into the air in ‘Part One’ hits only severe turbulence throughout ‘For Good’ before crashing onto a yellow-brick tarmac.

WICKED: FOR GOOD - whatever magic that flying broom had to propel itself into the air in PART ONE hits only severe turbulence throughout this final chapter. All before crashing onto a yellow-brick tarmac.

What an unintelligible, ugly mess.

My review: www.rendyreviews.com/movie-review...

'Die My Love' Review: Jennifer Lawrence Roars With Power in Lynne Ramsey's Potent Postpartum Psychodrama Lynne Ramsay's direction, with Jennifer Lawrence's bone-rattling performance, renders Die My Love a raw and unflinching portrait of postpartum psychosis in a single primal depiction.

A rural generational house of sorrow is no den for a wild stallion.

Was enthralled by Jennifer Lawrence's primal performance in Die My Love. Not my favorite Ramsey, but had me think about derealization when out of our element.

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Netflix's "Last Samurai Standing" is One of the Best Action Shows of the Year | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert One of the best action TV dramas of this year.

“LAST SAMURAI STANDING … seamlessly integrates some of the most intricate action filmmaking to be seen on television in years with a beating human heart that makes us care,” says @rendy.bsky.social about the Netflix show.

‘Now You See Me: Now You Don't’ Review: Fun Action Threequel Revives a Campy Kind of Magic Long Lost in Movies Spiritually hits the level of camp that predates the franchise’s existence.

And for my next trick, I'm going to give NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON'T a four star rating.

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'Predator: Badlands' Review: Thrilling and Violent Predator Entry Finds Evolution in Humanizing Tale 'Predator: Badlands' is a decent Predator installment that pushes the series in a sharp direction, though it suffers as Trachtenberg’s ambitions seem constrained by studio conventions.

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2026 Oscar Predictions - Rendy Reviews Through attending many award screening rooms and receptions with various people within the industry, Rendy Jones gives their forecast on the upcoming 2026 Oscar Race.

With awards season in full swing, I’m back in the Oscar prediction ring. Weekly, I'll be sharing my forecast in the race for the next Oscar nominees. Our 2026 Oscars prediction page is live.

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Big things happening at Rendy Reviews.
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The Lee Daniels party is new. I only equated him to Tyler Perry but for specifically white gays.

‘Christy’ Review: Sydney Sweeney’s Mighty Punch Can’t Save This Generic, Oscar-Baity Sports Biopic Sweeney, Foster, and Wever all do great work in ‘Christy’, but its lengthy and bland storytelling fails to give the source figure the powerful punch her story deserves.

Sydney Sweeney tries so hard to punch through CHRISTY’s overwhelming conventionality and she just can’t do it.

(Watch the Untold: Deal with the Devil doc on Netflix instead. It’s the biopic’s blueprint fr)

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Inshallah, bitches.

Having such a bad case of New Yorker main character syndrome. Had to catch myself from questioning all my friends from other states posting their 'I Voted' stickers, "Wait, how do you get to vote for Zohran too? You don't live here."