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TIFF50 Day 1 Recap – “Sentimental Value,” “Sirāt,” “The Secret Agent,” “It Was Just An Accident,” and “Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie” The 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival has officially begun! This year promises to be a stacked lineup full of highly anticipated titles, and the day one lineup that I had live…

Here is my Day 1 recap of #TIFF50!

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#SentimentalValue
#Sirāt
#TheSecretAgent
#ItWasJustAnAccident
#NirvannaTheBandTheShowTheMovie

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THE ROSES

In Dolby

“Caught Stealing” Movie Review – Complete Tonal Whiplash Darren Aronofsky is best known for directing deeply uncomfortable, often depressing, always maximalist films like Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler, Black Swan, mother!, and The Whale. His style of…

CAUGHT STEALING suffers from complete tonal whiplash. The real saving grace is Austin Butler for carrying the material as best he could. Without him, the whole thing would fall apart much faster than it already does.

My review here: silverscreenxpress.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/c...

#CaughtStealing

My Top 25 Most Anticipated Films of the Fall Film Festivals Fall film festival season has arrived! The Venice Film Festival and the Telluride Film Festival begin this week, with the Toronto International Film Festival starting next week and the New York Fil…

Fall film festival season is here! So I thought I'd run down my top 25 most anticipated movies playing at this year's major film festivals.

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#Venezia82 #TellurideFilmFestival #TIFF50 #NYFF63

“Ne Zha 2” Movie Review – Yes, It’s Really That Good! If you have been following the global theatrical box office this year, you might have already heard about the Chinese animated blockbuster Ne Zha 2. The film has earned an astonishing $2.2 billion …

NE ZHA 2 is really that good!

My review for the highest grossing animated film of all-time here: silverscreenxpress.wordpress.com/2025/08/21/n...

#NeZha2

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NE ZHA 2

In IMAX 3D

Saw it three times during its initial release, so curious to see how the English dub holds up.

“Highest 2 Lowest” Movie Review – Full of Tremendous Highs, With a Small Handful of Lows Spike Lee and Denzel Washington are one of cinema’s most electric director/actor pairings. The duo have worked together on Mo’ Better Blues, Malcolm X, He Got Game, and Inside Man, the …

HIGHEST 2 LOWEST is full of tremendous highs, with a small handful of lows. The ways in which Spike Lee deviates from Akira Kurosawa's HIGH AND LOW are absolutely thrilling.

My ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review here: silverscreenxpress.wordpress.com/2025/08/14/h...

#Highest2Lowest

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HIGHEST 2 LOWEST

A ★★½ review of Fixed (2025) Fixed is a tale, or should I say "tail," of two movies. One is an R-rated animated dog comedy that leans too hard on its raunchy gross-out humor that comes off as reheated rejects from the much funnie...

FIXED is a mixed bag for me. It's fun when Genndy Tartakovsky leans into his chaotic absurdism, but it's attempts at shock value feel tired. Not as funny as SAUSAGE PARTY or STRAYS, but a more creative look at dog life than THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS. boxd.it/aIEExF

“Weapons” Movie Review – A Must-See Horror Event The night before the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival began, I attended a screening of Zach Cregger’s Barbarian hosted by the programmer of the festival’s Midnight Madness secti…

ICYMI: My review of WEAPONS, in theaters now.

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I cannot stop thinking about this movie and how much I loved it!

#WeaponsMovie

“Weapons” Movie Review – A Must-See Horror Event The night before the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival began, I attended a screening of Zach Cregger’s Barbarian hosted by the programmer of the festival’s Midnight Madness secti…

WEAPONS is a must-see horror event and one of the best films of the year so far. Go in knowing as little as possible!

My spoiler-free review here: silverscreenxpress.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/w...

#WeaponsMovie

#NowWatching:

WEAPONS

Somehow managed to avoid all trailers for this movie!

A ★★★★ review of The Bad Guys 2 (2025) Holy crap, The Bad Guys 2 rocks?!? I like the first one well enough, even though I don't consider it to be a top tier DreamWorks animated film. But this? What a blast! Amps up all the stylish creativi...

I did not expect to be completely won over by THE BAD GUYS 2. The first one was solid fun, but this sequel is an improvement on every level. It made me excited to see more! boxd.it/aA3nnx

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THE BAD GUYS 2

In 3D

A ★★½ review of Together (2025) Together underwhelmed me, sad to say. On paper, it features some interesting ideas about relationships, codependency, and the all-consuming nature that comes with "your better half," but it gets bogge...

I'm bummed that TOGETHER wasn't my jam. Was really looking forward to this one. boxd.it/azWSa1

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TOGETHER

“The Naked Gun” Movie Review – Hilariously Hilarious Hilariousness To quote another comedian Bo Burnham, Akiva Schaffer is “healing the world with comedy.” He is famous for the iconic music from The Lonely Island alongside Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccon…

THE NAKED GUN is hilariously hilarious hilariousness. If I could give it 444¼ stars, I would.

My review here: silverscreenxpress.wordpress.com/2025/07/30/t...

#TheNakedGun

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THE NAKED GUN

“The Fantastic Four: First Steps” Movie Review – The First Good Fantastic Four Movie The road to getting a good adaptation of the Fantastic Four has been cruel. We have gotten three attempts at bringing Marvel’s first family to the big screen (four if you count the unreleased…

THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS stops short from earning a fantastic four stars, but it does earn a recommendation.

My review here: silverscreenxpress.wordpress.com/2025/07/25/t...

#TheFantasticFourFirstSteps

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THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS

In Dolby

(Also here for the AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH trailer)

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SUPERMAN

Round 3

In IMAX

Back in NY for my birthday so I figure I'd make the trip to the AMC Lincoln Square while I'm here!

“Eddington” Movie Review – ‘Member Berries for 2020 Ari Aster is an undeniably ambitious talent. Ever since he burst onto the scene in 2018 with Hereditary, he has taken advantage of his immediate good graces with hardcore film fans, particularly ho…

I was not a fan of EDDINGTON, which can be best summed up as ‘member berries for 2020.

My review here: silverscreenxpress.wordpress.com/2025/07/18/e...

#Eddington

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EDDINGTON

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SUPERMAN

Round 2

In Dolby

“Superman” Movie Review – A Superhero That Is Equal Parts Super And Hero Every attempt at a Superman movie since Richard Donner’s 1978 classic with Christopher Reeve has been a rocky one. Even its three sequels, one with a director’s cut, never quite lived u…

"By the time we hear humanity across the globe call out for Superman, I was right alongside them, cheering him on."

My ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ review of SUPERMAN here: silverscreenxpress.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/s...

#Superman

SUPERMAN lives! A blockbuster that fully embraces the playfulness and optimism of comic book origins. Yes, the action is ridiculous amounts of fun, but it's the heart that shines brightest. This is a Superman that perfectly embodies being both super *and* a hero. I loved it!

My quick thoughts tonight at midnight EST.

Full review tomorrow at 3pm EST.

#Superman

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SUPERMAN

In IMAX

“Jurassic World Rebirth” Movie Review – I’m Tired. “I’ll tell you the problem with the scientific power that you’re using here, it didn’t require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done and you took the ne…

JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH may not be as atrocious as the other WORLD films, but only because it's not trying so hard.

My review here: silverscreenxpress.wordpress.com/2025/06/30/j...

#JurassicWorldRebirth