Andrew Stanton's possible live-action comeback IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE is a disappointment on almost every level, reports @ungajje.bsky.social in his review.

DTF St. Louis is a slow-motion suburban noir that suffocates and beguiles the audience, says @ungajje.bsky.social thespool.net/reviews/tv-r...

@ungajje.bsky.social admits THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME had no need for a second season, but its new go-round is nonetheless superior to the first, thanks in no small measure to Jennifer Garner getting to fight.

PARADISE is back! It isn't quite as strange Season 1, reveals @UnGajje.bsky.social, but it makes up for it with an overall deeper grasp of the characters' emotions.

PILLION is one of 2026's first must-watch films, argues @sgorr.bsky.social. Check out why in her review:

SCHOOL SPIRITS Season 3 returns this week and @UnGajje.bsky.social praises its ability to navigate new characters and plotlines without losing track of the main cast or overcomplicating the show's charms.

THE BEAUTY is a return to form for Ryan Murphy, but one needs to keep in mind all the good and bad that can mean, argues @UnGajje.bsky.social.

Great acting can't save HIS & HERS from an ending that spikes all the interesting moral questions the series wrestles with until that point, argues @UnGajje.bsky.social.

ICYMI, we had a split decision over at The Spool on #PRIMATE, the new ape-antics film now in theatres.

PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION leaves @UnGajje.bsky.social feeling like he'd prefer a staycation.

While not without its problems, MAGELLAN successfully captures the scale of the explorer's life without elevating the man to a legend, says @sgorr.bsky.social.

While the internet is obsessing over secret episodes, @UnGajje.bsky.social keeps his eye fixed on the #StrangerThings finale (so far), pointing out its visual shortcomings and emotional triumphs.

On the eve of #StrangerThings finale, check out @UnGajje.bsky.social's take on its Christmas Day penultimate set of episodes, a trifecta of installments that spun the show's wheels but nailed its emotional beats.

COUNTING CROWS: HAVE YOU SEEN ME LATELY? is a music doc made with skill, but @UnGajje.bsky.social can only mildly recommend it as it never finds the sweet spot where diehards and newbies can enjoy it in equal measure.

@lisalamanfilmfan.bsky.social sees DUST BUNNY as a unique gift to the next generation of film nerds, courtesy of two of the geniuses behind HANNIBAL.

Amanda Seyfried's all-in performance isn't enough to make all-too-predictable THE HOUSEMAID worth hiring, concludes @lisalamanfilmfan.bsky.social.

@sgorr.bsyk.social knows the premise of THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB sounds daunting. She urges everyone to see it anyway.

@UnGajje.bsky.social doesn't think LITTLE DISASTERS is a big enough deal to earn the title "disaster," but he wants to be very clear that he thinks it is bad.

WAKE UP DEAD MAN, the latest #KnivesOut film, hits Netflix today. Look back at @UnGajje.bsky.social's review during its theatrical run to encourage you to schedule your weekend around seeing it.

#Hamnet opens wide today. Check out @lisalamanfilmfan.bsky.social's emotionally rich response to the film on The Spool now.

@UnGajje.bsky.social wrestles with JAY KELLY before ultimately concluding that its ambiguity is an advantage.

After last night's Tonight Show special on #StrangerThings, why not revisit @ungajje.bsky.social's review of Season 5's first part. thespool.net/reviews/tv-r...

Rian Johnson breaks with his #KnivesOut formula some in #WakeUpDeadMan, delivering a film that balances its humor and twisty mystery with an earnest evaluation of faith and religion, says @ungajje.bsky.social. thespool.net/reviews/film...

Looking for a film to keep the entire family happy this post-Thanksgiving weekend? @lisalamanfilmfan.bsky.social says you can do worse than WICKED: FOR GOOD. Of course, you can also do better, namely with the franchise's first installment.

@sgorr declares Park Chan-wook's latest, NO OTHER CHOICE, a gift and one of the year's best. (See link in bio)

@UnGajje.bsky.social praises A MAN ON THE INSIDE Season 2 for empathetically embracing another group too quickly shoved aside as being "outdated": liberal arts institutions. Not to get too punny, but there's no Sophomore slump here.

IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT is a masterpiece, declares @lisalamanfilmfan.bsky.social.

@lisalamanfilmfan.bsky.social admires THE RUNNING MAN's rebel heart, but can't deny its leading man derails the whole thing.

@UnGajje.bsky.social admits he's too old for BAT-FAM, but that doesn't mean the series doesn't have its charms.

@UnGajje.bsky.social is here for the cheesy thrills of a NOW YOU SEE ME NOW YOU DON'T, a film that's short on logic but long on charm.

There are so many things @UnGajje.bsky.social wants to tell you about #Pluribus. But, unfortunately, he can't. So he'll just tell you it's great.

@UnGajje.bsky.social finds plenty to love in DOWN CEMETERY ROAD's lead performances but can't quite get over the failure to be the show it starts as. buff.ly/Do3ZYQD

DIE MY LOVE showcases a Jennifer Lawrence at her most free, writes @sgorr.bsky.social.

@lisalamanfilmfan.bsky.social appreciates GOOD FORTUNE's Keanu Reeves' performance, but its low-key vibes eventually become more of a weakness than an advantage.

Skip the plane to Macau recommends @UnGajje.bsky.social as BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER isn't worth the trip.

Despite an excellent Jacob Elordi, @lisalamanfilmfan.bsky.social finds Guillermo del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN adaptation entirely too rote.

Admitted Kathryn Bigelow-enthusiast @UnGajje.bsky.social comes away from A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE disappointed, comparing it to an unfinished in-class essay.

Despite the challenges inherent in stretching a rom-com's appeal past the first blush, @UnGajje.bsky.social finds NOBODY WANTS THIS Season 2 still delivers, albeit with a few less jokes.

Harlan Coben offers his first original to TV series with LAZARUS on Prime Video. @ungajje.bsky.social suggests the writer might've done better to keep it to himself.

In anticipation of the final episode of SLOW HORSES Season 5's final episode tomorrow, revisit @ungajje.bsky.social's review in which he compares it to the 92-93 Chicago Bulls.

Slick but too quick to abandon its mystery, THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10 left @ungajje.bsky.social feeling soggy.

THE LAST FRONTIER squanders any chance of being fun and instead gets bogged down in cliché, conspiracy, and melodrama, says @ungajje.bsky.social.

@ungajje.bsky.social is a sucker for a Shane Black film and still thinks PLAY DIRTY could be dirtier and more playful.

ROOFMAN frustrated @lisalamanfilmfan.bsky.social with its inability to use its plethora of tools to deliver a strong film.

ARE WE GOOD? looks beyond Marc Maron's showbiz highs and lows to deliver an incredible film about life, grief, and how to balance the two, enthuses @sgorr.bsky.social.

@sgorr.bsky.social has ebullient praise IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU, a film bold enough to make a movie about motherhood about a hard-to-like mother, not her relationships, and still convinces the audience to understand her.

@lisalamanfilmfan.bsky.social praises every aspect of Paul Thomas Anderson's newest, ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. Check out her review now.

THE LOST BUS left @ungajje.bsky.social with white knuckles, but its intense action can't hide paper-thin characters.

Too often HIM defaults to bland cliché when the film is begging to let its freak flag fly, reports @lisalamanfilmfan.bsky.social.

A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY's self-consciousness repeatedly undermines its stars, attempts at romantic fantasy, says @lisalamanfilmfan.bsky.social.