Hollywood in Trump 2.0’s America is going great. 10/10. No notes.

SEND HELP or "How Sam Raimi Got his Hehe-Horror Groove" back is a demented return to form. Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien are deliciously looney. Linda Liddle and Abigail from Triangle of Sadness would queen tf out. Read my review here: www.rendyreviews.com/movie-review...

Enjoyed Marvel's WONDER MAN, a buddy-comedy 'Birdman'. Was gobsmacked by the “second-gen Haitian pursuing the American Dream” rep, so this viscerally hit close to home. Albeit slightly underdeveloped it's by far the MCU's most ambitious entry in years. My review via @ebertvoices.bsky.social:

Nah, you took the paycheck. Wear that shit on your IMDb page for the rest of your natural fuckin life.

Looked out my window and saw a mammoth, a bipedal sloth, a sabertooth tiger, and a baby trudging through the snow. It’s that brick outside yall.

MERCY, the awful Chris Pratt-led pro-AI and pro-cop wannabe MINORITY REPORT, is one of the worst screenlife films I've ever seen. We need to go back in time and prevent Timur Bekmambetov from discovering Skype. www.rendyreviews.com/movie-review...

Well we made it everyone. Oscar noms tomorrow. After tracking intimately via industry events, award shows, and good ol' math, here's my FINAL Oscar 2026 nomination predictions. rendyreviews.com/festivals-an...

”It is a well-made and entertaining period espionage show that, despite the numerous broad strokes it fires, hits its target with solid, entertaining precision,” writes @rendy.bsky.social about PONIES.

Things I'm writing about this week: - PONIES via RogerEbert - 28 YEARS LATER via RendyReviews

Hi friends. I'm on the hunt for a consistent day job in an entertainment writing, social media marketing/manager, and/or video editing position. I put up my Résumé on main at Rendy Reviews. Feel free to share around. Any visibility helps. www.rendyreviews.com/resume

Can’t explain it but Harper Stern is Hedda Gabler reincarnate

The Cat in the Hat (2003) is one of the funniest comedies of the early 2000s and we should give it more flowers.

The 31st annual Critics' Choice Awards tonight *yay*. Here's a look into my personal ballot and predictions as to how tonight's ceremony might go. www.rendyreviews.com/festivals-an...

Well, @rendy.bsky.social challenged me to make a Scarlet Morning modern day AU, and it was a challenge I could not resist

Happy New Year! 2026 is ripe with great cinema, of which are from voices of new, young, old, actor-turn-director, and of course, Canadian. For Rendy Reviews, here's 10 movies that should be on your 2026 watchlist. www.rendyreviews.com/features/10-...

Jim Jarmusch's triptych FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER hits theaters this week. It's cute if not slight, only scratching the surface short of giving a complete picture of the familial bonds that are on display. Check out my review for more: www.rendyreviews.com/movie-review...

Had a bubble-blowing blast with THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS, which is so zany and absurd, it spiritually captures the nautical nonsense brilliance of its golden age era. Read my #SpongeBobMovie review here: www.rendyreviews.com/movie-review...

Alia Shawkat and Callum Turner's sizzlin' chemistry carries but Hailey Gates's ATROPIA is a subpar backdoor pilot for an FX series that would have aired in 2009 masked as a movie. How this won the Sundance's US dramatic competition prize puzzles me. #FilmSky Read my full review here:

Lindsay Pugh's exquisite costumes in HEDDA amplifies the depth of each character. For my Artisan Interview series, Pugh breaks down the specific design choices and how they reflect the power dynamics and personalities of Hedda, Thea, and Eileen. [Paywall] www.rendyreviews.com/interviews/h...

Alexander Ullom’s IT ENDS is on @letterboxd.social rental today. It's a unique, horrifying tale that speaks to the terrifying, unforgiving circumstance of entering the world as a full-fledged adult. For @dreadcentral.bsky.social, I interviewed the filmmaker about his debut

Had a wonderful chat with @gingerhaze.bsky.social about his debut YA novel, Scarlet Morning. For @autostraddle.bsky.social, he talks about returning to his story he started as a teen (pre-Nimona), his many influences for this swashbuckling pirate tale, and potential AU drawings.

Lindsay Pugh's exquisite costumes in HEDDA amplifies the depth of each character. For my Artisan Interview series, Pugh breaks down the specific design choices and how they reflect the power dynamics and personalities of Hedda, Thea, and Eileen. [Paywall] www.rendyreviews.com/interviews/h...

Park Chan-wook’s NO OTHER CHOICE is like a new aged MODERN TIMES, humorously reflecting the desolate working culture of now, but wrapped in his signature, dark and twisted bow. Lee Byung-hun is on a Chaplin-level of excellence throughout. Read my review: www.rendyreviews.com/movie-review...

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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. My Gold Debut interview debut: www.goldderby.com/film/2025/de...

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 Read my 4.5-star review:

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

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

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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. Exclusively for Rendy Reviews Subscribers:

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 - 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...

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

“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.

And for my next trick, I'm going to give NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON'T a four star rating. www.rendyreviews.com/movie-review...

'Predator: Badlands' Review: Thrilling and Violent Predator Entry Finds Evolution in Humanizing Tale www.rendyreviews.com/movie-review...

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. Oh, and Stay tuned. Big things happening at Rendy Reviews. www.rendyreviews.com/2026-oscar-p...

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

Inshallah, bitches.