I really wanted to love THEY WILL KILL YOU out of SXSW but it goes from a delightful, blood-soaked ‘70s-style remix to a tedious experience hella fast. But please more Zazie Beetz lead roles @ Hollywood. Give her better action vehicles. Read my review: www.rendyreviews.com/movie-review...

“This sophomore season offers some catharsis in a more narratively focused, albeit weaker, follow-up that shares a closer identity with the original Netflix series, for better and for worse,” writes @rendy.bsky.social about DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN.

Amy K. Jenkins’ intimate dual compilation portrait, Adam’s Apple, about her trans son Adam Sieswerda, is a raw and vulnerable, decade-sprawling tale about a rural northeastern family’s evolution as the eldest child embarks on a transition journey. My review via @autostraddle.bsky.social:

READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME remains a gory, entertaining ride, even if it isn’t quite the level-up the sequel should’ve been. My full #SXSW26 review here: www.rendyreviews.com/movie-review...

Hi internet friends, I'm omw to SXSW (covering for Rendy Reviews and freelancer assignments). Rent just went through and need any sort of food/travel support. If anyone is so kind to send funds, I'd be so grateful. Also, my birthday is Friday. venmo & PayPal: rendyjones zelle: [email protected]

Maggie Gyllenhaal's THE BRIDE is just a *Bo Burnham voice* a whiiiiite womaaaaaaan. A white woman's Joker film. My review: www.rendyreviews.com/movie-review...

HOPPERS is the weirdest, most unhinged, and unpredictable movies to come out of Pixar in years. But for Daniel Chong, this is just another Monday. Nevertheless, it's the best shock to the system the studio had to its system since TURNING RED. My review: www.rendyreviews.com/movie-review...

HOPPERS is the weirdest, most unhinged, and unpredictable movies to come out of Pixar in years. But for Daniel Chong, this is just another Monday. Nevertheless, it's the best shock to the system the studio had to its system since TURNING RED. My review: www.rendyreviews.com/movie-review...

Rendy Reviews’ turned 14 this past week. I’ve been a film critic for 14 years! I’m so grateful for this job and the many doors it opened for me. But I need your support to keep running. Honest film criticism is important in this dire time. If you can please subscribe to our pub today!

Wish I could time-travel to SXSW 2025 and experience NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE all over again. God, I haven’t been obsessed with something this Canadian since Scott Pilgrim. Better late (and 4 watches) than never. My review: www.rendyreviews.com/movie-review...

GOAT: Man, I wished I liked this more. Tyree Dillihay’s directorial debut has bleating heart and stunning visuals, baaaaaaa-uuuuut lacks the innovation as past Sony Animation fare and the game to appeal to beyond the youngest of viewers. My review: www.rendyreviews.com/movie-review...

Really enjoyed Amanda Kramer's BY DESIGN when I saw it at Sundance last year. Juliette Lewis body switches with a chair. No seriously. It's absurd, theatrical, esoteric and sturdy...like a chair. Hits theaters Friday. Def check it out. My review here: www.rendyreviews.com/movie-review...

For the night crowd. Beautiful gowns. beautiful gowns.

WUTHERING HEIGHTS is Emerald Fennell's worst film to date. A completely soulless, messy, misinterpretation of the source in favor for a(n even more vanilla) FIFTY SHADES reskin for the "I Can Fix Him" audience. My #WutheringHeightsMovie review here: www.rendyreviews.com/movie-review...

GOAT: Man, I wished I liked this more. Tyree Dillihay’s directorial debut has bleating heart and stunning visuals, baaaaaaa-uuuuut lacks the innovation as past Sony Animation fare and the game to appeal to beyond the youngest of viewers. My review: www.rendyreviews.com/movie-review...

SIRAT hits theaters in NY/LA this weekend. Possibly one of the most unforgettable cinematic experiences you'd find in a theater this weekend. Electric, exhilarating, and explosive. Wish this would've gotten a Dolby release. read my review: www.rendyreviews.com/movie-review...

Hahaha journalism is a joke and dying and it's scary how we're not speaking about how much we're emotionally hanging by a thread right now.

I caught up with LURKER writer/director Alex Russell following his DGA & Indie Spirit noms. In our convo, he discuss attuning to his director instincts during post, how feedback fixed a pivotal scene, and accidentally missing Nolan's DGA call. [Paywall] Read our chat here:

GOOD LUCK HAVE FUN DON'T DIE: through a biting, twisted critique of the state of our digital age, Gore Verbinski returns to form like an old school boxer coming out of retirement, proving he still has the juice. Read my full review here: www.rendyreviews.com/movie-review...

Ejae being a Grammys Winner and SM realizing their ex-trainee they shitted on accomplished something they never managed to? Oh I’m loving it here LMAOOOOO. So happy for Ejae. And fuck SM Entertainment ♥️

I think THE MOMENT is a real stroke of genius. Whatever water Charli xcx and Aidan Zamiri held during Brat’s impact and aftermath is spilled through this hilarious anti-commercialist metaphysical cathartic release. My review here: www.rendyreviews.com/movie-review...

The insane part is, it's not even fucking February yet.

Not to get religiously existential on main, but how does one even believe in a God when all he does is taketh the good ones and most talented who bring only joy and entertainment to this world but let the ones who wrought evil run free?

The fuck do you mean Canadian's queen of comedy just passed?! FUCK YOU GOD, you keep taking the wrong goddamn people.

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...