After the doldrums of winter, spring is finally (almost) here! And things are starting to brighten up at the box office as well, with several movies in recent weeks that I quite enjoyed. How to Make a Killing Glen Powell brings charm and chaos to a darkly funny inheritance scheme
Sometimes, a book appears in your life at just the right time, and it becomes something extra special. That’s exactly what happened to me with the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. I started reading the books last year, in the midst of a stressful and discouraging period in my life. I
Critics haven’t exactly been kind to the new sci-fi thriller Mercy. Normally when a movie hits below 30% on Rotten Tomatoes, I strongly consider giving it a pass. However, the trailer for this movie really intrigued me, so I went ahead and watched it anyway. The film opens abruptly, with
Anaconda was a silly, utterly ridiculous movie that doesn’t really need to exist — however, I loved every single minute of it and left the theater delighted. Sometimes, you just need a laugh, and for me, Anaconda delivered. No spoilers, but there were a couple scenes where I was laughing
Honorable mention: Dungeon Crawler Carl (book) Including this one is sort of cheating, because Dungeon Crawler Carl is NOT a new series that launched in 2025. However, I started reading it for the first time this year, and it helped rocket me out of a reading slump. It also helped
I’ve watched a traveling stage production of the musical Wicked, so I already knew how the movie Wicked: For Good was going to end. However, I wasn’t fully prepared for how this movie wrecked me emotionally. Be prepared to grab your Kleenex, folks! I fell in love with the first
I walked in to watch Edgar Wright’s new adaptation of The Running Man as basically a newbie. I have not read the original Stephen King novel, or seen the Arnold Schwarzenegger film from the 1980s. However, I generally adore Edgar Wright’s work, so any project he’s attached to gets an
I fully intended to watch Tron: Ares in the theater and write up a review. I even purchased a ticket. However, as it often happens, life intervened. I got sick, had to cancel my ticket, and then a week later I got sick AGAIN. So instead, while convalescing I recently
While I wasn’t familiar with the surprisingly true story behind the new movie Roofman, the trailer caught my eye right away. Channing Tatum stars as Jeffrey Manchester, a man who goes to jail after robbing a series of McDonald’s (crimes he tried to commit as politely as possible – no,
