You Should Also Watch - 2026
My mid-year check-in post.
My mid-year check-in post.
I watched a lot of movies last year. Fueled in part by my wife being deep in the grad school grind (Nurse Practitioner, thanks for asking), as well as the settling in of a bunch of habits, barely a day went by in which I didn't watch some
If you're just interested in my top ten, you can skip my preamble and other categories by clicking here. As 2026 dawns, I'm less certain than ever where this art form I love so much is headed. The financial health of the business continues to falter.
"Baby! PiƱata, carbonara, lasagna."
My mid-year check-in post.
A more productive month means fewer unreviewed releases.
"You are not always nice, but you are kind. You are not always perfect, but you are good"
Although Jennifer Kent's debut film, The Babadook, brought international attention to the Australian horror scene, little would come of it until nearly a decade later. Talk to Me kicked off the wave we're currently riding, for better or for worse (mostly better). That's fortunate
"Knives cut bread as well as they do flesh. It's a question of balance."
"Who are you, really?"
"Don't be afraid of what you don't know."
"How do you tell if you're good people pretending to be bad, or just bad people pretending to be good?"
"By the power of Grayskull, I have the power!"
"We all have our loops."
A quieter month, but it included some of the best of the year, which took up all my oxygen.