April 19, 2026 · Movies Reviews

I need to start by saying that I enjoyed the The Super Mario Bros. Movie. I don’t remember it all that well but I do remember that it exceeded my expectations and was enjoyable.

So going into this movie I was expecting more of the same. Unfortunately SMG (I can’t type the full name every time) is a bad movie. There is zero story here. SMB I remember as a fun story involving the Mario Bros with lots of fun reference. SMG on the other hand was more like taking the gameplay and putting it on-screen. Which was terrible.

The kids did enjoy it though. Which if it weren’t proceeded by Mario Bros I wonder if they would have.

1/5 stars

March 18, 2026 · Movies Reviews

My goodness Timothée Chalamet is good. It's hard to believe that Marty Mauser, Paul Atreides, and Bob Dylan were all played by the same actor. I understand that it's acting, and that's the definition of the job, but most good actors manage to pull of a different version of themselves for a role, only a very small number make you entirely forget who you are watching.

That aside it's a pretty wild and entertaining story. Who doesn't want to hear the story of a table tennis hustler from New York in the 1950's. It's not a story you hear every day and Josh Safdie has a knack for telling interesting stories.

4/5 stars

March 16, 2026 · Movies Reviews

One Battle After Another is simultaneously terrible and amazing. Or rather it narrowly avoids being terrible while trying its hardest to stink. The script is absurd, the subject matter is clique and it's far too literal to be traditionally good. Somehow though it's very very good.

It's almost made better by the fact that it is constantly pushing at the edge of being bad. I could easily see it being a B grade cult classic if it had a smaller budget or less skilled actors.

Instead it's nominated for best picture and manages to pull off a death defying dare devil act.

4/5 stars