Derrick Murray is a Los Angeles based stand up comedian, writer, and co-host for The Jack of All Nerds Show.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 is not a bad film. It’s got all the things general audiences want and is sure to make a gazillion dollars. It also has its heart in the right place and is doing more to defend journalistic integrity than pretty much anyone else in power pretends to be doing. But it also just can’t escape its own trappings, sorely lacking the dynamism that made the first one work so well and last so long.
Blue Heron is a poignant, moving story of family, struggle, and fractured memory, culminating in a profound examination of what we remember and how we remember those closest in our lives.
As an exercise in uncomfortable tension, The Drama is excellent. But as an exploration of its darker concepts, it struggles to fully understand or engage with them.
I’m of the belief that every movie year is a good movie year so long as you do the work to actually watch movies. And no, you can’t just sit at home and consume streaming slop as the your barometer. You do have to seek out the good, mostly in theaters, limited release, or a smaller streamer you may not be subscribed to yet. They are out there, and you if you find it they will come. With so many movies to watch at any given time and a really strong start to 2026, it’s hard to individually review each…
They Will Kill You exists solely to entertain. It’s a just girl fighting a satanic cult with as many weapons as she can get her hands on in the bloodiest fashion you can imagine. Do you really need more than that to have a good time at the movies?
Remember hope? Joy? Crowd-pleasing escapism? Remember going to the movies and in true Nicole Kidman fashion, “we go somewhere we’ve never been before. Dazzling images on a huge silver screen….heartbreak feels good in a place like this?” I remember, and even for all the movies I watch, I can say that I miss that feeling sometimes. Project Hail Mary restores that faith in cinema, transporting us to the far reaches of the universe with a familiar yet triumphant sci-fi adventure filled to the brim with heart and humor. Even with its flaws – and it certainly has them – THIS…
“The Bride” may be a trainwreck, but at least it’s actually trying something. Something different, something reimagined, something with a pulse in a dying world.
“Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man” is hindered by its medium transfer, feeling more like an extended series finale than a film surviving on its own merits.
I’m on record for not being the biggest kaiju fan. There are some exceptions, “Godzilla Minus One” most notably, but most of the westernized versions of monsters and monster movies just don’t do it for me. Their biggest problem have always been extremely uninteresting characters, so a TV show primarily focused on those humans really isn’t in my wheelhouse. Nevertheless, “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” is a tale of two cities: one that has some really strong ideas and world building and the other that saddles them with often unlikeable characters at its core. Season 2 on the whole dials up…
“Blades of the Guardian” is pure, unadulterated martial arts action cinema that never lets up as soon as it begins. The choreography is stunning, with each battle feeling unique and exciting and constant, the clanging of swords and high wire flying so enthralling you forget why we’re here in the first place.
