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Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Boots Riley doesn’t make movies that sit quietly in the corner. They kick the door open, dump paint on capitalism, and then dare you to laugh while the room burns. I Love Boosters keeps that streak alive. Loudly. If you walked out of Sorry to Bother You wondering how Riley could possibly top that level of controlled chaos, this new film comes dangerously close. Sorry to Bother You was my favorite film of that year.

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Despite all the online discourse surrounding Disney’s handling of Star Wars, The Mandalorian & Grogu wisely avoids trying to reinvent the galaxy far, far away. Instead, the film plays like an extended bounty-hunting contract—a standalone adventure centered on Din Djarin and Grogu as they navigate the remnants of a fractured Empire while aiding the fledgling New Republic.

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes All That Heaven Allows (1955) is a romantic melodrama directed by Douglas Sirk. The film was written by Peg Fenwick, based on the novel of the same name by Edna L. Lee and Harry Lee. Cary, an affluent widow, is leading an uninteresting life, except when her son, Ned, and her daughter, Kay, come for the weekend. Her friend Sara often invites her to social events related to the country club.

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes Waking up alone in space is terrifying. Waking up with no memory is worse. Project Hail Mary grabs that fear right away and never really lets go. Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling), played with just the right mix of panic and dry humor, finds himself on a ship light-years from Earth. He doesn’t know who he is at first. He doesn’t even know why he’s there.

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes March 15, 2026. Late-night show host Conan O’Brien made his debut as the host of the 98th Academy Awards Ceremony, broadcast live from the Dolby® Theater on the ABC Network. The winners in all 24 film categories are listed below: Best Picture: “One Battle After Another” Best Actor: Michael B.

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Set in post-war Japan during the country’s economic boom, Kokuho follows Kikuo Tachibana, a boy born into a gangster family who is ripped from that life after a violent raid. He is taken in by a Kabuki actor, and from there, the film charts his path from traumatized kid to a disciplined, magnetic stage performer. On paper, it sounds like a straightforward rise-to-greatness story. In practice, it feels far more intimate and hypnotic than that.

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes It took me a little while to finally get with the program and start Pluribus. Season 1 had just ended, and I had heard a variety of things about it. It’s intense, irreverent, scathing, and more than a little strange. The premise alone pulled me in. In a world overtaken by a mysterious wave of forced happiness, Carol Sturka, one of the few immune, must uncover what is really going on and save humanity from its artificial bliss.

Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Quatermass 2 (1957) is a black-and-white science fiction horror film. It is directed and co-written by Val Guest, together with Nigel Kneale. The movie is based on the 1955 TV serial Quatermass II by Nigel Kneale. Furthermore, Quatermass 2 is the sequel to The Quatermass Xperiment (1955). Professor Bernard Quatermass and his team are studying a couple of mysterious meteorites that have landed in a place called Winnerden Flats.

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes Comedian and director Jacques Tati’s 1967 film PlayTime is, without a doubt, the filmmaker’s most technically accomplished creation. A complex satire on modern life in the post-industrial world, it remains a comedic extravaganza that elevates avant-garde cinema to breathtaking new heights. Nearly sixty years after its release, the film’s vision of a sterile, glass-and-steel future feels more prophetic than ever.

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes In the wake of the big holiday push, January has long been an eclectic repository for the previous quarter’s theatricals and some “the-time-has-come!” catalog releases. From boxed sets of beloved series to Oscar misses to would-be blockbuster sequels and beyond, we’ve rounded up a gaggle of Blu-rays and 4Ks worth a look.