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The Sheep Detectives

2026

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Yes, I'm just as surprised as the rest of you! The Lorax and Minions co-director Kyle Balda makes the jump to live-action filmmaking with remarkable grace as evidenced by The Sheep Detectives, which is not only a sincerely charming, funny, unexpectedly clever blend of talking animal comedy and murder mystery thriller but also a weirdly mature and moving story about the importance of memory and the inevitability of death, backed up by engaging performances across the board. The winter lamb subplot was a more faithful Animal Farm adaptation than the actual Animal Farm adaptation we got this year.

Backrooms

2026

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At only the tender age of 20, Kane Parsons proves that he absolutely has the juice and then some with Backrooms, one of the most confidently crafted directorial debuts that I've come across in quite some time, with Parsons' outstanding control of space, staggering command of tone, extremely precise yet wildly inventive visual eye, and uncanny gift for suffocating atmosphere — at the risk of falling into dangerous hyperbole — warranting comparisons to the likes of Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch,…

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The Strangers

2008

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Teasing its audience with the prospect of something fresh and new and instead giving them a lazy and shallow product that we've seen time and time again, The Strangers is a horror film that doesn't at all deserve the befuddling praise it has gotten over the past decade, with horrendous pacing, annoying jump scares, underdeveloped characters who make the stupidest decisions you can think of, and wooden performances.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

2016

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NOTE (05/06/2022): This was my initial reaction back when I saw it in March of 2016. My feelings on this film have changed significantly since then.

With its intense and exciting action sequences, excellent performances (with the exception of a laughable turn from Jesse Eisenberg), and dazzling visual spectacle being let down by an overstuffed and incoherent script that's filled to the brim with poorly written characters and needlessly convoluted plotting, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice tries to be…