Immaculate: Directed by Michael Mohan. With Sydney Sweeney, Álvaro Morte, Simona Tabasco, Benedetta Porcaroli. Cecilia, a woman of devout faith, is warmly welcomed to the picture-perfect Italian countryside where she is offered a new role at an illustrious convent. But it becomes clear to Cecilia that her new home harbors dark and horrifying secrets. It’s been a while since I’ve seen a movie that was a singular genre without any stray drifting into another, and this is nothing more than a straight horror film. No ironic jokes, no dramatic romances, no goofy side characters, nothing at all to distract from...

Ricky Stanicky: Directed by Peter Farrelly. With Riley Stiles, Oscar Wilson, Gaius Nolan, Brian Jarvis. When three childhood best friends pull a prank that goes wrong, they invent the imaginary Ricky Stanicky to get them out of trouble. Twenty years later, they still use the nonexistent Ricky as a handy alibi for their immature behavior. A fun movie with a ton of NSFW humor and all sorts of lessons to be learned about making the right type of friends and how you should really not talk to strange men that come up to you at the bar and offer calamari....

Money Shot: The Pornhub Story: Directed by Suzanne Hillinger. With Noelle Perdue, Michael Stabile, Wolf Hudson, Siri Dahl. Follow the rise of the most famous adult entertainment platform and the recent backlash it has received. It’s a good look at the history of PH, but eventually devolves into some kind of weird expose on a religious organizations intense hatred for free speech, pornography of any kind, and the lengths they sunk to trying to take down a few websites that served up x-rated entertainment. I really wish it went more into the actual title subject and looked into the history...

Blood Red Sky: Directed by Peter Thorwarth. With Peri Baumeister, Carl Anton Koch, Alexander Scheer, Kais Setti. A woman with a mysterious illness is forced into action when a group of terrorists attempt to hijack a transatlantic overnight flight. A mixed language film that’s in both German (I think?) and heavily accented English, so I would suggest having subtitles on for the entire thing, which obviously means you’ll need to be giving the film your full undevoted attention, which sadly it doesn’t quite actually deserve that level of attention. The special effects are darn good and the acting is from...

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World: Directed by Lorene Scafaria. With Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Adam Brody, Connie Britton. As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan. An emotional and emotionally draining look at how people deal with the sudden and inevitable news that everything is going to end for pretty much everyone. Some people run from it, some people drug...

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire: Directed by Gil Kenan. With Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace. When the discovery of an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must join forces to protect their home and save the world from a second ice age. A perfectly worth entry into the Ghostbusters franchise, I’m happy with how the small steps they’re taking seem to be building towards something larger, but all while making good smaller stories. This is something that Marvel use to do very well, but then they transitioned to focusing more on the meta story and...