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Continue reading →: Most Anticipated Films of 2026We made it alive out of 2025! What a weird f*cking year, but it could get weirder! Nevertheless, 2026 has arrived and the amount of films to look forward to is a genuinely daunting list. Guaranteed, if you don’t have an AMC A-List pass, there’s a good chance you will…
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Continue reading →: PREDICTIONS: The Film Guild Quadfecta (SAG, DGA, PGA, & WGA)As we march forward in awards season, this week in particular is one of great importance and it’s hitting us with three big mallets in the form of Screen Actors Guild (announcing Wednesday January 7th under the stupid new name “The Actor Awards“), the Directors Guild of America (announcing Thursday…
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Continue reading →: Top 10 Best TV Series of 20251. THE REHEARSAL– Season 2 (HBO) Nathan Fielder’s jaw-dropping documentary series pushes the boundaries of what we could even imagine was humanly possible. What starts out as a peculiar nugget of an idea transforms into a death-defying spectacle that would make Tom Cruise himself sweat. The first season was a…
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Continue reading →: Review: “Song Sung Blue” Has Charm Thanks to Hudson, But Can’t Fix Tonal Whiplash and Emotional PhoninessThroughout Craig Brewer’s latest feel-good biopic, Mike Sardina (Hugh Jackman), under the persona “Lightning” begs to limit the amount of times he performs “Sweet Caroline” with his wife and musical partner Claire (Kate Hudson, AKA “Thunder”). The issue is he fronts a Neil Diamond cover band and, well, as one…
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Continue reading →: Review: “Marty Supreme”, Timothée Chalamet & Director Josh Safdie Achieve Greatness“I know we’re in a subjective business, but the truth is, I’m really in pursuit of greatness.” You’d be mistaken to think these were the words of Marty Mauser, but in fact, these were the authentic (somewhat polarizing) words of Timothée Chalamet, memorably accepting his Screen Actors Guild Award for…
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Continue reading →: Top 10 Best Films of 2025Paul Thomas Anderson’s magnificent epic is a breezy, hilarious, provocative, pulse-pounding thriller as much as it is an ode to parenthood and the road we wave forward for the next generation. An instantly memorable ensemble of characters, loathsome villains, a nerve-wracking score by Jonny Greenwood, and a car chase sequence…
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Continue reading →: Review: “Avatar: Fire & Ash” James Cameron Delivers An Exhausting, Overwhelming But Wonderous Theatrical ExperienceIt’s hard to believe there was a thirteen-year wait between James Cameron’s groundbreaking, box-office champion Avatar and its sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water. Part of that wait was the herculean task of filming both The Way of Water and the newest third film Fire & Ash at the same…
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Continue reading →: Oscars 2026 Nomination Predictions (DECEMBER)We are now post-Golden Globes and Critics Choice, pre-shortlists and SAG, and this will be my final nomination predictions before my actual FINAL-FINAL predictions in January. November to December has been whiplash given all of the films now have been seen and allowed to marinate. Some declarations made in the…
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Continue reading →: Review: “Ella McCay” is a Flabbergasting Throwback to Brooks’ Golden EraThere’s an often spoken claim in regards to cinema that “they don’t make them like they used to”. Ella McCay (a frustrating title to spell with lead actress Emma Mackey’s name in the back of the mind), the first film from James L. Brooks in 15 years, takes that to…
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Continue reading →: Review: “The Secret Agent” Filho’s Political Thriller Beautifully Preserves Old-School 70s Movie-Making in a Film About the Importance of PreservationA man on the run, hitmen, a corrupt legal department, a leg found inside a tiger shark: all features that would fit right at home in a traditional spy action thriller. But Kleber Mendonça Filho’s film isn’t quite that. Those familiar with Filho’s Bacurau (2019) may expect this to be…
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EDITOR, SITE WRITER
Jakob Kolness
Minnesota Film Critics Association Member. Graduate of Film Studies, writer, novelist, filmmaker.
CURRENT 2026 OSCAR PREDICTIONS
“Bugonia”
“Frankenstein”
“Hamnet”
“It Was Just An Accident”
“Marty Supreme”
“One Battle After Another”
“The Secret Agent”
“Sentimental Value”
“Sinners”
“Train Dreams”
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