Reviews for fans, not film school. Movies, TV & Life. Every review starts at 3★/5★. Every film is art—whether you admire the brushstrokes or enjoy the ride.
Before Dawn (2024) ★★★★
The movie follows an Australian infantry soldier fighting in France during WWI trench warfare. This is an up-close and personal look at the lives lived and lost fighting the Germans on the Western Front. Inspired by the real-life diaries of soldiers who left no man behind and fought to the death in some of Australia’s greatest victories of the war.
• 🍿 Theater: Not Available
• 🛋️ Streaming: Yes (Showtime)
• 🔁 Rewatchable: Yes
TETRIS (2023) ★★★½
Tetris is the story of Henk Rogers, an American video game salesman who discovered the game in 1988. He knew it would be a worldwide hit; the only problem was that the game was owned by Russia.
This movie is about truth, lies, and the desire to succeed while being the only honest man in the room.
• 🍿 Theater: Not Available
• 🛋️ Streaming: Yes (Apple TV+)
• 🔁 Rewatchable: Yes
Mayday (2026) ★★★1/2
Mayday is an Original Apple Film and was a great buddy comedy. Sometimes a movie just works and this one did. I would watch again.
• 🍿 Theater: Not Available
• 🛋️ Streaming: Yes
(Apple Tv)
• 🔁 Rewatchable: Yes
Onslaught (2026)★½
This movie was over the top in every possible way. The characters were ridiculous, the story was ridiculous, and somehow I watched the whole thing. There was one character I liked—the little girl who played the daughter—but that wasn’t enough to save it.
There shouldn’t be anyone out there who enjoys this movie, but there’s no accounting for taste. I expect this to be a one-and-done movie. There’s no reason to waste any more movie space on this nightmare.
Avoid at all costs.
●🍿 Theater: No, not worth the fuel to get to the theater
●🛋️ Streaming: Still no, never at any time
●🔁 Rewatchable: No, it wasn’t watchable the first time it.
Any Means Necessary (2026)★★★★
This movie is a little “Green Book” and a little “Lethal Weapon” without the comedy. Based on a true story that nobody will ever confirm or deny. A Black FBI agent (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is asked to speak to other Black citizens in a Mississippi town after a local civil rights leader is murdered and his house is burned down. He is then asked to work with Greg Scarpa (Mark Wahlberg), a Mob hitman from New York, to solve the murders. When the law alone isn’t enough, justice must be found by any means necessary.
🍿 Theater: Absolutely
🛋️ Streaming: Not Yet
🔁 Rewatchable: Yes
Tony (2026)★★★★
Tony starts slow with a long setup to his life. I was thinking this was another iPhone movie, then it got interesting. His time in the kitchen is where the film really starts, and from there the anxiety just grows.
More than once my heart dropped into my stomach, a sensation I don’t remember having during another movie. The second half took this from a slow 3 to a high 4. It made me cry and touched me emotionally.
With all the music biopics over the last few years, it’s amazing how well they portrayed Anthony Bourdain. This is a movie I will see again and show other people.
🍿 Theater: Absolutely
🛋️ Streaming: Not Yet
🔁 Rewatchable: Yes