Recently Watched Movies 2026

[nwhoopfan]

Jennifer Garner was wasted in this film. Marvel and Disney are horrendous

You know, I thought I saw her for a second. She wasn't even a named character was she?

 

[dvegas]

Springsteen movie popped up this weekend on Hulu. God awful. Especially compared to the Dylan movie. And I enjoy Bruce a ton more than Bob.

 

[ZooCougar]

You know, I thought I saw her for a second. She wasn't even a named character was she?

Exactly. She’s the Silver Surfer.

 

[ZooCougar]

You know, I thought I saw her for a second. She wasn't even a named character was she?

Correction. Julia Garner.

 

[nwhoopfan]

Correction. Julia Garner.

Oh agreed she was wasted in the role. There was someone who looked like Jennifer on screen for just a second though.

 

[Palatine]

I didn't mind a female Silver Surfer, it made sense in the story telling. But you didn't really need a physical presence in the movie. Just a great voice. I thought having a well know actor actually took away from the character.

 

[ZooCougar]

I didn't mind a female Silver Surfer, it made sense in the story telling. But you didn't really need a physical presence in the movie. Just a great voice. I thought having a well know actor actually took away from the character.

She’s way too good of an actress to be in a Marvel film.

 

[B1GEast]

I didn't mind a female Silver Surfer, it made sense in the story telling. But you didn't really need a physical presence in the movie. Just a great voice. I thought having a well know actor actually took away from the character.

The female silver surfer was a terrible decision

And Robert Downey Jr as Doom is even worse

 

[Hey Adrien!]

Secret Mall Apartment (2026)

The Netflix doc on the eight artists who secretly built an apartment inside the Providence Place mall between 2023 and 2007 was excellent. For seven of the eight artists involved, this doc was the first public outing of their involvement. Also goes into the themes of Providence's DIY scene in the late 90s/early 00s, the city's attempts at urban renewal and art as life.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Springsteen movie popped up this weekend on Hulu. God awful. Especially compared to the Dylan movie. And I enjoy Bruce a ton more than Bob.

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Jan 23, 2026

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (2026 - Hulu) - It takes the period when Springsteen wrote Nebraska and Born In the USA, basically at the same time, while coming to grips with some demons from his childhood.

It is an old school biopic that is decent. I really like the interplay of Bruce and Jon Landau, and the supporting male characters mostly support that main relationship. I don't always like Jeremy Strong, but he is excellent here, and Jeremy Allen White is quietly becoming one of the best actors of his generation. Stephen Graham always delivers, in a tough role in...

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See my review. It feels like it was a good little movie that a studio executive screwed up by adding a love interest who made no sense in the plot.

 

[nwhoopfan]

"The Wrecking Crew" on Amazon Prime. Seems like the adds billed it as more of a comedy than it is. About halfway thru I was thinking it was also way less over the top than I was expecting. Then they brought the crazy. There was a freeway chase scene with a helicopter that made even the Fast and Furious franchise look reasonable. Bautista and Mamoa both did their thing. They worked pretty well off each other. Fairly enjoyable.

 

[HuskyHawk]

The Living Daylights. Realized I didn't remember any of the Timothy Dalton Bond films, so gave this a whirl while the wife and daughter watched Titanic (other than Molly Brown I can't stand anyone on that boat). Jeroen Krabbe is an over the top corrupt KGB man working with an evil American Arms dealer played by Joe Don Baker. Maryam D'Abo is cute as the Bond girl, a Russian Cellist, but her lines are terrible. The car is pretty awesome, as they return to an Aston Martin V8 Vantage Volante after the Roger Moore era when he had the Lotus or mostly crap. This is a reminder of how weak the dialogue and plot were in the 70s era movies. Dalton is fine.

Side note: I remember Olivia D'Abo as the more attractive one (I thought they were sisters) and it turns out that Olivia's dad, Mike D'Abo is Maryam's first cousin. Mike was the lead singer of Manfred Mann.

 

[Jay-Bone]

Again, so what was the point of the movie?

Lets just say, its not for you.

 

[Deepster]

Damn, you, ZooCougar and CL82 are so bad at this, makes you wonder why you're even in a movie thread. A bunch of nonsense drivel from people who have no clue about cinema (or life). A bunch of cartoons who couldn't even name 1 movie in the top 100 of all time. The type who feed off IMDB lists over TSPDT. Cinema is the heartbeat and reflection of morality for evolution. Its not for understanding by cartoons or Neanderthals.

Yeah. That’s great.

You still haven’t answered the original question. What was the point of the movie?

Now run off and ChatGPT it to try and sound intelligent.

 

[ZooCougar]

Yeah. That’s great.

You still haven’t answered the original question. What was the point of the movie?

Now run off and ChatGPT it to try and sound intelligent.

In his drunken stupor he was attempting to say satire, which is like duh.

 

[Jay-Bone]

In his drunken stupor he was attempting to say satire, which is like duh.

No, what I said a few times, is there is no point to the movie for Deepster and no point in me trying to explain it.. I thought my satire was painfully obvious conveying that, clearly it wasn't. My intended audience was not Deepster.

Sorry for being mean in my drunken stupor. I'm trying to be better and typically don't engage, just watch from a distance, but it gets really hard sometimes. I'm not here, do carry on.

 

[Jay-Bone]

Yeah. That’s great.

You still haven’t answered the original question. What was the point of the movie?

Now run off and ChatGPT it to try and sound intelligent.

I have my wife using AI, I haven't had the time for it yet. No intelligence from me.

 

[ZooCougar]

The Brutalist

I finally got around to watching this. And I did not like it. This is A24 smelling its own farts at this point.

Adrian Brody is Laszlo Toth, a genius architect from Hungary who escapes Europe after WWII. He survived the Holocaust somehow. But as soon as he gets to America it just starts a long chain of allowing himself to be exploited. He gets exploited by his fellow self hating cousin and then he gets discovered by a wealthy Pennsylvania Industrialist named Van Buren (Guy Pierce) who also exploits him. At some point they bring Toth's wife (A miscast Felicity Jones) and niece over. Everyone is clearly mentally and physically traumatized by the war.

Toth is addicted to heroine for pain relief due to his damaged schnoz. Early in the movie another character asks him what is wrong with his nose. Toth answers "Nothing, but in real life I'm Adrian Brody". He didn't say that but it would have been better if he did.

Europe during the war was a bad place, but what's important to the Director here is that you know that the good old USA isn't any better. It's not Toth's fault that he doesn't take his talents at first to a legitimate Archicture Firm but instead works for his crooked cousin. Then when he gets fired he's forced to wait in breadlines.... hold on. Are they in Moscow in the '80s? Nope this is Philly folks.

Later on the project Toth and Van Buren are building together gets canceled because Van Buren is cheap. Toth finally does the smart thing and gets a real job. But Van Buren years later comes back into the picture and talks him back into this quagmire. Toth meets Van Buren in Italy to pick out marble together. Toth gets high and Van Buren r apes him. Really great movie! Toth later confesses all this to his wife after she almost overdoses on heroine. She proclaims that America is rotten! Well, what do you expect when you are entangled with literally some of the worst people you could find?

What's BS about this whole movie is that it's fiction posited as fact and history. In reality like dozens and dozens of talented people fled Europe before during and after the war and they lived rewarding and full lives and none of them had to wait in breadlines and were r@ped by other dudes.

The movie is shot in Vistavision so that nerds could spend $50 a ticket at 70MM Imax theaters. It's over 3 hours long. Watch something else...

 

[HuskyHawk]

Nuremberg. Stars Rami Malek as Doug Kelly, American army psychiatrist. Russell Crowe as Hermann Goring. Michael Shannon as justice Robert Jackson. Several very good supporting cast members. It tells the story of the Nuremberg trials, starting with the capture of Goring and Jackson’s subsequent push to hold the trials. Popular opinion was to just shoot the remaining Nazi high command. Dr. Kelly has a key role interviewing and getting the psych profile on these guys, especially Goring. There’s fear of making them martyrs or of repeating the mistakes after WWI. It’s all quite well done and worth a watch.

 

[ZooCougar]

Nuremberg. Stars Rami Malek as Doug Kelly, American army psychiatrist. Russell Crowe as Hermann Goring. Michael Shannon as justice Robert Jackson. Several very good supporting cast members. It tells the story of the Nuremberg trials, starting with the capture of Goring and Jackson’s subsequent push to hold the trials. Popular opinion was to just shoot the remaining Nazi high command. Dr. Kelly has a key role interviewing and getting the psych profile on these guys, especially Goring. There’s fear of making them martyrs or of repeating the mistakes after WWI. It’s all quite well done and worth a watch.

Crowe should get a nomination for his work in that one.

 

[ZooCougar]

No, what I said a few times, is there is no point to the movie for Deepster and no point in me trying to explain it.. I thought my satire was painfully obvious conveying that, clearly it wasn't. My intended audience was not Deepster.

Sorry for being mean in my drunken stupor. I'm trying to be better and typically don't engage, just watch from a distance, but it gets really hard sometimes. I'm not here, do carry on.

If you like movies then you should engage. We’re here because we really like movies.

 

[Palatine]

The Brutalist

I finally got around to watching this. And I did not like it. This is A24 smelling its own farts at this point.

Adrian Brody is Laszlo Toth, a genius architect from Hungary who escapes Europe after WWII. He survived the Holocaust somehow. But as soon as he gets to America it just starts a long chain of allowing himself to be exploited. He gets exploited by his fellow self hating cousin and then he gets discovered by a wealthy Pennsylvania Industrialist named Van Buren (Guy Pierce) who also exploits him. At some point they bring Toth's wife (A miscast Felicity Jones) and niece over. Everyone is clearly mentally and physically traumatized by the war.

Toth is addicted to heroine for pain relief due to his damaged schnoz. Early in the movie another character asks him what is wrong with his nose. Toth answers "Nothing, but in real life I'm Adrian Brody". He didn't say that but it would have been better if he did.

Europe during the war was a bad place, but what's important to the Director here is that you know that the good old USA isn't any better. It's not Toth's fault that he doesn't take his talents at first to a legitimate Archicture Firm but instead works for his crooked cousin. Then when he gets fired he's forced to wait in breadlines.... hold on. Are they in Moscow in the '80s? Nope this is Philly folks.

Later on the project Toth and Van Buren are building together gets canceled because Van Buren is cheap. Toth finally does the smart thing and gets a real job. But Van Buren years later comes back into the picture and talks him back into this quagmire. Toth meets Van Buren in Italy to pick out marble together. Toth gets high and Van Buren r apes him. Really great movie! Toth later confesses all this to his wife after she almost overdoses on heroine. She proclaims that America is rotten! Well, what do you expect when you are entangled with literally some of the worst people you could find?

What's BS about this whole movie is that it's fiction posited as fact and history. In reality like dozens and dozens of talented people fled Europe before during and after the war and they lived rewarding and full lives and none of them had to wait in breadlines and were r@ped by other dudes.

The movie is shot in Vistavision so that nerds could spend $50 a ticket at 70MM Imax theaters. It's over 3 hours long. Watch something else...

This is pretty on the nose for me (get it?). No one is likeable. No one is truly good. It makes no meaningful point. It's slow and long. It is a self loathing movie about self loathing people in what is presented as a self loathing time. The critics loved it because it paints America in a terrible light. No surprise there.

In reality, the 1950s were an economic boom. There were jobs a plenty cause we just fought a war. Opportunity was around every corner.

 

[storrsroars]

Loved this movie.

I wasn't planning on watching Bugonia until seeing the positive reviews here. Didn't realize it was directed by the same guy who did Poor Things, an objectionable premise with amazing cinematography. I loved the visuals in both, and while not a direct comparison, it reminded me of Peter Greenaway in how the grotesque can be beautiful. Enjoyed it much more than I was expecting as I haven't been much of a Plemons fan, but he was great here.

 

[ZooCougar]

I wasn't planning on watching Bugonia until seeing the positive reviews here. Didn't realize it was directed by the same guy who did Poor Things, an objectionable premise with amazing cinematography. I loved the visuals in both, and while not a direct comparison, it reminded me of Peter Greenaway in how the grotesque can be beautiful. Enjoyed it much more than I was expecting as I haven't been much of a Plemons fan, but he was great here.

If I had know it was the same director I might not have gone to the movie. It was pretty bonkers.

 

[ZooCougar]

Tomiris (2019)

This is a foreign film from the land of Borat (Kazakhstan) from 2019. I am really interested in Ancient History so I came across this hidden gem somewhere and it's free on Youtube and Youtube TV. Even though it's epic in scope, Tomiris was made on a shoestring budget of like $7M. The movie wasn't really profitable but it's doing well in the word of mouth department.

Tomiris was the Queen of Scythian tribe known as the Masegetai who is a national hero of Kazakhstan. According to legend she was betrayed, won her throne back and then defended her land from the Persian Empire. Notably, she defeated Cyrus the Great in battle, cut his head off and kept it as a trophy. That's the same Cyrus the Great from The Old Testament if you are wondering. The movie doesn't quite go like that but it's close. Most people tend to see Cyrus as a benevolent ruler, but this movie does not. The first part of the movie is spent on her struggle against the Kwarezem. I'm pretty sure that's the same Kwarezem that get absolutely steam rolled by Chingis Khan about 1200 years later. The second part is about the dealings with the Persians.

Overall this was a refreshing watch because it isn't Hollywood. The pacing is different. The acting is great. The locations were good, much of filming is around real Scythian burial mounds (Kurgans) which are kind of immense. The battle scenes are also pretty novel in my opinon. The Scythians were the first people to fight on horseback with bow and arrow. The action in an entertaining way shows the contrast between their way fighting and the way the non nomadic way of fighting.

Anyways, it's a free watch so give it a try if you're interested.

 

[HuskyHawk]

This is pretty on the nose for me (get it?). No one is likeable. No one is truly good. It makes no meaningful point. It's slow and long. It is a self loathing movie about self loathing people in what is presented as a self loathing time. The critics loved it because it paints America in a terrible light. No surprise there.

In reality, the 1950s were an economic boom. There were jobs a plenty cause we just fought a war. Opportunity was around every corner.

As I learned about this, it was an instant "not even on streaming" choice for me.

 

[Palatine]

Nuremberg. Stars Rami Malek as Doug Kelly, American army psychiatrist. Russell Crowe as Hermann Goring. Michael Shannon as justice Robert Jackson. Several very good supporting cast members. It tells the story of the Nuremberg trials, starting with the capture of Goring and Jackson’s subsequent push to hold the trials. Popular opinion was to just shoot the remaining Nazi high command. Dr. Kelly has a key role interviewing and getting the psych profile on these guys, especially Goring. There’s fear of making them martyrs or of repeating the mistakes after WWI. It’s all quite well done and worth a watch.

Watched this the other night. It is a very well made film. They spent the money on the actors and it was a good choice. Crowe was excellent as were most of the performances. It is very good but not great film. This perspective on Nuremberg is on the depressing side. How could it not be. It is worth watching.

 

[dbmill]

Nuremberg. Stars Rami Malek as Doug Kelly, American army psychiatrist. Russell Crowe as Hermann Goring. Michael Shannon as justice Robert Jackson. Several very good supporting cast members. It tells the story of the Nuremberg trials, starting with the capture of Goring and Jackson’s subsequent push to hold the trials. Popular opinion was to just shoot the remaining Nazi high command. Dr. Kelly has a key role interviewing and getting the psych profile on these guys, especially Goring. There’s fear of making them martyrs or of repeating the mistakes after WWI. It’s all quite well done and worth a watch.

My wife saw this film, she liked it quite a bit.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Beast of War. Based on real events. WW II movie featuring Australians. It's a little bit like Jaws, with a bit of the USS Indianapolis story thrown in. We see young soldiers in training at the start. Then they board an Aussie war ship, which is sunk by the Japanese. Don't want to say more. Thought this was well done, if venturing into the absurd at times regarding shark behavior (like Jaws does). Not long, obviously low budget but they make that work and create some solid tension and relationships.

 

[storrsroars]

I watched Spotlight for the first time in a decade. I think I was a bit critical of it when I first saw it. It had just come out on DVD after winning best picture Oscar. So I was holding it up against its competition, which included The Revenant, The Big Short, The Martian, and others. I sort of credited its win to anti-Catholic sentiment among Oscar voters and not for the actual movie itself.

On this second watch, I found it phenomenal storytelling and ensemble acting. IMHO, it makes All The President's Men look Hollywoodish in an uncomplimentary way. I'd go so far as to say it's also probably the most compelling case for real journalism ever filmed. So yeah, it totally deserved its Oscar.

If you haven't watched it before, or haven't seen it in years, I highly recommend another watch.