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2026

Mar 14
A House of Dynamite (2025) Directed by Kathryn Bigelow ★★★★★
Feb 28
Baby Assassins (2021) Directed by Yugo Sakamoto ★★★★☆
Feb 21
One Battle After Another (2025) Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson ★★★☆☆
Feb 14
Another Simple Favor (2025) Directed by Paul Feig ★★★☆☆
Feb 08
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) Directed by Christopher McQuarrie ★★★☆☆
Feb 05
No Sudden Move (2021) Directed by Steven Soderbergh ★★★★☆
Jan 31
Okja (2017) Directed by Bong Joon Ho ★★★★★
Jan 12
John Candy: I Like Me (2025) Directed by Colin Hanks ★★★☆☆
Jan 11
The Mastermind (2025) Directed by Kelly Reichardt ★★☆☆☆
Jan 01
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Directed by James Cameron ★★★★★

2025

Dec 28
The Terminator (1984) Directed by James Cameron ★★☆☆☆
Dec 08
The Roses (2025) Directed by Jay Roach ★★★☆☆
Dec 03
Wicked: For Good (2025) Directed by Jon M. Chu ★★★☆☆
Nov 25
Wake Up Dead Man (2025) Directed by Rian Johnson ★★★★★
Nov 19
The Running Man (2025) Directed by Edgar Wright ★★★☆☆
Nov 18
Death by Lightning Netflix, 2025 ★★★☆☆
Nov 16
The Prestige (2006) Directed by Christopher Nolan ★★★★★
Oct 30
The Happening (2008) Directed by M. Night Shyamalan ★★☆☆☆
Oct 28
It's Pat (1994) Directed by Adam Bernstein ★★★☆☆
Oct 26
Alien³ (1992) Directed by David Fincher ★★★☆☆
Oct 26
Weapons (2025) Directed by Zach Cregger ★★☆☆☆
Oct 18
The Phoenician Scheme (2025) Directed by Wes Anderson ★★★☆☆
Oct 12
28 Years Later (2025) Directed by Danny Boyle ★★☆☆☆
Oct 08
Battle Royale (2000) Directed by Kinji Fukasaku ★★★★☆
Sep 15
Peanut Butter (2025) Directed by Steve Smith ★★★☆☆
Sep 13
Friendship (2024) Directed by Andrew DeYoung ★★★★☆
Sep 13
The Thursday Murder Club (2025) Directed by Chris Columbus ★★☆☆☆
Sep 11
A Murder at the End of the World Hulu, 2023 ★☆☆☆☆
Aug 30
Inspector Ike (2020) Directed by Graham Mason ★★☆☆☆
Aug 28
Hot Rod (2007) Directed by Akiva Schaffer ★★★☆☆
Aug 28
Nobody 2 (2025) Directed by Timo Tjahjanto ★★★☆☆
Aug 28
The Naked Gun (2025) Directed by Akiva Schaffer ★★★★★
Aug 12
Nosferatu (2024) Directed by Robert Eggers ★★★★☆
Aug 04
7 Days in Hell (2015) Directed by Jake Szymanski ★★★★☆
Aug 04
Blink Twice (2024) Directed by Zoë Kravitz ★★☆☆☆
Aug 04
Moonrise Kingdom (2012) Directed by Wes Anderson ★★★★☆
Jul 03
Adolescence Netflix, 2025 ★★★★★
Jul 03
Godzilla Minus One (2023) Directed by Takashi Yamazaki ★★★★☆
Jul 02
Black Bag (2025) Directed by Steven Soderbergh ★★★★☆
Jul 02
KPop Demon Hunters (2025) Directed by Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang ★★★★★
Jul 02
Mickey 17 (2025) Directed by Bong Joon Ho ★★★☆☆
Jun 11
Night Call (2024) Directed by Michiel Blanchart ★★★☆☆
Jun 02
Bottoms (2023) Directed by Emma Seligman ★★★★☆
Jun 02
Mountainhead (2025) Directed by Jesse Armstrong ★★★☆☆
Jun 02
The Perfect Couple Hulu, 2024 ★★☆☆☆
Jun 02
The Residence Apple TV, 2024 ★★★☆☆
May 26
Companion (2025) Directed by Drew Hancock ★★★☆☆
May 20
Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes (2020) Directed by Junta Yamaguchi ★★★★★
May 16
Midnight Run (1988) Directed by Martin Brest ★★★★☆
May 10
Last Bullet (2025) Directed by Guillaume Pierret ★★★☆☆
May 05
Murder Is Easy BBC, 2023 ★★★☆☆
Apr 26
The Substance (2024) Directed by Coralie Fargeat ★☆☆☆☆
Apr 11
Iron Man 3 (2013) Directed by Shane Black ★★★★☆
Apr 05
Five Element Ninjas (1982) Directed by Chang Cheh ★★★★☆
Mar 30
Nope (2022) Directed by Jordan Peele ★★★★☆
Mar 28
Prey (2022) Directed by Dan Trachtenberg ★★★☆☆
Mar 26
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) Directed by Tony Scott ★★★☆☆
Mar 22
Emilia Pérez (2024) Directed by Jacques Audiard ★☆☆☆☆
Mar 20
Prey (2024) Directed by Mukunda Michael Dewil ★☆☆☆☆
Mar 15
Alien: Romulus (2024) Directed by Fede Álvarez ★★★☆☆
Mar 15
Force Majeure (2014) Directed by Ruben Östlund ★★★★☆
Mar 05
I Saw the TV Glow (2024) Directed by Jane Schoenbrun ★★☆☆☆
Mar 03
Bad Boys (1995) Directed by Michael Bay ★☆☆☆☆
Feb 23
A Real Pain (2024) Directed by Jesse Eisenberg ★★★☆☆
Feb 22
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Directed by Joe Russo, Anthony Russo ★★★☆☆
Feb 13
Aliens (1986) Directed by James Cameron ★★★★★
Feb 08
Conclave (2024) Directed by Edward Berger ★★★★☆
Feb 05
The Way Back (2010) Directed by Peter Weir ★★★★☆
Feb 01
Tour de Pharmacy (2017) Directed by Jake Szymanski ★★★★★
Jan 27
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) Directed by Jeff Rowe ★★★★☆
Jan 25
Step Up (2006) Directed by Anne Fletcher ★★★★☆
Jan 25
They Live (1988) Directed by John Carpenter ★★★☆☆
Jan 17
The Decameron Netflix, 2024 ★★★★☆
Jan 12
Six Shooter (2004) Directed by Martin McDonagh ★★★★☆
Jan 12
The Fall Guy (2024) Directed by David Leitch ★★★★☆
Jan 10
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) Directed by Frank Oz ★★★★☆
Jan 04
The Equalizer (2014) Directed by Antoine Fuqua ★★★★★
Jan 01
Fallen Angels (1995) Directed by Wong Kar-Wai ★★☆☆☆

2024

Dec 30
Decision to Leave (2022) Directed by Park Chan-wook ★★★★☆
Dec 30
Duel (1971) Directed by Steven Spielberg ★★★☆☆
Dec 30
Peninsula (2020) Directed by Yeon Sang-ho ★★★☆☆
Dec 28
Sabrina (1954) Directed by Billy Wilder ★★★☆☆
Dec 27
Wicked (2024) Directed by Jon M. Chu ★★★☆☆
Dec 19
The People's Joker (2022) Directed by Vera Drew ★★☆☆☆
Dec 17
Seoul Station (2016) Directed by Yeon Sang-ho ★★☆☆☆
Dec 09
Halloween Ends (2022) Directed by David Gordon Green ★★☆☆☆
Nov 30
Hot Frosty (2024) Directed by Jerry Ciccoritti ★★☆☆☆
Nov 29
Gladiator II Directed by Ridley Scott ★★★☆☆
Nov 15
The Pistol Shrimps (2016) Directed by Brent Hodge ★★★☆☆
Nov 10
Challengers (2024) Directed by Luca Guadagnino ★★☆☆☆
Oct 29
Eternals (2021) Directed by Chloé Zhao ★★☆☆☆
Oct 27
Trap (2024) Directed by M. Night Shyamalan ★★☆☆☆
Oct 26
A Spy Among Friends ITVX, 2022 ★★★☆☆
Oct 26
BlackBerry (2023) Directed by Matt Johnson ★★★★☆
Oct 26
Extraction 2 (2023) Directed by Sam Hargrave ★★★☆☆
Oct 26
Extraction (2020) Directed by Sam Hargrave ★★★☆☆
Oct 26
Get Carter (1971) Directed by Mike Hodges ★★★☆☆
Oct 26
Gilda (1946) Directed by Charles Vidor ★★☆☆☆
Oct 26
Halloween (1978) Directed by John Carpenter ★★★☆☆
Oct 26
Lady Vengeance (2005) Directed by Park Chan-wook ★★☆☆☆
Oct 26
Peeping Tom (1960) Directed by Michael Powell ★★★★☆
Oct 26
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) Directed by Park Chan-wook ★★☆☆☆
Oct 26
The Foot Fist Way (2006) Directed by Jody Hill ★★★☆☆
Oct 19
Hereditary (2018) Directed by Ari Aster ★☆☆☆☆
Sep 08
Love Lies Bleeding (2024) Directed by Rose Glass ★★★☆☆
Sep 06
Confess, Fletch (2022) Directed by Greg Mottola ★★★☆☆
Aug 14
Drunken Master (1978) Directed by Yuen Woo-Ping ★★★☆☆
Aug 13
Burning (2018) Directed by Lee Chang-dong ★★★☆☆
Aug 01
Falling Down (1993) Directed by Joel Schumacher ★★★☆☆
Aug 01
Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) Directed by George Armitage ★★★☆☆
Jul 06
Date Night (2010) Directed by Shawn Levy ★★★☆☆
Jun 25
The Bourne Identity (2002) Directed by Doug Liman ★★★★☆
Jun 22
Poor Things (2023) Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos ★★★★★
Jun 20
Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday (2022) Directed by Harry Kirby, George Kirby ★★★★☆
Jun 16
The Lego Batman Movie (2017) Directed by Chris McKay ★★★★☆
Jun 15
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) Directed by Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley ★★☆☆☆
Jun 03
Gosford Park (2001) Directed by Robert Altman ★★★☆☆
May 28
Dune (2021) Directed by Denis Villeneuve ★★☆☆☆
May 28
Enemy (2013) Directed by Denis Villeneuve ★★★☆☆
May 28
Oldboy (2003) Directed by Park Chan-wook ★★★★☆
May 28
Under the Silver Lake (2018) Directed by David Robert Mitchell ★★★☆☆
May 26
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) Directed by George Miller ★★★☆☆
Apr 27
Muriel's Wedding (1994) Directed by P.J. Hogan ★★★☆☆
Apr 27
Perfect Blue (1997) Directed by Satoshi Kon ★★★☆☆
Apr 27
The Castle (1997) Directed by Rob Sitch ★★★★☆
Apr 05
Triangle of Sadness (2022) Directed by Ruben Östlund ★★★☆☆
Mar 21
Big Trouble in Little China (1986) Directed by John Carpenter ★★★★★
Mar 21
Polite Society (2023) Directed by Nida Manzoor ★★★☆☆
Mar 18
Mary and Max (2009) Directed by Adam Elliot ★★★☆☆
Mar 18
The Dry (2020) Directed by Robert Connolly ★★★☆☆
Feb 21
Doctor Strange (2016) Directed by Scott Derrickson ★★★☆☆
Feb 21
Fire of Love (2022) Directed by Sara Dosa ★★★★☆
Feb 21
Police Story (1985) Directed by Jackie Chan ★★★★★
Feb 16
A Haunting in Venice (2023) Directed by Kenneth Branagh ★★★☆☆
Feb 16
But I'm a Cheerleader (1998) Directed by Jamie Babbit ★★☆☆☆
Feb 16
Indiscreet (1958) Directed by Stanley Donen ★★☆☆☆
Feb 16
Paddington 2 (2017) Directed by Paul King ★★★★☆
Feb 16
The Beaches of Agnès (2008) Directed by Agnès Varda ★★★☆☆
Feb 16
The Flash (2023) Directed by Andy Muschietti ★★☆☆☆
Feb 16
Tombstone (1993) Directed by George P. Cosmatos ★★★★☆
Feb 16
Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) Directed by Zack Snyder ★★★★☆
Jan 22
Aquaman (2018) Directed by James Wan ★★★★☆
Jan 14
May December (2023) Directed by Todd Haynes ★★★☆☆

2023

Dec 11
Four Aunties and a Wedding By Jesse Q. Sutanto (Aunties, #2) ★★☆☆☆
Dec 10
Barbie (2023) Directed by Greta Gerwig ★★★★☆
Dec 02
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) Directed by Justin K. Thompson, Kemp Powers, and Joaquim Dos Santos ★★★☆☆
Nov 27
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning (2023) Directed by Christopher McQuarrie ★★★☆☆
Nov 20
Past Lives (2023) Directed by Celine Song ★★★☆☆
Nov 19
The Batman (2022) Directed by Matt Reeves ★★★☆☆
Nov 13
Athena (2022) Directed by Romain Gavras ★★★★☆
Nov 10
Lars and the Real Girl (2007) Directed by Craig Gillespie ★★★★☆
Nov 10
The Punisher (2004) Directed by Jonathan Hensleigh ★★☆☆☆
Nov 05
Asteroid City (2023) Directed by Wes Anderson ★★★★☆
Nov 01
A Deepness in the Sky By Vernor Vinge (Zones of Thought, #2) ★★★★☆
Oct 27
The Lies of Locke Lamora By Scott Lynch (Gentleman Bastard, #1) ★★☆☆☆
Oct 21
M3GAN (2022) Directed by Gerard Johnstone ★★★★☆
Oct 21
The History of the Minnesota Vikings (2023) Directed by Jon Bois ★★★★☆
Oct 08
The History of the Seattle Mariners (2020) Directed by Jon Bois ★★★★★
Sep 25
Children of Time By Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1) ★★★★★
Sep 23
Down in the Valley (2005) Directed by David Jacobson ★★☆☆☆
Sep 23
Lone Star (1996) Directed by John Sayles ★★★★★
Sep 23
Near Dark (1987) Directed by Kathryn Bigelow ★★★☆☆
Sep 23
Prospect (2018) Directed by Zeek Earl, Christopher Caldwell ★★★★☆
Sep 20
A Psalm for the Wild-Built By Becky Chambers (Monk & Robot, #1) ★★☆☆☆
Sep 20
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet By Becky Chambers (Wayfarers, #1) ★★★★☆
Sep 08
Fast X (2023) Directed by Louis Leterrier ★★★★☆
Jul 31
Blade (1998) Directed by Stephen Norrington ★★★★★
Jul 30
Touching the Void (2003) Directed by Kevin Macdonald ★★★☆☆
Jul 27
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow By Gabrielle Zevin ★★☆☆☆
Jul 23
Gerry (2002) Directed by Gus Van Sant ★★☆☆☆
Jul 20
Lost Bullet 2 (2022) Directed by Guillaume Pierret ★★★★☆
Jul 17
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2010) Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul ★★☆☆☆
Jul 14
Let the Bullets Fly (2010) Directed by Jiang Wen ★★★★☆
Jul 08
Magic Mike's Last Dance (2023) Directed by Steven Soderbergh ★★☆☆☆
Jul 06
Crippled Avengers (1978) Directed by Chang Cheh ★★★★☆
Jul 04
Accident Man (2018) Directed by Jesse V. Johnson ★★★☆☆
Jul 02
Midsommar (2019) Directed by Ari Aster ★★☆☆☆
Jun 27
Furie (2019) Directed by Le Van Kiet ★★★☆☆
Jun 27
Lost Bullet (2020) Directed by Guillaume Pierret ★★★★☆
Jun 27
Women Talking (2022) Directed by Sarah Polley ★★☆☆☆
Jun 20
Elder Race By Adrian Tchaikovsky (Elder Race #1) ★★★★★
Jun 05
The Skeleton Twins (2014) Directed by Craig Johnson ★★★☆☆
May 31
Turning Red (2022) Directed by Domee Shi ★★☆☆☆
May 29
Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) Directed by George Miller ★★★★☆
May 23
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019) Directed by Lee Won-tae ★★★☆☆
May 18
Mister Mammoth By Matt Kindt ★★★★☆
May 17
Comedy Bang! Bang! The Podcast: Absurd oral history, photos, and bits from the long-running Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast. By Scott Aukerman ★★★☆☆
May 16
Mickey7 By Edward Ashton (Mickey7 #1) ★★☆☆☆
May 16
Station Eternity By Mur Lafferty (The Midsolar Murders, #1) ★★★☆☆
May 16
The Kaiju Preservation Society By John Scalzi ★★☆☆☆
Apr 21
The Rover (2014) Directed by David Michôd ★★★★★
Apr 16
East of Eden (1955) Directed by Elia Kazan ★★★☆☆
Apr 10
Night Is Short, Walk On Girl (2017) Directed by Masaaki Yuasa ★★★★★
Mar 06
Spin Me Round (2022) Directed by Jeff Baena ★★☆☆☆
Mar 02
Swiss Army Man (2016) Directed by Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert ★★★★★
Feb 13
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) Directed by Martin McDonagh ★★★★★
Jan 30
Dial A for Aunties By Jesse Q. Sutanto (Aunties, #1) ★★★☆☆
Jan 30
Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe By Laurence Bergreen ★★★★★
Jan 30
Slow Horses By Mick Herron (Slough House #1) ★★★★★
Jan 30
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie By Alan Bradley (Flavia de Luce, #1) ★★★★☆
Jan 23
C'mon C'mon (2021) Directed by Mike Mills ★★★★☆
Jan 13
Top Gun: Maverick (2022) Directed by Joseph Kosinski ★★★★☆
Jan 01
Bullet Train (2022) Directed by David Leitch ★★★☆☆

2022

Dec 27
Glass Onion (2022) Directed by Rian Johnson ★★★★★
Dec 19
Old (2021) Directed by M. Night Shyamalan ★★★☆☆
Dec 16
Orlando (1992) Directed by Sally Potter ★★★★★
Oct 01
The Lost City (2022) Directed by Aaron Nee, Adam Nee ★★★★☆
Aug 22
Licorice Pizza (2021) Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson ★★★☆☆
Aug 06
The Widows of Malabar Hill By Sujata Massey (Perveen Mistry, #1) ★★★☆☆
Jul 25
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) Directed by Russ Meyer ★★☆☆☆
Jul 05
The Ministry for the Future By Kim Stanley Robinson ★★☆☆☆
Jun 06
Saving Jesus from the Church: How to Stop Worshiping Christ and Start Following Jesus By Robin R. Meyers ★★☆☆☆
May 26
American War By Omar El Akkad ★★☆☆☆

2021

Jul 23
Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru (2016) Directed by Joe Berlinger ★☆☆☆☆
Jul 17
A Bride's Story, Vol. 1 By Kaoru Mori (A Bride's Story, #1) ★★★★★
Jul 07
Building Successful Communities of Practice: Discover How Connecting People Makes Better Organisations By Emily Webber ★★★☆☆
Jul 05
The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth By Beth Allison Barr ★★★★☆
Apr 12
Gods of Jade and Shadow By Silvia Moreno-Garcia ★★★★☆

2020

Feb 09
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ★☆☆☆☆

2019

Dec 26
The End is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments, from the Bronze Age Collapse to Nuclear Near Misses By Dan Carlin ★★★☆☆
Nov 25
Thinking, Fast and Slow By Daniel Kahneman ★★★★★
Nov 11
Empires of Eve: A History of the Great Empires of Eve Online By Andrew Groen ★★★☆☆
Sep 08
All Systems Red By Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) ★★★★★
Aug 22
The Gone World By Tom Sweterlitsch ★★☆☆☆
Aug 16
Ancillary Sword By Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch #2) ★★★☆☆
Jun 24
Killing Gravity By Corey J. White (The Voidwitch Saga, #1) ★★★★★
Jun 17
Summerland By Hannu Rajaniemi ★★★☆☆
Jun 02
Stumbling on Happiness By Daniel Todd Gilbert ★★★★☆
Jun 02
Tales Designed to Thrizzle, Volume One By Michael Kupperman ★★★☆☆

2015

Dec 25
Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) Directed by J.J. Abrams ★★☆☆☆
Jan 01
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win By Gene Kim ★★★★★

2013

Feb 04
Accelerando By Charles Stross ★★★★★

2012

May 30
The Fear Index By Robert Harris ★★☆☆☆
May 25
A Fire Upon The Deep By Vernor Vinge (Zones of Thought, #1) ★★★★★
May 25
A Storm of Swords By George R.R. Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3) ★☆☆☆☆
May 25
Incognito, Vol. 1 By Ed Brubaker ★★★★★
May 25
The Reformation: A History By Diarmaid MacCulloch ★★★★☆
May 25
The Well-Grounded Rubyist By David A. Black ★★★★★
May 25
Transmetropolitan V. 0-10 By Warren Ellis ★★★★☆
May 24
History of the Byzantine State By George Ostrogorsky ★★★☆☆
May 23
NextWave, Agents of H.A.T.E.: Ultimate Collection By Warren Ellis ★★★★★

2008

Jun 25
The Incredible Hulk (2008) Directed by Louis Leterrier ★★★★☆

2007

Oct 06
Juno (2007) ★☆☆☆☆
Jul 14
Paris Je T'aime (2006) ★★★☆☆

2006

May 06
Mission: Impossible III (2006) Directed by J.J. Abrams ★★★★☆
Mar 22
Edmond (2005) Directed by Stuart Gordon ★★☆☆☆

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