“Spider-Man: Brand New Day” – new day, same great vibes

Posted on August 19, 2026 by Denise


Are you crying? [Yes I am, Peter. Now zip it. I’m having a moment.]

Story: It’s been a minute since Doctor Strange reset the universe so nobody remembers who Spider-Man is. In those years, Peter’s BFF Ned and his lady love MJ have graduated from MIT, and don’t have one single memory of him. But Peter remembers them. So when Ned and MJ move back to Manhattan? Peter is thrown. But that’s not the only thing throwing him; a new power has entered NYC, and seems to be looking for something. Not a great time, as Peter’s powers are on the fritz…

Genre I’d put it in: Rousing Sequels
Release Date: 2026
Remake, Sequel, Based-On, or Original: Based on the MCU Spider-Man films, with a bit of bleed over from…[SPOILERS DARLING]
Animals okay?: one doggo is a-okay!
Special Shout-out: Jon Bernthal as Frank/Punisher is hilarious and touching. Plus that banter with Peter/Spidey? *chef’s kiss*

Gotta say: I think the Spider-Man series is my favorite MCU storyline. Yes, black Panther has my heart, Captain America’s happy ending (?) was sweet, and Iron Man is a hoot. But there’s something about our friendly neighborhood Spidey that has me queueing up. And while it took me a bit to get to the theater (no Baltimore screening, boo)? It was worth the wait.

Note – there will be some basic who’s here spoilers going forward…

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“Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” – not kink shaming, kink fascinated

Posted on August 12, 2026 by Denise

“Speaking of desire…do you like dipping sauce?”

Story: Kris, a queer filmmaker eager to reboot the 80s slasher series Camp Miasma, decides to meet Billy Presley, the actress who played the final girl in the first film. But when they meet, discussion turns to horror, sex, and the intersection between the two. Is the fact that Billy lives at the camp that was the filming location for the first film starting to warp Kris’ reality? Or is there something more to that film series that’s affecting them both?

Genre I’d put it in: Surreal Coming-of-age Horrors
Release Date: 2026
Remake, Sequel, Based-On, or Original: Wildly original

Gotta say: When I saw the trailer for Miasma, I got big Final Girls energy. Then when I realized the director had done I Saw the TV Glow and We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, I knew I was headed for a trippy time. And Miasma had me in a consensual choke hold. Did I understand everything that was going on? No. Did that make any difference to me at all? Also no.

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“I Want Your Sex” – the art of intimacy

Posted on July 30, 2026 by Denise

“I’m a slave to this vagina.”

Story: Recent fine arts grad Elliott gets a job with pop-art sensation Erika Tracy, and life is pretty sweet. But when Erika decides Elliott is gonna be her sub-du-jour? Things go from sweet, to smutty, to seriously fucked up. Ah, to be a young twenty-something…and not be him.

Genre I’d put it in: Avant-garde Comedies
Release Date: 2026
Remake, Sequel, Based-On, or Original: Original

Gotta say: Anybody else still completely wrecked by Obsession? Well I’ve got the antidote right here, and it’s a gas. Sex feels like a GenZ Secretary, with whiffs of Sunset Boulevard and the cotton-candy aesthetic of Willie Wonka on crack. But y’know, smutty. And I enjoyed the hell out of it.

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Baltimore Screening Pass-palooza – “Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie”!

Posted on July 29, 2026 by Denise

Well’p, we’re in the thick of summer. So let’s grab the kids and hit the multiplex! Synopsis!

After their ship gets caught in a mysterious storm, the PAW Patrol pups crash land on an uncharted tropical island filled with dinosaurs. They meet Rex, a pup who has been stranded on the island for years and has become an expert in all things dino-related. When the PAW Patrol’s archrival, Mayor Humdinger, begins recklessly mining in hopes of exploiting the island for its natural resources, he inadvertently causes a huge, dormant volcano to erupt. The PAW Patrol pups are thrown into a series of high-stakes, dino-sized rescues bigger than anything they’ve done before, as they must stop Humdinger before everything on the island goes extinct.

Ready? Let’s go!

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“The Odyssey”

Posted on July 17, 2026 by Denise

“Tell me what you do remember.”

Story: Ah, the Trojan War. Homer wrote a song about it. Like to hear it? Here it go. But this story is about after. Specially why it took Odysseus twenty years to finally return after he left for Troy.

Genre I’d put it in: Classics, Illuminated
Release Date: 2026
Remake, Sequel, Based-On, or Original: Based on the epic poem by Homer.

Gotta say: Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey is almost three hours long. Yeah. But with the original epic poem at over 550 pages on average, depending on who translated it? A three hour movie isn’t a bad length. But studios. C’mere for a sec. Intermissions. Bring them back. Even though I’d forgotten everything else in the world once this film started.

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“Evil Dead Burn” – embers of a better film

Posted on July 10, 2026 by Denise

“You brought this out in me.”

Story: After the death of her abusive husband, Alice must deal with two of the most horrific things someone can ever put themselves through; a funeral, then dinner with the in-laws. Honestly, if the deadites hadn’t shown up – thanks to dearly departed grandpa’s research – things probably would have gone similarly. But with less blood and gore. Maybe.

Genre I’d put it in: Sorta Satisfying Sequels
Release Date: 2026
Remake, Sequel, Based-On, or Original: Based on the Evil Dead series of films and TV shows.

Gotta say: The Evil Dead films are some of my favorite things in horror. The mythology, the characters, that chin. I’m not saying Burn is bad. It’s just that it could have been better. There are glimmers of greatness here, but nothing fully comes together to form a cohesive part of the series.

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“Obsession” – Bear sucks.

Posted on June 20, 2026 by Denise

“Does Niki like me?”

Story: Baron/Bear is socially awkward guy hopelessly in love with his friend Nikki. But it’s obvious to everyone else that that’s a one-way street. So when he goes to a curio shop to pick up a gift for his love, he spies a silly “One Wish Willow” gag. Except it’s not a gag. And when Bear uses it himself to wish for her love? Nikki becomes down bad. Emphasis on bad.

Genre I’d put it in: Incel Horrors
Release Date: 2026
Remake, Sequel, Based-On, or Original: Original, and incredible.

Gotta say: Written, directed and edited by Curry Barker, Obsession is a film that’s so good it hurts. Barker crafted one hell of a story, and his cast and crew were flawless. This should be the definition of what can happen if a Nice Guy™ gets what he wants. But Bear is definitely not a good guy. And that dichotomy will haunt you long after the credits roll. [FYI – I use Nice Guy™ as shorthand for this. I am not shitting all over genuinely nice humans who are also guys. You, genuinely nice guys? You rock.]

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“Disclosure Day” – meaningful but messy

Posted on June 12, 2026 by Denise



“Listen.”

Story: WWIII is looming. [No, not for real, she said hopefully.] A conflict in Korea is stirring up fear among governments and their people. As the world prepares for the worst, Dr. Daniel Kellner is trying to release information that could stop things from progressing, at least for a while; aliens are real, and a shadowy corporation called WARDEX has been hiding this for almost eight decades. But that corporation isn’t happy. Are shadowy corporations ever happy?

Genre I’d put it in: Hopeful Confusion
Release Date: 2026
Remake, Sequel, Based-On, or Original: Original, but with a heavy whiff of Spielberg’s directorial vibe. Obviously.

Gotta say: It took me a while to figure out how I wanted to talk about this film. On the one hand? It’s a sweet call to humanity, urging us to look beyond our world and our problems. On the other, it’s over-long, rambling, unable to truly pinpoint a theme. Look beyond…then what? Day offers no answers.

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“Backrooms” – uncomfortably excellent

Posted on June 10, 2026 by Denise

“I opened the window. I won’t be coming back.”

Story: In 1990, a man named Clark is losing everything. His wife, his home, and soon his business. Meanwhile, his therapist Mary is still battling demons from her past. And Mark Duplass Phil? He’s around. Because this story is creepy AF; of course a Duplass is in the mix. Ready to walk through the wall of Clark’s basement? Oh, I wouldn’t if I were you.

Genre I’d put it in: Dreamy Horrors
Release Date: 2026
Remake, Sequel, Based-On, or Original: Based on the YouTube channel web series The Backrooms, also helmed by Kane Parsons. Which is, in turn, based on the 4chan location/creepypasta of the same name.

Gotta say: “What – and I cannot stress this enough – the FUCK was that.” That was my final note I jotted down about this mind bending slice of psychological horror. For folks l me who apparently aren’t as terminally online as we’d thought? Backrooms is a confusing, yet strangely satisfying journey. Emphasis on strange. Yet as weirdly off-putting as it is, it’s also strangely comforting, or at least known. We’ve all had that empty dream you can’t stop moving through. That “this place is empty, yet I need to keep walking for some reason” kind of dream? You know the one.

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In Queue Review – “We Bury the Dead”

Posted on May 15, 2026 by Denise



“Is it true, what they’re saying?” 

Genre: Meditative Apocalypses
Release Date: 2026 (streaming/wide) 2024 (SXSW)
Where I Watched: Hulu

Gist: An “accidental deployment” of a strange new American weapon causes the southern areas of Tasmania to be destroyed, and the rest of the population are rendered brain dead. But soon the military is saying that some of the dead are coming “back online”, but that shouldn’t be a problem for the cleanup crew volunteers. One volunteer in particular, Ava, comes from America to help, and to try to find her husband. But he was in the main blast zone. So she’s out of luck, right? Of course. Of COURSE.

Gotta say: This one was marketed as a zombie movie. But to be more specific? Dead is a tragic drama that happens to have zombies in it. That doesn’t make it less spooky, but be prepared for more grief, and less gore.

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