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Frank Swietek

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Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026) 75% C- EDIT “More of the same, but bigger, dumber and, even for inveterate genre fans, less fun. If you’re not one of those fans, you’re likely to find it over-the-top nasty but curiously dull.... merely an invitation to wallow in mindless violence and gore. ” – One Guy's Opinion Mar 23, 2026 Full Review Tow (2025) 81% C+ EDIT “Byrne...masterfully portrays a person struggling to maintain a brave front even as she teeters on the verge of despair. But her relatively simple story has been overstuffed to the point of becoming diffuse and lumpy.” – One Guy's Opinion Mar 19, 2026 Full Review Project Hail Mary (2026) 95% C+ EDIT “While the save-the-earth underpinnings of the plot never disappear, they come to play second fiddle to what amounts to an increasingly sappy comic interspecies bromance...determined to be a space-age crowd-pleaser. ” – One Guy's Opinion Mar 19, 2026 Full Review The Pout-Pout Fish (2026) 69% C+ EDIT “A mite bland...an agreeable undersea odyssey in the vein of 'Finding Nemo,' but it’s not in the same league as that Pixar perennial, and is unlikely to have its enduring appeal. ” – One Guy's Opinion Mar 19, 2026 Full Review Reminders of Him (2026) 56% C EDIT “Will appeal to readers of this modern Fannie Hurst’s ever-accumulating tomes, and though the glossy weepie is a shallow, obvious piece of work, its heart-on-sleeve emotionalism will satisfy their desire for a good cry. ” – One Guy's Opinion Mar 12, 2026 Full Review THE BRIDE! (2026) 57% D EDIT “Less a horror film than merely a horrible one... a personal project designed to make a point rather than curry favor, a swing for the fences that misses by a mile...however valid the point it’s aiming for, this awful movie makes it stupefyingly badly. ” – One Guy's Opinion Mar 5, 2026 Full Review Hoppers (2026) 93% C+ EDIT “Engaging, but rather preachy...antic and technically expert, and it has a few laugh-out-loud moments, but it’s basically an ecological sermon in the form of a furry-animal adventure that’s surprisingly dark and violent.” – One Guy's Opinion Mar 5, 2026 Full Review Sirāt (2025) 91% B EDIT “An audacious road movie that shows that a search for some sort of imagined paradise can suddenly turn into a very real hell...if you stick it out, it will be a shattering trip. ” – One Guy's Opinion Mar 3, 2026 Full Review A Private Life (2025) 81% B- EDIT “Purportedly a mystery, but on those terms it’s rather anemic...works better, however, as a character study and a frisky romantic comedy, particularly since its lead performers have a wonderful chemistry.” – One Guy's Opinion Mar 3, 2026 Full Review Cold Storage (2026) 79% C+ EDIT “Amped-up, ultra-snarky and exuberantly over-the-top, effects-wise...It’s a pity that 'Cold Storage' isn’t sharper and less padded than it is, but the amiable leads make it a tolerably goofy homage to its fifties sci-fi B-movie models. ” – One Guy's Opinion Feb 20, 2026 Full Review This Is Not a Test (2025) 43% C- EDIT “Underwhelming...the attempt to combine undead mayhem and teen introspection proves neither terribly scary nor particularly insightful. ” – One Guy's Opinion Feb 19, 2026 Full Review The Dreadful (2026) 37% C- EDIT “Heavy on mood and thin on plot, Kermani’s follow-up to her misguided Dracula story 'Abraham’s Boys' is equally tedious.” – One Guy's Opinion Feb 19, 2026 Full Review How to Make a Killing (2026) 43% C EDIT “The notion of resituating Horniman’s book in contemporary terms isn’t a bad one. The problem is that Ford’s reimagining isn’t satirically sharp enough; it comes across as bland and obvious. ” – One Guy's Opinion Feb 19, 2026 Full Review Pillion (2025) 99% B EDIT “Lighton and his stars enable outsiders to experience a slice of society they’ve perhaps never encountered not only without sensationalizing it, but in a spirit of simple human empathy. ” – One Guy's Opinion Feb 19, 2026 Full Review Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) 82% C+ EDIT “There are...some choice bits along the way.... But it's less clever than it aims to be, and in the end proves somewhat more grueling than amusing.” – One Guy's Opinion Feb 13, 2026 Full Review GOAT (2026) 84% C EDIT “Aspires to be a slam-dunk celebration of b-ball that’s both soulful and fun, but its familiar themes and overjuiced style make for a middling kidflick. ” – One Guy's Opinion Feb 12, 2026 Full Review Wuthering Heights (2026) 57% C EDIT “The fabled romance of Catherine and Heathcliff boiled down to its simplest form and served up with more flash and relish than genuine passion. ” – One Guy's Opinion Feb 12, 2026 Full Review Whistle (2025) 63% C- EDIT “It doesn’t go for a tongue-in-cheek feel in revisiting the teens-in-supernatural-danger template.... But despite the straightforward approach, you’ll probably find yourself laughing at it. ” – One Guy's Opinion Feb 6, 2026 Full Review Dracula (2025) 54% C EDIT “While Besson’s movie is certainly not faithful to its source, his wacky reimagining of the old story is at least different....it wallows in lushness and Gothic romanticism, and ends up rather turgid, more goofy than scary. ” – One Guy's Opinion Feb 5, 2026 Full Review Teacher's Pet (2025) C EDIT “Like a Lifetime movie on steroids, [it] takes the old standby plot of an educator obsessing over a student but ratchets it up several notches.” – One Guy's Opinion Feb 5, 2026 Full Review Shelter (2026) 65% C EDIT “A step up from Statham’s recent solo vehicles, but it’s still just a routine actioner whose predictable beats aren’t sufficiently offset by the interesting locations. ” – One Guy's Opinion Jan 29, 2026 Full Review Send Help (2026) 93% B EDIT “Sam Raimi returns to his gonzo, blood-drenched roots with this horror comedy...which twists a premise that might have served for a bland romantic comedy into something ghoulishly funny.” – One Guy's Opinion Jan 29, 2026 Full Review Dead Man's Wire (2025) 92% B EDIT “An engaging recreation of a truly strange episode in American criminal and broadcast history...though it’s a bit anonymous from the perspective of [Van Sant's] best work, it’s still mightily enjoyable. ” – One Guy's Opinion Jan 28, 2026 Full Review The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) 95% B+ EDIT “A harrowing recreation of an episode that encapsulates the horror that the Israeli reaction to Hamas’ brutal attacks of October 7 unleashed on the population of Gaza...the visceral power... is undeniable. ” – One Guy's Opinion Jan 28, 2026 Full Review The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) 86% C+ EDIT “Stunning, but one can be stunned into either admiration or stupefaction.... But love it or hate it, you’ll probably be fascinated by its self-indulgent eccentricity. ” – One Guy's Opinion Jan 26, 2026 Full Review
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