Trip to the Cinema: 2026
Every trip I made to the cinema in 2026, numbered in the order I watched them. This is a log by date of watch, not a ranking. My 2026 scores live in Ranked: 2026. Repeat trips: The Odyssey 3 times in IMAX (July 15, July 31, August 11). Hopp
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★★★★★Visceral from the first frame, with no easing you in, but beneath the shock, this is a more confident and cinematic entry than before, with stronger visuals, better…
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Greenland 2: Migration (2026)★★½A dark, atmosphere driven disaster film that leans more on mood than spectacle.
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The Housemaid (2025)★★★★½Watching this a second time gives me a very different appreciation for how the film is built.
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Resurrection (2025)★★★The film opens as a silent movie. I was kind of waiting for the right opportunity to properly watch one ever since I watched Babylon, and luckily I experienced it here.
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Send Help (2026)★★★What starts with a rough and distracting CGI-heavy opening eventually settles into a tense survival thriller once the focus shifts to human behavior under pressure.
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Song Sung Blue (2025)★★★★½The film’s musical energy immediately pulls me into its lively, playful tone.
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Wuthering Heights (2026)★★★★I experience this as a tragic love story where the music and visuals pull me into a romance that feels beautiful, obsessive, and doomed.
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Crime 101 (2026)★★½The tense opening, cold color palette, and character downtime make the story feel human instead of purely procedural.
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Hamnet (2025)★★★★A quiet, intimate grief story that I deeply relate to, even if it never fully devastates me the way I expected.
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Bugonia (2025)★★★★★Much stronger on a second viewing because the film shifts from feeling like a mystery to feeling like an interpretation exercise.
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Iron Lung (2026)★½I appreciate the choice of aspect ratio because it gives the image a few extra vertical frames, making the cramped submarine feel taller yet somehow even more…
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Solo Mio (2026)★★★★½I experience this as a light, comforting romance that balances humor and emotion well.
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Case 137 (2025)★★★★½Tense investigative drama about accountability and the difficulty of confronting institutions that protect their own.
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No Tears in Hell (2025)★★½The film has strong indie Netflix vibes. The kind of production that feels raw and character driven rather than polished in a big studio blockbuster.
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Project Hail Mary (2026)★★★½The opening starts with disorienting shots that immediately place me in Grace’s confused state being lost and alone.
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Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026)★★Funny and nonstop violent slasher. It just keeps throwing chaos, blood, and absurd situations one after another.
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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026)★★★½Surprisingly good! I had no expectations going in, but wow just wow.
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The Drama (2026)★★★½Funny banter from the start, and I like that there are more lines for Alana Haim.
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Gohan (2026)★★★★This film feels like a journey through different phases of Gohan’s life, where he experiences both kindness and hardship from the people around him.
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Mother Mary (2026)★½All that for a dress? Reminiscent of PTA’s Phantom Thread, but make it look like a highly artistic and elaborate music video with nicely done continuous shots and…
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Michael (2026)★★★½The film has this golden and brownish cinematic color palette that gives it a warm feeling.
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★★★★½I like the Billie and James dynamic directing the whole thing.
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The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)★★★½Fun, charming, and dangerous! Apocalypse Now style of starfighters in the opening credits is pure eye popcorn.
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Masters of the Universe (2026)★★½Funny, but the dialogue is poor. I do not know much about the lore, the original source material, or any of the characters since I never had toys like this growing up.
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Obsession (2025)★★½Tbh, I laughed more than I got spooked. The first hour has strong craft right away.
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Scary Movie (2026)★★★Slapstick comedy. Nostalgia overload. Some jokes landed, some did not, but I still enjoyed it.
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Disclosure Day (2026)★★★★Right from the start, I was already impressed with the blocking, continuous shots, and cinematography.
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Minions & Monsters (2026)★★★Chaotically fun. It is super easy to get swept up by the happy vibes because the Minions are just so funny and adorable.
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The Death of Robin Hood (2026)★½Another Logan (2017) kind of movie. follows an old, tired, and guilt ridden man who sees himself as nothing more than a monster because of the life he has lived.
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The Odyssey (2026)★★★★★If Dunkirk (2017) wore Greek mythology as its armor, this would be the result.
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★★½I am today years old when I learned that Doraemon is actually a robot.
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)★★★½I came in expecting another fun Spider Man movie and ended up getting something much more personal than I anticipated.
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The End of Oak Street (2026)★★★★Wildly entertaining. The trailers really don’t do justice to how fun, dangerous, and surprisingly intense this movie actually is.
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Sacrifice (2025)★★★★½Undeniably great cinematography. Same level as The Northman mixed with Dune: Part One and Part Two.
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One Night Only (2026)★★★½The premise is pretty clever. It is basically The Purge (2013), but instead of legalized violence, imagine a world built around prohibiting premarital sex.
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Filipiñana (2026)★★½The framing feels like Wes Anderson’s style: tableau-like, theatrical, and mostly composed of static shots.
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Onslaught (2026)★½I get Overlord (2018) feels from this, especially with the military horror setup, enhanced soldiers, secret experiments, and this idea of supposedly unstoppable human…
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Heart of the Beast (2026)★This is already the second film I’ve watched this year centered on a dog and the emotional effect it has on its owner, next to Gohan.
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Life After You (2026)★★★½As an advertising agency owner, I work closely with freelancers, so I am familiar with their dilemma.
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The Substance (2024)★★★★½THE TERRIFYING POSSIBILITY THAT THE PERSON YOU CAN TRUST THE LEAST MIGHT BE YOURSELF.
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Primetime (2026)★★★This reminded me of Nightcrawler (2014) in the way media becomes a competition for attention.
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Digger (2026)★★★★½Fuck Rotten Tomatoes. This is so good! If you still let one website decide whether a film is good or bad before forming your own opinion, you are a fucking sheep!
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Street Fighter (2026)★★★★A story of revenge and redemption. Beautifully shot with a filmic texture, especially during the emotional scenes with Ken, Ryu, and Chun-Li.
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Beware Boiúna (2026)½Typical horror cinematography. Dark lighting, false jump scares, long stretches of dread, radio crackling through the silence, dragging feet, and shaky cam.
