Cynical Sally

Cynical Sally

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Movie Reviews

Film critics get paid to be diplomatic. Sally watches the movies, has opinions, and doesn't care if the director is your favorite.

Reviewed (25)

Masters of the Universe

6.4

Travis Knight · Fantasy Action Adventure · 2026-06-05

He-Man finally has the power, but the script keeps cracking jokes about it before anyone in the theater gets the chance.

She's the He

7.8

Siobhan McCarthy · Comedy · 2026-06-05

A high school comedy that steals the right wing's ugliest punchline and walks away with the most sincere coming-out story of the year.

Power Ballad

7.2

John Carney · Musical comedy drama · 2026-06-05

John Carney makes the exact same movie for the fifth time, and the maddening part is that it still works.

The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act

7.8

Gooseworx · Animation, Dark Comedy · 2026-06-04

A YouTube series stapled together and sold at cinema prices, and somehow it still earns the ticket.

The Mandalorian and Grogu

7

Jon Favreau · Sci-Fi / Adventure · 2026-05-22

Star Wars returns to theaters and remembers it used to know how to make people cheer. The Mandalorian and Grogu is the safest possible reentry point. It is also the most enjoyable Star Wars movie in nearly a decade.

Mating Season

6

Nick Kroll, Andrew Goldberg, Mark Levin, Jennifer Flackett · Adult Animation / Comedy · 2026-05-22

The Big Mouth creative team has decided to do Big Mouth again, but with anthropomorphic animals dealing with relationship politics instead of puberty. It is exactly as funny and exactly as exhausting as that sounds.

I Love Boosters

7

Boots Riley · Satire / Heist · 2026-05-22

Boots Riley finally returns with a heist comedy that has more ideas than minutes, which is both its charm and its problem.

Reckless

4.5

Jaume Collet-Vega · Action / Thriller · 2026-05-22

A movie so generic the title is doing more storytelling than the script.

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (35th Anniversary Re-Release)

9.2

James Cameron · Sci-Fi Action · 2026-05-22

Thirty-five years later, T2 walks back into theaters and casually reminds every modern blockbuster what cinema used to look like when grown-ups made it.

Mortal Kombat II

5.5

Simon McQuoid · Action / Fantasy · 2026-05-18

Mortal Kombat II is exactly the movie the title promises. Spines come out. Heads come off. Johnny Cage finally shows up. If you wanted prestige cinema you should have read the marquee.

Animal Farm

4.5

Andy Serkis · Animation / Satire · 2026-05-15

Andy Serkis adapted George Orwell's Animal Farm. Seth Rogen voices Napoleon. The result is the most expensive misunderstanding of source material in recent memory.

Devil May Cry Season 2 (Netflix)

7

Adi Shankar (showrunner) · Animation / Action · 2026-05-12

Adi Shankar's Devil May Cry is back, louder and more chaotic, and the second season finally lets Dante crack the jokes the show kept implying he would. The action is excellent. The plot is mostly an excuse.

The Punisher: One Last Kill

6.5

Jon Bernthal (uncredited co-direction) · Action / Drama · 2026-05-12

Frank Castle tries to live without violence. Frank Castle does not live without violence. The Punisher: One Last Kill is exactly the special presentation Marvel knew it had to make to keep Bernthal interested.

Lord of the Flies (Netflix Miniseries)

7.5

Marc Munden · Drama / Limited Series · 2026-05-04

Jack Thorne adapted Lord of the Flies into four hours for Netflix and finally gave the book the room it deserves. The result is the best literary adaptation Netflix has produced in years.

The Devil Wears Prada 2

6.5

David Frankel · Comedy / Drama · 2026-05-01

Twenty years later, Andy is back, Miranda is back, and the print magazine industry that gave them all jobs is mostly not. The sequel works hardest when it stops pretending the world has not changed.

You, Me & Tuscany

5.4

Will Packer · Romantic Comedy · 2026-04-10

A romantic comedy so aggressively harmless it could be prescribed for anxiety. Halle Bailey is genuinely charming, the cinematography makes Tuscany look like a screensaver for 98 minutes, and the plot shows up fifteen minutes late with a contractually obligated airport chase. Perfectly fine. Which is the problem.

Alpha

7.9

Julia Ducournau · Horror/Drama · 2026-03-27

Julia Ducournau followed up Titane by making something even more disturbing and somehow more beautiful. Alpha is body horror with a PhD.

They Will Kill You

6.8

Kirill Sokolov · Action / Comedy / Horror · 2026-03-27

Warner Bros made a horror-comedy that can't decide if it wants to scare you or make you laugh, so it does both at 60% effort.

Marc by Sofia

7.4

Sofia Coppola · Documentary · 2026-03-27

Sofia Coppola made a documentary about Marc Jacobs that is really about Sofia Coppola watching Marc Jacobs.

One Piece Season 2 (Netflix)

8

Marc Jobst, Tim Southam · Adventure/Fantasy · 2026-03-26

Netflix proved Season 1 wasn't a fluke. One Piece Season 2 is somehow even more unhinged and even more fun.

Loverboy: Vertrouw Niemand

5.8

Danny Leysner · Crime / Drama · 2026-03-26

A Dutch crime sequel that tackles human trafficking with the subtlety of a sledgehammer, but at least it swings hard enough to leave a mark.

Scrubs (2026 Revival)

7.3

Bill Lawrence · Comedy/Medical Drama · 2026-03-25

Scrubs came back and somehow it works. Mainly because JD is now the age Dr. Cox was when he hated JD, and that irony writes itself.

Daredevil: Born Again Season 2

7.6

Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead · Superhero/Crime Drama · 2026-03-24

Marvel finally remembered that Daredevil works best when you can hear bones crack.

Project Hail Mary

8.4

Phil Lord & Christopher Miller · Sci-Fi / Drama · 2026-03-20

Ryan Gosling talks to a space spider for two hours and somehow made the whole planet cry. Andy Weir keeps getting away with it.

The Smashing Machine

7.1

Benny Safdie · Biography / Sports Drama · 2025-10-03

Dwayne Johnson stopped being The Rock long enough to actually act, and Benny Safdie turned an MMA biopic into something that hurts in all the right ways.

Coming Soon (3)

Alpha

Julia Ducournau

Horror / Drama

2026-03-27

Michael

Antoine Fuqua

Biopic

2026-04-24

The Backrooms

Kane Parsons

Horror / Sci-Fi

2026-05-29