Monthly Archives: August 2026

'Spider-Man Brand New Day' (2026) Review: Arachnid Adulthood Since 2007, I’ve been waiting on Spider-Man 4. Since then, I’ve seen a third Spider-Man 1, a third Spider-Man 2, and a second Spider-Man 3. Safe to say, there’s been a lot of Spider-Man to keep me occupied, but largely retelling the same story. A young boy, growing to learn the cost of great power, in a neat 2-3 movie package. I always wanted to know, what if the story kept going? Spider-Man Brand New Day charts that very course, delivering on 19 years of build-up. Here, Peter Parker speaks with confidence, assured in his abilities and his instincts, sticking to where he feels he belongs. No longer does he plead subservient to men of iron and strange doctors, but speaks with authority with the regular man and woman on the street, most notably with Liza Colón-Zayas’ Detective DeWolff, who we can only assume is one of the good cops in New York.  Spidey is stern and has a no-nonsense approach. At one point, a rescued citizen proclaims their love for him, only to receive “uh-huh that’s nice” in return from the friendly neighbourhood superhero. That’s not to say he isn’t still loving. While he may apologise fewer times than ever, he’s still unshaken in his desire to help as many people as he can, and still manages to quip, albeit with a bit more edge.  It’s a distinctly different character that Tom Holland…

'The Odyssey' (2026) Review: What's A King To A God? Right off the bat, I want to confess: I desperately wanted this movie to fail. I wanted the great Christopher Nolan to meet his match and buckle under the weight of his own ambition. Not because I wanted to see a bad movie, life is too short to do so, but because I couldn’t imagine a funnier scenario than the best director and best picture winner falling on his face with his immediate follow-up. Unfortunately for me, but fortunately for the movie-going populace, this man, does not, miss. Then again, he is working with stacked deck. An elite cast, a God-like cinematographer, a generational composer. They’ve put their faith in Nolan as the captain of this vessel to see them home, no matter what challenges they face. Matt Damon takes on that role on screen as a true movie star does. His performance is convincingly confident, with his ego and hubris leading him to dare defy the Gods and suffer a legendary humbling.The movie opens in one of the strangest ways it possibly could: Travis Scott banging a staff on a wooden table as he throws out ad libs for his latest track. It’s a dizzying thing to see, setting the stage for a story of hubris, told initially with copious amounts of exposition. The first few scenes of the film are oddly paced, with pointed dialogue, said with a whimper from Tom Holland…