Outcome (2026) Film Review

A beloved actor, Reef Hawk (Reeves), is blackmailed with a video that threatens his career, leading him on a journey to make amends for past wrongs

Outcome is directed by Jonah Hill director of Mid90s (2018).

The best word to describe Outcome is insufferable, after such a strong directorial debut with Mid90s (2018). Jonah Hill goes for something completely different and not in the good kind of way, a movie that might could have been an interesting take on celebrity ego or Hollywood’s very complicated relationship with accountability immediately gets tossed to the side for a movie that’s annoying, misguided and flat out terrible. 

The only good part in this entire mess it’s the small role from Martin Scorsese, it’s a very strange case because Scorsese manages to be funny, sincere and surprisingly meaningful with his performance. Something that the rest of the cast who have far more screen time can’t even come close to, it really feels like Scorsese’s scene was written by an entirely different person who knew what they were doing. However after this scene we get straight back to the mess, so any thoughts of “hey this movie might get better” can be left at the door. 

The acting from everyone here outside of Scorsese is awful, I really do like Keanu Reeves but this is by far one of his weakest performances, the movie’s whole bit is there is something hidden about this beloved movie star Reef Hawk (played by Reeves.) However this falls apart due to Reeves failing to never convincingly suggest that, combine that with Reeves only being silent or having outbursts doesn’t give him anything meaningful to work with. Jonah Hill is insufferable and gives a performance that is the equivalent of one of those “most annoying sound in the world” videos you would see on YouTube, none of his jokes land and there is nothing to his character outside of being obnoxious. 

The direction and script are the absolute worst parts of it all, the humor is unfunny and even when the movie tries to go for dark humor it still falls flat. Hill’s take on the whole celebrity public image theme not only plays it safe but acts like it’s being clever and saying something meaningful. The whole satire element comes off as incredibly defensive, Jonah Hill has had his own public image hit after allegations about his personal conduct involving messages between him and his girlfriend. So a lot of this movie does really come off as self-indulgent take on his own image issues, it’s a movie that is dressed up as satire but anyone who can answer what 2+2 is can see right through this. 

Overall Outcome is a terrible movie that is quite baffling, it’s a movie that wants to claim it has a lot of depth but truly has very little going on here. 

Outcome is available on Apple TV+ 

1/10 F

Thrash (2026) Film Review

A massive hurricane floods a South Carolina town, and bull sharks swim inland, forcing residents to fight for survival.

Trash is directed by Tommy Wirkola director of Dead Snow (2009), Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013), Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014), What Happened to Monday (2017), Violent Night (2022) and a few others. 

Not a whole lot to comment on here since Thrash is basically if you took the idea of Crawl (2019) and replaced the alligators with sharks. It’s also clear that Netflix was trying to get their Sharknado (2013) moment with this movie, however all this results in is a very dull shark movie that has a good cast and some decent kills but that is really about it. 

Phoebe Dynevor, Whitney Peak and Djimon Hounsou all give fine enough performances, the character writing however is incredibly bland and just doesn’t have the investing or striking moments it needs to draw the viewer in. Had the movie just went nuts with the idea rather than trying to have a serious tone at certain points with the characters I think you could have maybe given this a pass. However the movie opts to go the tonally confused route with its character writing that ultimately hurts itself.

I think the main problem here is the movie wants a little bit of everything. It wants to be this silly and over the top shark movie while also wanting to be taken seriously during a lot of moments. The way the movie tries to execute this is rough and really feels like they are just trying to pad out time, the scenes with the kids raised by the abusive caretaker family are quite terrible and feel incredibly out of place. I get that most shark movies aren’t made with character writing in mind, however this does feel quite lazy and almost feels like there wasn’t exactly an attempt to really try. 

I’m struggling to think of more to say, Thrash is a very forgettable shark movie that you are absolutely going to forget about almost immediately after watching.

Trash is available on Netflix.

3/10 D-

Hamlet (2026) Film Review


Hamlet returns home to find his uncle has married his mother. His father’s ghost reveals he was murdered by his brother, sending Hamlet on a quest for vengeance that exposes corruption.

Hamlet is directed by Aneil Karia director of Surge (2020). 

Hamlet is a reimagining of William Shakespeare’s popular play, it’s set in contemporary London and is quite a solid take on the play. While it’s not going to break any new ground, there is certainly a whole lot to really like here and ultimately makes the full package come together in the end. 

The performances across the board are all really solid. Riz Ahmed is undoubtedly the best of the pack as he continues to show his power as an actor and his ability to completely transform a performance. Even when the film can feel a bit one-note when telling the story, Ahmed is able to salvage certain scenes with his acting and give these scenes a lot more to work with. Ahmed gives this tender yet frenetic performance that sticks with the viewer throughout the experience. 

Joe Alwyn and Sheeba Chaddha are also quite great here as well. Chaddha works well with Ahmed and has plenty of scenes that blend the two’s personalities, Alwyn is given far more time to show what he can really do acting wise and he does quite well here. The dialogue exchanges between Alwyn and Ahmed are quite solid and have a bit of tension in the atmosphere, especially during the film’s third act. 

The film does have a bit of a rough start, the use of Shakespearean English mixed with a modern London is very noticeable at first and admittedly the first act is a slow start. However once the second and third act kick in that’s when the film gets more interesting, there’s a dance scene that is quite phenomenally done and really adds into Hamlet’s psyche. The writing gets better as the film progresses and even has some striking character moments. The writing definitely goes for a more intimate look of Hamlet losing himself to the madness of his grief, which I do think is quite well done here. 

The sound design is quite fantastic and outside of Riz Ahmed might just be the best part of the film. There are a ton of sequences where the sound really brings you into Hamlet’s head and makes you question what’s real and isn’t, it’s incredibly effective and brings in this thrilling atmosphere. This compliments the whole Hamlet losing himself to madness theme that I mentioned earlier, when you combine the sound design and this theme together you get a very atmospheric and quite unsettling picture. 

Overall Hamlet is a very solid take on the play, as I said before this is not exactly going to break any new ground. However I do think it’s still worth a look as it is a well crafted and very well acted film. 

Hamlet releases tomorrow in theaters!

7/10 B

Dracula (2026) Film Review

A 15th-century prince denounces God after his wife’s death, becoming the cursed, immortal Dracula to bring her back from the dead

Dracula or Dracula: A Love Tale is directed by Luc Besson director of Léon: The Professional (1994), The Fifth Element (1997), Lucy (2014), Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017), Dogman (2023) and many others. 

Luc Besson’s Dracula feels like it saw Francis Ford Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)and said “I can do that too” and then proceeds to fail at doing so. While not the absolute worst adoption of Dracula, it is one of the most forgettable and uninspired ones that fails to bring the viewer into its world and suffers from very shallow character writing. 

The performances aren’t bad here, Caleb Landry Jones does a pretty well as Dracula even if the character writing leaves a lot more to be desired. Matilda De Angelis is clearly having a blast as Maria, Christopher Walz is also not bad here at all. It’s really a shame the character writing is just completely flat, Jones, Angelis and Walz are great actors who try what they can with the script but it ultimately feels wasted on a very messy movie. 

The production design and costumes are nice and fit well with the movie, they also do a great job of complimenting the period in time. But in between all of that is bizarre and terrible VFX animated gargoyles for absolutely no reason at all. It’s a bizarre choice from Luc Besson that ultimately does take you out of the movie due to just how out of place it really is. The cinematography from cinematographer Colin Wandersman can only salvage so much because these gargoyles do stick out like a sore thumb and you can’t exactly erase something that sticks out like that. 

The writing is the movie’s biggest issue, as I said before the movie desperately tries to be Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) and completely fails at it. The movie does have its original ideas but those fall flat almost immediately due to the writing just not being there to give them any power. Which leaves the movie desperately trying to pull from Coppola’s film which this movie does not even come close to, in fact if I could describe this movie in a single sentence it would be “Coppola’s Dracula but with terrible looking gargoyles.” 

Not much else to say here, you can easily do a lot worse than Dracula but there are far better adaptions out there that are much more worthy of your time. 

Dracula is available on all VOD platforms.

4/10 D+

Goat (2026) Film Review

A small goat, Will, joins a professional “roarball” team, facing skepticism from his teammates as he tries to change the game.

Goat is directed by Tyree Dillihay which is his directorial debut. 

Goat is a fun little movie that does not overstay it’s welcome, it has a very basic underdog plot that isn’t going to break any new ground. However the animation, dialogue and voice cast are strong enough to help push this movie to the finish line. 

The voice cast are strong here, Caleb McLaughlin as Will Harris our main character gives a great performance and really helps bring the movie along for the ride. Gabrielle Union as Jett Fillmore is also quite great and works incredibly well with McLaughlin. I definitely think the movie’s more interesting moments are the dialogue between Will Harris and Jett Fillmore, while yes the dialogue can get a bit cliche at times (the whole being disappointed in your idol thing has been done numerous times) there still is a lot of charm here that works wonderfully and does have some heartfelt moments. Everyone else here does a fine enough job (except Jelly Roll, while he isn’t necessarily bad he just kind of feels shoved in simply because he has a song at the end.) 

In terms of writing this is your basic underdog story, if you have seen one of them then you know exactly how this is going to go. With that being said the writing isn’t necessarily bad, there are a few jokes here that work and I would be lying if I said I did not have fun with it. I do like the character writing for Will Harris we explore where he came from and his community, plus there is theme of struggle of pursuing dreams without financial resources. While it’s not done in a groundbreaking way, it is done in a way that really does feel genuine and comes from the heart, it’s easily some of the movie’s best moments 

Finally there is the animation which is very well detailed and done, the movement during the basketball game scenes are investing and really brings your eyes to explore the whole screen. Even if the final game isn’t this huge grand finale the movie sets it up to be, the animation alone is enough to help push it to the end. 

Overall Goat is a solid little movie that has some solid character writing, animation and dialogue. It’s on the weak side when it comes to the whole underdog story, but knows what it’s sent out to do and accomplishes it. 

Goat is available on all VOD platforms.

6/10 C+

Scream 7 (2026) Film Review

A new Ghostface emerges in Sidney Prescott’s new home, targeting her daughter, forcing Sidney to confront her past.

Scream 7 is directed by Kevin Williamson director of Teaching Mrs. Tingle. Scream 7 serves as a sequel to Scream VI (2023) and as the seventh installment of the franchise. 

There is a saying that I have been saying ever since I started reviewing film and that is “I like to give every film the chance to impress, surprise or disappoint” I have stayed true to this ever since. 

If you know anything about the production history of Scream 7 you will know that it was a gigantic mess, to put it in short Radio Silence left due to Spyglass wanting Scream 7 to be rushed into development (Radio Silence wanted to work on Abigail first.) Melissa Barrera was fired for a Instagram story she made about Palestine that Spyglass labeled “antisemitic” (it was not) and then soon after Jenna Ortega left her reason of leaving was solidarity with Melissa. Finally Christopher Landon who was the replacement for Radio Silence left due to death threats (which this goes without saying but should not have happened, I get people were upset about Melissa Barrera being fired but this was uncalled for.) 

Despite all of this however, I gave Scream 7 a fair chance and unfortunately the movie itself is just not great at all. It might have been passable for a basic slasher movie, but as a Scream movie it completely misses on what makes the franchise so great and fun.

I’ll start with the performances that are decent and good, Isabel May plays Sidney Prescott’s daughter Tatum she is a fine enough addition to the series and admittedly does have a couple of decent moments with Neve Campbell. Tatum isn’t exactly a well written character but I guess what saves her here is Isabel May’s decent performance. Neve Campbell and Courtney Cox are the movie’s best parts, Campbell works her magic as Sidney Prescott and perhaps this is one of her best portrayals of the character. Courtney Cox who although disappears during the last bit of the movie, does a great job as Gal Weathers once again (although I will say her entrance to the movie is very corny and is the definition of a “please clap” moment.) Gal Weathers has always been my favorite character of the Scream characters who have been here since the beginning, so it was great to see her heavily involved. As a duo Campbell and Cox do very well, there is one scene in particular towards the end of the movie that works wonderfully and shows some character moments that I do wish the rest of the movie had more of. 

Everyone else here is fine enough, McKenna Grace is sadly not in the movie for very long but at the very least results in the movie’s best kill by far. Matthew Lillard returns as Stu Macher which he does give a fine enough performance it’s just the writing that is really holding him back. What worked so well years ago with his performance does not exactly translate here. 

The main issue with Scream 7 mainly comes down to the writing, a large amount of it is nostalgia and IP worship, think of The Rise Of Skywalker (2019). It’s clear that Williamson wants to relive the glory days, bring everything back to the start. Bringing in a bunch of cameos that people will point at the screen and say “oh look I remember that guy” Williamson is clearly a talented man but in Scream 7 it feels like this was done by an entirely different person. Scream 7 introduces AI into the mix which on paper it’s a fine enough idea, but the execution is very one note and does not really say anything about AI. It’s more so seeing someone use Stu as a way to taunt Sidney and then there is the cameo fest during the movie’s third act which is embarrassing and somehow gets worse as it goes on. 

The movie’s reveals of the antagonists are embarrassing to say the least, the first one which happens about the middle portion is a Roy Burns from Friday The 13th: A New Beginning (1985) moment where you get one scene of this guy and never see him again until he’s unmasked. The final act reveals are way too predictable for their own good, the motivations are horribly written and feel like an afterthought, the antagonists themselves are also just not interesting enough at all, you do not care about their supposed motivations you do not care about them as people and they most definitely don’t take you into the movie. 

Scream 7 is easily the worst of the franchise, say what you will about Scream 3 (2000) but at the very least that it said something about the movie industry and is genuinely fun. Scream 7 just feels like a whole lot of nothing, a bunch of ideas squished together that feel like more of something that the in universe film series STAB would parody. Much like the live action Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (2025) remake, for a movie that has had a lot of controversies when you look at it as what it is there is just truly not a whole lot to say here. 

Scream 7 is available on all VOD platforms.

3/10 D-

Quick Review: This Is Not A Test (2026) Film Review


 A group of high school students takes refuge in their school during a zombie apocalypse, forcing them to deal with their personal issues alongside the undead threat.

This Is Not A Test is directed by Adam MacDonald director of Backcountry (2014), Pyewacket (2017) and Out Come the Wolves (2023). 

There really is not a whole lot to say here, This Is Not A Test is basically if you took any random zombie movie and put it in the young adult book adaption genre. There is definitely some positives here but a majority of the movie is bit too dull and does not really leave an impact on the viewer. 

The cast is not too bad here however the stand out by a mile is Olivia Holt, she is given the most to work with and actually does have some genuine character moments especially during the movie’s opening. The dialogue definitely has young adult adaption DNA here, there are hints of emotional moments that admittedly do have promise. But none of it builds into anything particularly memorable.

The movie’s biggest problem here is it plays incredibly safe and does not really do anything to help it stand out from a very crowded genre, not every single movie needs to stand out but there just is not any sort of identity here. It’s nice that we get a ton of dialogue between the characters but when said dialogue is dull and not particularly interesting that becomes an issue. 

You could do a lot worse than This Is Not A Test but you can easily do so much better. 

This Is Not A Test is available on all VOD platforms.

3/10 D-

In The Blink Of An Eye (2026) Film Review

Three storylines, spanning thousands of years, intersect and reflect on hope, connection and the circle of life.

In The Blink Of An Eye is directed by Andrew Stanton director of Finding Nemo (2003), WALL-E (2008), John Carter (2012) and Finding Dory (2016). 

I appreciate Andrew Stanton for attempting to try live action again, however In The Blink Of An Eye is a complete and total mess. There are really good ideas here exploring three stories that take place across history of the world is a fascinating idea that has potential. But sadly the writing, character writing and execution is just not there at all, making the experience incredibly empty and forgettable. 

The best thing you can really say about In The Blink Of An Eye is that the acting isn’t bad and that’s mainly due to a lot of talent involved. Kate McKinnon, Daveed Diggs and Rashida Jones all give decent enough performances, unfortunately for them the character writing just isn’t there outside of a few moments towards the end that somewhat attempt to try and save the movie. 

The writing tackles the very typical “meaning of life and everything and everyone that surrounds us” sort of idea which can bring the viewer into the experience when done right. However this is not one of those movies that does this well at all, it’s a very surface level exploration of the idea that pretends it’s saying something incredibly profound. A majority of the time you are waiting for the big moments to come which never end up arriving, it feels like the mindset going on here is just because the movie mentions a theme that is quite deep that will keep the whole movie afloat. You have to execute that theme well in order to make it work. 

What seals this movie’s fate is that none of the three periods of time immerse the viewer, all three stories are generic, flat and very uninspired. The cinematography editing or even music although not terrible, does not help the experience grow or stand out, all three stories feel identical to one another except they have a few tweaks here and there. This ultimately destroys the whole idea of the movie and makes the whole experience feel like nothing. 

Overall In The Blink Of An Eye is a movie with great ideas with very lackluster execution that fails to immerse the viewer. The technical elements and acting are passable, but everything else especially the writing completely breaks the movie. 

In The Blink Of An Eye is available on Hulu.

3/10 D-

The Strangers: Chapter 3 (2026) Film Review

Maya returns for a final, brutal showdown with the masked killers, seeking revenge and a way out of the cycle of violence.

The Strangers: Chapter 3 is directed by Renny Harlin director of A Nightmare On Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988), Die Hard 2 (1990), Deep Blue Sea (1999), Devil’s Pass (2013), The Legend Of Hercules (2014), The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024), The Strangers: Chapter 2 (2025) and many others. The film serves as the fifth installment of The Strangers series and the final installment of the new Strangers trilogy. 

In my review for The Strangers: Chapter 2 (2025) I said it made a huge accomplishment which was being worse than its predecessor. Well The Strangers: Chapter 3 repeats that trend by being somehow worse than Chapter 2. A lot of the issues with the last movie can be applied with this one, however there are a few differences worth mentioning here. 

The acting is about the same as it was in the other two movies, Madelaine Petsch is the only one who gives a somewhat decent performance. While everyone else is just not great here at all, they all try their best with the script but none of it is effective. What remains the same is the shallow character writing, there are moments where the movie is desperately trying get you to feel something towards the characters which is incredibly strange considering how lacking of character writing this whole trilogy had. 

The movie once again brings in the flashbacks that explain more about the strangers themselves, I already said this in my review for the last movie but I’ll say it again here. The flashbacks completely defeat the purpose of the whole concept, the original idea of The Strangers is that you do not know who they are. They are random people who don’t have a motive they just attack people randomly. Random attacks are a very real thing which is why the 2008 film was so effective for a lot of people. It was ridiculous to bring the flashbacks in the last movie and it’s somehow made even worse here, due to telling a story that is quite frankly dull and incredibly predictable. 

What makes Chapter 3 worse than Chapter 2 simply comes down to the writing, the revelations this movie tries to present as shocking are incredibly predictable that almost anyone could have guessed. You are telling me that two characters who acted creepy are actually very creepy? No way! Another thing the movie tries to do is it hints towards Maya (played Madelaine Petsch) displaying signs of becoming a serial killer like the strangers. It’s a ridiculous idea that comes out of nowhere and does not have the character writing to back it up, Maya as a character throughout this whole trilogy was very thinly written and that does not change here. 

Overall there really isn’t much more to be said about The Strangers: Chapter 3, as I said before a lot of the flaws from Chapter 2 can be applied here. This one just so happens to be a lot more dialogue heavy whereas the previous movie was more action, either way this trilogy fails in every single way possible. 

The Strangers: Chapter 3 is available on all VOD platforms.

No Good Qualities….Just Absolute Garbage F

Most Anticipated Films Of April 2026!

We are one quarter of the way through of 2026! April is usually served as some sort of a ground for films that did not quite make the summer movie season. However this year April is quite packed with a ton of great looking releases!

Out Now

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (Theaters)

April 3rd

The Drama (Theaters)

April 10th

You Me & Tuscany (Theaters)

Faces Of Death (Theaters)

The Christophers (Theaters)

Exit 8 (Theaters)

April 17th

The Mummy (Theaters)

Mother Mary (Theaters)

Erupcja (Theaters)

Mile End Kicks (Theaters)

Wasteman (Theaters)

April 24th

Michael (Theaters)

Over Your Dead Body (Theaters)

Fuze (Theaters)