| | | Imaginary (2024) | Blumhouse seems to be on a mission to make the dumbest and most boring horror movies of the year, and this is no exception. Imaginary is ineffective at everything it attempts. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Beautiful Wedding (2024) | It's not often that I question why something exists but, here we are. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | I Wish You All the Best (2024) | A great and necessary addition to the queer coming of age film catalogue. Despite some pacing issues, I Wish You All the Best is filled with heart and empathetic performances that pack an uplifting punch. Sprouse and Daddario are particular standouts. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Sasquatch Sunset (2024) | So many fluids, so many emotions. Can't deny that it all comes together in ridiculous fashion as you're left feeling an ache for this group of sasquatch unaware of the realities that face them. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | I Love You Forever (2024) | It's genuinely impressive how well this movies juggles the tone between how serious the subject matter is with it's highly effective comedy. An incredible look at how psychological and emotional manipulation escalates. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Presence (2024) | What seems like a fairly basic haunted house story is instantly elevated with the way Soderbergh decided to bring it to life. New meaning to the term 'fly on the wall'. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Things Will Be Different (2024) | Small scale sci fi can be some of the most compelling the genre has to offer, THINGS WILL BE DIFFERENT is no exception. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | The Fall Guy (2024) | Everything about this movie just works. Top notch action, great comedy, incredible chemistry between leads - this is a movie that loves movies and all the pieces that go into making them. Thumbs up, baby! - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Love Me (2024) | A near souless movie with no interest at getting to the heart of the concepts it decided to bring to screen. I like it less the more I think about it. Stewart and Yeun do the best they can with this shallow script. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Dìdi (2024) | DIDI creates a perfect 2008 time capsule as the backdrop for its moving story of a young Korean American trying to find his place in the world. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | The Idea of You (2024) | "Fanfiction turned novel turned movie" movie's are kind of my bread and butter and it is so delightfully refreshing to have one actually be good. A real treat for the genre, Hatheway and Galitzine nail the chemistry and dynamic. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | It's What's Inside (2024) | The only disappointing thing about this movie is that people won't be able to see it in theatres. An absolute blast of a movie start to finish. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Civil War (2024) | Civil War may never reach full heights for those looking for political commentary, but I was still struck by this look at homefront warfare and the people who've chosen to document it. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Y2K (2024) | Despite a choice that undeniable cuts the legs out from under this movie, so many moments filled me with an undeniable joy, perfectly expressing an era of pop culture and music that I love so much. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | I Saw the TV Glow (2024) | A movie that decimates my insides every time I see it. The suffocating reality of concealing your true self while showing a glimpse into the power that comes on the other side. Life goes fast and it'll be agonizing every second you deny yourself. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | I Used to be Funny (2023) | It's hard to juggle something being so funny and heartbreaking at the same time, but this movie nails it. Rachel Sennott is a genuine talent. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls (2023) | If you have no love for Onyx as a character, this will be a near impossible experience. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | After Everything (2023) | Even the biggest fans will smell this cheap cash grab. After Everything ruins what minimal growth Hardin had just to circle around to the ending we should have gotten a year ago, horrible Tessa wig and all. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Evil Dead Rise (2023) | So many pieces are great but the movie just doesn't come together in a way that's particularly interesting or enjoyable. The peephole scene is great, though. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Bottoms (2023) | Emma and Rachel did it again. It's absurd, it's gay, it's fantastic. Exactly the movie I wanted in high school, but I'm so happy to have it now. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Beautiful Disaster (2023) | The studio that brought you the AFTER series now brings you an AFTER parody. Significantly more entertaining than the latter but I still can't deem it Fresh. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) | Hooked on a feeling and that feeling is emotional damage. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | The Pope's Exorcist (2023) | Lost me the second it involved an American family with no money moving to Spain to renovate a centuries old abbey they inherited to sell with their 0 dollars. Other than a fun Crowe performance, this was cookie-cutter bland. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Scream VI (2023) | It may fumble the premise and more unique moments with its disappointing reveal but SCREAM VI is certainly a step in the right direction for the franchise. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Talk to Me (2023) | A horror movie that actually delivers on everything it's promising. I can't think of a meaner conclusion to a movie and I love every second of it. Watch this movie. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Infinity Pool (2023) | Regardless of how you feel about the movie, nothing feels quite like Brandon Cronenberg. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | M3GAN (2022) | Sometimes cinema is just laughing along with a murder robot. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Knock at the Cabin (2023) | Knock at the Cabin examines its themes of sacrifice and faith in a way that ultimately left me feeling gross. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | I Like Movies (2022) | There might be a lot of 'Lady Bird for film nerd' jokes being made, but there's an authenticity to this movie so often lost in modern cinema. It's insightful and full of laughs, exactly what I want from a coming of age. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) | What means more in life, being kind or being remembered? That’s the question The Banshees of Inisherin asks in the heights of it’s perfectly crafted dramedy. Every piece of this movie works. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Sanctuary (2022) | Viewers will feel just as mentally twisted as Abbott's character as Qualley's winds through her desires and intentions - and that's the thrill of Sanctuary. Each moment breaking away the barriers of what's real and what's orchestrated. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Empire of Light (2022) | Empire of Light's poor script ruins anything it has going for it in the cinematography and perfomances. Certainly didn't feel 'the power of cinema' leaving this one. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | The Son (2022) | Zeller doesn't give the impression that he understands what depression in teens looks like. After two hours of poorly acted manipulation, I had no empathy for this child in pain, and that's a fatal flaw for the film. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Morbius (2022) | Even if you take the poor quality and bland performance from Leto out of consideration - Morbius barely feels like a movie. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | DASHCAM (2021) | You ever just want the final girl to die? What a nightmare. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Dinner in America (2020) | Simultaneously aggressive and tender, an adorable little punk rock coming of age comedy. Consistently been one of my top recommends since catching it back at Sundance 2020. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022) | A simple conversation about happiness hit harder than any film in recent memory. Big fan of the authenticity Raiff brings to his movies and I can't wait to see what he does next - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Triangle of Sadness (2022) | Deeply outrageous and not remotely subtle in its satirical execution. May be a bit long but overall a great watch. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Dodo (2022) | While I can acknowledge that not every movie is going to be for me, this is the first time I've ever questioned why a movie was featured at a film festival. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Decision to Leave (2022) | Wrapped in the investigation of an unusual death, a detective becomes enamored with the main suspect. While it may be too sentimental for some, I deeply enjoyed this intimate look into the lives of our two main characters, and how the other fills a need. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | The Eight Mountains (2022) | Deeply moving story of friendship, connection, and the people we hold with us for life. Memoir like in nature, simple, yet profound. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Choose or Die (2022) | It's always annoying to have something with all the right building blocks fail to put them together right. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022) | So nice of Wanda to make room for Doctor Strange in this Scarlet Witch movie - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Firestarter (2022) | Not even bad enough to be funny, this is just plain boring. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Good Mourning (2022) | Thankfully I didn't have to pay for the tickets to this downfall. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Crimes of the Future (2022) | A lot of creative ideas, but unfortunately the runtime doesn't give us an opportunity to fully explore them. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Jurassic World Dominion (2022) | Fallen Kingdom broke my brain so fundamentally that I walked away being able to mostly enjoy Dominion as a popcorn flick. Unfortunate that the dinosaurs are essentially bookends to the story and a minor inconvenience. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) | Refreshingly vibrant and unique, a true force of film making. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | 365 Days: This Day (2022) | Less story than a 'no-plot just p*rn' fanfiction. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
| | | Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) | While it delivers on the massacre aspect, Netflix's Texas Chainsaw Massacre is more hilarious than menacing as it tries to juggle its muddled themes. - Amanda the Jedi (Youtube) |
