Film reviews and more since 2009

My Predictions for the 98th Academy Awards

My picks in one category after another.

Hoppers (2026) review
Hoppers (2026) review

★★★★
The Bride! (2026) review
The Bride! (2026) review

★★
Scream 7 (2026) review
Scream 7 (2026) review

★★½
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002) review
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002) review

★★½
Up (2009) review
Up (2009) review

★★★★
Soul (2020) review
Soul (2020) review

★★★
Secretary (2002) review
Secretary (2002) review

★★★
Leprechaun: Origins (2014) review
Leprechaun: Origins (2014) review

★
Open Season (2006) review
Open Season (2006) review

★★★
The Pagemaster (1994) review
The Pagemaster (1994) review

★★★
Cats Don’t Dance (1997) review
Cats Don’t Dance (1997) review

★★★
Pleasantville (1998) review
Pleasantville (1998) review

★★★
Blank Check (1994) review
Blank Check (1994) review

★★★
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) review
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) review

★★½
Planet 51 (2009) review
Planet 51 (2009) review

★★½

Goat (2026) review

Visually dazzling, laudably funny, with warmth in its messaging, “Goat” is a tremendous achievement, especially for its legion of animators.

Blue in the Face (1995) review
Blue in the Face (1995) review

★★½
Broken Bridges (2006) review
Broken Bridges (2006) review

★
Smoke (1995) review
Smoke (1995) review

★★
The Joy Luck Club (1993) review
The Joy Luck Club (1993) review

★★★
Breathless (1960) review
Breathless (1960) review

★★★
Arlington Road (1999) review
Arlington Road (1999) review

★★★
This is Not a Test (2026) review
This is Not a Test (2026) review

★½
Life Is Cheap… But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1989) review
Life Is Cheap… But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1989) review

★★½
I Can Only Imagine 2 (2026) review
I Can Only Imagine 2 (2026) review

★★
The Pout-Pout Fish (2026) review
The Pout-Pout Fish (2026) review

★★
Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989) review
Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989) review

★★★
Near Death (1989) review
Near Death (1989) review

🕯️ Remembering Frederick Wiseman 🕯️

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Domestic Violence (2001) review
Domestic Violence (2001) review

🕯️ Remembering Frederick Wiseman 🕯️
Public Housing (1997) review
Public Housing (1997) review

🕯️ Remembering Frederick Wiseman 🕯️
‘You have this knowledge: what will you do with it?:’ Dissecting Frederick Wiseman’s ‘At Berkeley’
‘You have this knowledge: what will you do with it?:’ Dissecting Frederick Wiseman’s ‘At Berkeley’
Hospital (1970) review
Hospital (1970) review

🕯️ Remembering Frederick Wiseman 🕯️
Belfast, Maine (1999) review
Belfast, Maine (1999) review

🕯️ Remembering Frederick Wiseman 🕯️
In Jackson Heights (2015) review
In Jackson Heights (2015) review

🕯️ Remembering Frederick Wiseman 🕯️
Boxing Gym (2010) review
Boxing Gym (2010) review

🕯️ Remembering Frederick Wiseman 🕯️
The Store (1983) review
The Store (1983) review

🕯️ Remembering Frederick Wiseman 🕯️
Titicut Follies (1967) review
Titicut Follies (1967) review

🕯️ Remembering Frederick Wiseman 🕯️
The Judge (2014) review
The Judge (2014) review

🕯️ Remembering Robert Duvall 🕯️
Seven Days in Utopia (2011) review
Seven Days in Utopia (2011) review

🕯️ Remembering Robert Duvall 🕯️
Crazy Heart (2009) review
Crazy Heart (2009) review

🕯️ Remembering Robert Duvall 🕯️
Secondhand Lions (2003) review
Secondhand Lions (2003) review

🕯️ Remembering Robert Duvall 🕯️
Apocalypse Now (1979) review
Apocalypse Now (1979) review

🕯️ Remembering Robert Duvall 🕯️
THX 1138 (1971) review
THX 1138 (1971) review

🕯️ Remembering Robert Duvall 🕯️
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) review
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) review

🕯️ Remembering Robert Duvall 🕯️
We Are Your Friends (2015) review
We Are Your Friends (2015) review

★★★
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (2026) review
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (2026) review

★★★½
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) review
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) review

🕯️ Remembering Bud Cort 🕯️
Angus (1995) review
Angus (1995) review

🕯️ Remembering James Van Der Beek 🕯️
Backyard Sports: The Animated Special (2026) review
Backyard Sports: The Animated Special (2026) review

★★★½
Dracula (2026) review
Dracula (2026) review

★★★
Ratchet & Clank (2016) review
Ratchet & Clank (2016) review

★½
Playmobil: The Movie (2019) review
Playmobil: The Movie (2019) review

★★
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976) review
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976) review

★★★
All the Empty Rooms (2025) review
All the Empty Rooms (2025) review

★★★
Whistle (2026) review
Whistle (2026) review

★½
Solo Mio (2026) review
Solo Mio (2026) review

★★½
Iron Lung (2026) review
Iron Lung (2026) review

★½
Doom (2005) review
Doom (2005) review

★★
Blue Moon (2025) review
Blue Moon (2025) review

★★★★
Superbad (2007) review
Superbad (2007) review

★★★★
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) review
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) review

★★★

About Steve Pulaski

Steve Pulaski has been reviewing movies since 2009 for a barrage of different outlets. He graduated North Central College in 2018 and currently works as an on-air radio personality. He also hosts a weekly movie podcast called "Sleepless with Steve," dedicated to film and the film industry, on his YouTube channel. In addition to writing, he's a die-hard Chicago Bears fan and has two cats, appropriately named Siskel and Ebert!

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