Mike Ryan

Dune: Part Two is certainly up there with some of the best science fiction movies I’ve ever seen.

It’s one of the most, if not the most, immersive superhero stories going, pushing far beyond the boundaries of what superhero stories should and could be.

Chadwick Boseman does not appear in this movie, but he’s felt in every single scene. It feels like a way to say goodbye. And, in that, it very much succeeds … while also being a rip-roaring Black Panther movie. Again, this movie is a miracle.

Simply put, Mission: Impossible – Fallout is the best action movie you will see this year. You’ll probably leave the theater overcome with an urge to go jumping from building to building.

This is an excellent, poignant, and amazing film that will stick with you. I can’t stop thinking about it. It’s a must-see, even though watching it is a very difficult thing to do.

This is how “blockbuster” movies should be done.

Call Me By Your Name is a triumph of humanity.

You should see Lady Bird...and, when you do, savor its delightfulness because this is a tougher and tougher commodity to find.

There’s something whimsical and magical about the whole thing. It is designed to make the viewer feel good.

Roma is a special movie that needs that all-encompassing experience. Alfonso Cuarón has made yet another movie that will transport you to another time and place. You will feel like you’re living it.

What Bradley Cooper has done here as an actor and director is truly remarkable.

What Dee Rees has done here is remarkable. The themes of racial injustice alone would make this movie “important,” but what she’s done with her film makes it an epic.

The footage, from the Krafft’s archives, is stunning. This truly is a remarkable film.

The plot of this movie doesn’t matter because it barely has one, even though it’s incredibly entertaining.

This is just David Fincher making a bloody, fun, gritty movie about an angry assassin. The name of the movie is The Killer and our lead character very much does that.

Blinded by the Light features scenes of the most pure, unadulterated joy I’ve seen on screen in quite a while.

Like In Bruges, The Banshees of Inisherin is a dark movie that is often downright hilarious.

This is a very fun movie . . . but Indy’s arc is poignant and also sad.

Since theaters basically ceased to exist, there’s been a few movies I’ve watched screeners at home and have really, really enjoyed. But this is the first that made me feel like I was back in a theater. This felt like a real event. That I got those chills down the back as I watched something I’m just loving for the first time of what will be many times.

Here are the last eight months all laid out for us, and it’s infuriating.

This is a film that’s hilarious, sad, and for some reason features an entire montage set to Dolly Parton’s “9 to 5.”

The result is a truly suspenseful film with a powerful, emotional ending. Again, it’s one of Shyamalan’s best.

Look, I was skeptical of a new Road House movie. This new version certainly isn’t trying to replace the first. But it’s a worthy edition to the Road House family and captures the spirit of what a movie like this should be.

This animated movie has more heart and emotion than most live actions films of this genre. If you give it a chance, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse will knock your socks off.

The Irishman is terrific.

Spider-Man: Far From Home is a heck of a lot of fun. And I can’t get over how great of a Mysterio movie this is.

It’s kind of hard to write about Won’t You Be My Neighbor? as a film. It’s exceptionally well-made, mind you – which shouldn’t be a huge surprise coming from Morgan Neville, who won an Academy Award for directing 20 Feet From Stardom – but beyond being a film, it’s an experience of earnestness we don’t see or hear much anymore, to the point that it’s a bit of a jolt to the system.

Glass Onion is just a great time watching a movie. It’s a rare movie (especially at a film festival where I have places I have to be) in which I wished it were longer. I would have gladly spent more time with these characters, played by actors who are all obviously having a wonderful time. I already miss them. Make more movies like this. What fun.