The Movie I Saw 2026

***** = Must see.
**** = Really good

*** = Worth seeing
** = A waste of time, but one or two good moments
* = Not worth your time
-0 = Less Than Zero: viewing this is likely to result in a dramatic loss of IQ points.

1. Song Sung Blue (2026) **** An excellent movie, with impressive work by Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson. Very funny at times, with unexpected wallops of sadness. Also longer than I'd expected. Not in a bad way, but I would have liked to have known ahead of time so that I'd have been better prepared. (You're welcome.) 1/1/26 

2. The Copenhagen Test (2025) ** Episodes 1 to 6 would've rated ***, but the last two episodes were just shit. A shame, as the premise (a U.S. agent's eyes and ears are hacked) and the stars (Simu Liu and Melissa (🔥) Barrera) were quite good. 

3. Greenland 2: Migration (2026) ** Some pretty weak shit here, but at least (1) it was short, (2) it kept things moving, and (3) Morena Baccarin is still super 🔥. The sub-text was vile, though: look out for yourself and fuck everybody else.

4. Rent-a-Cat (2012) ***** A quirky Japanese movie that really captured my heart.

5. Mercy (2026) ** I like Chris Pratt, but I wish he'd stop making bad movies. Is he behind on his rent or something? 1/27/26 

6. Broken (2017) **** Sean Bean as a troubled Catholic priest. A moving series, with some scenes so poignant that they made me cry. 

7. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) ***** This should be required viewing. Absolutely brilliant.  1/29/26 

8. Wonder Man (2026) **** A most excellent Marvel show. Ben Kingsley was particularly wonderful (no pun intended).

2/7/26 

9. Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 (2023) **** Still works. 2/14/26 

10. Scream 7 (2026) -0 Just fuckin' awful. And Courtney Cox is looking like death warmed over. This was a movie filled with blood, some guts, and one face shot off. Something for everyone. Plot holes were ginormous. And doesn't anybody know how high school, the police, or television work? For fuck's sake. There is no reason to see this movie...unless you, too, have an autistic son who OCDs about movie series. 2/27/26