2026
Pruett’s reviews
- New movies to see, stream or skip in April 2026 – 4/12/26 – 828newsNOW
- FACES OF DEATH
- HAMLET
- MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I – LAST AIR IN MOSCOW
- VAMPIRES OF THE VELVET LOUNGE
- Animation station: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ and a new ‘Star Wars’ show – 4/8/26 – 828newsNOW
- Are ‘Ready or Not 2’ and ‘They Will Kill You’ the same movie? – 3/30/26 – 828newsNOW
- ‘Project Hail Mary’ is a grand, gorgeous, galactic good time – 3/24/26 – 828newsNOW
- Stabby’s dollhouse: ‘Dolly’ is derivative slasher fun – 3/13/26 – 828newsNOW
- 3 movies to see, stream or skip in March 2026 – 3/9/26 – 828newsNOW
- HOPPERS
- THE ALABAMA SOLUTION
- SCREAM 7
- Oscars variety pack: ‘Kokuho,’ ‘Cutting Through Rocks,’ ‘Sirāt’ – 2/24/26 – 828newsNOW
- Killer double-feature: ‘How to Make a Killing’ and ‘Psycho Killer’ – 2/21/26 – 828newsNOW
- Oh bruther: ‘”Wuthering Heights”‘ is a frightful bore – 2/14/26 – 828newsNOW
- Charli XCX mockumentary ‘The Moment’ isn’t ‘Spinal Tap’ – 2/11/26 – 828newsNOW
- 3 new movies to see, stream or skip in February 2026 – 2/8/26 – 828newsNOW
- GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON’T DIE
- VIVA VERDI!
- THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 3
- The well-meaning ‘Whistle’ is a bit of a whiff – 2/5/26 – 828newsNOW
- ‘Send Help’ is campy, gross and total paradise for horror fans – 2/3/26 – 828newsNOW
- Zombie movie ’28 Years Later: The Bone Temple’ has braaaains – 1/24/26 – 828newsNOW
- ‘The Rip’ is the rare Ben Affleck and Matt Damon movie to skip – 1/16/26 – 828newsNOW
- Zombies, a killer chimp and… water polo? ‘The Plague,’ ‘Primate,’ ‘We Bury the Dead’ – 1/14/26 – 828newsNOW
- ‘People We Meet on Vacation’ is more jet lag than romcom – 1/8/26 – 828newsNOW
- 3 new movies to see, stream or skip in January 2026 – 1/4/26– 828newsNOW
- THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE
- THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
- THE HOUSEMAID
2025
Pruett’s reviews
- The 25 best movies of 2025 – 12/29/25 – 828newsNOW
- ‘Song Sung Blue’ is a messy melodrama, but sung sweet – 12/24/25 – 828newsNOW
- Top 5 international movies of 2025 – 12/23/25 – 828newsNOW
- Threequel ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ is a lukewarm rehash – 12/16/25 – 828newsNOW
- Top 5 animated movies of 2025 – 12/12/25 – 828newsNOW
- 5 new movies to see, stream or skip in December 2025 – 12/7/25 – 828newsNOW
- ETERNITY
- OH. WHAT. FUN.
- JAY KELLY
- RENTAL FAMILY
- ZOOTOPIA 2
- ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ has faith in Josh O’Connor – 12/4/25 – 828newsNOW
- Ethan Hawke is a shooting star in Broadway biopic ‘Blue Moon’ – 11/30/25 – 828newsNOW
- Darker, Oz-ier ‘Wicked: For Good’ is a change for the worse – 11/20/25 – 828newsNOW
- ‘The Running Man’ has a charley horse of a third act – 11/17/25 – 828newsNOW
- 5 new movies to see, stream or skip in November 2025 – 11/10/25 – 828newsNOW
- BUGONIA
- CHRISTY
- DIE MY LOVE
- HEDDA
- NUREMBERG
- ‘Predator: Badlands’ is a real good time– 11/7/25 – 828newsNOW
- Harrowing Iranian film ‘It Was Just an Accident’ is made of scar tissue – 11/4/25 – 828newsNOW
- Scream queens: The 5 best horror movies of 2025 – 10/30/25 – 828newsNOW
- Scream scraps: The 5 worst horror movies of 2025 – 10/26/25 – 828newsNOW
- Jacob Elordi is electric in Netflix’s gorgeous, imbalanced ‘Frankenstein’ – 10/24/25 – 828newsNOW
- ‘Ballad of a Small Player’ is a royal flush of style, but not substance – 10/19/25 – 828newsNOW
- Interlocking nuclear drama ‘A House of Dynamite’ blows its third act – 10/12/25 – 828newsNOW
- 5 new movies to see, stream or skip in October 2025 – 10/5/25 – 828newsNOW
- THE BALTIMORONS
- BONE LAKE
- GOOD BOY
- THE SMASHING MACHINE
- STEVE
- PTA’s phenomenal ‘One Battle After Another’ is a revolutionary revelation – 10/2/25 – 828newsNOW
- ‘A Big Bold Beautiful Journey’ is dull, baffling malarkey – 9/21/25 – 828newsNOW
- Stephen King adaptation ‘The Long Walk’ trips over itself – 9/15/25 – 828newsNOW
- Hauntingly familiar ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ conjures up nothing new – 9/8/25 – 828newsNOW
- 5 new movies to see, stream or skip in September 2025 – 9/4/25 – 828newsNOW
- CAUGHT STEALING
- EDEN
- THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB
- THE TOXIC AVENGER
- THE ROSES
- Body doubles: ‘Freakier Friday’ and ‘Nobody 2’ are subpar sequels – 8/19/25 – 828newsNOW
- ‘Weapons’ is a very smart, very scary horror epic – 8/14/25 – 828newsNOW
- 5 new movies to see, stream or skip in August 2025 – 8/4/25 – 828newsNOW
- CLOUD
- THE NAKED GUN
- SKETCH
- SORRY, BABY
- THE UGLY STEPSISTER
- ‘Together’ pokes fun at codependence but can’t stick the landing – 8/2/25 – 828newsNOW
- Fantastic… fine: ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ review – 7/25/25 – 828newsNOW
- ‘Eddington’ is a satirical return to 2020 and a frightening vision of now – 7/20/25 – 828newsNOW
- ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ remembers the 90s better than you – 7/19/25 – 828newsNOW
- 5 new movies to stream or skip in July 2025 – 7/14/25 – 828newsNOW
- 40 ACRES
- ABRAHAM’S BOYS: A DRACULA STORY
- ECHO VALLEY
- KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
- MISERICORDIA
- The new ‘Superman’ soars – 7/13/25 – 828newsNOW
- Top 10 movies of 2025… so far – 7/6/25 – 828newsNOW
- ‘F1’ is fast, formulaic, exhilarating race car stuntwork – 7/5/25 – 828newsNOW
- ‘Jurassic World: Rebirth’ is a mutant misfire – 7/4/25 – 828newsNOW
- Terminat-her: ‘M3GAN 2.0’ – 6/27/25 – 828newsNOW
- Dragons and alien abductions: ‘Elio’ and ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ – 6/26/25 – 828newsNOW
- ‘Materialists’ is a match made in heaven for Celine Song fans – 6/13/25 – 828newsNOW
- Espionage, Wes Anderson-style: ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ – 6/8/25 – 828newsNOW
- ‘Ballerina’ is in step with the best of John Wick – 6/7/25 – 828newsNOW
- 3 new movies to see, stream or skip in June 2025 – 6/1/25 – 828newsNOW
- BRING HER BACK
- FRIENDSHIP
- KARATE KID: LEGENDS
- The last and too serious: ‘Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning’ – 5/25/25 – 828newsNOW
- ‘Lilo & Stitch’ is a harmless return to Hawaii – 5/23/25 – 828newsNOW
- ‘Final Destination: Bloodlines’ is fun for the whole family – 5/16/25 – 828newsNOW
- The Week-ugh: Jenna Ortega outshines The Weeknd in ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ – 5/16/25 – 828newsNOW
- 5 new movies to see, stream or skip in May 2025 – 5/8/25 – 828newsNOW
- ANOTHER SIMPLE FAVOR
- BRIDGET JONES: MAD ABOUT THE BOY
- THE SURFER
- THUNDERBOLTS*
- UNTIL DAWN
- VIDEO: ‘The Shrouds’ review, plus all 23 Cronenberg movies ranked – 5/5/25 – 828newsNOW
- The bloody, bluesy ‘Sinners’ is the best movie of the year – 4/24/25 – 828newsNOW
- 5 new movies to stream, see or skip in April 2025 – 4/13/25 – 828newsNOW
- THE BALLAD OF WALLIS ISLAND
- DEATH OF A UNICORN
- DROP
- MAGAZINE DREAMS
- NOVOCAINE
- ‘A Minecraft Movie,’ as reviewed by a film critic and a nine-year-old – 4/9/25 – 828newsNOW
- Mirror, mirror, on the green screen: The ‘Snow White’ live-action remake – 3/27/25 – 828newsNOW
- Marriage advice from a spy movie: The romance of ‘Black Bag’ – 3/18/25 – 828newsNOW
- Robert Pattinson stars with Robert Pattinson in ‘Mickey 17’ – 3/15/25 – 828newsNOW
- Curious gorge: ‘The Monkey,’ ‘The Gorge’ – 2/22/25 – 828newsNOW
- Red Hulk, red hat, real bad? ‘Paddington in Peru,’ ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ – 2/17/25 – 828newsNOW
- My bloody Valentines: ‘Heart Eyes,’ ‘Love Hurts’ – 2/9/25 – 828newsNOW
- The big, bold beauty of ‘The Brutalist’ and misguided ‘Companion’ – 2/2/25 – 828newsNOW
- Camera is character in BP nominee ‘Nickel Boys,’ ghost story ‘Presence’ – 1/25/25 – 828newsNOW
- ‘The Last Showgirl’ sparkles, bananas ‘Better Man’ bores – 1/10/25 – 828newsNOW
- The drama and yawns of ‘Juror #2’ and ‘A Complete Unknown’ – 1/5/25 – 828newsNOW
2024
Pruett’s reviews
- The strange sizzle of ‘Babygirl’ and Gothic perfection of ‘Nosferatu’ – 12/27/24 – 828newsNOW
- Cats and dogs: Amy Adams is ‘Nightbitch’ and a ‘The Lion King’ prequel – 12/21/24 – 828newsNOW
- Daniel Craig in ‘Queer’ and an animated ‘Lord of the Rings’ – 12/13/24 – 828newsNOW
- Apocalyptic triple-feature: ‘Werewolves,’ ‘Flow,’ and ‘Y2K’ – 12/6/24 – 828newsNOW
- Jingle bell ‘The Rock’: ‘Red One’ and ‘Moana 2’ reviews – 11/29/24 – 828newsNOW
- Defying graviator: ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator II’ film reviews – 11/22/24 – 828newsNOW
- Tragicomic truthfulness: ‘Anora’ and ‘A Real Pain’ – 11/16/24 – 828newsNOW
- True believers: ‘Here’ and ‘Heretic’ – 11/11/24 – 828newsNOW
- Vampire flick ‘Abigail’ is a bloody pirou-letdown – 4/29/24 – The Appalachian
- ‘Civil War’ doesn’t pick a side, and that’s the point – 4/23/24 – The Appalachian
- Dev Patel’s ‘Monkey Man’ comes to baboone – 4/10/24 – The Appalachian
- The church of Sydney Sweeney: ‘Immaculate’ Review – 3/26/24 – The Appalachian
- ‘Dune: Part Two’ is more than sandworm sci-fi – 3/6/24 – The Appalachian
- Space thriller ‘I.S.S.’ rockets into nowhere – 2/2/24 – The Appalachian
2023
Pruett’s reviews
- The magnificent melodrama of ‘May December’ – 12/18/23 – The Appalachian
- Netflix’s ‘The Killer’ hits its target – 11/29/23 – The Appalachian
- ‘Napoleon’ shorts out with curbed Kirby, fussy Phoenix – 11/28/23 – The Appalachian
- DiCaprio, Gladstone score with Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ – 11/8/23 – The Appalachian
- Pru’s boo reviews: ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ fails to frighten – 10/30/23 – The Appalachian
- Pru’s boo reviews: ‘The Exorcist: Believer’ – 10/29/23 – The Appalachian
- Pru’s boo reviews: 19 years of ‘Saw’ – 10/13/23 – The Appalachian
- Pru’s boo reviews: ‘A Haunting in Venice’ – 9/20/23 – The Appalachian
- Paddington meets powder: Reviewing ‘Cocaine Bear’ – 3/22/23 – The Appalachian
- QuantuMESS: Reviewing ‘Ant-Man 3’ – 3/2/23 – The Appalachian
- Disturbingly delicious: Reviewing ‘The Menu’ – 1/20/23 – The Appalachian
- Don’t bother, darling: “Don’t Worry Darling” review – 10/25/22 – The Appalachian