Toronto 2025: 'Sacrifice' Review

I was pretty lukewarm on Romain Gavras' last film, Athena, but I was hoping to like his new political satire. Unfortunately, I had some of the same issues with Sacrifice. You can read my review here. 

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: '28 Years Later' and 'The Life of Chuck'

Because we unexpectedly weren't able to do an episode last week, this episode is super-sized, featuring reviews of four new movies. Going into the show, I wondered how many of the films we'd disagree on, and it turns out we saw two of them very differently. You can check out our thoughts on 28 Years Later, Materialists, Elio and The Life of Chuck down below.

'Materialists' Review

Past Lives was one of the best films of 2023. Celine Song returns with Materialists. How does it stack up? My review is live at Screen International. 

The Comedies I'm Curious to See in 2025

Celine Song making a James L. Brooks-style romantic comedy? Adam Sandler returning as Happy Gilmore? Here's my preview of 2025's most intriguing comedies for Cracked.

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: 'Emilia Perez,' 'Red One' and 'All We Imagine as Light'

On this week's episode, we review a possible Oscar front-runner, a Christmas action-comedy and a promising feature debut from an Indian filmmaker. Check it all out down below.

'Red One' Review

In Red One, Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans play, respectively, an elite security officer and a cynical tracker who have to find Santa Claus, who's been kidnapped. Will they save the day? And is the movie any good? My review is live at Screen International.

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: 'The Killer,' 'Anatomy of a Fall' and 'Pain Hustlers'

On this week's episode, we tackle two good new films ... and also a crummy Netflix flick. Which are which? Listen here and find out.

Toronto 2023: 'Pain Hustlers' Review

Pain Hustlers is inspired by actual events, telling the story of a small-time Florida pharmaceutical company that got rich peddling a more effective painkiller. Then things went south. You can read my review here. 

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: Debating 'Beau Is Afraid,' Loving 'Evil Dead Rise' and Mourning 'Ghosted'

Lots of lively discussion on this week's podcast, which I always love. Hope you enjoy the episode, which you can hear down below.

Enough With the Dumb Comedy Cameos

Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan and Ryan Reynolds cameo in #Ghosted

WE WON! pic.twitter.com/nRxmN6516L

— Mark Ridge Lobo (@MR___LOBO) April 21, 2023

You may have heard that Ghosted has a few celebrity cameos in it. They're so dumb, and I'm sick of the trend. I wrote about it for Cracked.

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: 'Nope,' 'The Gray Man' and 'Where the Crawdads Sing'

Somehow, I completely forgot to post the recent episodes of the podcast on here. Whoops! So let me rectify that by first putting this one up. I liked Jordan Peele's latest a little more than Will did, but we're pretty much aligned on The Gray Man and Where the Crawdads Sing. You can hear our chat down below.

'The Gray Man' Review

Ryan Gosling gets his Jason Bourne on with his new Netflix action-thriller. I thought it was pretty so-so. For Screen International, here's my review of The Gray Man.

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: 'Lightyear,' 'Spiderhead,' 'Leo Grande' and 'Cha Cha Real Smooth'

So many movies to go through on this week's episode! We've got animated blockbusters, quirky thrillers, a thoughtful character drama about sex, and Cooper Raiff's followup to Shithouse. Hear the whole thing down below.

'Lightyear' Review

Lightyear is so aggressively average that I spent most of the film's runtime arguing with it. "Why aren't you better? Why aren't you more interesting? When is this going to get more exciting?" (The robot cat is adorable, though.) My review is up at Screen International.

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: Whodunits, Outlaws and 'The Two Popes'

On this week's episode, we review Knives Out, which we both enjoyed. But we differ on two other (very different) films: Queen & Slim and The Two Popes. Hear the whole thing down below.

What's the Worst MCU Film?

I'm sure this won't spark any debate at all: Our Top/Bottom 5 are over at SyFy.

Toronto 2019: 'Knives Out' Review

Rian Johnson's fifth feature is a whodunit that pays homage to Agatha Christie. For Screen International, I reviewed Knives Out.

'The Red Sea Diving Resort' Review

Chris Evans' first post-Captain America movie is ... not good. I wrote about The Red Sea Diving Resort for MEL.

The Grierson & Leitch Podcast: The Marvel Cinematic Universe and 'Goldfinger'

We went long on Avengers: Endgame -- tons of spoilers, folks -- and then, in our Reboot segment, we talk Goldfinger on its 55th anniversary. Check it out.

Chris Evans, Non-Captain America Edition

Chris Evans has spent almost a decade playing Steve Rogers. For this week's Debate Club, we look at his best films away from the MCU.