The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) by The Spectators Odyssey
April 30, 2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie feels like a video game speedrun. It’s so fast, it’s only fitting to keep this […]
John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) by The Spectators Odyssey
March 31, 2023 So I planned on dedicating my March review to Scream 6. After last year’s entry was a fantastic surprise, 6 […]
Cocaine Bear (2023) by The Spectators Odyssey
February 27, 2023 Bad B(ear) Movies are back! The family of Zoological Horror-Thrillers that feature a big bad bear is most notably composed […]
M3GAN (2023) by The Spectators Odyssey
January 12, 2023 It’s the first week of 2023 and we’re kicking off what should be another great year for the medium with […]
Ambulance (2022) by The Spectators Odyssey
May 9, 2022 Michael Bay is back and he’s here to Americanize a 2005 Danish film of the same name, in true Hollywood […]
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) by The Spectators Odyssey
April 18, 2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once is a mind blowing multiverse spectacle. You only thought Swiss Army Man was bonkers. Dan […]
Jacaranda Joe (1994) by The Spectators Odyssey
April 13, 2022 Thanks to the University of Pitt’s discovery of Jacaranda Joe in their Archive, I was able to attend their virtual […]
Jackass Forever (2022) by The Spectators Odyssey
March 26, 2022 Without getting too sappy, lately I’ve found myself in a terrible life rut, uninterested in practically anything and for some […]
The Deep House (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
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The Batman (2022) by The Spectators Odyssey
March 12, 2022 **Major Spoilers Ahead*** It’s been a long 3 years since its initial announcement but Matt Reeves The Batman starring Robert […]
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) by The Spectators Odyssey
February 21, 2022 “It’s him isn’t it. Laytherfayce” ***Spoilers Ahead*** Texas Chainsaw Massacre is hilariously bad-ass. It’s poorly written, badly acted, lacks any […]
Marry Me (2022) by The Spectators Odyssey
February 12, 2022 The big hitter of Valentines Day-Week 2022 has arrived. Apparently adapted from a Graphic Novel by Bobby Crosby, Kat Coiro’s […]
I Want You Back (2022) by The Spectators Odyssey
February 10, 2022 Two Rom-Coms hit the streaming world in what could be considered their Super Bowl of release windows: Valentines Day Week. […]
Kimi (2022) by The Spectators Odyssey
February 10, 2022 “Hey Kimi. Play Sabotage.” Each year or so it feels like a new Steven Soderbergh movie comes out of nowhere […]
Nightmare Alley (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
February 8, 2022 “Is he a man or beast”…..or is he geek? Nightmare Alley is holy mesmerizing shit!!! Its addictive, deceptive neo-noir for […]
Moonfall (2022) by The Spectators Odyssey
February 5, 2022 For what’s it’s worth: ***Spoilers Ahead*** Roland Emmerich’s latest blockbuster Moonfall is an astronomical science fiction disaster on so many […]
The Fallout (2022) by The Spectators Odyssey
January 31, 2022 The Fallout reaches deep into the acute trauma caused by school mass shootings and the extensive road to recovery that […]
Flee (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
January 31, 2022 Flee is an incredibly touching movie. It’s got some of the most inventive animation documentary filmmaking with heartbreaking, crushingly real […]
The Requin (2022) by The Spectators Odyssey
January 30, 2022 If you come across The Requin wherever you may be, you’ll see the decent looking poster with the shark plastered […]
Something in the Dirt (2022) by The Spectators Odyssey
January 29, 2022 The filmmaking duo of Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson didn’t let the current pandemic stop them from making the latest […]
Emily the Criminal (2022) by The Spectators Odyssey
January 25, 2022 John Patton Ford’s Emily the Criminal marks the debut of his first feature film and it couldn’t have come at […]
The Cow Who Sang a Song Into The Future (2022) by The Spectators Odyssey
January 25, 2022 Mother Nature meets motherhood in The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future, a captivating story of damaged environments, […]
Master (2022) by The Spectators Odyssey
January 23, 2022 Sundance 2022 Film #1 Mariama Diallo’s feature length directorial debut, Master, is a never ending psychological thriller of racism and […]
The Worst Person in the World (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
January 22, 2022 The Worst Person in the World is easily one of the worlds best movies of 2021. It’s my personal favorite […]
Scream (2022) by The Spectators Odyssey
January 16, 2022 “You Sick F***s, you’ve seen one too many movies”df9f00 Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett’s Scream is the franchise’s meta Legacy […]
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
January 14, 2022 William Shakespeare’s Macbeth has been adapted to the screen many times before and a few top tier directors can claim […]
The Night House (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
January 8, 2022 David Bruckner’s Bruckner’s The Night House is a haunting reencounter with depression. At the center of The Night House is […]
Days (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
January 7, 2022 Tsai Ming-liang’s Days captures urban loneliness via a keenly minimalist lens. I must first confess that I haven’t seen any […]
Encanto (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
January 4, 2022 The newest addition to the Disney Animation Studios library, Encanto, is a vibrant musical, unlike any that’s come before it. […]
Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
December 19, 2021 It didn’t take long for Jon Watt’s Spider-Man: No Way Home to become 2021s highest grossing movie. There’s plenty of […]
Cusp (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
December 6, 2021 Last year’s Sundance saw the premiere of Isabel Bethencourt and Parker Hills Cusp. Deep in the heart of Texas in a […]
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
December 5, 2021 For the most part, I had fun watching Destin Daniel Crettons Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Such […]
Christmas …Again?! (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
December 5, 2021 Christmas. …Again?! Is Disney Channel’s latest original movie and it’s their Christmas present to the world this year. When change […]
Single All the Way (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
December 4, 2021 Michael Mayer’s Single All the Way is Netflix’s latest run of the mill Christmas movie. It’s a product of the […]
Silent Night (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
December 3, 2021 It surprisingly feels like many people haven’t seen Camille Griffins Silent Night. It’s not anything great but it feels like […]
Belfast (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
December 2, 2021 Kenneth Branaughs Belfast is his love letter to those that stayed, those that left and those that were lost in […]
Riders of Justice (2020) by The Spectators Odyssey
December 1, 2021 Anders Thomas Jensens Riders of Justice is a vengefully misguided but cathartic examination of grief. Between the bookending of two […]
Lamb (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
November 30, 2021 Valdimar Johannsson’s debut feature, Lamb, is a chilling Icelandic tale. Starring Noomi Rapace and Hilmir Snaer Guonason, this reserved couple live […]
Spencer (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
November 28, 2021 Pablo Larrain’s fable from a true tragedy is probably the most dreadfully suffocating Christmas movie in existence. The year is 1991 […]
Black Friday (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
November 26, 2021 Black Friday…no not the annual retail gimmick…the new horror comedy based on said gimmick…is NUTS. I had a fun time […]
Last Night in Soho (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
November 19, 2021 Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho is a psychologically transcendent nightmare. A young aspiring fashion designer named Eloise, played by Thomasin […]
Zola (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
November 16, 2021 Zola is seductive cinema. I don’t remember a single one of the infamous Zola tweets in detail but I remember the […]
Holler (2020) by The Spectators Odyssey
November 15, 2021 Nicole Reigels Holler is a cold desperate little movie. Written and directed by Reigel, her directorial debut, and adapted from her […]
Hypnotic (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
November 13, 2021 Matt Angel and Suzanne Cootes Hypnotic is not very good. There’s no other way to put it. Its more nauseating than […]
The Beta Test (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
November 11, 2021 I like Jim Cummings The Beta Test a lot. More than Thunder Road but not as much as The Wolf […]
The Harder They Fall (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
November 10, 2021 Aside from Jane Campions The Power of the Dog, you won’t find a better Western than Jeymes Samuels The Harder […]
A Quiet Place Part II (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
July 2, 2021 A Quiet Place Part II is one of those films in the Covid-19 Canon, a group of films that were […]
The Ice Road (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
June 28, 2021 So i’m not really sure what I was expecting but whatever The Ice Road is….wasn’t it. I’ll start with the lone […]
Mainstream (2020) by The Spectators Odyssey
May 9, 2021 I had fairy high hopes for this one. A Coppola at the helm, a trio of young actors at various […]
Bliss (2021) by The Spectators Odyssey
April 28, 2021 Sometimes you just want to put something on and be entertained for an hour or two. No indecisive and extensive […]