Alan Cerny

Alan Cerny VitalThrills.com Aug 24, 2026 10/10 I didn’t expect Coyote vs. ACME to be my very favorite movie I’ve seen so far this year. But it is. Go to Full Review Coyote vs. Acme (2026) 96% - -

Alan Cerny VitalThrills.com Jul 28, 2026 8.5/10 The action is top-notch and feels grounded but also knows when to soar. It helps that Brand New Day isn’t a story about saving the world but repairing a damaged soul... it's nice to get a great superhero movie again. Go to Full Review Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) 90% - -

Alan Cerny VitalThrills.com Jul 15, 2026 9/10 A towering achievement in cinema… a tremendous artistic triumph. Go to Full Review The Odyssey (2026) 94% - -

Alan Cerny VitalThrills.com Jun 9, 2026 10/10 If Close Encounters assured us that we are not alone, Disclosure Day insists that we must not be alone. Not now, not like we have been. Go to Full Review Disclosure Day (2026) 79% - -

Alan Cerny VitalThrills.com May 19, 2026 7/10 The Mandalorian and Grogu is pure popcorn entertainment, and that’s enough for this Star Wars fan. Go to Full Review Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026) 60% - -

Alan Cerny VitalThrills.com Nov 19, 2025 6.5/10 What could have been great, like the film’s title, is merely good. Go to Full Review Wicked: For Good (2025) 66% - -

Alan Cerny VitalThrills.com Oct 17, 2025 9/10 Jacob Elordi has given us a Frankenstein’s Monster for the ages, one that rivals Boris Karloff himself. Go to Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% - -

Alan Cerny VitalThrills.com Sep 8, 2025 9.5/10 One of the very best adaptations of Stephen King’s work, a bold statement considering that so many great films have sprung from his novels. But I’d put The Long Walk right next to The Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me in that honored, holy place. Go to Full Review The Long Walk (2025) 88% - -

Alan Cerny VitalThrills.com Jul 22, 2025 9/10 The Fantastic Four: First Steps is outstanding superhero cinema, and I can’t wait to see it again. Go to Full Review The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) 86% - -

Alan Cerny VitalThrills.com Jul 8, 2025 9/10 Look, up at the screen. It’s a great comic book movie. Go to Full Review Superman (2025) 83% - -

Alan Cerny VitalThrills.com Jun 17, 2025 7.5/10 A well-made cheeseburger is still a cheeseburger, but when you’re biting into one, it doesn’t matter if it tastes good. F1 The Movie is a high-end, satisfying cheeseburger, and it does the job. Go to Full Review F1 The Movie (2025) 82% - -

Alan Cerny VitalThrills.com Nov 19, 2024 9/10 (Wicked) is about as crowd-pleasing and bursting with emotion as many of the great musicals of yesteryear and, with time, may be remembered just as fondly. Wicked is the best big-studio release of the year. Go to Full Review Wicked (2024) 88% - -

Alan Cerny VitalThrills.com Nov 11, 2024 8/10 Gladiator II may lack the elegance of the first, but it is fully Ridley Scott’s vision, and that is to be respected. Come for the sweeping storytelling; stay for Denzel Washington’s gleefully anarchic performance. Go to Full Review Gladiator II (2024) 70% - -

Alan Cerny VitalThrills.com Aug 14, 2024 8.5/10 Is Alien: Romulus worthy of the Alien franchise? Absolutely. Are there missteps? A couple, but not enough to detract... Alien: Romulus is as thrilling, exciting, and scary as the best of the Alien Saga. Go to Full Review Alien: Romulus (2024) 80% - -

Alan Cerny VitalThrills.com Jul 23, 2024 8/10 ...there are some extraordinarily satisfying and surprising moments in DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE, and they deserve to be experienced fresh... Go to Full Review Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) 77% - -

Alan Cerny VitalThrills.com Aug 18, 2023 3/10 Strays plays like a movie thought up in a stoner’s house, watching Pixar movies and telling his buddies, “You know what would be funny? If the dog from Up said F*** a lot.” Go to Full Review Strays (2023) 54% 69%

Alan Cerny VitalThrills.com Jul 30, 2023 8/10 They should absolutely keep the creatives behind Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, as they clearly had fun making it and that joy is infectious to the audience. Mutant Mayhem is a good family-friendly time at the movies. Go to Full Review Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023) 95% 90%

Alan Cerny VitalThrills.com Jul 28, 2023 5.5/10 Haunted Mansion as a movie feels too long, too labored, and doesn’t give us enough real characters, other than LaKeith Stanfield’s, to sympathize with or relate to. Go to Full Review Haunted Mansion (2023) 38% - -

Alan Cerny VitalThrills.com Jul 20, 2023 10/10 Oppenheimer is the film that Christopher Nolan has been working towards his entire career. It is a staggering achievement in cinema, and easily the best film so far this year. Go to Full Review Oppenheimer (2023) 93% 91%

Alan Cerny VitalThrills.com Jul 17, 2023 7.5/10 Talk to Me is an original concept executed very well and showcases exciting new voices in the horror genre. Go to Full Review Talk to Me (2023) 94% 82%