Alistair Ryder

Alistair Ryder Vague Visages Nov 4, 2026 The Debut compares to Christopher Guest’s Waiting for Guffman (1996) if it were seen through the eyes of filmmaker Todd Solondz, possessing a mean-spirited cynicism that seeps into an otherwise charming and offbeat small-town comedy. Go to Full Review The Debut (2026) 91% - -

Alistair Ryder Looper.com Nov 2, 2026 7/10 As with his Oscar-winning work in the last film, Yamazaki's less-is-more approach isn't a byproduct of lower Japanese movie budgets, but a keener understanding of what makes his monsters so visually imposing.  Go to Full Review Godzilla Minus Zero (2026) 90% - -

Alistair Ryder Vague Visages Oct 29, 2026 Artificial only falls short when it’s placed in the shadow of The Social Network, an inescapable comparison that will always be unflattering... The slow descent into existential horror elevates it beyond safe-but-engaging biopic fare. Go to Full Review Artificial (2026) 95% - -

Alistair Ryder The Film Stage Oct 16, 2026 This isn’t a naive depiction of a triumph against the system, but a small, hard-won administrative victory within a system that kept putting up new roadblocks long after it passed. It’s as grounded as a Hollywoodized iteration of this narrative could be. Go to Full Review Being Heumann (2026) 86% - -

Alistair Ryder Vague Visages Oct 16, 2026 It might also hold the title of the ugliest film I’ve seen projected in an IMAX theatre. At a certain point, Whalefall becomes visually indistinguishable from what colonoscopy footage might look like if blown up to fit a big screen. Go to Full Review Whalefall (2026) 74% - -

Alistair Ryder Looper.com Oct 16, 2026 4/10 "Street Fighter" wants us to be nostalgic about its pop culture heyday without giving us a reason to care about it here and now. Go to Full Review Street Fighter (2026) 42% - -

Alistair Ryder The Film Stage Oct 12, 2026 It’s a reminder of the magic and terror of the classic fantasy stories we grew up with, recaptured on a breathtaking scale. It’s among the best animated films in recent memory. Go to Full Review Wildwood (2026) 98% - -

Alistair Ryder The Film Stage Oct 12, 2026 The Liberation is Nattiv’s strongest effort to date, but that’s not saying much, as it’s thanks to an almost uniformly excellent ensemble elevating his material. He remains as clumsy as ever in transforming his stories into incisive social commentary. Go to Full Review The Liberation (2026) 84% - -

Alistair Ryder The Film Stage Oct 10, 2026 Bird and co-screenwriter Matthew Robbins have crafted an impeccable script where every small world-building detail they introduce pays off by the finale, the chaotic energy of the story hiding just how neatly, meticulously constructed it all is. Go to Full Review Ray Gunn (2026) 94% - -

Alistair Ryder The Film Stage Sep 30, 2026 A movie where the admirable satirical boldness appears further devoid of insight the more removed one gets. Go to Full Review Digger (2026) 52% - -

Alistair Ryder Looper.com Sep 16, 2026 8/10 Time will only tell whether "Resident Evil" is the greatest video game movie of them all, but Zach Cregger has done the best job I've seen of translating the experience of playing a video game and making it feel cinematic. Go to Full Review Resident Evil (2026) 96% - -

Alistair Ryder Looper.com Sep 8, 2026 3/10 It feels insultingly phoned in by everybody involved. Go to Full Review Practical Magic 2 (2026) 36% - -

Alistair Ryder The Film Stage Aug 24, 2026 Almodóvar making one of the least-imaginative, most-familiar stories he could conceive still offers plenty of surface pleasures; his late style may be in the shadow of former glories, but it was always going to look a lot better than most contemporaries. Go to Full Review Bitter Christmas (2026) 86% - -

Alistair Ryder Looper.com Aug 24, 2026 4/10 It's rare to root for a couple to split up before they've even gotten together, but "Finding Emily" never gives us a reason to want this relationship to work out. Go to Full Review Finding Emily (2026) 90% - -

Alistair Ryder Vague Visages Aug 8, 2026 Roth is still driven by shock tactics over building tension, refusing to craft an effective scare because he knows he can get the same reaction from an audience by lazily pushing the buttons of bad taste. Go to Full Review Ice Cream Man (2026) 25% - -

Alistair Ryder Vague Visages Jul 31, 2026 The paranoia which drives many of Kurosawa’s most nihilistic films translates far better than expected to the world of a prestige costume drama, all but inviting comparisons to that other great Kurosawa — Akira — and his shogun Shakespeare adaptations. Go to Full Review The Samurai and the Prisoner (2026) 97% - -

Alistair Ryder Vague Visages Jul 30, 2026 As told from Elliot’s perspective, I Want Your Sex isn’t a tale of being taken advantage of, but rather one about finding yourself and understanding your sexual desires through a series of bad decisions. Go to Full Review I Want Your Sex (2026) 91% - -

Alistair Ryder The Film Stage Jul 23, 2026 We don’t come to Koreeda for tech cynicism, but his inherent humanism is why he might be the most ill-suited filmmaker to tell this story right now. Go to Full Review Sheep in the Box (2026) 43% - -

Alistair Ryder Looper.com Jul 8, 2026 7/10 I left satisfied, but the more I've lingered on it, the more I've wondered whether the original fans will be as warm toward it; for an instalment in the most reliably nonsensical horror franchise, it's often as sobering as it is silly. Go to Full Review Evil Dead Burn (2026) 70% - -

Alistair Ryder Looper.com Jun 25, 2026 6/10 It's a shameless cash grab, but more shameless cash grabs should offer the amount of laughs this one does. Go to Full Review Jackass: Best and Last (2026) 86% - -