Eileen Jones

Eileen Jones The Jacobin Oct 5, 2026 As happens much more frequently than is generally acknowledged when it comes to films, the lowbrow proles are right. Digger is dead on arrival. Go to Full Review Digger (2026) 53% - -

Eileen Jones The Jacobin Sep 29, 2026 With Primetime and — very soon — the much anticipated Holmes documentary, Oppenheim is undeniably an artist for our times. Go to Full Review Primetime (2026) 86% - -

Eileen Jones The Jacobin Sep 23, 2026 There was a certain poetry and logic to soldier and priest, sword and scripture, joining forces to lead the most massive peasant revolt in English history. But here, it gets thrown out of whack by shoving a sad-sack farmer into the foreground. Go to Full Review The Uprising (2026) 57% - -

Eileen Jones The Jacobin Sep 21, 2026 Zach Cregger’s horror-comedy Resident Evil is a real blast of a movie, fast, funny, scary, and inspired. Only an exuberant film lover could come up with such a gleefully inventive ninety-five-minute thrill ride as this one. Go to Full Review Resident Evil (2026) 96% - -

Eileen Jones The Jacobin Sep 2, 2026 We're seeing the limits of Jacob Elordi's acting ability and star quality here. He should never again play a depressed person wandering around lost in his own inner turmoil, because he really doesn't do it well. He just looks handsome and mopey. Go to Full Review The Dog Stars (2026) 41% - -

Eileen Jones The Jacobin Aug 31, 2026 Tony might seem minor as a biopic... But it’s presented as the crucial sliver when he finds an infinitely better way forward. Ironically, it turns out to be quite a wise and touching bildungsroman. Go to Full Review Tony (2026) 93% - -

Eileen Jones The Jacobin Aug 26, 2026 It’s a funnier film than I expected, with a satirical approach to Hollywood filmmaking that no doubt reflects Schoenbrun’s own insider experiences, including ludicrous Zoom calls with multiple producers. Go to Full Review Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026) 94% - -

Eileen Jones The Jacobin Aug 19, 2026 It’s a depressing, zombie-like film, up and moving when it should be long since dead in its grave. May The End of Oak Street be the end of film nostalgia for Steven Spielberg’s film nostalgia. Go to Full Review The End of Oak Street (2026) 86% - -

Eileen Jones The Jacobin Aug 3, 2026 The best thing about Spider-Man: Brand New Day is that it’s not trying to be anything more than gleeful fun, packing high-energy action, frequent laughs, and plenty of emotive drama into a polished entertainment package. Go to Full Review Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) 90% - -

Eileen Jones The Jacobin Jul 27, 2026 Where I see bewildering choices in adaptation, so many examples of ineptness in filmmaking, such an absolute inability to empathize with and then convey emotion or visceral effects, others laud [Christopher Nolan’s] genius at everything. Go to Full Review The Odyssey (2026) 94% - -

Eileen Jones The Jacobin Jul 14, 2026 ...Young Washington is an earnest but dull and often ludicrous account of Washington’s ambitious early manhood that has the quality of many a stodgy “after-school special.” Go to Full Review Young Washington (2026) 59% - -

Eileen Jones The Jacobin Jun 25, 2026 Toy Story 5 is a less risky, more sentimental sequel, though by putting Jessie the cowgirl at the center of the story, it’s really pushing the masochistic devotion of toys to the utmost. Go to Full Review Toy Story 5 (2026) 92% - -

Eileen Jones The Jacobin Jun 16, 2026 Disclosure Day, for much of its extensive running time of 145 minutes, is one long chase movie. And I like chase movies a lot, so I enjoyed much of the film, though it palls a bit toward the end... Go to Full Review Disclosure Day (2026) 79% - -

Eileen Jones The Jacobin May 26, 2026 Just to see a film representing a directly opposed point of view...offered up with Boots Riley’s remarkably easy confidence and visual flair, is a wild and wonderful experience that nobody sentient should miss. Go to Full Review I Love Boosters (2026) 92% - -

Eileen Jones The Jacobin May 6, 2026 DWP2 strikes a tone so bleakly wised-up by the end that it reminds me of certain tendencies of old Great Depression–era films... Go to Full Review The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) 78% - -

Eileen Jones The Jacobin May 6, 2026 Michael is even lower than the average successful biopic — more cynically dishonest, more rote in its formulaic box-checking. Go to Full Review Michael (2025) 38% - -

Eileen Jones The Jacobin Apr 20, 2026 It’s all been done far better in other movies. Go to Full Review Outcome (2026) 27% - -

Eileen Jones The Jacobin Mar 30, 2026 The casting and performances in Peaky Blinders are uniformly excellent, and the presence of powerful women such as Ferguson’s Roma sisters finding ways to exert their authority is rare and welcome. Go to Full Review Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026) 90% - -

Eileen Jones The Jacobin Mar 26, 2026 ...Gosling’s spent all these years developing remarkable control over his movie-star charm, and he knows how to calibrate its excesses and keep you enthralled throughout. Go to Full Review Project Hail Mary (2026) 95% - -

Eileen Jones The Jacobin Mar 17, 2026 I suppose if there’s a hell and I die and go there, Reminders of Him will be the only movie available, and it will play every day in mandatory screenings. Go to Full Review Reminders of Him (2026) 56% - -