Eric Goldman

Eric Goldman IGN 6 days ago 7/10 The Cat in the Hat takes what is arguably Dr. Seuss’ most iconic character and provides a much more satisfying film adaptation than the first attempt 23 years ago, even as it could have used a more merciless edit to trim down some extraneous subplots. Go to Full Review The Cat in the Hat (2026) 47% - -

Eric Goldman Eric Goldman's Cultured Pop (Substack) Oct 27, 2026 You Can See Everything offers such a uniquely involving experience and is easily one of the best movies of the year. Go to Full Review You Can See Everything (2026) 96% - -

Eric Goldman Eric Goldman (YouTube) Oct 15, 2026 The cast are having fun with it and there are clever moments but it never truly gets going and feels disjointed and choppy, before really dropping the ball in the third act and having no true ending. Go to Full Review Street Fighter (2026) 42% - -

Eric Goldman Eric Goldman (YouTube) Oct 14, 2026 As a motion picture experience, this one is pretty unparalleled as far as what you're going to get in a theater this year. There is only one Whalefall out there! Go to Full Review Whalefall (2026) 74% - -

Eric Goldman IGN Oct 2, 2026 6/10 Appealing actors and a willingness to be somewhat unpredictable check the boxes for the movie to kinda-sorta deliver in terms of the expected basics. Go to Full Review Beware Boiúna (2026) 58% - -

Eric Goldman Eric Goldman's Cultured Pop (Substack) Sep 26, 2026 The combination of the believable, lived-in drama Bassam Tariq crafts and Mahershala Ali's emotional, intense performance makes this all utterly captivating. Go to Full Review Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother (2026) 96% - -

Eric Goldman Eric Goldman's Cultured Pop (Substack) Sep 26, 2026 Director Lance Oppenheim makes a strong scripted feature debut, approaching Primetime as half pitch black comedy, half ominous horror film. Go to Full Review Primetime (2026) 86% - -

Eric Goldman Eric Goldman (YouTube) Sep 16, 2026 After Barbarian and Weapons, Zach Cregger is three for three, with another terrifically entertaining movie that is very spooky, very scary, and also very funny. Go to Full Review Resident Evil (2026) 96% - -

Eric Goldman IGN Sep 15, 2026 9/10 This is a heartfelt story about how the experiences we have with our friends growing up help shape us, intermixed with an engaging and funny adventure through a vivid fantasy realm based upon Filipino folklore. Go to Full Review Forgotten Island (2026) 94% - -

Eric Goldman Eric Goldman's Cultured Pop (Substack) Sep 15, 2026 Taking something aimed at kids and turning it into horror fodder is hardly new, but Buddy still feels like its own thing and Casper Kelly makes this an engaging, very darkly funny story from the start. Go to Full Review Buddy (2026) 88% - -

Eric Goldman Eric Goldman's Cultured Pop (Substack) Sep 15, 2026 What a triumph of art over corporate insidiousness. Go to Full Review Coyote vs. Acme (2026) 96% - -

Eric Goldman IGN Sep 14, 2026 8/10 I Play Rocky lets us look back at an earlier time, even if it’s through the haze of nostalgia, and root for both the talented young Sly himself and those around him who helped him achieve his considerable goals. Go to Full Review I Play Rocky (2026) 89% - -

Eric Goldman Eric Goldman (YouTube) Sep 3, 2026 There’s so many things about Onslaught that should make for a great movie, but it unfortunately never comes together. Go to Full Review Onslaught (2026) 60% - -

Eric Goldman We Enjoy... Podcast Aug 18, 2026 While not one of Leslie Iwerks' best Disney documentaries, there's still a lot of fun stuff here and some segments that dig in deeper, with the portion focused on Frozen's Jennifer Lee in particular feeling legitimately emotional. Go to Full Review Disney Worldbuilders (2026) - - - -

Eric Goldman Eric Goldman (YouTube) Aug 12, 2026 Despite a clunky start and an ending that wraps things up too neatly, the movie is still a blast, fully delivering on its dinosaurs in suburbia premise . Go to Full Review The End of Oak Street (2026) 86% - -

Eric Goldman Eric Goldman (YouTube) Aug 9, 2026 If you didn't know going in the significance of Anthony Bourdain, you would see this as just a small scale coming of age movie, but that is part of its charm. Go to Full Review Tony (2026) 93% - -

Eric Goldman Eric Goldman (YouTube) Aug 5, 2026 The movie is aware of how absurd its premise is, and it works because director Will Gluck makes it genuinely funny and Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner are so charming, both together and apart. Go to Full Review One Night Only (2026) 44% - -

Eric Goldman Eric Goldman (YouTube) Jul 28, 2026 It's an interesting mixture, because it's a more introspective story, but it's also the best-looking of the Tom Holland Spider-Man movies so far, with some really creative action. Go to Full Review Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) 90% - -

Eric Goldman Eric Goldman (YouTube) Jul 15, 2026 The Odyssey is typically referred to as an epic because that is what it is in the classic literary sense and who better to put any sort of epic onscreen than Christopher Nolan? Go to Full Review The Odyssey (2026) 94% - -

Eric Goldman Eric Goldman (YouTube) Jul 11, 2026 It can't overcome the obstacle of answering the question of why we're watching this way too soon remake in the first place. It just feels like a shrug of a movie. Go to Full Review Moana (2026) 33% - -