Mel Valentin

Mel Valentin That Shelf Oct 18, 2026 Dramatically, Whalefall slips into an all-too-standard, far-too-familiar character arc for Jay Go to Full Review Whalefall (2026) 73% - -

Mel Valentin That Shelf Oct 11, 2026 A more visually oriented director like David Fincher or Danny Boyle could — and likely would — do wonders with this script. But, unfortunately, he took up that mission himself. Go to Full Review The Social Reckoning (2026) 54% - -

Mel Valentin That Shelf Sep 25, 2026 Black Zombie serves as a vital corrective to wrong-headed, decades-old ideas about Haitian Vodou and the concept of zombies, placing both in historical, cultural, and social context. Go to Full Review Black Zombie (2026) 100% - -

Mel Valentin That Shelf Sep 19, 2026 Cregger plays the audience like a world-class conductor leading an orchestra, making us laugh in shock one moment and shrink in terror the next. Go to Full Review Resident Evil (2026) 96% - -

Mel Valentin That Shelf Aug 22, 2026 Many dental scares, but little bite... Go to Full Review Insidious: Out of the Further (2026) 58% - -

Mel Valentin ScreenAnarchy Jul 30, 2026 The story here of Peter’s growth and maturity, of navigating inevitable twenty-something ups-and-downs, and recalibrating yourself for an uncertain future, is a worthwhile addition to Spider-Man canon in the MCU. Go to Full Review Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) 90% - -

Mel Valentin That Shelf Jun 8, 2026 Flawed in parts, hampered by an overindulgent running time, and self-conscious thematic and narrative opacity, [it] delivers what the web series and the subsequent announcement of the film adaptation promised. Go to Full Review Backrooms (2026) 86% - -

Mel Valentin ScreenAnarchy Mar 16, 2026 Both singular in vision and singular in execution, filmmaker Grace Glowicki’s fantastic horror-comedy, Dead Lover, must be seen to be disbelieved. It must be seen to be believed too. ... One of the oddest, strangest, weirdest films in recent memory. Go to Full Review Dead Lover (2025) 87% - -

Mel Valentin That Shelf Mar 6, 2026 Elevated by Seyfried’s career-best, award-worthy performance, and Fastvold’s unerringly assured direction, The Testament of Ann Lee will inevitably stand the test of time and emerge not just as one of the year’s best, but one of the decade’s best films. Go to Full Review The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) 85% - -

Mel Valentin That Shelf Mar 6, 2026 It’s the same as it ever was for the series, and that’s really the central problem with Scream 7. It’s run out of juice; it’s woefully short on ideas, meta-slasher-related or otherwise; and it’s creatively bankrupt. Go to Full Review Scream 7 (2026) 30% - -

Mel Valentin That Shelf Mar 6, 2026 Pop music meets Misery in this enthralling psycho-thriller. Go to Full Review Sweetness (2025) 88% - -

Mel Valentin ScreenAnarchy Mar 4, 2026 Tony Benna’s standout contribution ... a richly imagined, deeply affecting, often hilarious journey through the eyes, ears, and body of ... a successful advertising executive diagnosed with stage-four colon cancer. Go to Full Review André is an Idiot (2025) 97% - -

Mel Valentin ScreenAnarchy Feb 12, 2026 Union County enters on Cody Parsons (producer-actor Will Poulter, delivering a career-redefining performance). Go to Full Review Union County (2026) 95% - -

Mel Valentin ScreenAnarchy Feb 11, 2026 Undoubtedly slick, undeniably stylish, and almost as tedious, stale, and vapid as the self-serving, narcissistic art-world characters at its center. Go to Full Review The Gallerist (2026) 54% - -

Mel Valentin ScreenAnarchy Feb 11, 2026 Possibly due to budget limitations, time, or both, the partial recreations fall disappointingly short of expectations. ... With a too-short running time, Hanging by a Wire often feels like it’s speed-running through key events. Go to Full Review Hanging by a Wire (2026) 87% - -

Mel Valentin ScreenAnarchy Feb 8, 2026 Doubles as a return to form for the long-absent [Gregg] Araki and a reminder that he remains a vital, even essential, voice in indie filmmaking. Go to Full Review I Want Your Sex (2026) 92% - -

Mel Valentin ScreenAnarchy Feb 8, 2026 A smart, albeit slightly overlong, adult entertainment, the kind of adult entertainment all too rare in the multiplexes of today. Go to Full Review The Invite (2026) 96% - -

Mel Valentin ScreenAnarchy Feb 8, 2026 Ultimately, Night Nurse promises far more than it delivers narratively or thematically, but as a calling card for the talented Bernstein, it should be more than enough to make her next project a must-watch. Go to Full Review Night Nurse (2026) 66% - -

Mel Valentin ScreenAnarchy Feb 5, 2026 Belongs on the must-see list for filmgoers interested in discovering talented newcomers, a fresh take on a familiar sub-genre, and a worthy, worthwhile exploration of teen psychology and relationships that define them. Go to Full Review Extra Geography (2026) 100% - -

Mel Valentin ScreenAnarchy Feb 5, 2026 Succeeds both as a showcase for its central performances, Lithgow chief among them, and, at least initially, as a compellingly insightful exploration of intergenerational drama, Go to Full Review Jimpa (2025) 51% - -