Ryan Syrek

Ryan Syrek The Reader (Omaha, NE) 4 days ago B+ If you can get past that and the fact that there is no narrative need for more angsty monster apologia, you will find that Clayface is actually pretty good. Shout it from the hilltops: A film about a minor DC character is a bit better than just okay! Go to Full Review Clayface (2026) 77% - -

Ryan Syrek The Reader (Omaha, NE) Oct 23, 2026 A+ It seems palpably impossible that I could be satisfied by a satirist I do not know telling a story about a person I do not care about that everyone has told me is perfect. I’m going to assume you know where this is going. Go to Full Review You Can See Everything (2026) 96% - -

Ryan Syrek The Reader (Omaha, NE) Oct 16, 2026 C- It’s not as bad as its Rotten Tomatoes score would lead you to believe but it’s also not something you’d recommend to someone you love or even like a decent amount. Go to Full Review Other Mommy (2026) 19% - -

Ryan Syrek The Reader (Omaha, NE) Oct 9, 2026 C- [The Social Network] ended by pointing at Facebook and saying "Uh oh!" whereas the second film throws a fist in the air and seemingly declares the problem solved, fixed by facts and Americans’ love for them. Go to Full Review The Social Reckoning (2026) 54% - -

Ryan Syrek The Reader (Omaha, NE) Oct 2, 2026 A- Primetime enters that echelon of cinema filled with fantastic films that should almost certainly only be watched once. This, of course, excludes the memeification of Bobby Pats. Go to Full Review Primetime (2026) 86% - -

Ryan Syrek The Reader (Omaha, NE) Sep 25, 2026 A- In the same way that Backrooms felt like an intergenerational condemnation, this film feels like an honest attempt to reveal the terror that older folks are too casually dismissing in younger folks. Go to Full Review It Ends (2025) 93% - -

Ryan Syrek The Reader (Omaha, NE) Sep 18, 2026 A The new Resident Evil is the best video game movie of all time! I fear that what I have ranked as second may betray any confidence folks have in that proclamation. Fine. It’s the Bob Hoskins Super Mario Brothers movie. See. Go to Full Review Resident Evil (2026) 96% - -

Ryan Syrek The Reader (Omaha, NE) Sep 11, 2026 B Both figuratively and literally, if you need resolution in your life, Hope isn’t for you. The 160-minute movie ends on a cliffhanger, following gibberish dialogue spoken by aliens. As maddening as that is, I will also be first in line for the sequel. Go to Full Review Hope (2026) 80% - -

Ryan Syrek The Reader (Omaha, NE) Sep 3, 2026 B Coyote vs. Acme isn’t some brilliant satirical takedown nor a madcap, hilarious romp. It’s just quietly kind and respectably funny, which is more than enough to justify its existence. Go to Full Review Coyote vs. Acme (2026) 96% - -

Ryan Syrek The Reader (Omaha, NE) Aug 21, 2026 A How fortunate we are to at least not have broken this world quite so much as to lose out on films like Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. At least so far… Go to Full Review Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026) 94% - -

Ryan Syrek The Reader (Omaha, NE) Aug 14, 2026 F As much as it so obviously longed to be Spielbergian, the only connection that it will have to that dude’s filmography is that it is worse than Disclosure Day. Go to Full Review The End of Oak Street (2026) 86% - -

Ryan Syrek The Reader (Omaha, NE) Aug 7, 2026 A- The film is tight, lean, and resists overselling and overexplaining its message. Its scattered imperfections are forgettable, forgivable, and dwarfed by the promise of the artists involved. Go to Full Review Leviticus (2026) 93% - -

Ryan Syrek The Reader (Omaha, NE) Jul 31, 2026 A- The action/comedy, genuine pathos, and delightful dynamics between Spider-Man and a random collection of heroes and villains (ninjas?!) add up to emulate the je ne sais quoi that has kept this sad sack goofball number one in my heart since I was a kid. Go to Full Review Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) 90% - -

Ryan Syrek The Reader (Omaha, NE) Jul 24, 2026 C- Motor City is bad. Things that could have helped: better music choices, savvier and more creative ways to avoid dialogue, and a playful or energetic tone that wasn’t basically "what if a flashback from 1994’s The Crow was set to Nights in White Satin." Go to Full Review Motor City (2025) 63% - -

Ryan Syrek The Reader (Omaha, NE) Jul 17, 2026 B Everyone seemingly agrees upon its good-to-very-goodness, even if it is mystifying to think of watching it a second time. Go to Full Review The Odyssey (2026) 94% - -

Ryan Syrek The Reader (Omaha, NE) Jul 10, 2026 A- The Invite is among the year’s best dramas (and worst comedies). Go to Full Review The Invite (2026) 96% - -

Ryan Syrek The Reader (Omaha, NE) Jul 2, 2026 B+ A raucous blend of heroic journey, ghastly violence, and explicit engagement with literal generational trauma. Go to Full Review Is God Is (2026) 97% - -

Ryan Syrek The Reader (Omaha, NE) Jul 2, 2026 B- This is one of those horror movies that had truly lovely trappings and seems better when retold in aggregate than it actually felt to watch it. Go to Full Review Hokum (2026) 90% - -

Ryan Syrek The Reader (Omaha, NE) Jul 2, 2026 B- It is cute-ish. It has some fun moments. It is also very derivative and seems to go out of its way to avoid saying anything of actual significance about capitalism or environmental calamity. Go to Full Review Hoppers (2026) 94% - -

Ryan Syrek The Reader (Omaha, NE) Jul 2, 2026 A- It is mostly talking. Hooray! There is a literal ghost. Yippee! It carefully considers how we are haunted by not only our regrets but by the memory poltergeists of the friends no longer in our lives. Swell? Go to Full Review Mother Mary (2026) 69% - -