Todd Gilchrist

Todd Gilchrist Fangoria 3 days ago By filling the gaps between two genres with beloved but ultimately basic references, Clayface lacks a sturdy, singular, authoritative foundation, so its few charms fade before the film can form something more substantial. Go to Full Review Clayface (2026) 75% - -

Todd Gilchrist TheWrap 3 days ago Whether he’s considered repugnant or delightful, Sacha Baron Cohen has always elicited a strong reaction. "Ali G: Who Iz I?" does not. After a quarter of a century pushing boundaries, that makes this his most offensive project yet. Go to Full Review Ali G: Who Iz I? (2026) 48% - -

Todd Gilchrist Variety Oct 17, 2026 Writer-director Thane Economou takes an aggressively cheeky approach to the saga of Kapoor’s involvement, in the process undercutting what he clearly intends to be an empathetic portrait of both the doctor and his patient. Go to Full Review Trust Me, I'm a Doctor (2026) 26% - -

Todd Gilchrist Fangoria Oct 15, 2026 Writer Jayson Rothwell and director Angel Gómez Hernández abandon all pretense of believability to deliver what feels like an exhaustive series of bug-themed jump scares, none of them original. Go to Full Review Crawlers (2026) 59% - -

Todd Gilchrist Variety Oct 14, 2026 Allyn is entirely too interested in Simmers’ police work, meaning high-pitched chases and strong-arm interrogations, to strike the right balance between his day job and his earnest efforts to help his daughter. Go to Full Review Clean Hands (2026) 40% - -

Todd Gilchrist Fangoria Oct 14, 2026 Duffield has delivered something here that’s really special, and it reminds audiences that in the right hands, spectacle and sentimentality can feed each other instead of fighting for their attention. Go to Full Review Whalefall (2026) 73% - -

Todd Gilchrist Fangoria Oct 9, 2026 At 93 fast-paced minutes, there’s no time to get bored, but also not enough time to develop the deep attachments — or any feelings beyond surprise — needed to elevate the film’s funhouse-mirror reality into something more meaningful. Go to Full Review Other Mommy (2026) 19% - -

Todd Gilchrist Variety Oct 8, 2026 "Matchbox: The Movie" feels more like a stopgap between "Fast and the Furious" installments — and not necessarily the good ones — than a deeply authentic adaptation of Mattel’s 73-year-old toy brand. Go to Full Review Matchbox The Movie (2026) 29% - -

Todd Gilchrist Fangoria Oct 1, 2026 The director’s cut of The Devils shows Russell at his most excessive, but also his most precise; every scene fits and flows together to create a believable portrait of the sociopolitical climate, if not the actual landscape, of 17th-century France. Go to Full Review Ken Russell's The Devils (2026) 98% - -

Todd Gilchrist Variety Sep 24, 2026 Utilizing a dizzying panorama of Filipino mythology, longtime collaborators and "Puss in Boots: The Last Wish" co-directors Crawford and Mercado tell a familiar but moving story about friendship, brought to life through a vivid voice ensemble. Go to Full Review Forgotten Island (2026) 95% - -

Todd Gilchrist Variety Sep 16, 2026 Its comically reductive treatment of characters, regardless of their partisanship, ensures that the film’s transgressions are largely artistic instead of political, rendering it (mostly) unworthy of the outrage it attempts to stoke. Go to Full Review Run Hide Fight: Infidels (2026) 27% - -

Todd Gilchrist Variety Sep 9, 2026 This clunky vehicle doesn’t transcend its limitations — Wilson and Ritchson’s efforts are the duct tape holding it together — but it’s much better than anyone could have expected. Go to Full Review Runner (2026) 78% - -

Todd Gilchrist Variety Sep 8, 2026 This late sequel delivers a retread of the signposts that made the original a beloved fixture for certain moviegoers, while failing to correct the flaws that made everyone else all but forget it for three decades. Go to Full Review Practical Magic 2 (2026) 36% - -

Todd Gilchrist Variety Sep 4, 2026 It’s a compliment to call "Mayday" a latter-day "Top Gun" riff, because it satisfyingly meets the needs of that film’s core audience — delivering a buddy comedy, a road movie and an international adventure, with surprising heart. Go to Full Review Mayday (2026) 83% - -

Todd Gilchrist Variety Sep 2, 2026 "Fall 2: Deadpoint," directed by the Spierig Brothers from a script by Mann and his "Fall" cowriter Jonathan Frank, successfully replicates the vertiginous tension of the first film without feeling like a carbon copy. Go to Full Review Fall 2: Deadpoint (2026) 53% - -

Todd Gilchrist Fangoria Sep 2, 2026 Kittredge provides often gobsmacking circumstances of both the film’s obvious failures and its idiosyncratic successes, delivering a riveting story about best intentions, bottom lines and the unpredictable alchemy of the filmmaking process. Go to Full Review Boorman and the Devil (2025) 98% - -

Todd Gilchrist Variety Aug 27, 2026 Even with Samuel L. Jackson among his lead actors and journeyman director Martin Campbell at the helm, "Just Play Dead" feels more like a tax shelter (especially given its Canary Islands production backdrop) than a proper crime yarn. Go to Full Review Just Play Dead (2026) 9% - -

Todd Gilchrist Fangoria Aug 19, 2026 Ullom’s work follows in the footsteps of recent hits like Obsession and Backrooms by reminding audiences that horror movies don’t need a lot of money if their ideas are big enough. Go to Full Review It Ends (2025) 93% - -

Todd Gilchrist TheWrap Aug 16, 2026 Gunn’s lacking aptitude as a first-time feature director limits the drama that can be wrung out of two men — even these two men — bickering in a room with one another over the fate of humanity. Go to Full Review The Brink of War (2026) 71% - -

Todd Gilchrist Variety Jul 25, 2026 One may not mind being swept along by its rhapsodic portrait, even if you quickly become convinced that "The Gracious Visionary" is too generous to be fully honest about its subject. Go to Full Review Brunello: The Gracious Visionary (2025) 27% - -