Metro Times (Detroit, MI)

Alan Sculley Metro Times (Detroit, MI) Jul 20, 2026 “The Invite” is a modern classic that has more to say about intimacy and humanity in a single monologue from Edward Norton than most films manage in their entire runtime. Go to Full Review The Invite (2026) 96% - -

Alan Sculley Metro Times (Detroit, MI) Jul 20, 2026 It’s so beholden to the 2016 animated musical that its creative bankruptcy is shocking. Go to Full Review Moana (2026) 33% - -

Alan Sculley Metro Times (Detroit, MI) Jul 20, 2026 Did “Burn” live up to that impossible hype? Not remotely, but it’s still a profoundly violent, nasty bit of mean-spirited terror. Go to Full Review Evil Dead Burn (2026) 70% - -

Jared Rasic Metro Times (Detroit, MI) Jul 1, 2026 B+ While Toy Story 5 might not reach the profoundly high highs of the original trilogy, it still hums with that ephemeral magic only Pixar can conjure. Go to Full Review Toy Story 5 (2026) 92% - -

Jared Rasic Metro Times (Detroit, MI) Jun 16, 2026 B- Despite the narrative conveniences and the script’s structural faults, the director’s visual alchemy remains unmatched at times. Go to Full Review Disclosure Day (2026) 79% - -

Jared Rasic Metro Times (Detroit, MI) Jun 5, 2026 The film works beautifully thematically, but it functions even better as a jaw-dropping, wildly unpredictable body horror. Go to Full Review Obsession (2025) 93% - -

Jared Rasic Metro Times (Detroit, MI) May 26, 2026 C+ It’s a lightweight, forgettable ride that reminds us that even at its most homogeneous, it’s still pretty fun to check in from time to time with that corner of the galaxy. Go to Full Review Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026) 60% - -

Jared Rasic Metro Times (Detroit, MI) May 5, 2026 B Mother Mary is the definition of “not-for-everyone,” but for those who want to be challenged and shown something beautiful, it’s a truly singular experience. Go to Full Review Mother Mary (2026) 69% - -

Jared Rasic Metro Times (Detroit, MI) May 5, 2026 B+ McKellen and Coel are so nuanced and effortless together. Go to Full Review The Christophers (2025) 95% - -

Jared Rasic Metro Times (Detroit, MI) May 5, 2026 F+ Scenes with Jackson playing Twister with Bubbles the Monkey or learning how to C Walk feel like future highlights from a parody like Scary Movie 6, built for laughter, not drama. Go to Full Review Michael (2025) 38% - -

Jared Rasic Metro Times (Detroit, MI) May 5, 2026 B+ I hate to say it, but I liked “The Devil Wears Prada 2” more than the original. It’s smarter, goofier, and has more on its mind than just Fashion Week. Go to Full Review The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026) 78% - -

Jared Rasic Metro Times (Detroit, MI) Apr 7, 2026 C- Kids will get exactly what they want out of this and I’m sure the Super Mario Cinematic Universe will earn billions and billions more. Cynical? Absolutely. Let me turn on my Nintendo 64 and search for that sense of wonder once more. Go to Full Review The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026) 42% - -

Jared Rasic Metro Times (Detroit, MI) Mar 27, 2026 Project Hail Mary is one of those giant, crowd-pleasing event movies that justifies the existence of movie theaters by being so gorgeously lensed that it demands audiences see it on the biggest screen possible. Go to Full Review Project Hail Mary (2026) 95% - -

Jared Rasic Metro Times (Detroit, MI) Mar 9, 2026 Even with multiple narrative dead ends and reams of clunky dialogue, every frame is gorgeous, a product of a limitless imagination unbound. Go to Full Review The Bride! (2026) 57% - -

Jared Rasic Metro Times (Detroit, MI) Feb 18, 2026 D+ The film is like a deceptively shallow pool. You’ll break your neck trying to dive in because the water looks refreshing and sure seems deep from far away. But maybe you’ll die with a smile. Go to Full Review Wuthering Heights (2026) 57% - -

Jared Rasic Metro Times (Detroit, MI) Jan 22, 2026 A- It elevates horror into groundbreaking new places, while also treating the audience like intelligent adults who want more than arterial spray from their spooky movies. Go to Full Review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 91% - -

Jared Rasic Metro Times (Detroit, MI) Jan 9, 2026 A Thirty minutes into Marty Supreme I was in love with Josh Safdie’s technical brilliance and the clarity of his grimy, 1950s vision. After an hour and a half, I was exhausted and had completely moved away from exhilaration into a numbed weariness. Go to Full Review Marty Supreme (2025) 93% - -

Jared Rasic Metro Times (Detroit, MI) Dec 30, 2025 A Regardless of your feelings for the work of Shakespeare or Elizabethan drama, Hamnet almost defies categorization as a cinematic work. Go to Full Review Hamnet (2025) 86% - -

Jared Rasic Metro Times (Detroit, MI) Dec 24, 2025 C Cameron and his team of writers seem more interested in playing around with their own Campbell-esque, archetypal hero monomyth tropes than actually telling a captivating story. Go to Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% - -

Jared Rasic Metro Times (Detroit, MI) Dec 8, 2025 A It’s still one hell of a movie, 20 years later. Go to Full Review Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2006) 100% - -