Maya and Samar (2026) – Review and Summary
Maya and Samar knows what it wants to say and how it wants it depicted. However, there is a need to question whether its depiction of sex helps, hurts, or, to the extent it is used, was necessary.
Young Adult
In the Young Adult tag, you’ll find coming-of-age stories and productions featuring those in their late teens through twenties getting their lives together.
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Finding Emily (2026) – Review and Summary
Finding Emily embraces the cringe, anxiety, audacity, and perhaps naivety of being young (early 20s) and thinking you may have found the one after an enjoyable chance encounter.
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The Wrong Girls (2026) – Review and Summary
While The Wrong Girls is very much a stoner comedy, the comedy part is HIGHLY subjective.
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One Night Only (2026) – Review and Summary
One Night Only may sell itself as a romantic comedy, but it struggles due to the situation of its male lead and the limits on sex in their version of American society.
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Soulm8te (2026) – Review and Summary
Soulm8te taps into the sorely missed dark side of the M3GAN universe, but feels generic regarding its depiction of robot companions.
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) – Review and Summary
Spider-Man remains the sole blockbuster worth sitting 2+ hours for.
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72 Hours (2026) – Review and Summary
The combination of Kevin Hart, Marcello Hernández, and Kam Patterson delivers one of Hart’s funniest movies in years with 72 Hours.
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Her Private Hell (2026) – Review and Summary
Her Private Hell doesn’t do weird in such a fashion that it feels like a lived-in world, leaving you with much of the film feeling underdeveloped.
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Bad Counselors (2026) – Review and Summary
Bad Counselors balances well the expectations of a Christian comedy with what you’d think would happen as two party-loving frat boys become counselors at a Christian camp.
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Voicemails For Isabelle (2026) – Review and Summary
Voicemails For Isabelle shows that, if Zoey Deutch wanted to, she could easily become an icon within the romance genre.
