Souvenir (2026) – Review and Summary
Owning your narrative is empowering, but Souvenir reminds us how fragile that control can be.
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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Hoppers (2026) – Review and Summary
Pixar’s take on a Studio Ghibli-type story, for the most part, goes well – even if it may lack character details and preach undue forgiveness.
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Cold Storage (2026) – Review and Summary
Cold Storage probably has some of the best lead chemistry you’ve seen in a film that wasn’t marketed as a romance.
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Whistle (2026) – Review and Summary
Whistle takes full use of the likability of its leads to compensate for other areas.
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Zi (2026) – Review and Summary (Sundance)
Like most Kogonada movies, Zi is for select audiences, and while visually sometimes like a fever dream, the characters and dialogue can be as blurry as the title character’s future.
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If I Go Will They Miss Me (2026) – Review and Summary (Sundance)
If I Go Will They Miss Me is a layered question as a young man is tasked with not only being physically present, but really there for his wife and kids.
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Carousel (2026) – Review and Summary (Sundance)
Like a carousel, the movie Carousel is fun at first, but eventually will have you develop a headache.
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Run Amok (2026) – Review and Summary [Sundance]
How does a school evolve, or devolve, ten years after a school shooting? Never mind, what is the most appropriate way to ask the daughter of a victim to process it all?
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All You Need Is Kill (2026) – Review and Summary
While it may make you teary-eyed towards the end, does All You Need Is Kill build on the gains that anime-style movies made in 2025?
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Primate (2026) – Review and Summary
While January horror movies have a sordid reputation, Primate is one of the better releases in recent years.
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