Whalefall is such a great survival thriller about surviving being swallowed by a whale; it’s a shame that everything else is so poor.
Author: Jason Flatt
Jason Flatt
Jason Flatt is a Sr. Editor at But Why Tho? and producer of the But Why Tho? Podcast. He's usually writing about foreign films, Jewish media, and summer camp.
No amount of John Cena charm can make Matchbox (2026) work as it crashes into the IP doldrums in a bizarre spy thriller based on toy cars.
The Social Reckoning is a self-congratulatory trainwreck about the Facebook Files from an Aaron Sorkin who can’t get out of his own way.
Less of a Stranger is as anodyne as a biopic can be, chronicling the life of Polish rock star Jan Borysewicz.
Digger says more than most by choosing not to say anything at all with a magnetic Tom Cruise performance and outstanding production design.
Bad Apples isn’t all bad, but the core is rotten, as school teacher Saoirse Ronan accidentally kidnaps a student and locks him in her basement.
Whether you come to You Had to Be There by way of Godspell or 70s comedy history, you’ll find plenty to delight in from toe to tip.
Tiny Fugitives has a somewhat anodyne screen presence but its script is crisp, the characters are great, and Johnny Knoxville holds it all together.