Greenland 2: Migration (2026)

★★½
Unexpectedly, I enjoyed this sequel to Greenland (2020), though only to a certain extent. The story again follows a family's journey through chaos in search of safety, but this time the whole thing just comes together in a much more satisfying way. Oh, I have issues with some ridiculous plot developments and questionable science, and I'll get into all that. Greenland 2: Migration is not the best example of this genre. It is, however, serviceable in delivering the goods, and it features a passionate performance by Gerard Butler that makes him better suited to high-concept disaster movies over Dwayne Johnson.

The Man (2005)

★
The Man isn't so much a movie as it is a feature-length experiment to see how two actors with wildly conflicting styles can occupy the same scene and come through unscathed. This particular experiment is a complete failure, as other necessary ingredients, namely a strong story, are missing. Samuel L. Jackson is playing another of his no-nonsense tough guys, while Eugene Levy is channeling his Jim's Dad character from American Pie.

Anaconda (2025)

★½
Tom Gormican's Anaconda is a clunky man-vs.-nature comedy that contains one hysterical joke that fully earns its laugh but has absolutely nothing else going for it. It is not a remake of the 1997 original starring Jennifer Lopez and Ice Cube but rather an acknowledgement that the 1997 original was a movie, and that it is ripe for a remake by a small group of filmmakers. Calling this a small group is an understatement. It's just four people—two actors and two on crew. The premise of this story is that Ronald "Griff" Griffen (Paul Rudd) acquired the rights to the Anaconda source material and desires to make it into a movie. He recruits childhood buddy Doug (Jack Black) to direct, friend Claire (Thandiwe Newton) to costar and other friend Kenny (Steve Zahn) to record sound, with jobs interchangeable depending on who needs to appear on screen.

Scre4m (2011)

★★★
Kevin Williamson used the time well between Scream 3 and Scre4m. In those eleven years, he saved up enough good ideas and had the opportunity to watch how horror movies were evolving in the new millennium. His movie is shockingly prescient. Social media is making stars out of anyone who can acquire a large following by creating and posting videos (I hate the word "content") that show everything from the ordinary to the outrageous, but the extent to which some creators will go to gain validation has gotten worse since this movie came out in 2011. Scre4m exposes the dark and ugly side of online fame. Watching someone find a lost kitten sounds benign until you realize it was staged.

Eye of the Beholder (2000)

★★
In an interview for T.V. Guide, Ewan McGregor was discussing his role in Star Wars: Episode 1—The Phantom Menace. He said that he appeared in this big-budgeted movie because of the prestige of the series, but that he would continue to do all the small, independent efforts that he truly enjoys doing. In one of his comments, he said that he would never "taint [his] soul with crap like Independence Day." Well, I guess that didn't stop him from appearing in Eye of the Beholder, which isn't crap but comes close to it by employing a weak story with even weaker plot connections.