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Scott Mendelson

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The Housemaid (2025) 74% 7/10 EDIT “Paul Feig and Rebecca Sonnenshine’s adaptation of Freida McFadden’s best-seller is a genre revival that, powered by game turns from Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, still plays like a new movie that isn’t afraid to, uh... rock the cradle.” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) Jan 23, 2026 Full Review Mercy (2026) 24% 4/10 EDIT “The Chris Pratt/Rebecca Ferguson sci-fi thriller is caught between expanding the notion of what a "screenlife" movie can be and acting as a corporate-friendly/quasi-fascist endorsement of artificial intelligence. ” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) Jan 23, 2026 Full Review 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) 92% 6/10 EDIT “Nia DaCosta directs the hell out of 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE. However, up until a splendid third act, this middle chapter mostly ambles about as if afraid to lay too many cards on the table before the (presumed) finale.” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) Jan 16, 2026 Full Review Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025) 16% 4/10 EDIT “Fans of the games and young moviegoers hoping for a gateway horror film deserve better than this willfully lousy (after a solid first act) snooze-fest that treats its IP as an excuse to barely try.” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) Dec 16, 2025 Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% 7/10 EDIT “At its best, and even with too much reappropriated from its predecessor, there’s a lot of "at its best," ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ plays like James Cameron knows that it’s potentially Hollywood’s last auteur-driven mega-budget franchise blockbuster.” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) Dec 16, 2025 Full Review Zootopia 2 (2025) 91% 8/10 EDIT “While not as disciplined or confrontational as its modern-classic predecessor, Disney’s endlessly clever and consistently funny animated sequel is the studio’s best film since the one-two punch of SHANG-CHI and ENCANTO in late 2021.” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) Nov 25, 2025 Full Review The Running Man (2025) 62% 5/10 EDIT “The faithful-to-a-fault adaptation of Stephen King’s novel trades ‘American Gladiators’ for ‘Most Dangerous Game,’ but now feels quaint in an America that was stupid enough to elect *its* favorite psychopathic game show host as President… twice.” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) Nov 11, 2025 Full Review Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025) 60% 7/10 EDIT “Maybe I’m getting soft in my old age, but I’ve come to accept that these “fight with the power with magic tricks” movies take place in an alternate Saturday morning cartoon dimension.” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) Nov 11, 2025 Full Review Predator: Badlands (2025) 86% 7/10 EDIT “Dan Trachtenberg and Patrick Aison again deliver a 'Predator' movie that skews the curve for what was previously, at best, a B-movie grindhouse franchise.” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) Nov 11, 2025 Full Review Good Fortune (2025) 78% 8/10 EDIT “Aziz Ansari's winning directorial debut is a modern miracle. This hilarious, big-screen worthy comic original is refreshingly of-this-moment, playing like a gently optimistic cousin to the likes of 'Parasite,' 'Anora' and 'The Brutalist'. ” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) Oct 17, 2025 Full Review Black Phone 2 (2025) 72% 5/10 EDIT “A surprisingly kid-friendly sequel (that’s fine) that trips itself up with world-shrinking and character-diminishing revelations and retcons (that’s not).” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) Oct 15, 2025 Full Review The Long Walk (2025) 88% 8/10 EDIT “Francis Lawrence and JT Mollner’s spectacular adaptation renders an "unfilmable" book vividly cinematic and bitterly relevant, sitting alongside 'The Life of Chuck' as one of the best Stephen King pics in nearly 20 years.” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) Sep 11, 2025 Full Review Captain America (1990) 16% 6/10 EDIT “Albert Pyun’s intended cut, with a haunting Tangerine Dream-like score, traumatizing violence, and eulogies for the failed promise of the Baby Boomers, feels like a relic from when Hollywood’s power fantasies didn’t mostly focus on the already powerful.” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) Sep 6, 2025 Full Review The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025) 58% 6/10 EDIT “The "final" chapter of what's become Hollywood's only unmitigated post-'Avengers' cinematic universe success story goes out on a note high enough to see heaven.” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) Sep 6, 2025 Full Review Sketch (2024) 95% 7/10 EDIT “Seth Worley delivers a promising feature debut with this excellent kid-sized “horror” fantasy; a compelling and nuanced fable anchored by clever effects, a thoughtful screenplay, and a dedicated cast. 'Sketch' is not religious, but it is divine.” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) Aug 6, 2025 Full Review Weapons (2025) 93% 9/10 EDIT “‘Weapons’ implicitly targets the generations of “grown-ups” who have let the world rot for their convenience and comfort while expecting the young(er) generations to live -- sans protest -- with the consequences.” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) Aug 5, 2025 Full Review Eddington (2025) 68% 6/10 EDIT “Without arguing that movies can change the world or make a macro-sized difference, a film like Eddington might have been more useful *before* a nationwide PTSD-caused amnesia contributed to our current political hellscape.” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) Aug 1, 2025 Full Review Smurfs (2025) 21% 5/10 EDIT “It’s still IP for IP’s sake, and — noting periodically creative animation and occasionally clever wordplay — I’m not arguing that it’s “good.” If your younger kids want to check it out, you might find it exactly entertaining enough.” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) Aug 1, 2025 Full Review I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025) 36% 3/10 EDIT “ In ways both expected and not, I Know What You Did Last Summer feels like the rock bottom culmination of everything I warned about ten years ago upon exiting Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It was true. All of it, it was all true.” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) Aug 1, 2025 Full Review The Naked Gun (2025) 87% 7/10 EDIT “With little reliance on nostalgia and plenty of "can't get this anywhere else" entertainment value, this Liam Neeson-starring action comedy is content to just be consistently hilarious.” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) Aug 1, 2025 Full Review Superman (2025) 83% 7/10 EDIT “James Gunn’s colorful, yet cartoonish ‘Superman’ relaunch justifies itself, despite broad dialogue, a periodic focus on plot over character, and sometimes weightless spectacle, by planting America’s definitive fictional hero on the right side of history.” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) Jul 8, 2025 Full Review Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) 50% 6/10 EDIT “‘Dino Park Massacre 7’ is a well-acted and visually stunning adventure, featuring numerous spectacular set pieces, that serves as a placeholder amid grander franchise ambitions.” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) Jun 30, 2025 Full Review Ballerina (2025) 75% 6/10 EDIT “'Ballerina' mostly works on its own merits, but the “World of John Wick” branding should stand for franchise-specific spectacle and high quality, high-production value action movies rather than merely reminding audiences that they liked John Wick movies.” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) Jun 6, 2025 Full Review Bring Her Back (2025) 89% 7/10 EDIT “Michael and Danny Philippou’s visually dazzling and unapologetically grim follow-up to ‘Talk to Me’ operates a post-breakout filmmaker-flex akin to ‘Unbreakable’ and ‘Us'” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) May 30, 2025 Full Review Karate Kid: Legends (2025) 58% 7/10 EDIT “Sony's shockingly enjoyable legacy sequel prioritizes charming, kid-friendly new characters over pandering to now-adult fans of a 41-year-old franchise.” – The Outside Scoop (Substack) May 28, 2025 Full Review
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