Catching Up: ‘I Like Me’ doc captures Candy’s limitless charm

by Josh Terry | Dec 29, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews

I Like Me (3 stars out of 4) Few actors in the 1980s felt more larger than life than John Candy, who parlayed early stardom in the Canadian sketch show SCTV into a host of leading and supporting comic roles in films throughout the decade. “I Like Me”...

Catching Up: Five (almost completely unrelated!) films from 2025

by Josh Terry | Dec 29, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews

Sorry, Baby (R) Put simply, even though the subject is anything but simple, “Sorry, Baby” is the story of a young woman trying to reconcile her experience with sexual assault. Agnes (Eva Victor) is a professor at a small liberal arts college who was...

Catching Up: James Gunn’s ‘Superman’ is a very James Gunn-ish Superman

by Josh Terry | Dec 29, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews

Superman – 3 stars out of 4 I still remember the first time my family rented movies. We were getting together with another family down the block, and for the event my parents picked up three VHS tapes along with a VCR to play them on. The titles? Disney’s...

Catching Up: Supernatural ‘Sinners’ explores the roots of the blues

by Josh Terry | Dec 29, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews

Sinners – 3 stars out of 4 The mythology of the blues tells the story of a musician who meets the devil at a deserted crossroads to sell his soul in exchange for a supernatural ability to play the guitar. Most often the story is tied to Robert Johnson, a...

‘Marty Supreme’ is a compelling but unsatisfying character sketch

by Josh Terry | Dec 23, 2025 | Featured, FrontPage, Reviews

“Marty Supreme” 3 stars out of 4 (You always want to at least try to evaluate a film on its own merits, but there’s no escaping context. And it’s especially hard to separate a movie from the other films you’re watching around the same...