Each Friday, film critic Kevin Carr reviews the current new releases hitting theaters. These short reviews, each lasting approximately one minute, give you a quick plot description plus Kevin’s pointed analysis before handing out his rating out of five stars. A member of the Online Film Critics Society, Kevin Carr is a featured film critic for WTTE Fox 28 in Columbus, Ohio, and his reviews are heard on the radio throughout the country. You can read more of Kevin’s reviews at FilmSchoolRejects.com and 7mpictures.com, or listen to his podcasts at FatGuysattheMovies.com.
Unrated
Opens: August 29, 2025
Kevin says THE TOXIC AVENGER kinda rocks!
In an era of remakes, reboots, and ret-cons, I suppose it’s time for a new take on classic American exploitation.
THE TOXIC A…
Rated R
Opens: August 22, 2025
Kevin says HONEY DON’T kinda sucks!
THE SUBSTANCE’s Margaret Qualley headlines a neo-noir mystery from one of the Coen Brothers in HONEY DON’T.
The story follows a pri…
Rated R
Opens: August 15, 2025
Kevin says NOBODY 2 ROCKS!
BETTER CALL SAUL’s Bob Odenkirk is the latest middle-aged actor cashing in on the everyman beating up gangsters with the sequel NOBODY 2.
Od…
Rated PG
Opens: August 8, 2025
Kevin says FREAKIER FRIDAY kinda sucks!
The latest film to come out of Hollywood’s never-ending reboot engine is Disney’s FREAKIER FRIDAY.
This 20-years-too-late seque…
Rated PG
Opens: August 1, 2025
Kevin says THE BAD GUYS 2 kinda rocks!
Three years ago, THE BAD GUYS delivered a unique, fresh animated adventure. Now, they’re back for another score in THE BAD GUYS …
Rated PG-13
Opens: July 25, 2025
Kevin says THE FANTASTIC 4: FIRST STEPS ROCKS!
Facing the threat of superhero fatigue, THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS flies onto summer movie screen.
The story drop…
Rated PG
Opens: July 18, 2025
Kevin says SMURFS kinda sucks!
It’s been eight years, so why not reboot the theatrical SMURFS franchise?
With a new voice cast – including a new pop music star as Smurf…
Rated PG-13
Opens: July 11, 2025
Kevin says SUPERMAN ROCKS!
Slip on your blue tights! It’s time for a reboot of the Last Son of Krypton.
SUPERMAN follows billionaire Lex Luthor trying to take down t…
Rated PG-13
Opens: July 2, 2025
Kevin says JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH kinda rocks!
A big summer movie brings big summer monsters back to the big summer screen.
We see a lot of familiar things in the la…
Rated PG-13
Opens: June 27, 2025
Kevin says F1 kinda sucks!
Brad Pitt may be the name on the marquee, but the real star of F1 is the racing.
Pitt stars as a washed up driver brought in to help a For…
Rated PG
Opens: June 20, 2025
Kevin says ELIO ROCKS!
Pixar has a new film, which is literally out of this world.
ELIO tells the story of a recent orphan living with his aunt. Desperately wanting a n…
Rated PG
Opens: June 13, 2025
Kevin says HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON ROCKS!
Disney isn’t the only studio producing live-action remakes of their animated films. DreamWorks has thrown its hat into the ri…
Rated R
Opens: June 6, 2025
Kevin says BALLERINA kinda rocks!
To milk more money out of the JOHN WICK franchise, Lionsgate offers moviegoers the spin-off BALLERINA.
The story follows an orphan raise…
Rated PG-13
Opens: May 30, 2025
Kevin says KARATE KID LEGENDS kinda rocks!
The original Karate Kid returns to the big screen to train a new protégé.
KARATE KID LEGENDS follows the previous films’ te…
Rated PG-13
Opens: May 23, 2025
Kevin says MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING kinda rocks!
After two years, the second half of the latest MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE adventure has landed.
MISSION: IM…
Rated R
Opens: May 9, 2025
Kevin says FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES kinda rocks!
It’s taken more than a decade, but Death is back for a sixth helping in FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES.
The story foll…
Rated R
Opens: May 9, 2025
Kevin says FIGHT OR FLIGHT kinda rocks!
After a comeback with the movie TRAP, Josh Hartnett flies into an action film.
FIGHT OR FLIGHT tells the story of a burned governme…
Rated PG-13
Opens: May 2, 2025
Kevin says THUNDERBOLTS* ROCKS!
Marvel Studios hopes to goose its franchise back to the top with a new film about unlikely heroes.
THUNDERBOLTS* follows a rag-tag grou…
Rated R
Opens: April 25, 2025
Kevin says THE ACCOUNTANT 2 kinda rocks!
I hope your taxes are done properly because Ben Affleck is back as the accountant you don’t want to be in charge of your audit.
Rated R
Opens: April 18, 2025
Kevin says SINNERS kinda rocks!
The director of BLACK PANTHER gets out a wooden stake and takes a stab at vampires this weekend.
Ryan Coogler directs SINNERS, a drama a…