The Ten Buck Review

Opening Friday, this almost award-worthy Texas tale is a KO for entertainment.

Iron Claw Similar to the electrifying atmosphere of the wrestling world, "Iron Claw" pulsates with raw energy, captivating entertainment, and raw emot...

Surprisingly sweet and just the right dose of fun for the holidays.

Wonka As someone who last saw W***y Wonka & The Chocolate Factory (1971) in the early 1980s and preferred the book back then, and as a theater lo...

Is Maestro a masterpiece? Will Bradley Cooper get a Golden Globe nom tomorrow? Here's my take.

Maestro Bradley Cooper's directorial debut ( A Star is Born ) hinted that a stellar director may have been introduced and now his second film as dir...

Is Scorsese's latest worth ten bucks and almost four hours?

Killers of the Flower Moon As a fan of perfect two-hour movies, I'm not a fan of prestige directors flexing their clout by indulging in bloated film times. Scorsese (T...

I'm a fan of perfect two-hour movies. Is Scorsese's latest worth ten bucks and almost four hours?

Killers of the Flower Moon As a fan of perfect two-hour movies, I'm not a fan of prestige directors flexing their clout by indulging in bloated film times. Scorsese (T...

The talented Mr. Keoghan shines along with Jacob Elordi and Rosamund Pike in a new thriller this fall.

saltburn Saltburn is a captivating and stylish thriller that manages to remain engrossing even though it treads very familiar ground. Drawing inspir...

One of the year's best. Available to rent and stream on Tuesday. https://tenbuckreview.blogspot.com/2023/09/past-lives_0.html

Hello Barbie, is this a party?

Barbie First of all, doll hand high fives are in order. High five to the marketing campaign that created urgency for every demographic to get to th...

Asteroid offers many great moments but doesn't land.

Asteroid City If you squirmed through Wes Anderson's French Dispatch , wishing for the whole thing to end quickly, you'll be happy to know that Asteroid ...

Indy doesn’t belong in a museum just yet.

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny It's not the years, it's the mileage The first and third Indy films, Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ...

The Flash speeds to theaters in less than a week — should you get excited? Spoiler-free review below.

The Flash Other than The Dark Knight (2008), I must go back a few decades to the Tim Burton Batman (1989, 1992) films and Christopher Reeves' Superm...

Eva Longoria's Flamin' Hot is a great family film — with a puffed-up story. Premiering on Hulu and Disney+ on Friday.

Flamin' Hot Flamin’ Hot tells the underdog story of Richard Montañez , a Frito-Lay janitor who rose to vice president of multicultural sales & communi...

Now streaming, the film that's going to set you straight and it's totally enjoyable — with Bill Nighy

Living Although nominated for the Academy Award for Adapted Screenplay ( Kazuo Ishiguro) and Actor (Bill Nighy), this quiet masterpiece got lost i...

Win Everything at your Oscar pool with this stat-tastic cheat

Everything stat-tastic to win your Oscars pool all at Once Win your Oscars pool with this stat-tastic help It's another unique year for Oscars so we’re gonna need some math to help your Oscar office ...

March Streamers. Just in time for Oscar Night — and St. Paddys

Feckin' Irish Oscar Nominees - and where to watch 'em Kenneth Branagh's Belfast scored six nominations in 2022. In The Name of the Father scored seven nominations in 1994. But 2023 is the year ...

3 stellar recommendations to stream at home — each a nominee for Oscar's Best International Film

Oscar's Best International Film nominees - which to stream, which will win You can't go wrong streaming the best of international cinema for 2023, but with less than three weeks until the Academy Awards, which fil...

I think the future of cinema just changed. EncoRRRe please.

RRR Remember the moment right before you watch RRR because afterwards, the possibilities of cinema will seem changed forever. I don't know ho...

Your Amazon Prime just paid off. One of the best films of 2022 is now streaming.

Good Night Oppy This is a film about Spirit and Opportunity. Literally. Spirit and Opportunity are the names given to two rovers sent to Mars in 2003. They ...

Worth ten bucks, but not the top ten hype

The Fablemans Last year, Spielberg delivered the most expertly crafted film of 2021. West Side Story was a film that didn't need a remake but proved its ...

Tar? Avatar? A Tom Cruise sequel? Here are the feckin' frontrunners for 2022 Best Picture.

The Early Best Picture Shortlist: And why four films with semicolons in the title are front runners for Best Picture Is anyone up for a Friday night screening of Triangle of Sadness ? Perhaps Bones and All , a little meet-cute cannibal love story starring T...

Is Tár a real person? Is it real good or TenBuckWorthy?

Tár In my home city, Tár was in the theater for just one week despite being on most lists for a nomination for Best Picture of the Year and a f...

Is this it? The Strokes, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol and LCD Soundsystem get the doc treatment.

Meet Me in the Bathroom As a music documentary, this film is rubbish. However, given the chance to go behind the scenes to the early aught New York City rock scene,...

Your Friday night or rainy day film, streaming on HBO Max.

See How They Run A backstage murder in London's West End threatens to close down the production of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap. The film is set in 1953 ...

It's feckin' good. Really feckin' good. In theaters this Friday.

The Banshees of Inisherin Colin Farrell, the actor who stars in a lot of movies you expect to be good, but aren’t ( Alexander, Miami Vice, The New World, The Batman...

Not the Greatest, but a great story and a solid, likable movie to stream on Apple TV+

The Greatest Beer Run Ever You may have heard that this beer was greeted with a lukewarm reception at Telluride, but don't be fooled, while it's dropped out of Oscar B...

Banana! 🍌 Abe’s just launched Minions Banana Chip Mini Muffins. Abe’s never has sesame. Its founder’s son, Abe, was born with an anaphylactic allergy to peanuts, tree nuts and sesame. Share with all your minions.

6 A-list stars. 4 big summer films on Netflix. Which 2 are worth 10 bucks?

Netflix Summer Blockbusters 2022 While I wish a few of these flicks were in chilly, popcorn aroma-filled theaters this summer, three A-list cast films are premiering on Netf...

One of the best films of the year lands on one of the hottest weeks of the year. Say Yes to the Harris.

Mrs Harris Goes to Paris The summer just got sunnier. I can think of no better escape from the heated dog days of summer in a midterms year than an hour and fifty-f...