Author Archives: Sam S-P

About Sam S-P

Writer and film fanatic fond of black comedies, sci-fi, animation and films about dysfunctional families.

Review in Brief: The Running Man (2025)

Posted on April 3, 2026 by Sam S-P

The least Edgar Wright-y Edgar Wright film so far takes some time to build up momentum, but THE RUNNING MAN is pretty entertaining when it’s tactile action builds to terminal velocity. In a dystopian, corporate-owned future, poverty-stricken blue collar worker … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief | Tagged Action Movie, Edgar Wright, Glen Powell, Sci-fi, Stephen King, The Running Man | Leave a comment

Project Hail Mary (2026) Review

Posted on April 1, 2026 by Sam S-P

https://secondcutpod.substack.com/p/project-hail-mary-2026-review SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, Second Cut | Tagged Andy Weir, Christopher Miller, Comedy, Drew Goddard, James Ortiz, Phil Lord, Project Hail Mary, Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller, Sci-fi, The Martian | 2 Comments

Review in Brief: Predator: Badlands (2025)

Posted on March 20, 2026 by Sam S-P

How can you make a Predator, an alien big game hunter who always has technological superiority on his side a compelling protagonist? You make him the shame of his family with a serious chip on his shoulder, strip him of … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review, Review in Brief | Tagged Action, Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi, Elle Fanning, Predator, Predator: Badlands, Predator: Killer of Killers, Prey, Sci-fi | 1 Comment

The Bride! (2026) Review

Posted on March 16, 2026 by Sam S-P

https://secondcutpod.substack.com/p/the-bride-2026-review SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, Second Cut | Tagged Bride of Frankenstein, Christian Bale, Film, Jessie Buckley, Mary Shelley, Monster Movie, Musical, The Bride! | Leave a comment

Sam’s Oscar Best Picture Catch-up

Posted on March 15, 2026 by Sam S-P

https://secondcutpod.substack.com/p/sams-oscar-best-picture-catch-up SSP

Posted in Film, Film Feature | Tagged A Beautiful Mind, Academy Awards, All the King’s Men, An American in Paris, Around the World in 80 Days, Cavalcade, Cimarron, Driving Miss Daisy, Gentleman’s Agreement, Gigi, Going My Way, Grand Hotel, Hamlet, How Green Was My Valley, Kramer vs. Kramer, Marty, Million Dollar Baby, Mrs. Miniver, Mutiny on the Bounty, Oscars, Out of Africa, Patton, Rain Man, Terms of Endearment, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Broadway Melody, The English Patient, The Great Ziegfeld, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Life of Emile Zola | Leave a comment

Double Feature: Cold Storage and The Bluff (2026) Reviews

Posted on March 9, 2026 by Sam S-P

https://secondcutpod.substack.com/p/double-feature-cold-storage-and-the SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, Second Cut | Tagged Action Movie, Cold Storage, Comedy, David Koepp, Frank E Flowers, Georgina Campbell, Horror, Joe Keery, Jonny Campbell, Karl Urban, Liam Neeson, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Swashbuckler, The Bluff | Leave a comment

Trainspotting (1996) 30th Anniversary Review

Posted on February 27, 2026 by Sam S-P

https://secondcutpod.substack.com/p/trainspotting-1996-30th-anniversary SSP

Posted in Film, Film Review, Second Cut | Tagged Black Comedy, Danny Boyle, Drama, Ewan Bremner, Ewan McGregor, Irvine Welsh, Robert Carlyle, T2 Trainspotting, Trainspotting | Leave a comment

Looking Back and Looking Forward: 2025

Posted on February 13, 2026 by Sam S-P

Making movies certainly never gets any easier. Arguably the industry has never faced as many challenges as it currently is just to survive. Rich people wanting to get richer no matter the cost, powerful people quashing freedom of expression and … Continue reading →