Category: Letter from Editor

  • 12 Most Anticipated Power Rankings Through End of 2026: Week 3

    12 Most Anticipated Power Rankings Through End of 2026: Week 3

    “Where is this going?” “Racoon City General.” Then only place to start an article like this is: Zach Cregger.

  • The Rockville Film Society Newsletter: Volume IX

    The Rockville Film Society Newsletter: Volume IX

    Once again, the calendar slips past Labor Day and we enter Autumn in New England. For us at the Rockville Film Society, there is a wealth of exciting things happening.

  • 12 Most Anticipated Power Rankings Through End of 2026: Week 2

    12 Most Anticipated Power Rankings Through End of 2026: Week 2

    After one full week into the Fall Movie Season, and we are starting to have a few questions answered: 1. Studios are clearly stepping at least a week back from the Dune: Part 3/Avengers: Doomsday double feature (currently referred to as “Dunesday”). This is leaving a bit of a hole…

  • 12 Most Anticipated Power Rankings Through End of 2026: Week 1

    12 Most Anticipated Power Rankings Through End of 2026: Week 1

    We are officially in the Fall movie season, and with the leaves come award contenders, December blockbusters, and a long list of titles to see in theaters. Each week, I will give you an update to the ever so not official “Anticipation Meter”. The list is sorted from “Least Anticipated”…

  • Long December or: A Fierce Admiration of Camp Miasma

    Long December or: A Fierce Admiration of Camp Miasma

    There is a feeling, stuck in a memory, of being open minded to everything. Youth and a rooted unknowing feeling that forces us to take life like a fire hose. This full throttle, “experience everything at once, as a whole, and process as it happens” approach in it’s devilish lack…

  • The Best and Worst Movies of Summer 2026

    The Best and Worst Movies of Summer 2026

    Labor Day marks the official end of the summer movie season, and what a run we had. The time period May 1-September 7th has grossed to date $4.6 billion, the most since 2013. While there is certainly our fair share of hand wringing and pocket watching from me, this is…

  • Big Blockbuster Balance

    Big Blockbuster Balance

    Big blockbusters in modern Hollywood are both a blessing and a curse. 2026 is setting up to finally give us, the audience, a balance between the two. As the MCU rocketed to success over the 2010’s, the blockbuster formula Spielberg created with Jaws began to be molded and twisted into…

  • The Odyssey: We Are So Back

    The Odyssey: We Are So Back

    Right now, as I write this, it is 5:00 PM on the East Coast. Which means, I left to go see The Odyssey exactly 24 hours ago. One whole day has passed since my own journey began into the world of Odysseus. 2026 has provided multiple moments for a film…

  • 2026’s Best Movie Releases: A Summer Recap

    2026’s Best Movie Releases: A Summer Recap

    Spring has officially flipped to the summer side of the pillow, and with it the Summer movie season is in full swing. Nearly every weekend is slated with sequels and IP properties (hello Spider-Man!).  This summer more than any in recent memory reminds us of why big movies are called…

  • Jurassic Park, Steven Spielberg, and a Lifetime of Stories

    Jurassic Park, Steven Spielberg, and a Lifetime of Stories

    Jurassic Park, which premiered on this date in 1993, was a massive culture shifting event film unlike anything before it, or anything since. Steven Spielberg unleashed decades of filmmaking, honed skill, and dinosaurs into a movie that spawned sequels, second franchises, amusement park rides, and merchandise galore.  George Lucas would…