Kyle Smith
The Wall Street Journal
Masters of the Universe
2026 · The Wall Street Journal
One of these registers wins decisively over the other. As imagined by director Travis Knight and a battalion of screenwriters, the new He-Man is a meek cubicle dweller named Adam, and Adam's office-dweeb jabber would be the most overdone gag in the movie were it not for the many references to the kinds of actions a fellow called "Fisto" might undertake.
TRON: Ares
2025 · The Wall Street Journal · Oct 2025
He wants AI for his fighting robots and super-tanks. He has an incredibly advanced laser-fueled 3-D printer, but deploys it like a hyperactive toddler smashing toy soldiers together.
28 Years Later
2025 · The Wall Street Journal · Jun 2025
"28 Years Later" imagines a Britain that has become so overrun by a zombie virus that few who haven't been infected are left. The resourceful, macho Jamie (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and his slightly timid 12-year-old son, Spike (Alfie Williams), are among the uninfected villagers who live in a merry commune so tradition-minded that a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is given a place of honor.