Roast of the Day
The roasts take a current claim, film, product, institution or public performance and ask the impolite but useful question: does any of this make sense? Each article separates the judgement from the evidence, checks the important factual claims and leaves the sources in view. Expect dry British satire, modern incentives and the occasional three-panel sketch. Start with the newest receipt or use the topic links to narrow the archive.
Project Hail Mary and the Great Cinema Seat Nuisance Tax
Project Hail Mary dazzles in IMAX, but the real sci-fi horror is modern cinema: cramped rows, popcorn warfare and premium prices for neck strain.
The Good Boy sells teen panic as therapy through captivity
A dry roast of The Good Boy, where teen panic, forced reform and prestige gloom collide in a thriller that says more about fear…
The Revenant review: frozen misery on a giant IMAX screen
The Revenant is glorious in IMAX and exhausting almost everywhere else – a beautiful endurance test about revenge, colonisation and money dressed as art.
Reminders of Him forgets why cinemas charge actual money
Colleen Hoover’s Reminders of Him reaches for tears and redemption, but lands in the soft middle: watchable enough, costly enough, and built for streaming.
How to Make a Killing proves the mid-budget gap is gone
A dry roast of How to Make a Killing and the shrinking gap between cinema and streaming, where only IMAX still gives leaving home…
The Bride! turns Frankenstein into critics-only theatre
The Bride! dresses Frankenstein in art-house noise, sexualised gloom and IMAX expense, then wonders why cinema audiences drift back to streaming again.
Scream 7: IMAX screams, sofa boredom, and AI ghost calls
Scream 7 arrives in IMAX with franchise polish, sequel fatigue, and AI deepfake winks. A slasher that talks like a podcast and forgets to…
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die: AI panic, dated already
Gore Verbinski returns with a time-travel AI caper. Big ideas, louder jokes, 134 minutes of tech panic that feels like yesterday’s tomorrow – in…
Pavane on Netflix: Ravel rescues romance from sludge again
Netflix’s Korean film ‘Pavane’ (released 20 Feb 2026) turns Ravel into a life raft for romance, and reminds cinema releases what a soul sounds…
One roast at a time
No spam. No motivational soup. Just the latest receipt when it is ready.