JoeMama's Movie Reviews

The Secret Agent Starring Wagner Moura, Carlos Francisco, Tania Maria, Roberio Diogenes Directed by Kieber Mendonca Filho Some movies out there lead you by the hand in the direction they want you to go, while others craft an eloquent, subdued, sweeping story on its own terms and leaves it up to you to traverse the journey yourself. "The Secret Agent" is one such film, a sweeping, poignant, deeply character-driven epic set during the military dictatorship of Brazil in 1977, and one man's journey to bring his mother's legacy to life, reunite with his son, and also has a mysterious past that threatens to end his life. Armando Solimoes (Wagner Moura) arrives in Recife, the capital city of Pernambuco, Brazil and meets up with his contact, the elderly Dona Sebastiana (Tania Maria) where he stays in her complex with other political dissidents hiding from their pasts. She calls him "Marcelo" to hide his identity, and gets him a job at the city's identification c...

 Worst2First:  My Most Anticipated Films of Spring 2026 Leading up to what cinemas consider summer (which runs from May to August as opposed to June to August), theaters are going to be popping during the two spring months of March and April! From sequels to horror films and some exciting original content, there's something for everyone to see on the big screen in March and April. So here are the ten films I'm most excited to see in March and April of 2026... **THERE WILL BE NO SPOILERS** **DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE** #10 Lee Cronin's The Mummy April 17 Back in 2017, Universal tried to re-vitalize its classic monsters with Tom Cruise's "The Mummy" and the result was nothing short of disastrous. It killed the entire universe with one movie, and the idea of a mummy was put back in its cinematic sarcophagus. Now, "Evil Dead Rise" director Lee Cronin has opened that sarcophagus with his own modern day rendition of "The Mummy," and while i...