I Have Something Important to Say to ‘Over Your Dead Body,’ ‘Mother Mary’, and ‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’

April 30, 2026

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Dead Bodies are OVER! (CREDIT: Independent Film Company)

Over Your Dead Body

Starring: Jason Segel, Samara Weaving, Paul Guilfoyle, Keith Jardine, Timothy Olyphant, Juliette Lewis

Director: Jorma Taccone

Running Time: 105 Minutes

Rating: R

Release Date: April 24, 2026 (Theaters)

Mother Mary

Starring: Anne Hathaway, Michaela Coel, Hunter Schafer, FKA Twigs, Atheena Frizzell, Kaia Gerber, Jessica Brown Findlay, Isaura Barbé-Brown, Alba Baptista, Sian Clifford

Director: David Lowery

Running Time: 112 Minutes

Rating: R

Release Date: April 17, 2026 (Theaters)

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy

Starring: Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, Natalie Grace, May Calamawy, Shylo Molina, Billie Roy, Verónica Falcón, Hayat Kamille, May Elghety

Director: Lee Cronin

Running Time: 134 Minutes

Rating: R

Release Date: April 10, 2026 (Theaters)

I recently had the pleasure of seeing three different movies that all had me sputtering “What the heck is going on?” to varying degrees and to varying ends. Specifically, I’m talking about the deadly black comedy Over Your Dead Body, the pop star phantasmagoria Mother Mary, and a monstrous reimagining in the form of Lee Cronin’s The Mummy.

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How ‘Imaginary’ Shall We Be?

March 12, 2024

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Da Bear (CREDIT: Parrish Lewis/Lionsgate)

Starring: DeWanda Wise, Pyper Braun, Tom Payne, Taegen Burns, Betty Buckley, Matthew Sato, Verónica Falcón, Dane DiLiegro

Director: Jeff Wadlow

Running Time: 104 Minutes

Rating: PG-13

Release Date: March 8, 2024 (Theaters)

I imagine you might like to know what I thought about Imaginary, and if perhaps we should all spend some time in our own Imaginationlands. Well, that depends on how active your imagination is! Mine’s pretty active, and I’ve made a concerted effort to remain in touch with it into adulthood. Seeing Imaginary has helped to fuel that desire once more, even if it wasn’t as super-duper as I hoped it could have been. So thank you, Chauncey Bear! Maybe you shouldn’t play with young Alice anymore, but you were definitely exactly what I needed you to be.

Grade: Baby Bear