Sinners
Directed by Ryan Coogler
Released 2025
4Meh — Noticeable disappointment, but not a disaster
- Watched
- February 6, 2026
- Format
- TV
- Platform
- HBO Max
- Location
- Home
- With
- Alejandra
Oscars · 2026
16 nominations · 4 wins
| Category | Nominees | Kaleb voted | Kaleb predicted | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actor in a Leading Role | Michael B. Jordan | Blue Moon | Marty Supreme | This film |
| Cinematography | Autumn Durald Arkapaw | Marty Supreme | One Battle after Another | This film |
| Music (Original Score) | Ludwig Göransson | Frankenstein | This film | This film |
| Writing (Original Screenplay) | Ryan Coogler | Blue Moon | This film | This film |
My take
Two of the three horror movies on the list this year (so far that I've seen the three are Sinners, Weapons, and Ugly Stepsister) were pure delight and unbelievably fun surprises on the upside. Sinners was not. I didn't like it. I just didn't connect with it. Where the ugly stepsister used horror to do something exciting and new with the story, sinners felt like it was taking something gross and violent at its core (slavery/jim crow) and then adding even more to it. Not my cup of tea and makes the violence/gore feel unnecessarily grotesque.