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Best Picture Bracket 2026

One Battle After Another vs. Sinners. That’s what this race comes down to. Despite recent signals pointing to Sinners having a real chance to win, I have to stick with my gut here. One Battle was the best movie I saw this year, last year, and maybe the year before. Sinners was spectacular and a thrill ride, and while also deserving, this is One Battle’s year.

Order

10. F1

A pretty fun time at the movies. Good for F1.

9. Begonia

I need to watch this again. Once you know the twist, I’m sure the movie hits very differently.

8. Frankenstein

I want to see Jacob Elordi in a real role.

7. Hamnet

The ending sequence was incredible, while the rest was a mix of sadness, sleepiness, and trees.

6. The Secret Agent

Wagner Moura is cooking in this one. Maybe not the payoff people wanted, but well done nonetheless.

5. Train Dreams

Makes me miss my time out west. As Conan says, there’s not much to say about this movie.

4. Sentimental Value

Like the name suggests, this movie tugs on sentimentality, nostalgia, and family/self reckoning. If it wasn’t for the top of this field, this ensemble would have had the best collective performance of the year.

3. Marty Supreme

Timmy doing his thang.

2. Sinners

Coogles and Michael B. Jordan don’t miss, and this one was the biggest (original IP) yet.

1. One Battle After Another

C’mon. From the moment you see Leo watching Battle of Algiers, the next 30 minutes is some of the best stuff you’ll see in a movie. That doesn’t even count the climatic car chase through the hills. Saw this twice in theaters and still didn’t have enough of it.

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Monkey Man: John Wick Meets Creed

Dev Patel’s Monkey Man hit theaters last weekend, and if you haven’t seen it, you should. There. That’s the review. If that wasn’t convincing enough, this exercise takes from 50 Cent’s classic 21 Questions to answer whether you should watch it. 21 is an (checks math) odd number, which means for you to want to see this movie, you’d need to answer yes to 11 of the following. If you’re going to see it anyway and don’t want some plot spoiled, than stop reading. If you’re continuing with the questions and answer 11 or more yes, then you should stop what or who you’re doing, and go to your nearest theater to see Monkey Man.

21 Questions:

  1. Do you like high-intensity cleverly shot action sequences?
  2. Do you like underground bare knuckle fighting (that doesn’t feature Post Malone)?
  3. Do you like when a protagonist has sworn revenge on someone and will stop at nothing to enact said revenge?
  4. Does seeing a lot of blood not make you queazy?
  5. Did you ever wonder what happened to that guy from Slumdog Millionaire?
  6. Did you wonder what that guy from the Green Knight would star in next?
  7. Do you also think Dev Patel is a badass?
  8. Are you tired of action movies needing a half-assed love story?
  9. Do you like training montages?
  10. Do you like bongos and/or drums in general?
  11. Do you like cocaine rich people doing cocaine?
  12. Do you like when said rich people receive their justice?
  13. Do you like dogs?
  14. Do you like when dogs don’t have to die?
  15. Are you a fan of the JID song 151 Rum?
  16. Do you enjoy fight sequences set to heavy metal?
  17. Do you love your mother?
  18. Are you ok with flashbacks?
  19. Would you like to see the Australian underground version of Michael Buffer MC fights?
  20. Are you fond of monkeys and monkey masks?
  21. Do you like sitting back and getting your mind action blown for 120 minutes?

How did you score?

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The Shawl Game

Shawl. After spending 15 months abroad, I experienced a wide variety of fashion. While 14 of those 15 months were in the fashion hub that is Winnipeg, Manitoba, the remaining month was spent in India, Mongolia, Venice, Siberia, and then Moldova.

While staying in those countries I realized something was lacking: shawls. Shawls for men. Menshawls. Now, what is a shawl? That is a question I asked many people in my travels. Unfortunately the people I asked didn’t know English well and could not answer. However, I found the answer, the true shawlution.

Father of the shawl

A shawl is hope. A shawl is comfort. A shawl is freedom. A shawl is integrity. A shawl is the future. A shawl is knowledge. A shawl is you. You are a shawl.

Menshawls, that’s right, Menshawls, is not for the cautious. Millions of shoulders go cold every year out of fear. Fear of standing out. Fear of defeat. Warm shoulders do not mean defeat. Warm, comfortable shoulders mean victory. Sweet, warm, luscious, victory. If you think you are too “cool” to wear a shawl at work, then maybe having a job isn’t right for you. If you think shawls aren’t manly, then maybe being manly realistic for you.

I learned much in my travels. I also learned little. I learned that a shawl, or shawls, can be the difference between hope and despair. I saw a little boy’s life saved in Ulanbaatar by a shawl. Well, a shawl was loosely involved at least. Has a scarf ever saved a life? No. Want to fact check that? Don’t bother.

After returning home from my road trip, a thought occurred to me. Later that day, it reoccured to me. That night, it occurred to me again. Shawl is an acronym.

S-Shawl
H-Hope
A-Aspiration
W-Wool
L-Love

That’s what a shawl truly is. What is a shawl to you?

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The Menshawl Mission

The Menshawl mission is to promote menshawl awareness. Menshawls.com, that’s right, Menshawls.com, or Menshawls dot com, is changing the shawl game for good. Menshawls.com believes in organic wool, locally sourced from around the world. Menshawls.com. Shawls have long been looked at as a one gender fashion commodity, but menshawls.com, that’s menshawls.com looks to change that. Menshawls.com is your place for menshawls.