Look, we’re very much in the summer movie season on the 2026 movie release calendar, which means there are big-budget action movies and scary films galore. But sometimes we just want to go to the movie to feel big emotions, and that’s exactly what happened when I checked out Power Ballad this week.
The music-focused comedy comes from writer/director John Carney, whom I've loved following over the years. He most notably made the 2007 movie Once and a movie with Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo I’ve watched a ton of times called Begin Again. So, I was excited to see his latest movie starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas. Here are the two big emotions I felt while watching it:
