June Squibb won best actress in an action movie at Critics Choice Super Awards for her first lead role, becoming the oldest recipient at 94. Thelma takes the action-thriller formula and flips it, putting a feisty grandmother at the centre of a high-stakes mission. After falling victim to a phone scam claiming her grandson is in danger, she sets out to fight back. Thelma earned 95-year-old star June Squibb the best actress in an action movie award at the 2025 Critics Choice Super Awards, among other accolades. I wrote Thelma from this place of reckoning.