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Tenzing Review Roundup: Critics Praise the Everest Cinematography and Split on the Biopic, Three Days Before Its Limited Release
Tenzing is at 95% on Rotten Tomatoes but 62 on Metacritic, as critics praise the Everest immersion and question the conventional biopic around it.
Verity Heads for About $33 Million While Digger Sinks to $7.5 Million, Tom Cruise's Lowest Opening Since 2007, Per TheWrap
Saturday studio estimates put Verity near $33 million and Digger at $7.5 million, with TheWrap calling it Tom Cruise's lowest opening since 2007. Actuals land Monday.
Verity Review Roundup: Critics Call It Too Safe, the Popcornmeter Says Otherwise, and Tracking Points to a Solid Hoover Opening
Verity sits at 34% with critics and 71% with audiences on Rotten Tomatoes while weekend projections point to a Colleen Hoover opening in the $35-40 million range.
Godzilla Minus Zero Early Reviews: A Great Sequel, Maybe Not a Great Godzilla Movie
Takashi Yamazaki's Godzilla Minus One sequel sits at 97% on Rotten Tomatoes ahead of November, with critics split on whether it matches its predecessor.
Atonement (2026) Review Roundup: Reed Van Dyk's Iraq War Drama Is Getting the Best Reviews of the Fall
Reed Van Dyk's Iraq War drama Atonement opens tomorrow with a 89% Rotten Tomatoes score and reviews calling it one of the year's sharpest anti-war films.
Heart of the Beast Review Roundup: Critics Split, Audiences Don't, Box Office Lands in Third
Heart of the Beast has real reviews and real box office numbers now, and the two tell noticeably different stories about how well it's landing.
Digger Review Roundup: Critics Agree Tom Cruise Is Doing Something Real, They're Not Sold the Movie Around Him Earns It
Digger's first reviews are in and the reception is genuinely split, though nearly everyone agrees Tom Cruise is the film's most interesting element.
Primetime Review Roundup: Robert Pattinson's Chris Hansen Turn Is the Consensus Pick, the Movie Around Him Less So
Now in wide release, A24's Primetime is drawing raves for Robert Pattinson but a real critical split over how deep the movie actually goes.
Sense and Sensibility Review Roundup: Daisy Edgar-Jones Adaptation Can't Escape the Shadow of 1995
Georgia Oakley's new Sense and Sensibility gets a mixed-to-positive reception, with critics repeatedly measuring it against Ang Lee's 1995 version.
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother Review: Mahershala Ali's Hitman Drama Is a Near-Unanimous Hit
Bassam Tariq's Houston-set hitman drama reunites him with Mahershala Ali after their Blade reboot collapsed, and critics are calling it a genuine achievement.
The Love Hypothesis Review Roundup: Critics Split on Prime Video's Star Wars Fan-Fic-Turned-Rom-Com
The Love Hypothesis hits Prime Video with reviews ranging from charmed to unconvinced, split mostly on whether the leads' chemistry survives the film's familiar beats.
Digger World Premiere: What We Actually Know About Tom Cruise's Transformation Ahead of the October 2 Release
Digger had its royal world premiere in London tonight — here's what's confirmed about Cruise's transformation and the film, ahead of any reviews.
The Batman: Part II Leaks and the Batman Day Reveal — What's Actually Confirmed
A leaked London protest scene and Matt Reeves' Batman Day image collided this week — here's what's confirmed about The Batman: Part II and what's fan theory.
'La Bola Negra' Wins TIFF 2026 People's Choice — Netflix's First Win Ever Puts It in the Best Picture Race
Netflix finally won TIFF's People's Choice Award after a decade of trying, and 'La Bola Negra' is now a legitimate Best Picture contender.
'Being Heumann' Review Roundup: Siân Heder's CODA Follow-Up Splits Critics at TIFF
Siân Heder's first film since her Oscar-winning CODA landed a TIFF People's Choice runner-up spot and a genuinely divided set of reviews.
Guy Ritchie's 'Wife & Dog' Teaser Breakdown: Cumberbatch, Pike, and Hopkins Circle a Family Bloodbath
Guy Ritchie's first teaser for Wife & Dog pairs Benedict Cumberbatch and Rosamund Pike for the first time, with Anthony Hopkins narrating a parable about hell.
Forgotten Island Review: DreamWorks Finally Puts Filipino Folklore on the Big Screen
DreamWorks' original film built around Philippine mythology and a friendship-erasing twist is drawing strong early reviews ahead of its September 25 release.
The Weight Review: Hawke and Crowe's Gold-Smuggling Thriller Joins the Sorcerer Lineage
Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe's Depression-era gold run is drawing raves and an inevitable comparison to William Friedkin's Sorcerer.
Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie Review: Alex Gibney Lets the Victim Tell It Himself
Alex Gibney's documentary on Salman Rushdie's 2022 stabbing is landing near-universal acclaim, built almost entirely on Rushdie narrating his own attack.
The New 'Sunrise on the Reaping' Trailer Breaks Down Haymitch's Games — and Where It Splits From the Book
The third trailer for Sunrise on the Reaping doubles the tributes, lands a rogue flare on Haymitch's carriage, and has outlets calling it the franchise's darkest entry.
The Runner Review: Gal Gadot's Amazon Thriller Is So Bad It's Basically Required Hate-Watching
Gal Gadot's Amazon Prime thriller has settled at 10% on Rotten Tomatoes, and the reasons why are more entertaining than the film itself.
'I Play Rocky' TIFF Premiere: Is the Oscar Buzz Around Peter Farrelly's Stallone Biopic Justified?
Peter Farrelly's Stallone biopic got a standing ovation at TIFF and instant Oscar chatter — here's what's actually confirmed versus pure speculation.
Practical Magic 2 Opens #1, But Its 36% Rotten Tomatoes Score Reveals a Huge Critic-Audience Gap
Practical Magic 2 debuted at #1 with $30 million domestic, but critics and audiences are nearly 55 points apart on Rotten Tomatoes.
By Any Means Review: A Mafia Hitman, a Black FBI Agent, and a Film Stuck Between Two Genres
Elegance Bratton's civil-rights-era crime thriller pairs Yahya Abdul-Mateen II with Mark Wahlberg, and lands in a mixed, middling 47% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Brad Pitt and David Ayer Reunite for 'Heart of the Beast,' an Alaskan Survival Thriller Built Around a Dog
Pitt and Ayer's first film together since Fury heads to San Sebastián ahead of its September 25 release, with an Alaskan wilderness survival story.
'Artificial': The OpenAI Boardroom Drama Amazon Didn't Want You to See
Amazon MGM shelved Luca Guadagnino's finished OpenAI drama months after Amazon's $50B OpenAI investment. Neon just picked it up.
'Primetime' Has a Problem: The Real Chris Hansen Won't Sign Off on A24's Movie About Him
A24's Robert Pattinson-led drama about Chris Hansen premiered to strong reviews at Venice, but the real Hansen is fighting the film in public.
'Fjord' Review Roundup: Cristian Mungiu's Palme d'Or Winner Splits Critics at TIFF
Cristian Mungiu's Cannes-winning drama about a Romanian family in Norway premiered at TIFF to a genuinely split critical response.
Zack Snyder's 'The Last Photograph' Premieres at TIFF With No Buyer in Sight
Zack Snyder's smallest film in two decades debuts at TIFF 2026 still hunting for a US distributor, with its violence reportedly scaring buyers off.
Onslaught Review: Adam Wingard Had a Stacked Cast and Real Genre Cred — It Still Bombed
Adam Wingard's R-rated action-horror had Dan Stevens, Rebecca Hall, and a UFC star behind it, yet still posted one of A24's worst wide openings.
Backrooms Explained: How A24 Turned an Internet Horror Meme Into Its Biggest Movie Ever
A24's Backrooms turned a viral YouTube horror series into a $300 million global hit, the studio's biggest release ever.
Avengers: Endgame Encore, Explained: What's Actually New in the Doomsday Setup Re-Release
Avengers: Endgame returns to theaters September 25 with new footage and an exclusive Doomsday sneak peek — here's what's actually different.
Alex Gibney's 'Musk' Documentary Drops Its First Trailer, and It Does Not Go Easy On Him
Alex Gibney's Elon Musk documentary premieres at Venice with a teaser that opens flattering and ends brutal, ahead of an October theatrical run.
Practical Magic 2 First Reactions: Critics Are Split, But Everyone Agrees on Bullock and Kidman
Early reactions to Practical Magic 2 are split between charmed and unmoved, but critics agree Bullock and Kidman's chemistry carries the film.
Zach Cregger's Resident Evil: What We Actually Know Before It Hits Theaters
Cregger's Resident Evil reboot has a snowy setting, first-person POV shots, and early screening buzz — here's everything confirmed so far.
Venice 2026: Danny Boyle's 'Ink' Opens the Festival, George Clooney Gets His Golden Lion
The 83rd Venice Film Festival opened with Danny Boyle's first-ever film there, a Golden Lion for George Clooney, and a stacked, mostly male competition lineup.
What Jeremy Renner's Cryptic Hawkeye Tease Actually Confirms — and What It Doesn't
Renner posted his Hawkeye costume with no caption during Doomsday reshoots — here's what's actually confirmed versus what's pure speculation.
The Odyssey's Box Office Run, Explained: How Nolan's Biggest Film Rewrote the Record Books
Christopher Nolan's IMAX epic is now the highest-grossing R-rated film ever and his biggest movie by a wide margin.
Who Will Be the Next James Bond? The Screen-Test Shortlist, the Frontrunner, and Why Nobody Saw Him Coming
A reported shortlist of six actors is heading into September screen tests for Bond 26, and the insider frontrunner isn't a single name anyone would have guessed.
Mutiny Leaked Free on Amazon Prime Right Before Release — Then It Flopped Anyway
Jason Statham's action thriller leaked free on Amazon Prime days before its theatrical debut, then underperformed at the box office regardless.
Marvel Finally Revealed Its X-Men Cast at D23, and It's Full of Curveballs
Marvel used D23 2026 to unveil its X-Men cast, led by Sadie Sink as Jean Grey and Adam Driver as Mister Sinister, for a May 2028 release.
The Whisper Man Review: A Solid, Old-Fashioned Serial Killer Thriller That Never Quite Chills
Robert De Niro and Adam Scott anchor a competent Netflix procedural that critics agree is solid but rarely scary.
It Ends Review: Why Critics Are Raving About This Existential Road-Trip Horror While Audiences Shrug
It Ends has a 92% critic score and a 47% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes — here's why the two camps are so far apart.
Colony Review: Does Yeon Sang-ho's New Zombie Movie Live Up to Train to Busan?
Yeon Sang-ho's hive-mind zombie thriller opened in US theaters with a strong Rotten Tomatoes score and a much shakier Metacritic one.
Bad Apples Review: Saoirse Ronan's Darkly Funny Kidnapping Satire Can't Stick the Landing
Saoirse Ronan's teacher-turns-kidnapper satire is sharp and unnerving for two acts before its ending spirals into chaos.
The End of Oak Street Review — Amblin Nostalgia With Teeth
David Robert Mitchell's dinosaur-suburbia thriller is drawing Jurassic Park comparisons, and most critics think it earns them.
Insidious: Out of the Further Review: A Franchise-Best Audience Score Can't Hide Diminishing Returns
The sixth Insidious film scored the franchise's best audience rating ever, but its opening weekend tells a shakier story.
The Dog Stars Review Roundup — Critics Split Hard on Ridley Scott's 30th Film
Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic drama is drawing wildly divergent reviews, and the aggregate score is still moving.
Avatar: Fire and Ash's Long Goodbye — From $1.48 Billion in Theaters to a Split Oscar Night
James Cameron's third Avatar film closed its billion-dollar run, split its two Oscar nominations, and is now streaming on Disney+.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Is Chasing Endgame's Records — And Critics Are on Board
Tom Holland's fourth solo outing is posting Endgame-level numbers in its fourth weekend, and reviewers say it earned them.
Coyote vs. Acme Review — The Movie WBD Tried to Erase Was Worth Fighting For
Nearly three years after Warner Bros. Discovery shelved it for a tax write-off, Coyote vs. Acme finally proves it deserved a theater.
Dune: Part Two Review — Scale Without Losing the Story
Denis Villeneuve's second half trades the first film's patience for momentum, and mostly earns it.