Danny Boyle confirmed about 30 seconds of generative AI in Ink and says he'd do it again. I sorted what he confirmed from what's only reported, built a timeline, graded the critics and explain why I think the faces matter more than the mice.
Led Zeppelin said yes to Stairway to Heaven for the Narnia trailer after years of refusals. I trace every "no," check each trailer beat against the book, rank the five boldest choices and give you my verdict, plus a Narnia reading-order guide and the Feb. 12 and April 2 dates.
Godzilla Minus Zero opens Nov. 6 (IMAX early access Nov. 3), rated R, with critics near 95%. Runtime, cast, IMAX guide, do-I-need-Minus-One answer and my take.
Sacha Baron Cohen's Ali G returns Oct. 23 for one weekend only. I explain why Amazon chose that, what the R rating covers, why runtime listings disagree, where Prime Video fits, and give you my own table, chart and ticket-or-wait guide.
Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes documentary opens Oct. 16 with a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score. I built a critics table, a Holmes timeline, my own watch order for The Inventor, The Dropout and this film, and a decision guide for whether it's worth three hours.
The Mosquito Bowl is real: a 0-0 Marine football game on Christmas Eve 1944, and 15 of the 65 players died at Okinawa. I matched each of the four men to his actor, counted the days from kickoff to the losses, and built a theater-or-Netflix guide for the Oct. 30 and Nov. 25 releases.
Other Mommy opened to $27.5 million in the U.S. and $45.2 million worldwide, then got a D+ CinemaScore. I decoded what the grade really measures, built a low-grade ledger with Hereditary, mother! and The Devil Inside, ran my own money math, and wrote five questions to ask before you trust any CinemaScore.
Gods Don't Give Gifts, an R-rated film its makers call fully AI-generated, is set for Dec. 4 and wants a Best Animated Feature nomination. I read the Academy's AI rules, built a four-gate test and a date timeline, and explain why I think voters, not the rulebook, are the hardest gate.
The Social Reckoning opened to about $5.5 million, a quarter of The Social Network's debut. I did the math, graded the five biggest theories for why it flopped and explain why I don't think the reviews are the real culprit.
Warner Bros. set the first Game of Thrones movie for June 1, 2029, with Owen Harris directing and Beau Willimon writing. I sorted what's confirmed from what isn't, ranked the five scenes I want most and explain why I think it's the right story to start with.
Whalefall isn't a true story, but a sperm whale really is the one whale with a throat big enough. I checked the science, two real whale close calls and the split first reactions, then gave my call before the Oct. 16 opening.
Adam Scott's haunted-inn horror movie cost about $5 million, made $24.5 million and holds a 90% Certified Fresh score. I explain what it's about without spoilers, run my own return-on-budget math, and tell you who should press play.
Obsession turned $750,000 into about $519 million and Backrooms passed $400 million. I ranked 2026's horror hits, split them into explosions and slow burns, and explain what Other Mommy's opening really tells us.
Matchbox: The Movie is 24% with critics and 59% with early audiences. I read the reviews, built a who-should-watch table, priced the cheapest way to stream it, and explain why I think the toy is the movie's real problem.
Ben Affleck says he used AI in Animals and won't say where. I sorted what's reported from what's confirmed, built a five-rung AI disclosure ladder and a four-question scorecard, laid out where critics split, and explain why the silence bothers me more than the AI.
Alex Gibney's Musk opens today at about 3 hours 45 minutes. I haven't seen it, so I read the reviews and the legal fight, sorted six disputed claims by what is on the record, rated the options for watching a near-four-hour film and wrote my take on the AI-made Elon.
Avengers: Doomsday and Dune: Part Three both open Dec. 18. I sorted the presale numbers from the noise, explained why Doomsday has no IMAX, scored the fight in six rounds and picked which ticket I'd buy first.
Clayface opens Oct. 23 rated R, runs 1 hour 48 minutes and reportedly cost about $40 million. I laid out who it's for, whether you need Batman homework, what the box office math really says and why I think this is the bet DC needed.
No actor has been announced for Bond 26. I graded seven casting rumors from hint to noise, laid out the official timeline from Amazon's 2025 takeover to today, wrote a one-minute guide to reading Bond headlines and explain why I think Amazon's silence is the smart play.
Eva Marie Saint died Oct. 6 at 102. I sorted what is confirmed, laid out her career as seven dates and three very different roles, ranked the five performances I would send a first-timer to, and wrote why I think her "no" mattered more than her Oscar.
Artificial premiered Oct. 5 to strong reviews after Amazon dropped it. I sorted what's documented, disputed and unknown about the exit, built the timeline and a cast guide, and wrote the five things worth judging it on.
Digger opened to about $8 million in the U.S. and $20 million worldwide against a $125 million-plus budget. I ranked the five reasons it flopped, ran my own money math, and explain who I think really pays for it.
Sunrise on the Reaping opens Nov. 20, rated PG-13 at 2 hours 30 minutes. I sorted what is confirmed about the cast, soundtrack and the Lawrence and Hutcherson cameo, built a read-the-book-first guide and a franchise legs chart, and explain why I'm judging it by its second weekend.
Production on The Batman Part II is paused while Matt Reeves handles a family matter. I read the studio statement line by line, built a delay ledger and a director-gap chart, and explain why I won't guess at the reason.
Street Fighter opens Oct. 16 with forecasts from $20M to $40M. Here's how it stacks up against Mortal Kombat II and Masters of the Universe, plus my own math and verdict.
Other Mommy opens Oct. 9, rated R, 93 minutes. Here's the book behind it, how scary it should be, the box office forecast and my take before reviews land.
Disclosure Day hits Peacock Oct. 9. I did the box office math behind the 'flop' talk, sorted where critics split, ranked Spielberg's sci-fi by rewatch value and built a three-question test for your Friday night.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day hits digital Oct. 6 and 4K/Blu-ray Dec. 15. I built a cost-per-viewing table, a buy-rent-or-wait guide for five kinds of viewers and a ranking of the extras, and explain why $29.99 only pays off if you'll watch it three times.
Evil Dead Burn hits HBO Max today and airs on HBO Saturday night. I built a Burn vs. Rise scoreboard, a watch-wait-or-skip guide and a Saturday marathon schedule, and explain why I think $72 million was a win.
Puck reports Warner Bros. film chiefs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy won't join the merged Paramount company. I laid out what's confirmed, built a ledger of their biggest bets, and explain what it means for Dune: Part Three, Clayface and Digger.
A judge cleared Paramount's $111 billion Warner Bros. deal, set to close Oct. 6. I built a scorecard of what the settlement locks in and leaves out, a ranking of how much your streaming apps, bill, news and theaters will change, and a this-week checklist.
The 2027 Oscar nominations land January 21 and the ceremony is March 14. I mapped every date that matters, built a contender table and a ranked ten-film ballot, and explain why La Bola Negra worries me for Nolan's The Odyssey.
The Social Reckoning opens Oct. 9 with a $6 to $10 million forecast. I built a timeline of the real Frances Haugen story, a scoreboard of what the first reaction does and doesn't tell us, a worry-meter ranking, and a guide to whether you should buy a ticket opening weekend.
Digger is Rotten on Rotten Tomatoes (about 50%) and 44 on Metacritic, Tom Cruise's worst in nine years. Reviews, box office forecast, break-even math and my take.
Forgotten Island opened to $12.8M with an A CinemaScore and an $80M budget. Is it a flop? Comparisons to The Wild Robot and Puss in Boots, plus my take.
Jon Watts is reportedly directing the first film of Simon Kinberg's Star Wars trilogy, possibly Episode X. What's confirmed, Rey, release date and my take.
Universal became the first studio to cross $5 billion at the 2026 global box office, powered by The Odyssey, Michael and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie — and by Obsession, a $750,000 horror movie that grossed $519 million. Here's my budget-vs-gross table, the fine print on Michael, and why I think Hollywood will learn the wrong lesson.
Verity opens Oct. 2 with strong pre-sales and split first reactions. Release date, R rating, cast, box office forecast, break-even math and my take.
Avengers: Endgame Encore reclaimed the box office's No. 1 spot Sept. 25-27 with $26 million domestic, beating Resident Evil's second weekend and landing as the second-biggest theatrical rerelease opening of all time. I built the full historical table and handed out my own letter grades to every legacy rerelease since 1997 — and Marvel still isn't the champion.
Digger opens Oct. 2 with split first reactions, a reported $125M budget and forecasts from $12M to $30M. Review date, break-even math and my honest take.
Primetime opened nationwide September 25 with Robert Pattinson as a fictionalized Chris Hansen, a Certified Fresh Rotten Tomatoes score that spent a week sliding around, and the real Hansen publicly calling it a 'hit piece.' I watched it, tracked the score, and built my own ranking of where it lands.
Forgotten Island, DreamWorks Animation's 50th film, opened September 25 to a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes from 68 critics after debuting at a perfect 100%. I broke down why the studio's cheaper, culturally specific bet is quietly outperforming Pixar's expensive originals, and built my own ranking of every original CG movie either studio has released since 2022.
Netflix's Unabomber lands September 25 with Jacob Tremblay as a young Ted Kaczynski, and reviews split from “faint sketch” to “chilling.” I watched it, fact-checked the Harvard experiment it leans on, and built the first side-by-side of all three Kaczynski screen portrayals.
Heart of the Beast opens nationwide Friday with a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes from 37 critics, the best-reviewed movie of both Brad Pitt's and David Ayer's careers. I watched it, tracked how the score actually got there, and built my own ranking of every man-and-his-dog survival movie to see where it lands.
Paramount Skydance's $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery cleared its last legal roadblock on September 21 and is expected to close in early October. Two days later, Semafor reported Paramount has discussed bringing Elon Musk on as an equity investor. My own studio-by-studio breakdown of what's merging, a personal tier list of what to actually watch, and why the Musk headline bothers me more than the price tag does.
Avengers: Endgame Encore returns to theaters September 25 with about six new minutes bridging into Avengers: Doomsday, and trackers project it could out-open Resident Evil's second weekend. All four new post-credits scenes have already leaked. Here's what's new, what leaked, my own spoiler-risk ranking of the four scenes, and why I think the stunt is smarter than it looks.
Toy Story 5 closed its theatrical run as the highest-grossing Toy Story movie ever made, at $1.144 billion worldwide. On September 26, a California WARN notice puts roughly 108 Pixar employees officially out of a job, part of Disney's third round of 2026 layoffs. My own ranking of all five films, a side-by-side numbers table, and why I don't think this is as simple as a villain story.
Netflix released the first full trailer for The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, David Fincher's follow-up to Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Leonardo DiCaprio doesn't appear on screen, Timothy Olyphant is back, and one throwaway line explains why. Here's every confirmed detail, our own cast-then-and-now table, and a director-DNA breakdown you won't find anywhere else.
Resident Evil opened to an estimated $60 million domestic and $108.3 million worldwide, more than double the franchise's previous best opening, beating forecasts of $40 to $50 million. Here is how it compares with all seven earlier films, who bought the tickets, and what the second weekend will decide.
Warner Bros. Discovery shelved the finished Coyote vs. Acme in 2023 for a reported $30 million write-off. After Ketchup Entertainment paid about $50 million to release it, the Looney Tunes hybrid has grossed $82.8 million worldwide in three weekends, with mid-90s Rotten Tomatoes scores and an A CinemaScore.
Peter Farrelly's I Play Rocky drew a standing ovation at TIFF, sits at 80% on Rotten Tomatoes from 35 reviews, and, according to its director, has Sylvester Stallone's blessing. Critics are split, TIFF's People's Choice Award lands Sunday, and the release date depends on which page you check.
A reference guide to Marvel Studios' Phase Six finale: why Avengers: Doomsday moved from May to December 2026, what that meant for Secret Wars, who's confirmed in the cast, and where the rest of the 2026-2027 slate stands.
Netflix and Empire just gave the first real look at Greta Gerwig's Narnia: The Magician's Nephew — Meryl Streep voicing a Bowie-nodding Aslan, the story moved from 1900 to postwar 1950s Britain, and a February 12, 2027 theatrical release seven weeks before it reaches Netflix on April 2.
Practical Magic 2 opened atop the domestic box office with $30 million, dethroning Spider-Man: Brand New Day after six straight weekends at No. 1 — but critics and audiences are watching two very different movies, splitting 37% to 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, nearly three decades after the original barely cracked $13 million on its entire opening weekend.
Zach Cregger's Resident Evil reboot opens wide Friday carrying a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score from more than 70 critics, the highest of any video game movie ever made — built entirely around an original story and a courier nobody's played as before, not Jill Valentine or Chris Redfield.
Eleven years after Star Wars: The Force Awakens set the mark, it finally has company at the top. On Tuesday, Spider-Man: Brand New Day crossed $936.77 million domestically, edging out Force Awakens' $936.66 million by roughly $110,000 to become the highest-grossing film in U.S. box office history.
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey closed its ninth weekend at $1.684 billion worldwide, passing Jurassic World to become Universal's highest-grossing film ever.
Brand New Day has since broken Star Wars' all-time domestic record outright. This page tracks how close the chase had gotten as of September 8.
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