Box office numbers, studio deals, release dates and reviews, with my take on what it all means for you. Every story links its sources, so you can check the facts yourself.
AFI will honor Tom Cruise on April 24, 2027, 19 days after Digger opened. What is confirmed, his four Oscar nominations, the seven past honorees who already worked with him, my three-test scorecard and why I call it the right pick.
A new Alien movie is in development with Ridley Scott producing and Aaron Guzikowski writing, and it is not a Romulus sequel. What is confirmed, what is only reported, a bar chart of every Alien movie’s return on its budget and my take.
Tom Skerritt died Oct. 21 at 93. I sorted what is confirmed, built a ledger of how his five best-known characters step aside for someone else, wrote a pick-by-mood guide to his work and explain why I see that as his real gift.
The Terrifier trilogy returns to theaters Oct. 29-31 with Dead by Daylight as presenter. Which film plays which night, runtimes of 85, 138 and 125 minutes, a return-on-budget calculation, the game perk and my pick for which night to buy.
Behemoth! is at 85% on Rotten Tomatoes and critics are split on the script. Release date, cast, why nine composers wrote it, a six-review ledger, my scorecard and my take before I've seen it.
Clayface sits at 75% on Rotten Tomatoes after 107 reviews. What critics agree on, the six grades, where they fight over the script, the ending and Gotham, the box office math, and my read before I've seen it.
Netflix's Narnia trailer drew 481.3 million views in seven days, about twice Barbie's. What a view counts, my ledger of past trailers vs. opening weekends, why Wonka and Barbie split, and my take.
BTS's Buenos Aires concert reaches about 3,800 theaters on Oct. 24 and 25. The dates, the 3 hour 15 minute runtime, what the Busan live viewing sold, my stadium-vs-cinema scorecard and whether a seat is worth it.
Jenna Ortega plays a solar-powered robot in Taika Waititi's Ishiguro adaptation, opening Oct. 23 at 27% on Rotten Tomatoes. The rating, runtime, box office forecasts, a tally of what critics complained about, book vs. movie, and my take on why the camera is the problem.
Back to the Future returns for one day on Oct. 21, the same calendar date Part II visited. What's playing, whether the 4DX and D-Box screenings are worth a ticket, and my report card on 11 predictions from Part II's 2015, from video calls to hoverboards and the Cubs.
Olivia Colman marries a man made of wicker, and Wicker opens Oct. 23. The R rating, runtime, a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score, whether it's horror, the critics who didn't like it, and my own ticket guide for who should go and who should wait.
Netflix film chief Dan Lin is out five days after 1,000 layoffs and four days after Bela Bajaria's exit. The six-day timeline, who runs Netflix movies now, what's locked on the slate for Cliff Booth and Narnia, and why I think this is about hits, not headcount.
Sony and Sam Mendes are reportedly weighing a same-day release for all four Beatles movies, one pooled box office number and a four-ticket bundle. What's confirmed, what's only reported, who plays whom, and my own scorecard for every rollout option.
You Can See Everything opened to about $15 million from 855 theaters, with 2,000+ sellouts and a $17,543 per-theater average. Records explained, my screen math, wide-release risks and my take.
Wildwood holds 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, runs about 139 minutes and is Laika's first PG-13. Release date, cast, box office tracking, my age guide, ticket-time math and a verdict by type of viewer.
Avengers: Endgame passed Avatar again, about $2.9255 billion to $2.9237 billion worldwide. I traced every time the record changed hands, did the margin math, ranked the all-time top five and explain why I think this crown deserves an asterisk.
Robert Eggers' medieval werewolf film opens Dec. 25. I mapped its campaign to the full moons, listed what is confirmed and what isn't, compared it to his four earlier films and explain why I think hiding the wolf is the right call.
Pan's Labyrinth is back in theaters in 4K, HDR and 3D for its 20th anniversary. I explain the R rating with a fear dial, build a pick-your-format guide, check the opening weekend and share why I think the scariest part isn't a monster.
Spielberg is overseeing the next Transformers movie and Michael Bay is in early talks to direct. I sorted what's settled from what's still talk, charted the Bay-era box office and ranked five signs that would make me believe the comeback.
Tim Burton is developing an original film from Kazuo Ishiguro, reportedly set in postwar Japan, with no studio or cast yet. What's confirmed, my fit test for the pairing and my take.
Street Fighter is on track for about $31 million, a B- CinemaScore and an $82 million budget. I built the break-even table, graded my own Oct. 6 forecast, and worked out what it needs overseas.
Paramount has Red Rising, with Francis Lawrence directing and Justin Rhodes writing. I sorted what's confirmed from what's blank, laid out the books in order, ranked the risks and wrote my advice on reading the book first.
Judd Apatow's Norm Macdonald documentary is on Netflix with no talking heads and reviews that run from 2 out of 5 to A-minus. I built a review scoreboard, a fact-check of Norm's own myths and a starter path for what to watch next.
Zendaya will star in Alex Garland's untitled A24 sci-fi movie, reported Oct. 15 and expected to shoot in 2027. I separate what's confirmed from what's blank, map her recent run, built a Garland starter pack and say why I think this is a bigger bet than it looks.
Universal named The Mummy 4 The Mummy: Book of the Dead and set it for Oct. 15, 2027. I trace the five-film family tree, explain the real Book of the Dead and score what I want back from 1999.
Sense and Sensibility opens in U.S. theaters Oct. 16 at 78% on Rotten Tomatoes. I sort the cast and the critics' split, run Austen's money math, compare 1995, 2008 and 2026, and say which version to watch first.
Netflix cut about 1,000 jobs, roughly 6% of its staff, on Oct. 14, and film VP Doug Belgrad is out. I sorted what's confirmed, ran my own 2022 comparison and explain why I think the film exit matters most.
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 at about 50% on Rotten Tomatoes and 44 on Metacritic, Tom Cruise's first Rotten score since The Mummy. I built a score tracker, a ledger of ten critic reactions, my own break-even gap table, and a decision guide for whether it's worth your ticket.
Forgotten Island opened to $12.8 million with an A CinemaScore and a reported $80 million budget. I compared it to The Wild Robot and Puss in Boots, ranked the three suspects behind the soft start, did the break-even math, and laid out what matters in the second weekend.
Verity opens Friday as Colleen Hoover's first R-rated movie, with a reported $40 million budget and forecasts from $19 million to $40 million. I lined up every forecast, built a ledger of her four movies, worked out the opening Verity needs to break even, and explain why I think the second weekend matters more than the first.
Universal is the first studio past $5 billion at the 2026 box office, thanks to The Odyssey, Michael and Mario. I built my own budget-versus-gross table, dug into the fine print on Michael, and explain why the most important movie on the list is a $750,000 horror film called Obsession.
Variety, Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter report that the Spider-Man director is attached to the first film of Simon Kinberg's Star Wars trilogy, possibly Episode X. Lucasfilm hasn't confirmed it. I sorted what's reported from what's rumor, ranked every Skywalker Saga director's résumé side by side, and explain why this looks like the safest hire Lucasfilm could make right now.
Digger opens Friday with split first reactions, a reported $125 million budget and opening forecasts from $12 million to $30 million. I lined up every forecast side by side, worked out my own break-even math against One Battle After Another, and explain why I'm rooting for it before I've even seen it.
Endgame Encore reclaimed the box office's No. 1 spot with $26 million domestic, edging out Resident Evil's second weekend. I built the full historical table of every major theatrical rerelease since 1997, handed out my own letter grades, and found out Marvel still isn't the record holder — a singing lion is.
Primetime opened nationwide Friday with Robert Pattinson as a fictionalized Chris Hansen, a Rotten Tomatoes score that slid from a perfect 100% into the high 80s, and the real Chris Hansen calling it "a hit piece" after finally watching it. My own ranking of Pattinson's best-reviewed films, a comparison table of real people who hated their own biopics, and my honest verdict.
Forgotten Island, DreamWorks' 50th theatrical feature, opened today at 96% on Rotten Tomatoes from 68 critics after debuting at a perfect 100%. I compared it to every original CG movie DreamWorks and Pixar have released since 2022, built my own ranking of the results, and explain why the studio's cheaper bets keep quietly winning.
Unabomber streams globally on Netflix starting today with Jacob Tremblay as a young Ted Kaczynski, and reviews from Variety to The Hollywood Reporter have landed rough. I fact-checked the Harvard experiment it leans on, and built the first side-by-side comparison of all three scripted Kaczynski dramatizations.
Heart of the Beast opens nationwide Friday with the best Rotten Tomatoes score of both Brad Pitt's and David Ayer's careers. I tracked how the number actually got there, dug into why Odin the dog is the real reason it works, 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, a personal tier list of what to watch, and why the Musk headline bothers me more than the price tag does.
Toy Story 5 closed its run at $1.144 billion worldwide, the highest-grossing Toy Story movie ever made. On September 26, a California WARN filing puts roughly 108 Pixar employees out of a job. My own side-by-side numbers table, a personal ranking of every Toy Story ending, and where I land on the two facts sitting together.
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. My own spoiler-risk ranking, a comparison to the 2019 rerelease, and why I think the stunt works.
Netflix dropped 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. DiCaprio's Rick Dalton is written out in a single joke, Timothy Olyphant is back, and we built our own cast-then-and-now table and director breakdown.
Sony's Resident Evil opened to an estimated $60 million domestic and $108.3 million worldwide, more than double the franchise's old record. We compare it with all seven earlier films, break down who bought the tickets, and run the math on how big it can get.
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.
Warner Bros. Discovery shelved the finished movie in 2023 as 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 through three weekends, with mid-90s Rotten Tomatoes scores and an A CinemaScore.
Peter Farrelly's I Play Rocky, the story of how Sylvester Stallone got the original made, drew a standing ovation at TIFF and sits at 80% on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics love Anthony Ippolito's Stallone and can't agree on much else, Stallone reportedly loved it, and TIFF's audience award lands Sunday morning.
Netflix and Empire just gave the first real look at Narnia: The Magician's Nephew. Meryl Streep is confirmed as the voice of a Bowie-nodding Aslan, the story moves from 1900 to postwar 1950s Britain, and Gerwig says she wanted a rock opera. It hits theaters February 12, 2027, seven weeks before Netflix on April 2.
The original Practical Magic made just $13.1 million on its entire opening weekend in 1998 before finding its audience for decades on cable. The sequel just opened to $30 million domestic and $46 million worldwide, dethroning Spider-Man — while critics and audiences walked out with two completely different verdicts.
Jurassic World finished its run in 2015 at $1.677 billion and nothing at Universal came close for over a decade. Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey just closed its ninth weekend at $1.684 billion worldwide, becoming the studio's highest-grossing film ever, Nolan's biggest movie, and the highest-grossing R-rated release in history.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens held the domestic box office record for eleven years. On Tuesday, forty-seven days into its run, Spider-Man: Brand New Day finally slipped past it — closing at $936.77 million against Force Awakens' $936.66 million, a margin of about $110,000 on a chase that took over a decade to finish.
Six live-action Resident Evil movies came and went between 2002 and 2021 without ever cracking 40% on Rotten Tomatoes. Cregger's reboot, which skips every recognizable character from the games for an original story, is sitting at 96% from more than 70 critics the night before it opens wide.
Ten years, nine months and one very stubborn Star Wars movie stood between Sony's web-slinger and the all-time domestic box office crown. As of Wednesday, Brand New Day sits at $924.9 million with The Force Awakens' $936.6 million record finally within a single weekend's reach.
