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Mayday Review: Reynolds and Branagh Make a Cold War Buddy Movie Work

Apple TV's Mayday premieres September 4. Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh sell a silly Siberian escape better than the stealth-jet premise deserves.

Sep 4, 2026

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Werwulf: Robert Eggers Is Turning the Werewolf Genre Into His Next Obsession

Aaron Taylor-Johnson leads a Nosferatu reunion in Eggers' darkest film yet — a 13th-century werewolf tale shot on 35mm with period-accurate Old English dialogue.

Aug 25, 2026

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Mutiny (2026): Jason Statham's Cargo Ship Thriller Knows Exactly What It Is

Jean-François Richet's Mutiny puts Jason Statham on a container ship for revenge, refugees, and Roland Møller. It's formulaic, and that's mostly fine.

Aug 22, 2026

Matthew McConaughey as Amziah King standing in a sunlit field with beehives

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The Rivals of Amziah King Review: McConaughey's Best Work in Years

Andrew Patterson's sun-dappled neo-noir about a beekeeping musician in rural Oklahoma is a rare film that earns every ounce of its charm.

Aug 14, 2026

Jake Johnson as Dusty Boyd holding a pickleball paddle on a sunlit court, looking skeptical, with Ben Stiller in a doctor's coat standing behind him

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'The Dink' Review: Ben Stiller and Jake Johnson Serve Up the Year's Most Surprisingly Charming Sports Comedy

Apple TV+'s pickleball comedy shouldn't work — a 103-minute film about the world's most ridiculed sport, starring a guy who looks perpetually confused. Yet 'The Dink' lands its shots more often than it misses, thanks to a game cast and a script that knows exactly how silly its premise is.

Jul 26, 2026

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The 2026 Box Office at Midyear: Billion-Dollar Mushrooms, Superhero Flops, and What It All Means

Domestic ticket sales are up 10% and summer is on track to clear $4 billion for the first time since Barbenheimer. But the winners and losers of 2026 so far tell a more complicated story about what audiences actually want.

Jul 20, 2026

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Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey Arrives: Shot Entirely on IMAX, 2 Million Feet of Kodak Film, and a 60-Foot Practical Cyclops

Nolan's Homer adaptation hits theaters with a staggering all-star cast, six-country production, and the director's most ambitious practical effects yet. Here's everything you need to know about the film that's being called his most impressive work.

Jul 18, 2026

Matt Damon as Odysseus standing on a rocky coastline at dusk, looking toward the sea, with a weathered ship visible on the horizon

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'The Odyssey' Early Reviews Are Unanimous — Can Nolan Top 'Oppenheimer'?

Two rounds of early screenings for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey have produced universally glowing reactions. With a star-studded cast led by Matt Damon and Zendaya, the film is already being discussed as a major awards contender. But a casting controversy in Greece adds an unexpected wrinkle.

Jul 15, 2026

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8 Psychological Thrillers From 2025–2026 That Redefine the Genre

From Steven Soderbergh's subversive spy story to Paul Thomas Anderson's generational reckoning, these eight films prove psychological thrillers are sharper, weirder, and more emotionally honest than ever.

Jun 22, 2026

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CinemaCon 2026: The Biggest Reveals from Hollywood's Annual Showcase

From Nolan's Odyssey footage to Marvel's Avengers: Doomsday teaser, here's everything that mattered at CinemaCon 2026 in Las Vegas.

Apr 3, 2026

Wuthering Heights 2026 movie poster featuring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi

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Wuthering Heights (2026): A Modern Gothic Romance

Emerald Fennell's visually stunning but emotionally hollow adaptation of Emily Brontë's classic transforms the Yorkshire moors into a fever dream of maximalist excess.

Mar 7, 2026

Michael B. Jordan as Smoke and Stack in Sinners 2026 film

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Why Sinners Is the Must-See Film of 2026

Ryan Coogler's vampire epic Sinners has made Oscar history with 16 nominations. Discover why this genre-blending masterpiece is essential viewing.

Feb 25, 2026