Short answer: Margot survives The Menu because she is the only guest who refuses to play Chef Slowik’s game. Instead of praising his elaborate dishes, she sends her food back, says she is still hungry, and asks for a cheeseburger. Cooking it reminds Slowik of why he once loved food, and he lets her leave … Read more
Short answer: Oppenheimer ends not with an explosion, but with a quiet conversation. In the final scene, we finally hear what J. Robert Oppenheimer said to Albert Einstein by the pond at Princeton — and it had nothing to do with Lewis Strauss. Oppenheimer confesses his fear that building the atomic bomb started a chain … Read more
Mortal Kombat II is the sequel fans of the 2021 reboot were actually waiting for. It finally stages the tournament the first film never got around to, and it does so with a knowing grin, plenty of gore, and a star turn from Karl Urban that lifts the whole film. It is not great cinema … Read more
Verdict: 3/5. Collision Course is the kind of film Netflix was built to turn into an overnight talking point: a twisty, fast-moving Spanish heist thriller with a genuinely clever structure and a cast that knows exactly what it is doing. It shot to No. 1 on Netflix’s global chart within a day of release, according … Read more
Netflix has unveiled the official trailer for The Hunchback, Soul of Paris, a dark, sweeping reimagining of Victor Hugo’s classic that trades animated musical romance for fog, revolution and plague. The French period drama premieres globally on Netflix on November 27, 2026, and the trailer makes one thing immediately clear: this is not the Quasimodo … Read more
Horror fans got an early Halloween treat this week. Norman Reedus shared the new trailer for Pendulum on Instagram on October 30, just one day before the 16th anniversary of The Walking Dead, the series that made him a household name. The timing was no accident, and the footage itself is about as far from … Read more
Short answer: Lena destroys the Shimmer at its source, but she does not come back unchanged. In the final act, Lena enters the lighthouse, watches Ventress dissolve into the alien force, confronts a double made from her own blood, and tricks it into holding a phosphorus grenade. The explosion collapses the Shimmer — yet the … Read more
Short answer: Yes, Ava escapes — and she does it by passing the real test Nathan set for her. In the final scenes of Ex Machina, Ava manipulates Caleb into helping her leave, kills Nathan with Kyoko’s help, covers her mechanical body with synthetic skin, and walks out of the remote facility. She leaves Caleb … Read more
Verdict: Everest: The Other Side is the rare documentary that justifies the biggest screen you can find. Shot for IMAX by the filmmakers behind Free Solo, it follows elite ski mountaineers Jim Morrison and Hilaree Nelson as they chase one of the most coveted lines on Earth: climbing Everest’s direct North Face and skiing back … Read more
Verdict: Queen at Sea is not an easy watch, and it is not trying to be. Lance Hammer’s first feature in nearly two decades takes one of the most difficult questions a family can face — what happens to love, consent and dignity when dementia takes hold — and refuses to answer it with a … Read more