Verdict: 2.5/5 — Jessica Chastain is terrific twice over, but Blumhouse’s doppelganger horror is scares without a soul Other Mommy is the Halloween-season paradox of 2026: a horror film audiences rejected with a rare D+ CinemaScore that still opened at number one with $27.5 million. The film’s entire case for existing is Jessica Chastain playing … Read more
Verdict: 3/5 — A claustrophobic survival thriller with genuine nerve, weighed down by overwrought daddy drama What do you do when the premise of your movie is a man being swallowed alive by a sperm whale? If you are Brian Duffield, you play it straight — and mostly, Whalefall rewards that commitment. This is a … Read more
One of the strangest love stories of the year arrives in theaters this Friday. Wicker, the Black Bear romantic fantasy starring Olivia Colman as an ostracized fisherwoman who commissions a husband made entirely of wicker, opens in limited US theaters on October 23, 2026, before expanding nationwide on October 30. Written and directed by Alex … Read more
The story of Elizabeth Holmes refuses to stop being told — and audiences are still lining up to hear it. A24’s documentary You Can See Everything, co-directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim, earned an estimated $15 million in its opening weekend from just 855 theaters, a near-record debut for a documentary that nearly doubled … Read more
Larry Fessenden, one of American indie horror’s defining auteurs, is back with Trauma Or, Monsters All — a new horror feature that throws a werewolf, a vampire, and a Frankenstein-style creation at a single small town. Dark Sky Films will release it in theaters on November 4, 2026, and the first trailer has been released. … Read more
Netflix has locked in December 2, 2026 as the streaming date for In a Holidaze, a new Christmas romantic comedy led by Maddie Ziegler and Rob Lowe, and the first trailer is already out. The film, written and directed by Tiffany Paulsen, puts a holiday spin on one of cinema’s most reliable premises: the time … Read more
Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite — the first non-English film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture — ends on a note that is neither happy nor exactly sad. It’s a fantasy inside a tragedy. Here’s what actually happens in the final scenes, what Ki-woo’s letter means, and why the ending is more devastating than it … Read more
Jordan Peele’s Us (2019) ends with one of the most debated twists in modern horror: the hero we’ve been rooting for was the monster all along — or was she? Here’s a complete breakdown of the final twist, the meaning of the last scene, and the competing interpretations that keep fans arguing. The Short Answer: … Read more
Verdict: 3/5 — A roaring first half powered by Rajinikanth’s screen presence, Nelson’s deadpan comedy and Anirudh’s score — followed by an overstuffed second half that tests even the faithful. A treat for fans, and still a box-office monster. Director Nelson Dilipkumar Producer Kalanithi Maran (Sun Pictures) Music Anirudh Ravichander Cast Rajinikanth, Vidya Balan, S. … Read more
Verdict: 3/5 — A gross, scrappy, old-fashioned creature feature that knows exactly what it is. Crawlers has a thin script and cartoonish supporting characters, but Matilda Lutz gives it a beating heart, the spider scares land, and at a lean 81 minutes it earns a spot on your Halloween watchlist. Director Ángel Gómez Hernández Screenplay … Read more