Verdict: 3.5 out of 5. Good Fortune is the rare Hollywood comedy that genuinely wants to say something — and the rarer still one in which Keanu Reeves, playing a well-meaning but hopeless angel, turns out to be the funniest person on screen. Aziz Ansari’s feature directorial debut is warm, shaggy and occasionally muddled, but … Read more
Verdict: 2.5 out of 5. Regretting You is a film that wants to break your heart, and in its best moments it does. It is also messy, overwrought and frequently at war with itself — which may explain why critics largely rejected it while audiences embraced it anyway. If you love Colleen Hoover’s novels, or … Read more
Verdict: 3 out of 5. Street Fighter (2026) is loud, colourful, proudly ridiculous fun for fans of the games — and a messy, overstuffed tournament movie for everyone else. If you go in wanting faithful fighters, big entrances and fights that feel like the arcade come to life, you will have a good night out. … Read more
Early verdict: 4.5 out of 5. Godzilla Minus Zero is shaping up to be one of the year’s most exciting blockbusters — a sequel that, on the strength of its early critical response, may be even bigger, bolder and more emotional than the Oscar-winning film that came before it. Ahead of its November release, early … 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
The Verdict Guillermo del Toro has waited three decades to make Frankenstein, and it shows in every frame. This is not a horror movie so much as a gothic opera: a 149-minute, lushly mounted retelling of Mary Shelley’s novel starring Oscar Isaac as the doomed Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as the Creature — a … Read more
The Verdict Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another is the rare studio blockbuster that feels dangerous. A 161-minute action epic shot in VistaVision, it follows a washed-up revolutionary dragged back into the fight when his teenage daughter vanishes. With Leonardo DiCaprio stumbling through the smoke of his own past and Sean Penn turning in … Read more
The verdict Georgia Oakley’s Sense and Sensibility is a grounded, quietly moving take on Jane Austen’s beloved novel — less a glossy remake than a fresh adaptation that puts the Dashwood sisters’ bond at the center. Daisy Edgar-Jones is superb as Elinor, and the film’s earthy, naturalistic style will divide purists while winning over newcomers. … Read more
The verdict Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother is one of the year’s most distinctive thrillers — a pulpy, pressure-cooker action film wrapped around a story of faith, fatherhood and grief that Hollywood almost never tells. Mahershala Ali is superb as a man whose two lives are collapsing into each other, and director Bassam Tariq … Read more