Verdict: 3.5/5 — a sly, talky two-hander elevated by Helen Mirren at her wicked best. A Talent for Murder, opening in US theaters on Friday, October 23, 2026, in a limited release from Bleecker Street, imagines an encounter between the reclusive Patricia Highsmith and a young literary agent with a dangerous agenda. It is stagey, … Read more
The short answer: Nick stays with Amy because Amy is pregnant — with Nick’s own child, conceived through a stored sperm sample she used without his knowledge. The ending is a mutual trap: both know exactly who the other is, and both choose the perfect-marriage performance anyway. The final shot of Amy’s calm, faintly triumphant … Read more
Verdict: 4.5/5 — Laika’s most ambitious film is also its darkest, and possibly its masterpiece. Wildwood, the stop-motion studio’s first feature since 2019’s Missing Link, opens in US theaters on Friday, October 23, 2026, with a perfect 100% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes — a first for Laika. The praise is earned: hand-crafted filmmaking of … Read more
The short answer: Dr. Malcolm Crowe was dead the entire movie. Shot in the opening scene by a disturbed ex-patient, he never survived — and everything that follows is told from the perspective of a ghost who doesn’t know he’s a ghost. When his wedding ring slips from his sleeping wife’s hand, Malcolm finally grasps … Read more
Jailer 2 continues its record-smashing run at the box office. On Day 6 (Tuesday, October 20, 2026), Rajinikanth’s action sequel collected an estimated ₹45.55 crore net in India — a jump of roughly 7.6% over Monday’s ₹42.35 crore — riding the wave of the Vijayadashami holiday. With that, the film has crossed ₹541 crore worldwide … Read more
Netflix has released the first official trailer for In Waves, its latest animated feature and one of the season’s most decorated festival darlings. The trailer, which arrived on October 20, 2026 alongside new stills from the film, offers the first English-language look at a project Netflix is openly positioning as a Best Animated Feature Oscar … Read more
Warning: this article contains major spoilers for all of Stranger Things Season 4. If you haven’t finished it, watch first and come back. The short answer: The crew wounds Vecna but can’t kill him. Max dies in his grip — briefly, but long enough to complete his four-kill ritual — before Eleven pulls her back … Read more
Warning: this article contains major spoilers for Arrival (2016). If you haven’t seen it, watch first and come back. The short answer: The “memories” of Dr. Louise Banks’ daughter are not memories at all — they are visions of the future. By learning the heptapods’ circular language, Louise’s brain rewires itself to perceive time non-linearly, … Read more
Few 2026 releases looked better on paper than Klara and the Sun: a Taika Waititi-directed adaptation of a Kazuo Ishiguro novel, starring Jenna Ortega as an android and Amy Adams as her co-lead. Then the film premiered at the BFI London Film Festival on October 15, and the verdict came down hard. With the film … Read more
DC Studios is about to take its biggest creative swing yet — and the first reactions are all over the map. Clayface, the R-rated body-horror take on one of Batman’s oldest villains, opens in theaters on October 23, 2026, with preview screenings starting October 22. With full critic reviews landing this week, here is everything … Read more