David Rooney
The Hollywood Reporter
The Invite
2026 · The Hollywood Reporter
When it's cooking, which is most of the run time, this is a smart, sophisticated and incisively acted adult entertainment that savages the crumbling institution of marriage, dangles the promise of sexual rescue and then brings the walls crashing down in a bitter reckoning that seems irreversible — until a window of hope and healing gets cracked open. That closing note is so lovely, and its visual handling so graceful, that it retroactively smooths the bumps.
The Dog Stars
2026 · The Hollywood Reporter
Yet it's arguably Ridley Scott's best since The Martian 11 years ago. The Dog Stars has the feel of a melancholic, character-driven Western, rather than a shoot-'em-up survivalist thriller. Muted but never dull, The Dog Stars seems unlikely to land near the top of anyone's Ridley Scott rankings. But it's an appealingly mellow watch.
Frankenstein
2025 · The Hollywood Reporter
One of del Toro's finest, this is epic-scale storytelling of uncommon beauty, feeling and artistry. While Netflix is giving this visual feast just a three-week theatrical run ahead of its streaming debut, it begs to be experienced on the big screen.
The End of Oak Street
2026 · The Hollywood Reporter · Aug 2026
While it's mindlessly entertaining in a big-dumb-fun kind of way, this is a movie that doesn't seem to know what it wants to be, beyond a worshipful homage to 1980s Amblin. After the early promise of his captivating debut feature and his confident leap into horror with It Follows, the director appears to be slumming it here, dipping his toes into blockbuster waters that inevitably evoke Jurassic Park and all its children, in a half-jokey tone that tends to undermine the terror.
One Night Only
2026 · The Hollywood Reporter · Aug 2026
The pairing of Turner, showing an appealing aw-shucks goofy side to offset his studly swagger, and the incandescent Barbaro, finally landing a role that builds on her enormous promise in A Complete Unknown, makes One Night Only Gluck's best film since the 2010 Emma Stone teen comedy, Easy A. Mostly it's the effortless appeal of Barbaro and Turner as hopeless romantics on a night dedicated to instant carnal gratification that keeps the movie motoring along, even when Braun's screenplay is at its most effortful.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
2026 · The Hollywood Reporter · Jul 2026
Spider-Man: Brand New Day reins all that in to find a more introspective Peter Parker in emotionally bruised isolation following his self-sacrificial decision to save the world by erasing its memory of him. The entertaining new entry has the good sense to stop banging on about the damn multiverse. Instead, it foregrounds the humanity that has always been Spidey's greatest strength — with an extra dash of angst.
Disclosure Day
2026 · The Hollywood Reporter · Jun 2026
No living director better understands the magic of movies. For anyone who has loved his movies, Disclosure Day will be an essential addition to Spielberg's rich body of work.
Michael
2026 · The Hollywood Reporter · Apr 2026
Director Antoine Fuqua and screenwriter John Logan don't exactly break the mold with Michael, nor do they stuff it with major revelations. But they tap into a vein of melancholy underlaying the stratospheric success that's surprisingly affecting. Simply as a celebration of Jackson's songs and stagecraft, it's phenomenal, shot by Dion Beebe with visual electricity in the performance sequences.
Hoppers
2026 · The Hollywood Reporter · Mar 2026
Clever, funny and visually appealing, Daniel Chong's nutty action comedy zips along, driven by rambunctious energy and a spirited Mark Mothersbaugh score. This is not a movie that feels fine-tuned to death in studio meetings. There's a crazy, almost anarchic narrative logic that keeps it zigging and zagging unpredictably.
Marty Supreme
2025 · The Hollywood Reporter · Dec 2025
Marking the first time since his 2008 solo debut that Josh Safdie has directed a feature without his brother and longtime collaborator Benny, Marty Supreme turns out, paradoxically, to be his most Safdian movie to date. Propelled by a hot-wired Timothée Chalamet as a cocky operator aiming for global table tennis glory, this genre-defying original is an exhilarating sports comedy, a scrappy character study, a thrumming evocation of early '50s New York City. As a kinetic portrait of a life in perpetual motion, Marty Supreme is a wonder.
TRON: Ares
2025 · The Hollywood Reporter · Oct 2025
It's no sci-fi insta-classic, but there are worse things to be than a surprisingly entertaining post-summer popcorn bucket. The robust score and sound design make the IMAX experience worth the extra outlay, and Leto's refreshingly subdued performance as Ares supplies an emotional hook and even an occasional touch of humor.
Jurassic World Rebirth
2025 · The Hollywood Reporter · Jun 2025
More nostalgic than new, but still roars. Whatever the new movie lacks in originality, it makes up for in propulsive narrative drive, big scares and appealing new characters played by a terrific cast.
Sinners
2025 · The Hollywood Reporter · Apr 2025
As much arthouse as grindhouse, it's a blood-drenched mix tape that shouldn't work. But it does, thanks to Coogler's muscular direction, a terrific cast, enveloping IMAX visuals, body-quaking sound and music that stirs the soul while setting the pulse racing. It's a unique experience, unlike anything either the director or Jordan has done before.
Snow White
2025 · The Hollywood Reporter · Mar 2025
Snow White doesn't quite crack the top-tier, with Cinderella and Pete's Dragon and the 1994 version of The Jungle Book. But it lands solidly in the upper end of the spectrum, alongside movies like Mulan, Beauty and the Beast and Cruella. That puts it a long way from such soulless efforts as Dumbo, Pinocchio or either of the recent Alice in Wonderland movies.