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.
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.