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Chris Hansen Gives Robert Pattinson's Primetime a D Grade, Calls the Film '98% Pure Fiction'
The real Chris Hansen graded Robert Pattinson's portrayal of him in A24's Primetime a D on his own podcast, calling the film largely fictional days after its theatrical release.
Best Stephen King Movies, Ranked: Top 10 Adaptations — Carrie Beats Shawshank and The Shining Barely Makes the Top 10
Twelve days before Halloween, a data-ranked look at the ten best-reviewed King films: Tomatometer and Metascore averaged, 17 titles scored, official trailers included.
Klara and the Sun (2026) Review: Waititi Fumbles Ishiguro — Jenna Ortega is the one thing critics keep defending in a 22% adaptation that jokes its way past every feeling.
Taika Waititi's adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's 2021 novel, starring Jenna Ortega and Amy Adams, is the lowest-rated film of his career. The problem critics name is not the cast but the tone.
Wicker (2026) Review: Olivia Colman's Strange Fairy Tale Earns Its 93% — a woven husband, a jealous village and a script that runs out of jokes before it runs out of heart.
Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson's adaptation of The Wicker Husband is bawdy, handmade and genuinely romantic. Critics agree on the performances; the disagreement is about whether the jokes last 105 minutes.
Best Mystery & Detective Movies of 2026, Ranked (So Far) — From The Rip to The Samurai and the Prisoner
Ten mystery, detective and crime films released in the U.S. in 2026, ranked by the average of their Tomatometer and Metascore, each labeled by the kind of story it tells.
Best Comedy Movies of 2026, Ranked: The 10 Funniest So Far — From Power Ballad to The Invite
Ten comedies released in the U.S. in 2026, ranked by the average of their Tomatometer and Metascore, with what kind of funny each one is and who should watch it.
Best Aaron Sorkin Movies, Ranked: All 10 by Critic Score — From Malice to The Social Network
With The Social Reckoning opening October 9, a data-ranked look at every feature Sorkin wrote before it: Tomatometer and Metascore averaged, official trailers included.
Verity (2026) Review: Anne Hathaway Saves a Flat Thriller — Colleen Hoover's Bestseller Gets a Faithful, Oddly Tame Adaptation
Michael Showalter's adaptation follows the novel almost page for page. Critics found it too cautious to be the trashy good time the material promises, and nearly all of them made an exception for its star.
Best Tom Cruise Movies, Ranked: The 10 Greatest Since 1996 — From Jerry Maguire to Top Gun: Maverick
With Digger opening Oct. 2, a data-ranked look at Cruise's best three decades: Tomatometer and Metascore averaged, two Mission: Impossibles max, every official trailer included.
Digger (2026) Review: Tom Cruise Is All In; the Film Isn't — Iñárritu's Big, Messy Dr. Strangelove Riff
Alejandro G. Iñárritu hands Tom Cruise his strangest role in years — an oil baron racing to undo the disaster he caused — and critics agree on the performance far more than on the movie around it.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) Review: Holland's Best — a Spider-Man Movie That Grows Up With Him
Destin Daniel Cretton trades multiverse cameos for a lonelier, street-level Peter Parker, and a battered homemade suit, Sadie Sink's Jean Grey and Jon Bernthal's Punisher mostly earn the 145 minutes.
Forgotten Island Review: DreamWorks' Best in Years — Filipino Folklore Over Formula
Directors Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado fold 2D anime energy into 3D animation and let a real, messy friendship carry the whole movie
Chris Hansen Gives Robert Pattinson's Primetime a D Grade, Calls the Film '98% Pure Fiction'
The real host at the center of A24's Dateline drama went public on his own podcast days after the film's premiere, rejecting its 'love letter' framing and Pattinson's 'unhinged' portrayal.
Heart of the Beast Review: Brad Pitt's Survival Thriller — a Three-Legged Dog Makes It Genuinely Tender
David Ayer trades his usual grit for a spare, physical man-and-animal story in the Alaskan wilderness — and the film is at its best exactly when it stops talking.
Primetime (2026) Review: Pattinson as Chris Hansen — a Horror-Movie Monster, and A24's Camera Never Blinks
Lance Oppenheim's dramatization of the 'To Catch a Predator' years is less interested in the men caught on camera than in the man holding it — and Pattinson plays that hunger for ratings like something closer to a possession.
Practical Magic 2 Review: The Spell Doesn't Quite Hold — the Owens Sisters Return
Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are back 27 years later for a legacy sequel that critics found nostalgic but inert, even as a new generation — Joey King, Lee Pace, Maisie Williams — tries to carry the franchise forward.
Resident Evil (2026) Review: Cregger Breaks the Curse — a Video-Game Movie That Finally Works
After six Paul W.S. Anderson films built around Milla Jovovich's Alice, Sony handed the reboot to the director of Barbarian and Weapons — and the reviews say it worked.