More from David Rooney
‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ Review: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey and Mahershala Ali Find Signs of Life in 32-Year-Old Dino Franchise
Gareth Edwards takes the directing reins while original screenwriter David Koepp returns for this chapter about an extraction team seeking genetic samples from massive creatures in a tropical biosphere.
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‘Sauna’ Review: A Melancholy and Sensual Danish Drama About Queer Desire With Complications
Director Mathias Broe explores the bumpy love story between a Copenhagen gay sauna worker and a trans man that exposes a divide in the ways they navigate the world.
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‘M3GAN 2.0’ Review: Allison Williams in an Occasionally Fun but Overloaded AI Sequel That Botches Its Factory Reset
Violet McGraw also returns as the orphaned niece of a roboticist whose rogue automaton companion must be reassembled to bring down an even deadlier doll.
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‘Jaws’: The Prototype Summer Blockbuster Turns 50, Losing None of Its Bite
Half a century ago, on June 20, 1975, Steven Spielberg’s classic shark thriller hit U.S. theaters and became an instant sensation. A day at the beach was never the same again.
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’28 Years Later’ Review: Jodie Comer and Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Danny Boyle’s White-Knuckle Sequel to His Apocalyptic Game-Changer
Newcomer Alfie Williams and Ralph Fiennes also star in this reinvigoration of the undead franchise, which reunites the director with screenwriter Alex Garland.
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Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 10 Best Films of 2025 So Far
Faves from the first half of the year include a bracing take on the New York rom-com, an intimate John Lennon doc and a Steven Soderbergh-helmed ghost story.
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‘It’s Dorothy!’ Review: ‘Wizard of Oz’ Protagonist Gets a Deep-Dive Cultural Analysis in Wide-Ranging if Overstuffed Appreciation
Jeffrey McHale’s doc-essay extends its gaze from the L. Frank Baum novel published in 1900 through the beloved Judy Garland film to ‘The Wiz,’ ‘Wicked’ and countless points in between.
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‘Inside’ Review: Guy Pearce Is a Lit Fuse of Internal Contradictions in Haunting Australian Prison Drama
Cosmo Jarvis and new talent Vincent Miller complete a triangle of violent criminals in Charles Williams’ debut feature about incarcerated men working to redirect their lives.
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‘Boy George & Culture Club’ Review: An Affectionate Look at the ’80s Band and Its Flamboyant Frontman That Entertains but Treads Too Carefully
Alison Ellwood charts the group’s rise to global pop domination, the inevitable media backlash and the frictions that pierced their bubble of success.
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‘Materialists’ Review: Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal Bring Affecting Soulfulness to Celine Song’s Perceptive Romantic Drama
The 'Past Lives' writer-director follows her head-turning debut with a contemplative look at dating, love, relationship expectations and the inevitable consideration of money in contemporary New York City.
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‘From the World of John Wick: Ballerina’ Review: Ana de Armas Slays in a Hard-Charging Spinoff That Makes for a Mindless Summer Treat
Anjelica Huston, Gabriel Byrne and Keanu Reeves also appear in Len Wiseman’s bloodbath of grief and revenge, in which an elite assassin doffs her tutu and goes rogue.
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‘The Love That Remains’ Review: Hlynur Pálmason Follows ‘Godland’ With a Snapshot of Marital Dissolution More Elemental Than Affecting
A fisherman in Southeastern Iceland remains in denial about the end of his union with a struggling artist and his sidelined presence in their children’s lives.
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