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What Critics Are Saying
About Spielberg's Latest

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Jun 12, 2026 10:16 AM CDT

What Critics Are Saying About Spielberg's Latest

'I am having so much fun,' writes one top critic of Disclosure Day

(Newser) - Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day is getting rock-solid reviews from critics, with the sci-film clocking in at 85% on Rotten Tomatoes . Audiences are a bit less enthused, at 75%. A sampling:

Dana Stevens of Slate is a fan, seeing it as a continuation of the director's lifelong exploration of

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The Sheep Detectives Overthrows Expectations

The Sheep Detectives
Is a 'Rare' Delight

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May 8, 2026 8:45 AM CDT

The Sheep Detectives Is a 'Rare' Delight

Agatha Christie-style mystery is fun for the whole family, critics say

(Newser) - If you planned to overlook a movie about sheep trying to solve their shepherd's murder, think again. Critics are enthralled by Kyle Balda's The Sheep Detectives , a family-friendly, Agatha Christie-style mystery with an A-list cast, including Hugh Jackman, Emma Thompson, Julia-Louis Dreyfus, Patrick Stewart, Regina Hall, and Bryan...

What Critics Think
of The Devil Wears Prada 2

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May 1, 2026 9:57 AM CDT

What Critics Think of The Devil Wears Prada 2

Sequel with Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway is getting good reviews

(Newser) - Miranda Priestly and Andy Sachs, aka Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway, are back for The Devil Wears Prada 2 , and critics mostly think fans of the original will be pleased. The film has a solid 79% fresh rating among critics at Rotten Tomatoes , while audiences offer a more favorable 88%....

MJ Biopic Ignores the Elephant in the Room

MJ Biopic Is Bad, Bad,
Really, Really Bad

MOVIE REVIEW

Apr 22, 2026 1:50 PM CDT

MJ Biopic Is Bad, Bad, Really, Really Bad

Critics say Michael offers only a sanitized version of Michael Jackson's life

(Newser) - Michael Jackson's rise—and only his rise—are on display in Antoine Fuqua's Michael , a new film sanctioned by the singer's estate and starring his nephew, Jaafar Jackson. It may have you dancing and singing along, but critics aren't moved, giving it a 33% rating on...

Mother Mary
Will Mess With
Your Head

MOVIE REVIEW

Apr 16, 2026 2:15 PM CDT

Mother Mary Will Mess With Your Head

Kind of fitting for a movie about an apparent possession

(Newser) - Anne Hathaway is both a pop star and a woman in need of exorcism in Mother Mary , a psychodrama from writer-director David Lowery, out Friday. The film, with an early 75% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes , features music from Jack Antonoff, Charli XCX, and cast member FKA Twigs, and...

This Could Be the Role to Get Chalamet His Oscar

This Could Be
the Role to
Earn Chalamet
His Oscar

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Dec 24, 2025 8:47 AM CST

This Could Be the Role to Earn Chalamet His Oscar

Actor plays a ping-pong master in Marty Supreme

(Newser) - Timothée Chalamet might finally get that Oscar. In Josh Safdie's Marty Supreme , with a 95% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes , Chalamet plays Marty Mauser, a fictionalized version of former US men's ping-pong champion Marty Reisman, and yes, that's really the actor doing all those table...

What Critics Are Saying About the New Wicked

What Critics Think of New
Wicked and Ariana Grande

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Nov 21, 2025 7:49 AM CST

What Critics Think of New Wicked and Ariana Grande

Singer gives strong performance, but the movie itself may have too much 'excess baggage'

(Newser) - It looks like fans of the first Wicked who go see the sequel will be happy with the decision: The fan score at Rotten Tomatoes is a sky-high 97%, though critics are less wowed at 70%. Some takes on Wicked: For Good with Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, aka the Wicked...

What Critics
Are Saying
About the
Springsteen Biopic

movie review

Oct 24, 2025 8:34 AM CDT

What Critics Are Saying About the Springsteen Biopic

Jeremy Allen White gets the job done 'with delicacy'

(Newser) - The much-anticipated Bruce Springsteen biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere is out, and reviews are decent if unspectacular: It's got a 61% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes , though the audience score is a stronger 85%. The movie explores the making of Springsteen's sparse 1982 album Nebraska. A sample of...

Jamie Lee Curtis Has All-Caps
Reply to Freakier Friday Review

Aug 11, 2025 5:21 AM CDT

Jamie Lee Curtis Has All-Caps Reply to Freakier Friday Review

Review a 'TAD HARSH,' actor says, and commenters agree

(Newser) - Freakier Friday is getting largely positive reviews —it currently has a 93% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 73% from critics—and it's not doing too shabby at the box office , either. Even so, not everyone is a fan, most notably a critic from Time magazine who got...

What Critics Are Saying
About Freakier Friday

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Aug 8, 2025 9:35 AM CDT

What Critics Are Saying About Freakier Friday

If you're a fan of the franchise, you'll probably have a good time

(Newser) - If you've watched and enjoyed one of the earlier Freaky Friday movies over the years—starting with the 1976 original—then it's a safe bet you'll like Freakier Friday , too. That seems to be the consensus as the latest iteration starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan...

Naked Gun Reboot Is
'Amiably Ridiculous'

MOVIE REVIEW

Aug 1, 2025 11:01 AM CDT

Naked Gun Reboot Is 'Amiably Ridiculous'

Critics say Neeson is a worthy successor to Nielsen

(Newser) - "Nobody in their right mind would reboot The Naked Gun," Johnny Oleksinski writes at the New York Post . "So thank God these filmmakers clearly are not in their right minds." Oleksinski is one of many reviewers praising the comedy reboot, which has a 90% rating on...

What Critics Are Saying
About the New Fantastic Four

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Jul 25, 2025 10:07 AM CDT

What Critics Are Saying About the New Fantastic Four

New Marvel movie getting good reviews from both audiences and the pros

(Newser) - The latest Marvel superhero movie seems to have pleased critics and audiences alike. The Fantastic Four: First Steps has a rock solid 89% positive rating from critics and a 92% score from audiences at Rotten Tomatoes . A sampling:

The movie is "essentially a family drama disguising itself as a

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28 Years Later Is a
'Poetic Apocalyptic Downer'

MOVIE REVIEW

Jun 19, 2025 7:58 AM CDT

28 Years Later Is a 'Poetic Apocalyptic Downer'

Ambitious horror sequel is 'a truly bizarre piece of art'

(Newser) - A lot has changed since 2002's 28 Days Later, which introduced audiences to the so-called rage virus, and 2007's 28 Weeks Later, which raised hopes of eradicating the virus only to dash them. Foremost, audiences now know what it's like to live through an actual pandemic. And...

It's Pamela Anderson Like
You've Never Seen Her Before

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Jan 10, 2025 9:36 AM CST

It's Pamela Anderson Like You've Never Seen Her Before

Actor delivers 'quietly devastating performance' in The Last Showgirl

(Newser) - You're about to understand why Pamela Anderson received a Golden Globe nomination for her starring role in The Last Showgirl . The Gia Coppola-directed film, premiering Friday, has an 80% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes , with much talk of the commitment and vulnerability Anderson shows on screen.

It's

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Chalamet Shines as Bob Dylan

MOVIE REVIEW

Dec 24, 2024 9:40 AM CST

Chalamet Shines as Bob Dylan

Critics praise the performances in A Complete Unknown more than the film itself

(Newser) - James Mangold's A Complete Unknown covers 1961 to 1965, a period in which Bob Dylan, aka Robert Zimmerman, arrived in New York, shot to fame as a folk singer-songwriter, then shocked fans by plugging in an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival. Adapted from Elijah Wald's 2015...

Here Are Your Top Films
of 2024, per 2 NYT Critics

Dec 9, 2024 2:28 PM CST

Here Are Your Top Films of 2024, per 2 NYT Critics

All We Imagine as Light , Nickel Boys rank first on the lists for Manohla Dargis and Alissa Wilkinson

(Newser) - It was a hectic year in politics, but people still managed to find time for a movie or two, or several, including New York Times film critics Manohla Dargis and Alissa Wilkinson. The duo have compiled their individual top 10 lists for the flicks that most thrilled and moved them,...

AP Critics Pick the
Top Movies of 2024

Dec 7, 2024 4:30 PM CST

AP Critics Pick the Top Movies of 2024

AP film critics weigh in with their top picks

(Newser) - Theaters are humming right now, with Wicked and Moana 2 bringing moviegoers in droves, but it's been a fairly bruising movie year. In between blockbusters, the challenge of simply getting to the screen feels more perilous than ever. The year was marked by filmmakers who wagered everything from a...

What Critics Are Saying
About Demi Moore's New Film

MOVIE REVIEW

Sep 20, 2024 11:39 AM CDT

What Critics Are Saying About Demi Moore's New Film

She has 'role of a lifetime' in body-horror movie The Substance , about an aging Hollywood star

(Newser) - Demi Moore has what more than one critic calls "the role of a lifetime" in The Substance . She plays Elisabeth Sparks, a Hollywood celebrity who hosts an aerobics show and gets fired by a sleazy network exec on her 50th birthday and is offered a mysterious substance that allows...

Beetlejuice's Return
Fails to Live Up to the Hype

MOVIE REVIEW

Sep 6, 2024 10:42 AM CDT

Beetlejuice's Return Fails to Live Up to the Hype

Michael Keaton is great, as are most cast members, but something's missing, critics say

(Newser) - If you haven't seen Tim Burton's Beetlejuice of 1988, go back and watch it because critics say it's significantly better than Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice of 2024, with a 68% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes . Returning are Michael Keaton as the wild-haired titular demon and Winona Ryder...

Critics Want to
Impeach Reagan

MOVIE REVIEW

Aug 30, 2024 10:54 AM CDT

Critics Want to Impeach Reagan

'Hagiography' is 'a historic dud'

(Newser) - The release of Ronald Reagan biopic Reagan was delayed for years—and many critics would have preferred to see it left on the shelf indefinitely. The movie, which stars Dennis Quaid as the former Republican president, currently has a rating of just 25% on Rotten Tomatoes , with many reviewers describing...