Bill Newcott

Bill Newcott The Saturday Evening Post Oct 23, 2026 3/5 Working from a script that tries hard to sabotage itself, director Anton Corbijn has crafted a compelling, taut little literary thriller that fits his two totally game stars like a killer’s black glove. Go to Full Review A Talent for Murder (2026) 78% - -

Bill Newcott The Saturday Evening Post Oct 16, 2026 4/5 The film’s closing shot...has the final, cautionary word: Any time you give one person too much control over too much of your life, that life is increasingly going to be enslaved to their singular, not necessarily benevolent, vision. Go to Full Review Musk (2026) 96% - -

Bill Newcott The Saturday Evening Post Oct 9, 2026 4/5 A viscerally thrilling, breathtakingly shot, emotionally enthralling saga of men pushing themselves to the savage limits of endurance for no reason other than to see if they can do it. Go to Full Review Tenzing (2026) 98% - -

Bill Newcott The Saturday Evening Post Oct 1, 2026 4/5 Thrilling, viscerally violent, and profoundly spiritual. Go to Full Review Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother (2026) 96% - -

Bill Newcott Movies For The Rest Of Us Oct 1, 2026 4/5 A lot to say about unwarranted male dominance, toxic relationships, and the power of pure intellect. Go to Full Review The Julia Set (2026) 70% - -

Bill Newcott The Saturday Evening Post Sep 4, 2026 3/5 Reliably funny, if stubbornly formulaic...It is the leading pair who breathe delight into "Mayday." Go to Full Review Mayday (2026) 83% - -

Bill Newcott The Saturday Evening Post Aug 29, 2026 5/5 This endlessly funny, ingeniously layered, scrupulously respectful extension of Warner Bros.’ most enduring late Golden Era franchise delivers the goods in ways Wile E. Coyote, Acme’s most long-suffering unsatisfied customer, could only dream of. Go to Full Review Coyote vs. Acme (2026) 96% - -

Bill Newcott The Saturday Evening Post Aug 21, 2026 3/5 Rocks with a spirit that echoes with the wild abandon of a cultural moment when the bad boys ruled, and nothing could stop them…until they stopped themselves. Go to Full Review If These Walls Could Rock (2025) - - - -

Bill Newcott The Saturday Evening Post Aug 18, 2026 4/5 What started out as something of a Terrence Malick idyll erupts into a Coen Brothers-like prairie fire of ruthless crime, sudden death, and cold-blooded revenge. Go to Full Review The Rivals of Amziah King (2025) 88% - -

Bill Newcott The Saturday Evening Post Jul 31, 2026 4/5 One thing is for sure: Peter Asher has not for one minute had to worry about living in a world without love. Go to Full Review Peter Asher: Everywhere Man (2025) 96% - -

Bill Newcott The Saturday Evening Post Jul 23, 2026 3/5 The funniest film ever made about pickleball, which is remarkable when you consider how utterly goofy pickleball is even when people are playing it straight. Go to Full Review The Dink (2026) 76% - -

Bill Newcott The Saturday Evening Post Jul 17, 2026 4/5 Like Homer’s world of men, women and monsters, Nolan’s Odyssey is a mysterious, sometimes messy marvel from start to finish. Go to Full Review The Odyssey (2026) 94% - -

Bill Newcott The Saturday Evening Post Jul 16, 2026 4/5 The grownup joys of Minions and Monsters is in its knowing narrative of film history, and the somewhat miraculous ways Coffin & Company weave the Minions into it. Go to Full Review Minions & Monsters (2026) 89% - -

Bill Newcott The Saturday Evening Post Jul 3, 2026 3/5 The ingredients are elementary, and the result is a diverting cinematic soufflé. Go to Full Review Enola Holmes 3 (2026) 65% - -

Bill Newcott The Saturday Evening Post Jun 27, 2026 4/5 Whether you’re a grownup nervously eyeing that AI coworker nibbling away at your responsibilities or a fifth-grade Snapchatter who’s forgetting how to interact in the real world, the latest Pixar Parable seems to be reading your mind. Go to Full Review Toy Story 5 (2026) 92% - -

Bill Newcott Movies For The Rest Of Us Jun 14, 2026 4/5 Will future film schools dissect the simple pleasures of Paddington 2? I’m guessing not, but then again, a lot of filmmakers could use a lesson or two in making a movie that is both perfectly executed and perfectly fun. Go to Full Review Paddington 2 (2017) 99% 88%

Bill Newcott The Saturday Evening Post Jun 12, 2026 3/5 Spielberg is incapable of making a bad movie, and Disclosure Day has its share of indelible moments...So, why does this film feel suspiciously like a sleepwalk through Spielberg’s greatest hits Go to Full Review Disclosure Day (2026) 79% - -

Bill Newcott The Saturday Evening Post Jun 7, 2026 3/5 You will learn nothing from Office Romance...Who cares? Because we’re really just here to enjoy two attractive people sneaking around, saying snappy dialogue, and flying off to exotic locales. Check, check, and check. Go to Full Review Office Romance (2026) 47% - -

Bill Newcott The Saturday Evening Post Jun 1, 2026 3/5 Fleeting as a dream, ephemeral as a childhood memory...glides through its appointed one hour and one minute...fondly evoking the moment when the whine of propeller-driven airliners was about to be drowned out forever by the roar transcontinental jets. Go to Full Review Propeller One-Way Night Coach (2026) 50% - -

Bill Newcott The Saturday Evening Post May 23, 2026 3/5 Dustin Hoffman is the marquee name in this snappily unique caper flick...but the breakthrough star here is young Leo Woodall...First-time fiction feature director Daniel Roher has designed a briskly paced, engaging story. Go to Full Review Tuner (2025) 94% - -