Pete Hammond

Pete Hammond Deadline Hollywood Daily 6 days ago It is a fine ensemble in a movie well worth seeing not as just another war movie but rather as one that should make any leader think hard about the human price paid every time they start one. Go to Full Review The Mosquito Bowl (2026) - - - -

Pete Hammond Deadline Hollywood Daily Oct 23, 2026 With something smart and pertinent to say about relationships between men and women, happiness and love, jealousy and longing and other matters of the heart, Wicker is the year’s most unexpected charmer. Go to Full Review Wicker (2026) 94% - -

Pete Hammond Deadline Hollywood Daily Oct 22, 2026 Some may indeed find this all abhorrent, but I found it necessary, and though not everything lands here, enough of it is jaw-dropping enough to make us wonder how he pulled this all off without getting murdered along the way. Go to Full Review Ali G: Who Iz I? (2026) 48% - -

Pete Hammond Deadline Hollywood Daily Oct 11, 2026 The painstaking stop-motion animation process applied to a tale on a scale rarely seen on this level is a visual knockout, and the story is a compelling one. Go to Full Review Wildwood (2026) 100% - -

Pete Hammond Deadline Hollywood Daily Oct 10, 2026 No matter what the inspirations, and there were clearly many, they all come from cinema and that’s a delicious thing here. Go to Full Review Ray Gunn (2026) 94% - -

Pete Hammond Deadline Hollywood Daily Oct 8, 2026 After smart directorial turns with films like his Oscar-winning Argo, The Town , Air and Gone Baby Gone, this film feels as if Affleck is biting off a little too much, throwing too much at the wall to see what sticks. Go to Full Review Animals (2026) 31% - -

Pete Hammond Deadline Hollywood Daily Oct 8, 2026 It is an age-old David vs. Goliath story, one that reminds us this is still just the beginning; without restraints, it can go either way, and where it ends is up to all of us. Go to Full Review The Social Reckoning (2026) 54% - -

Pete Hammond Deadline Hollywood Daily Oct 6, 2026 Working from a screenplay by Simon Rich, Guadagnino makes this all something of a dark comedy that becomes so frightening it is hard to laugh. Go to Full Review Artificial (2026) 95% - -

Pete Hammond Deadline Hollywood Daily Oct 5, 2026 It is a quirky and unexpected period piece about a time when we weren’t so divided that it could be possible to have a civil discourse, even on a hot button topic. Ah, the good old days. Go to Full Review A Statement (2026) 90% - -

Pete Hammond Deadline Hollywood Daily Oct 3, 2026 Behemoth! is not just a revealing character study of a man ultimately looking for his true place in the world, but also a gorgeous and glorious tribute to those who make the music that help make movies like this one so much richer. Go to Full Review Behemoth! (2026) 87% - -

Pete Hammond Deadline Hollywood Daily Sep 30, 2026 The various inevitable twists, though predictable, finally woke me up enough to give this thing a pass largely because Hathaway and Johnson are both magnetic performers and make it watchable. Go to Full Review Verity (2026) 31% - -

Pete Hammond Deadline Hollywood Daily Sep 29, 2026 There is no doubt it will, and should spark conversation and, love it or hate it, it should not be ignored. For me it is like a return to the kind of adventurous films in cinema’s groundbreaking era of the 70’s, but it isn’t easily defined. Go to Full Review Digger (2026) 53% - -

Pete Hammond Deadline Hollywood Daily Sep 22, 2026 Styler, with the help of a screenplay that doesn’t resort to clichés, has pulled off a smart and sophisticated story of dysfunctional adults who, in the worst of times, must learn the true definition of love and family and what really matters. Go to Full Review Up Against It (2026) 45% - -

Pete Hammond Deadline Hollywood Daily Sep 22, 2026 Is this an animated movie I will keep in my memories? Not likely, but I think its younger (much) target audience will indeed be the ones who will find some cool things to remember and some sharp life lessons about the value of friendship. Go to Full Review Forgotten Island (2026) 95% - -

Pete Hammond Deadline Hollywood Daily Sep 22, 2026 It stays with you, won’t let go, and gives you new appreciation for those who serve, whether on two feet or four paws. Go to Full Review Heart of the Beast (2026) 85% - -

Pete Hammond Deadline Hollywood Daily Sep 16, 2026 Frantic, bothered, bewildered, and mumbling expletives to himself all the way as he is literally on the run to deliver the goods, Abrams is simply dynamite, a guy we root for against all odds in one terrifying predicament to another. Go to Full Review Resident Evil (2026) 96% - -

Pete Hammond Deadline Hollywood Daily Sep 15, 2026 The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd is extremely well acted, well written, and well directed... It may all be important to see, to discuss, to think about, but this is one film still inside my head that I just want to get out. Go to Full Review The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd (2026) 83% - -

Pete Hammond Deadline Hollywood Daily Sep 15, 2026 It is a modest affair but an engaging one, which for the hit-and-miss romantic comedy genre these days is about all you can ask. Go to Full Review All That She Wants (2026) 100% - -

Pete Hammond Deadline Hollywood Daily Sep 14, 2026 Though I found it meandering at times, it always kept me engaged, and that is all due to Qualley’s undeniable screen presence. Go to Full Review Love of Your Life (2026) 81% - -

Pete Hammond Deadline Hollywood Daily Sep 14, 2026 This medical thrill ride holds nothing back in exploring the human anatomy as weaponry that even John Wick would envy. Maybe we should call this one John Sick? Go to Full Review The Surgeon (2026) 100% - -