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Adam Graham Detroit News Oct 22, 2026 B+ At 130 minutes, Wildwood is overstuffed, and a leaner experience would have been more impactful. But this is a gorgeous, lovingly crafted tale made with heart, a keen eye for detail and a mind open to the world's many wonders. Go to Full Review Wildwood (2026) 99% - -

Adam Graham Detroit News Oct 9, 2026 D+ There's just no juice in "The Social Reckoning," a movie that's gawking at a car fire while the entire world burns. Go to Full Review The Social Reckoning (2026) 54% - -

Adam Graham Detroit News Oct 9, 2026 B Writer-director Bassam Tariq admirably balances tone in a story that could easily become a runaway train, centering it on Latif's family in a way that tethers it to reality. Go to Full Review Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother (2026) 96% - -

Adam Graham Detroit News Oct 4, 2026 D "Verity" is both a writing exercise and a movie gone off the rails. Go to Full Review Verity (2026) 31% - -

Adam Graham Detroit News Sep 30, 2026 B+ "Digger" plants its feet, drives its shovel into the ground, and strikes oil. Go to Full Review Digger (2026) 53% - -

Adam Graham Detroit News Sep 27, 2026 C "Primetime" falls victim to the same practices it's attempting to put under a microscope. It's ghoulish theater. Go to Full Review Primetime (2026) 86% - -

Adam Graham Detroit News Sep 17, 2026 B+ Cregger keeps the humor and excitement levels high. "Resident Evil" very much plays like a comedy, driven by Abrams' performance as an average dude in way over his head. Go to Full Review Resident Evil (2026) 96% - -

Adam Graham Detroit News Sep 10, 2026 C Unforgivably, the movie runs more than 25 minutes longer than the original, and it's a real endurance test waiting for those fateful margaritas to arrive. Go to Full Review Practical Magic 2 (2026) 36% - -

Adam Graham Detroit News Aug 26, 2026 B+ "Coyote vs. Acme" is executed so well that viewers may even feel themselves emotionally invested in Coyote's never ending pursuit of the Road Runner. Go to Full Review Coyote vs. Acme (2026) 96% - -

Adam Graham Detroit News Aug 20, 2026 C- You don't go into a Statham thriller looking for deep intellectualism or explorations of mature themes, but "Mutiny" is decidedly one note in its approach. Go to Full Review Mutiny (2026) 49% - -

Adam Graham Detroit News Aug 13, 2026 B "The End of Oak Street" knows the dinosaurs don't matter, it's the people running from who are important. That craft and care makes all the difference. Go to Full Review The End of Oak Street (2026) 86% - -

Adam Graham Detroit News Aug 7, 2026 B Director Will Gluck focuses on the chemistry between his two insanely hot leads and uses the particulars of his premise as obstacles for them to overcome, and scores a winner of a summertime comic romance. Go to Full Review One Night Only (2026) 44% - -

Adam Graham Detroit News Jul 29, 2026 B Director Destin Daniel Cretton knows how to balance action and emotion, and there's genuine feelings of loss and sadness in the interactions between Peter, MJ and Ned. Go to Full Review Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026) 90% - -

Adam Graham Detroit News Jul 16, 2026 B+ When a movie is this enormous, it becomes all-consuming, larger than any of its individual parts. It's Nolan's biggest movie to-date, and even in its flaws, it marks a striking achievement in film. Fittingly, it's epic. Go to Full Review The Odyssey (2026) 94% - -

Adam Graham Detroit News Jun 30, 2026 B "Minions & Monsters" is spirited fun, romping its way through the annals of cinema history and wrapping itself up before overstaying its welcome. Go to Full Review Minions & Monsters (2026) 89% - -

Adam Graham Detroit News Jun 26, 2026 D It's a super disappointment. Go to Full Review Supergirl (2026) 52% - -

Adam Graham Detroit News Jun 18, 2026 B There's a folksy charm that's still at the center of the "Toy Story" series, which is now like revisiting an old friend. It's become reflexive of itself and its own themes of hand-crafted value and worth. Go to Full Review Toy Story 5 (2026) 92% - -

Adam Graham Detroit News Jun 11, 2026 C Spielberg has clearly been thinking about a lot of these themes and ideas for years, if not his whole lifetime. But he's unable to bring them together here into a cohesive whole, and his "Disclosure Day" ends up coming across as a lot of hot air. Go to Full Review Disclosure Day (2026) 79% - -

Adam Graham Detroit News Jun 5, 2026 C It's a quick pass at a pop song, but not one of Carney's greatest hits. Consider it a B-side, only for the superfans. Go to Full Review Power Ballad (2026) 88% - -

Adam Graham Detroit News May 29, 2026 C Director Anthony Maras does a good job of almost making viewers forget how ridiculous "Pressure's" premise is. Go to Full Review Pressure (2026) 89% - -