The Daily Beast

Barry Levitt The Daily Beast Oct 23, 2026 It’s a major leap forward in stop-motion animation, and its epic story perfectly balances familiar elements with new ideas, cleverly using fairytale conventions to bring audiences along while throwing in impressive, robust surprises along the way. Go to Full Review Wildwood (2026) 99% - -

Nick Schager The Daily Beast Oct 22, 2026 Despite its inherent limitations and more than a handful of easy-target gags, it’s always mildly amusing—and, on a couple of memorable occasions, legitimately laugh-out-loud funny. Go to Full Review Ali G: Who Iz I? (2026) 39% - -

Nick Schager The Daily Beast Oct 20, 2026 A wannabe-inspiring fable that proves its maker’s preternatural gift for noxious sentimentality. Go to Full Review Klara and the Sun (2026) 26% - -

Nick Schager The Daily Beast Oct 16, 2026 Sweeping and poignant even when its schematic seams show, it’s a moving saga about the knotty ties that bind us to our pasts—and, with any luck, are slowly unknotted—which suffuses its conventions with heft and heart. Go to Full Review La Bola Negra (2026) 87% - -

Nick Schager The Daily Beast Oct 15, 2026 Dampening the endeavor’s spirit and, with it, the roiling emotions that are its lifeblood, this version’s downcast approach drains it of the spark it demands. Go to Full Review Sense and Sensibility (2026) 78% - -

Nick Schager The Daily Beast Oct 14, 2026 A biblical calamity that plays out in giddily squishy and stifling fashion, Brian Duffield’s film is all about inducing intense squirms, and on that basis, it proves amusing genre pulp. Go to Full Review Whalefall (2026) 74% - -

Nick Schager The Daily Beast Oct 9, 2026 Though Rob Savage’s film cares little for reason, its unbridled rollercoaster momentum and hallucinatory haunted-house energy make it a thriller fit for a Friday night out at the multiplex with friends. Go to Full Review Other Mommy (2026) 19% - -

Nick Schager The Daily Beast Oct 8, 2026 An unoriginal and suspense-free tale of the haves and the have-nots, told with minimal flair, even less vigor, and almost no interest in its central complications. Go to Full Review Animals (2026) 30% - -

Nick Schager The Daily Beast Oct 7, 2026 Inflating Zuckerberg to a one-note boogeyman, The Social Reckoning exaggerates to the point of reduction. Go to Full Review The Social Reckoning (2026) 54% - -

Nick Schager The Daily Beast Oct 6, 2026 An in-depth portrait of courageous journalism under fire, tyrannical fascism on the warpath, and the human lives caught in the crossfire. Go to Full Review My Undesirable Friends: Part II - Exile (2026) 100% - -

Nick Schager The Daily Beast Oct 6, 2026 If its tonal unevenness sometimes undercuts its urgency, it’s still an engrossing lament that we’re forever doomed to repeat our mistakes—until, that is, we’re literally doomed. Go to Full Review Artificial (2026) 95% - -

Nick Schager The Daily Beast Oct 4, 2026 A story about the difficulty and necessity of reckoning with yesterday to forge a worthier tomorrow, it’s a gorgeous, gripping drama whose resonance transcends its chosen post-WWII period. Go to Full Review Fatherland (2026) 93% - -

Nick Schager The Daily Beast Oct 4, 2026 As dry and ineffective as its subject. Go to Full Review A Statement (2026) 90% - -

Nick Schager The Daily Beast Oct 3, 2026 A character study that’s richly and rewardingly alive. Go to Full Review Behemoth! (2026) 86% - -

Nick Schager The Daily Beast Oct 1, 2026 Not just the film of the year—it’s a documentary that stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the form’s all-time greats. Go to Full Review You Can See Everything (2026) 96% - -

Nick Schager The Daily Beast Sep 30, 2026 Ridiculous right up to a conclusion that’s simultaneously deflating and incoherent, it’ll make for an amusing night out at the theaters, albeit not in the way the filmmakers envisioned. Go to Full Review Verity (2026) 31% - -

Nick Schager The Daily Beast Sep 29, 2026 A tedious satire, slamming capitalistic greed, anti-environmental profiteering, rampant corruption, and horrid narcissism with all the bluntness of the shovel its protagonist reveres. Go to Full Review Digger (2026) 53% - -

Nick Schager The Daily Beast Sep 27, 2026 At its finest, it roars with thunderous majesty—but that, regrettably, is far too rare for a wannabe-epic monster mash. Go to Full Review Godzilla Minus Zero (2026) 92% - -

Nick Schager The Daily Beast Sep 26, 2026 Pulsates with heart, rancor, and terror—thanks, in no small part, to standout performances from its illustrious leads Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, and Miles Teller. Go to Full Review Paper Tiger (2026) 86% - -

Nick Schager The Daily Beast Sep 25, 2026 A straightforward history lesson elevated by sturdy craftsmanship. Go to Full Review Unabomber (2026) 24% - -