What To Watch

Jason Best What To Watch Mar 4, 2026 2.5/5 Charlie gets into peril often enough and when the action arrives it proves reasonably exciting, but Hawes fails to sustain the tension in between and Malek’s hero remains something of a cold fish throughout. Go to Full Review The Amateur (2025) 61% - -

Michael Balderston What To Watch Aug 6, 2025 3.5/5 Weapons is the Zach Cregger show, as he meticulously reveals his latest horror tale in a confident and precise manner, overshadowing almost everything else about the movie. Go to Full Review Weapons (2025) 93% - -

Michael Balderston What To Watch Jul 30, 2025 3.5 The Naked Gun is absolutely absurd and splendidly stupid, which is exactly what you’d expect from this franchise. Go to Full Review The Naked Gun (2025) 88% - -

Michael Balderston What To Watch Jul 22, 2025 5/5 The core four of stars have great chemistry; the director brings a fresh feel to the proceedings; and an epic score helps to elevate it all. Go to Full Review The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) 86% - -

Michael Balderston What To Watch Jul 17, 2025 3/5 [T]akes some of the classic western ideas and turns them on their head for this modern story. For most of the movie, it works to create a gripping, off-kilter take on the western genre that has its fair share of things to say about the issues of today. Go to Full Review Eddington (2025) 69% - -

Michael Balderston What To Watch Jul 8, 2025 James Gunn puts his stamp on Superman, but a few standout parts are greater than the sum in a movie that will likely entertain but fails to truly fly. Go to Full Review Superman (2025) 83% - -

Michael Balderston What To Watch Jun 25, 2025 4/5 Placing audiences as close as they’ll likely ever get to driving a race car, F1: The Movie is a fantastic thrill ride when it’s on the track. Off the track is more of a mixed bag, but not enough to slow down the movie. Go to Full Review F1 The Movie (2025) 82% - -

Michael Balderston What To Watch Jun 19, 2025 3/5 28 Years Later has the basis of a solid story and characters, with a few standouts in Williams and Fiennes. But the movie only reaches its highest potential in a few moments. Go to Full Review 28 Years Later (2025) 88% - -

Michael Balderston What To Watch Jun 12, 2025 4/5 A sophisticated take down on modern dating that also doubles as a sincere rallying cry for the value of love in our lives that will win you over with its charm. Go to Full Review Materialists (2025) 77% - -

Michael Balderston What To Watch Jun 5, 2025 3.5/5 In terms of butt-kicking, Ballerina is everything you could want from an action movie. That’s enough in this case. Go to Full Review Ballerina (2025) 75% - -

Michael Balderston What To Watch May 30, 2025 3.5/5 Amid the traditional Anderson dry wit, specific tempo and meticulous crafting, The Phoenician Scheme is one of Anderson’s funnier and more entertaining movies in the last few years, but the emotional heart falls short of his best work. Go to Full Review The Phoenician Scheme (2025) 77% - -

Michael Balderston What To Watch May 22, 2025 3/5 While the parts of Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning may be among the weakest in the franchise, the total sum of it all is still a big, ultimately satisfying blockbuster. Go to Full Review Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025) 80% - -

Michael Balderston What To Watch Apr 25, 2025 3/5 [T]here are a number of things The Accountant 2 does that raises it above its predecessor — most notably better action scenes and a great chemistry between Affleck and Jon Bernthal — which is enough to make it a solid watch. Go to Full Review The Accountant 2 (2025) 74% - -

Michael Balderston What To Watch Apr 18, 2025 4.5/5 The most recent collaboration between Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler is that rare type of movie — incredibly entertaining, well told, well made and with deeper messages to think about later on. It’s truly fantastic filmmaking. Go to Full Review Sinners (2025) 97% - -

Tom Bedford What To Watch Apr 4, 2025 3/5 A Minecraft Movie has more holes than an in-game diamond mine, but kids will enjoy the way it adapts and interprets its source material, and older audiences may appreciate the frequent adult jokes thrown their way. Go to Full Review A Minecraft Movie (2025) 47% - -

Michael Balderston What To Watch Mar 27, 2025 1.5/5 This action B-movie fails to meet the grade due to a lackluster script, Statham’s character’s lack of charisma and, worst of all, just being boring. Go to Full Review A Working Man (2025) 46% - -

Michael Balderston What To Watch Mar 21, 2025 2/5 De Niro reaffirms why he is considered one of the greats playing two different roles, but it’s not enough to make up for a lackluster script, a boring plot and confusing style choices. Go to Full Review The Alto Knights (2025) 39% - -

Michael Balderston What To Watch Mar 13, 2025 4/5 Soderbergh and writer David Koepp, with strong work from Fassbender and Blanchett, make a thrilling spy story just as (if not more) interested in the personal dynamics of its characters than the globe-spanning threat at the center of its plot. Go to Full Review Black Bag (2025) 96% - -

Jason Best What To Watch Mar 6, 2025 3/5 With an endlessly expendable worker as its protagonist, Mickey 17 could be a really pointed allegory about human exploitation, but the film Bong has ended up making is both bluntly obvious and unfocused. Go to Full Review Mickey 17 (2025) 77% 55%

Jason Best What To Watch Mar 4, 2025 A true-story adventure to make you gasp. Go to Full Review Last Breath (2025) 78% - -