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Film: The End of Oak Street Director: David Robert Mitchell Producers: J.J. Abrams · Bad Robot Cinematography: Mike Gioulakis Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 1h 40m Released: August 14, 2026 Setting: Suburbia, 1982 Rotten Tomatoes86% IMDb6.6 Letterboxd3.2/5 Opening$21M 🦖 Mild Heads-Up: It’s a Dinosaur Movie The official synopsis is coy — “a mysterious cosmic event” transports a neighbourhood “someplace unknown.” In practice, Oak Street lands in the prehistoric era and the residents spend the film being hunted by dinosaurs. This is now openly discussed everywhere from box office reporting to the studio’s own press cycle, so it’s hardly a…

Film: Spider-Man: Brand New Day Director: Destin Daniel Cretton Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 2h 25m Release: July 31, 2026 (USA) Genre: Action / Adventure / Superhero Starring: Tom Holland · Zendaya · Sadie Sink · Jon Bernthal Distributed by: Sony Pictures Releasing Franchise: Marvel Cinematic Universe Rotten Tomatoes90% IMDb8.3 Metacritic69 Runtime2h 25m ✅ This Review Is Spoiler-Free Brand New Day opened today, and this review deliberately keeps its secrets. We discuss themes, performances, and craft — but no plot turns, no reveals, no cameos, and nothing about the credits scene beyond whether it’s worth staying for. Go in clean. It’s worth…

Film: The Odyssey Director: Christopher Nolan Rating: R Runtime: 2h 53m Release: July 17, 2026 (USA) Producers: Christopher Nolan · Emma Thomas Music: Ludwig Göransson Cinematography: Hoyte van Hoytema Adapted From: Homer’s Odyssey Format: Shot entirely with IMAX film cameras Budget: Est. $250 million Rotten Tomatoes96% Metacritic89 Runtime2h 53m Nolan’s BestRT Score 🎬 See This in a Theatre. Preferably IMAX. Shot entirely with IMAX film cameras — a first at this scale. This is a $250 million mythic epic built for the largest screen and loudest sound system you can find. It will exist on streaming eventually and it will…

Film: Evil Dead Burn Director: Sébastien Vaniček Rating: R Runtime: 1h 51m Release: July 10, 2026 (USA) Screenplay: Sébastien Vaniček · Florent Bernard Producers: Sam Raimi · Rob Tapert Cinematography: Philip Lozano Studios: Ghost House Pictures · New Line Cinema · Screen Gems Distributor: Warner Bros. Franchise position: Third standalone entry after Evil Dead (2013) and Evil Dead Rise (2023) Next: Evil Dead Wrath — April 7, 2028 Rotten Tomatoes71% Metacritic55 IMDb6.9 / 10 Runtime1h 51m 🔴 Content Warning: Extreme gore and body horror. Domestic abuse themes. The director trimmed scenes to avoid an NC-17 rating. Do not bring children.…

Film: Moana (2026 Live-Action) Director: Thomas Kail Rating: PG Runtime: 1h 56m Release: July 9, 2026 (USA) Studio: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Producers: Dwayne Johnson · Dany Garcia · Lin-Manuel Miranda · Beau Flynn · Hiram Garcia Based on: Moana (2016 animated film, Walt Disney Animation Studios) Rotten Tomatoes35% Metacritic42 IMDb5.6 / 10 Runtime1h 56m Disney’s live-action remake of Moana arrives with a 35% on Rotten Tomatoes, a 42 on Metacritic, and a 5.6 on IMDb — scores that tell a fairly clear story about how critics and audiences are receiving Thomas Kail’s adaptation. These are not scores that…

Film: Minions & Monsters Director: Pierre Coffin Rating: PG Runtime: 1h 29m Release: July 1, 2026 (USA) Studio: Illumination / Universal Pictures Franchise: Despicable Me / Minions — follows Minions: The Rise of Gru Rotten Tomatoes90% Metacritic68 IMDb6.5 / 10 Runtime1h 29m Minions & Monsters is the best reviewed Minions-led film to date, and it earns that distinction by doing something the franchise has been reluctant to do since the original Despicable Me: make the Minions the actual protagonists of a story with genuine stakes rather than comic relief punctuation in someone else’s plot. Director Pierre Coffin — the voice…