New This Week (10/16/2026): You Can See Everything, Whalefall, Fjord, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of October 16th, 2026. Theatrical Releases: You Can See Everything (Limited Release): This three hour documentary from co-directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim about Theranos founder and convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes has become the talk of the town. Fielder embeds himself with Holmes and her husband Billy… Read More New This Week (10/16/2026): You Can See Everything, Whalefall, Fjord, & More!

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First Trailer for Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew

By John Corrado We now have our first trailer for Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew. This is Greta Gerwig’s take on the classic C. S. Lewis series, with the Lady Bird, Little Women and Barbie filmmaker putting her own spin on it. The rock music influences that Gerwig has hinted at are certainly felt in this trailer,… Read More First Trailer for Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew

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First Trailer for Mike Flanagan’s The Exorcist: Martyrs

By John Corrado We now have the first trailer (and poster) for director Mike Flanagan’s The Exorcist: Martyrs, which is also playing in theatres in front of Other Mommy this weekend. This is the latest attempt to reboot this iconic horror franchise, after David Gordon Green’s 2023 legacy sequel Exorcist: Believer fell flat, and the… Read More First Trailer for Mike Flanagan’s The Exorcist: Martyrs

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New This Week (10/09/2026): Run Terry Run, The Social Reckoning, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of October 9th, 2026. Theatrical Releases: Run Terry Run (Wide Release): Director Sean Menard’s very moving new documentary was one of the absolute best films I saw at TIFF this year. Assembled from 96 reels of never before seen footage from Terry Fox’s 1980 Marathon of Hope,… Read More New This Week (10/09/2026): Run Terry Run, The Social Reckoning, & More!

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New This Week (10/02/2026): Verity, Digger, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of October 2nd, 2026. Theatrical Releases: Verity (Wide Release): This latest adaptation of a book by Colleen Hoover (It Ends With Us) stars Anne Hathaway as a bestselling author and Dakota Johnson as her ghostwriter. The inherent trashiness of this material is part of the film’s appeal.… Read More New This Week (10/02/2026): Verity, Digger, & More!

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New Official Trailer for Ebenezer, starring Johnny Depp

By John Corrado With six weeks to go until this one hits theatres, Paramount has just put out the new official trailer for Ebenezer. This is horror director Ti West’s (X, Pearl, MaXXXine) new take on the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, starring Johnny Depp as Scrooge. This is Depp’s big comeback role, clearly… Read More New Official Trailer for Ebenezer, starring Johnny Depp

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Teaser Trailer for The Man with the Bag, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Santa!

By John Corrado This movie wasn’t even really on my radar until this morning, but Prime Video has just dropped the first teaser trailer (and poster) for their upcoming Christmas movie The Man with the Bag. The main selling point here is that it stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as Santa Claus. Alan Ritchson (Reacher) co-stars in… Read More Teaser Trailer for The Man with the Bag, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as Santa!

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Official Trailer for Elsinore, starring Andrew Scott

By John Corrado Focus Features has just put out the first official trailer for Elsinore, fresh off the film winning the International People’s Choice Award at TIFF. Andrew Scott stars in the film as Chariots of Fire actor Ian Charleson, with the film focusing on his performance in a production of Hamlet while he was… Read More Official Trailer for Elsinore, starring Andrew Scott

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New This Week (09/25/2026): Primetime, Heart of the Beast, The Stunt Driver, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of September 25th, 2026. Theatrical Releases: Primetime (Wide Release): Documentary filmmaker Lance Oppenheim makes his narrative debut with this stylish, disturbing thriller focusing on Chris Hansen (Robert Pattinson), the host of NBC’s To Catch a Predator. Pattinson is mesmerizing to watch, with former child actor Skyler Gisondo… Read More New This Week (09/25/2026): Primetime, Heart of the Beast, The Stunt Driver, & More!

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Movie Review: Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

By John Corrado In director Josef Kubota Wladyka’s Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!, which won the Directing Award at Sundance earlier this year, Rinko Kikuchi stars as Haru, a Japanese woman who loves ballroom dancing. Haru lives in Tokyo, and performs in ballroom dance competitions with her husband Luis (Alejandro Edda). Then Luis dies suddenly, and… Read More Movie Review: Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

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