20th Century Studios
For the director of such classics as Alien, Blade Runner, Black Hawk Down and Gladiator, this picture amounts to a kind of idyll, but with an ominous edge and occasional bursts of violence.
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Universal PicturesThe Odyssey takes an iconic work of literature, dissects and rearranges it, and packages it as a distinctive, thrilling entertainment for modern audiences. It finds its own poetry in love, bravery, deceit, violence, horror and (occasional) humor. In Tiresias’ words: “It is the journey itself that makes up your life.” The Odyssey is a journey well worth nearly three hours of yours. -
Universal Pictures and Amblin EntertainmentIt may well become the most discussed line of dialogue in any movie released this year. A line we don’t actually hear, by design. A line delivered by a rather unlikely “character.” A climactic moment in Steven Spielberg’s latest speculative drama–a picture unrelated to Dan Farah’s unconvincing 2025 documentary The Age of Disclosure. -
Sarah Shatz/Focus FeatureThe new movie from producer-director-writer Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow, Coming 2 America) really wants you to like it, until it dares you to feel otherwise.
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If you’re planning a return visit to Pandora, bring your imagination and your patience. -
So, you probably wouldn’t think of pondering eternity as a casual, much less comedic, exercise. Yet that’s what you get in Eternity, which wants to balance fantasy, romance, pathos and humor. -
In writer-director Chloé Zhao’s heartbreaking new film, love is transformed twice, first by grief and then by art. It’s an exquisite conceit, thoughtfully realized and superbly acted. -
Luca Guadagnino makes impeccable movies. No matter what their relative merits, every aspect of his work reveals conscious, detailed choices. No matter how complex the emotions of his characters, his direction exhibits a distinct vision. -
This Disney project has been fifteen years in the making, renewing a franchise spawned in the 1980s.
