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New on Netflix: full list of movies, shows in July 2026
Will Ferrell is back in action this month on Netflix, with the legendary comic actor taking his unique brand of buffoonery to the golf course. 'The Hawk' sees his out-of-touch, former golfing superstar Lonnie Hawkins try to revive his career with…
The $200 Million Apple Action Movie Rated Rotten On Rotten Tomatoes
Despite its epic cast, 'Fountain of Youth' failed to impress critics and audiences. It sometimes seems like movie studios think they have found the magic formula for film making by pairing a heavyweight director with a cast of A Listers. However…
Of course, Elon Musk adores 'Citizen Vigilante,' Armie Hammer's terrible comeback movie
A disgraced actor, an inept German director and an erratic Cybertruck tycoon walk into a bar. After boozing it up, the cybercar magnate excitedly declares free shots of the liquor everyone's been drinking — a poorly made, disgusting drink…
The Best Movies of 2026 (So Far)
In the mid-'90s, a Hungarian immigrant family attempts to settle and integrate itself into suburban Vancouver society, though their best intentions are frequently hijacked by the deteriorating mental illness of the black-sheep eldest son; through…
NEPA-grown authenticity: 'Words from the Oven' movie is filmed in the Back Mountain
At the end of June, on a quiet, tree-lined street in the Back Mountain, Frank Shiner stood outside an old farmhouse, staring at his father's delivery truck. The one he used back in the 1940s to deliver produce grown at his family's farm. It's not…
Lionel Messi stars with Tom Holland in Spider-Man movie promo
Given his superhuman soccer talents, it was perhaps just a matter of time before Lionel Messi became the latest big-name star to enter the superhero movie world. While he hasn't been given a comic-book hero franchise of his own (at least not yet)…
Supergirl: doggy distress, frontier justice and a new direction for superhero movies - discuss with spoilers
James Gunn's Superman was the major make-or-break moment for DC's latest cinematic reboot. And yet its follow-up may ultimately prove just as revealing, not least because it offers up a first real indication of the kind of universe Gunn intends to…
Is The Sheep Detectives the best movie of 2026 so far?
It's officially halfway through 2026 and the year so far has brought cinematic delights, as well as its fair share of silver screen stinkers. Even after frosty critical receptions, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie and Michael lead the global box office…
What to Watch: The 12 Best Movies and TV Shows of June
Here's a roundup of the month's best movies and TV shows, as covered by The Wall Street Journal's critics. The average life expectancy of a restaurant is 4 1/2 years. For TV series, it's about the same, with ever-diminishing returns. So it's…
Neon Closing in on Luca Guadagnino's Embattled OpenAI Movie 'Artificial'
After being dropped by Amazon MGM Studios, Luca Guadagnino 's OpenAI movie Artificial is in advanced talks to find a new home with Neon, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. If the deal makes, this will end nearly two weeks of speculation about the…
The Best '70s Movies Streaming On Netflix
It's no great secret that Netflix is far from the paragon of showcasing classic cinema on a streaming platform. True, it has some notable standouts, some of which we've compiled ourselves, but Netflix's real priority is its pervasive library of…
These 6 Movie Trilogies Are a Masterclass in Screenwriting
Screenwriting gets praised too casually when people only mean good dialogue or clever plot. A trilogy has a harder job. It has to make the first movie feel complete, give the second movie a real reason to exist, and make the third movie feel…
5 Sci-Fi Movies That Everyone Has To Watch In 4K
4K makes any film look great, but if you're going to put it through its paces, firing up a science fiction film is easily one of the best ways to notice the difference. Spaceships, exploding stars and technology everyone secretly wishes were real…
10 Movie Trilogies Ruined By One Installment
It's incredibly difficult to make a perfect trilogy. The history of cinema is loaded with franchises that tried to deliver three stellar movies, only for at least one of them to fall short. The trilogies that are actually considered great from…
These Are the Movies You Need To See in the Second Half of 2026
The movie industry has been up in the air in 2026. Tech is on everyone's minds, with artists fighting executives over how much AI (if any) should be used in film production. Another hot topic has been the on-going battle between who will buy Warner…
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