Hudson Williams faces off with screen rival and lover Connor Storrie in “Heated Rivalry,” from HBO Max Spotlight: "Heated Rivalry" A hot-on-ice, guy-on-guy hockey love story, graphically told, has kicked off a controversy that distracts from the sweetness at its core. TV and Streaming Reviews Peter Travers Jan 2, 2026 — 3 min read
The big box office winner for 2025’s final week was “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” from 20th Century Fox Top 10 Box Office Hits of the Week Three movies for grownups managed to sneak in among the kid stuff during the last week of 2025. I’m encouraged. In the News Lists Peter Travers Jan 2, 2026 — 2 min read
Jack Black and Jason Momoa strike down all the other 2025 movies with “Minecraft,” from Warner Bros. Pictures Top 10 Hits of the Year Minecraft strikes gold. In the News Lists Peter Travers Jan 2, 2026 — 1 min read
“Snow White,” with its live-action heroine, flopped the biggest at the 2025 box office, from Disney Top 10 Money Losers of the Year Some botched movies are considered a waste of money. And some really are. Here are the Top 10 biggest losers. In the News Lists Peter Travers Jan 2, 2026 — 1 min read
Vicious Varang (Oona Chaplin) steals every scene in “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” from 20th Century Studios "Avatar: Fire and Ash" James Cameron is still king of his Na’vi fantasy world in “Avatar 3,” but is it wrong to wish that he’d please do something new and different next time? Movies Reviews Peter Travers Dec 26, 2025 — 3 min read
Thandiwe Newton, Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Steve Zahn and Selton Mello in the action comedy "Anaconda," from Sony Pictures Releasing "Anaconda" Jack Black and Paul Rudd can’t carry the unbearable weight of massive missteps in this comic remake of the 1997 snake movie that was always funnier when it tried to be serious. Movies Reviews Peter Travers Dec 26, 2025 — 3 min read
Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Cate Blanchett and Vicky Krieps star in the comedy-drama anthology “Father Mother Sister Brother,” from Mubi "Father Mother Sister Brother" Jim Jarmusch’s latest prizewinner is a comedy spiked with melancholy that takes us into the broken places of the heart. Movies Reviews Peter Travers Dec 26, 2025 — 3 min read
Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman entertain an audience in "Song Sung Blue," from Focus Features "Song Sung Blue" It’s too bad Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman can’t sing away all the wrong notes in this weepie real-life love story. Movies Reviews Peter Travers Dec 26, 2025 — 3 min read
