Despite a few stumbles into the bloated and boring, the final half of this witchy brew soars on the musical wings of Oscar nominees Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande who are twice as wonderful the second time around.

Brendan Fraser excels as a failed American actor adrift in Japan. Is his film a shameless soap opera or a far flintier look at human frailty? It’s more like both.

“Anora” Oscar winner Sean Baker produced, edited and cowrote Shih-Ching Tsou’s captivating tale of three generations of women building a life in Taipei.

Lucy Liu brings her movie star glamour way down to reach a career high as a mother fighting to save her son from his violent instincts.

George Clooney is a movie star and Adam Sandler is his manager in a deceptively lighthearted comedy that hides a world of Hollywood hurt.

Glen Powell runs for his life to win a reality TV jackpot in a remake of a dystopian Stephen King thriller that comes on like gangbusters—until it loses steam.

Jesse Eisenberg and his magician crew plan a diamond heist, but slinky, shady Rosamund Pike steals this zircon of a movie.

Josh O’Connor gives one of the year’s best performances as a Colorado father broken by divorce and a raging wildfire. Bring handkerchiefs.