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"F1: The Movie"
Brad Pitt can’t mask his joy in “F1, the Movie,” from Warner Bros. Pictures and Apple Original Films

"F1: The Movie"

The race is still on for Brad Pitt even when he’s not favored for the win.

Screening Room Moneymakers

Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Jul 18, 2025 — 2 min read
“Jurassic World Rebirth”
T-rex wreaks havoc in “Jurassic World Rebirth,” from Universal Pictures

“Jurassic World Rebirth”

The seventh in the “Jurassic” franchise hit No. 1 on the box office charts, but is that enough to justify two more sequels?

Screening Room Moneymakers

Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Jul 11, 2025 — 2 min read
“F1: The Movie”
Brad Pitt in “F1, the Movie” from Warner Bros. Pictures and Apple Original Films

“F1: The Movie”

Brad Pitt’s racing epic is eating dinosaur dust this week, but don’t write off its chances to stay in the summer box office sweeps.

Screening Room Moneymakers

Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Jul 11, 2025 — 1 min read
“How to Train Your Dragon”
Mason Thames hitches a ride on Toothless in “How to Train Your Dragon,” from Universal Pictures

“How to Train Your Dragon”

The live-action version of the animated classic keeps flying over every obstacle to stay in the game.

Screening Room Moneymakers

Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Jul 11, 2025 — 2 min read
"Jaws"
Roy Scheider gets too close for comfort in “Jaws,” from Universal Pictures

"Jaws"

Celebrating the 50th birthday of the Steven Spielberg shark movie that invented the summer blockbuster

Movies Out of the Past

Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Jul 4, 2025 — 2 min read
"Star Wars"
(clockwise from top) Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Alec Guinness and Harrison Ford in the first “Star Wars,” later subtitled “Episode IV – A New Hope,” from Twentieth Century Fox

"Star Wars"

The George Lucas saga about a clan of Skywalkers shows what a summer blockbuster can be when imagination trumps greed.

Miscellaneous Movies

Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Jul 4, 2025 — 2 min read
"E.T.: The Extraterrestrial"
An alien and its healing finger were a box office smash in “ET: The Extraterrestrial,” from Universal Pictures

"E.T.: The Extraterrestrial"

The gentlest and most touching summer blockbuster has so far resisted cashing in with a sequel or reboot. Our thanks to Steven Spielberg for that.

Movies Miscellaneous

Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Jul 4, 2025 — 2 min read
"How to Train Your Dragon"
Toothless the fire breather and Hiccup, his boy assistant, in “How to Train Your Dragon,” from Universal Pictures

"How to Train Your Dragon"

Hiccup and Toothless the dragon keep riding that box-office train to glory before Brad Pitt and “F1” chase its tail this week.

Moneymakers Screening Room

Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Jun 27, 2025 — 2 min read

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