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Spotlight: "Mr. Scorsese"
Martin Scorsese, our greatest living director, is ready for his closeup in “Mr. Scorsese,” from Apple TV+

Spotlight: "Mr. Scorsese"

Too deferential? Maybe. But no true cinephile would dare miss Rebecca Miller’s hypnotic odyssey into the life and times of the legend that is Martin Scorsese

TV + Streaming Reviews

Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Oct 17, 2025 — 3 min read
"After the Hunt"
Julia Roberts is a Yale prof caught between judgment and ambition in “After the Hunt,” from Amazon MGM Studios

"After the Hunt"

Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield and Ayo Edebiri put cancel culture on trial. The uneven outcome is too little but maybe not too late.

Movies Reviews

Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Oct 10, 2025 — 3 min read
"A House of Dynamite"
Rebecca Ferguson preps the White House Situation Room in “A House of Dynamite,” from Netflix

"A House of Dynamite"

Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow directs a raw and riveting thriller about the threat of nuclear annihilation.

Movies Reviews

Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Oct 10, 2025 — 3 min read
"Roofman"
Channing Tatum cuts through a roof for something more than money in “Roofman,” from Miramax and Paramount Pictures

"Roofman"

Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst find the heart but not the soul in a true-life crime drama that should have cut deeper and hurt more.

Movies Reviews

Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Oct 10, 2025 — 3 min read
"If I Had Legs I'd Kick You"
Rose Byrne feels the wheels coming off her mind in “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” from A24

"If I Had Legs I'd Kick You"

Rose Byrne comes out blazing in an indelible performance as a wife, mother and shrink who’s coming unglued and can’t put the pieces back together.

Movies Reviews

Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Oct 10, 2025 — 3 min read
Spotlight: "Kiss of the Spider Woman"
Jennifer Lopez stars in the musical drama “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” from Lionsgate, Roadside Attractions and LD Entertainment

Spotlight: "Kiss of the Spider Woman"

It’s not a classic musical, but when Jennifer Lopez turns on those Technicolor lights, you’ll be too blissed out to care.

Reviews Movies

Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Oct 10, 2025 — 3 min read
Spotlight: "TRON: Ares"
Jared Leto is Ares in “TRON: Ares,” from Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Spotlight: "TRON: Ares"

A numbingly dull follow-up to two “TRON” epics that even Jared Leto and a great score by Nine Inch Nails can’t make great again.

Reviews Movies

Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Oct 10, 2025 — 3 min read
Spotlight: "Woman in Cabin 10"
Keira Knightley and Guy Pearce are all aboard for danger in “The Woman in Cabin 10,” from Netflix

Spotlight: "Woman in Cabin 10"

Ruth Ware’s murder-at-sea bestseller is star powered by Keira Knightley, but this water-logged whodunit sinks like a stone.

Screening Room TV + Streaming

Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Oct 10, 2025 — 2 min read

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