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"Relay"
Riz Ahmed plays a fixer for corrupt corporations in “Relay,” from Bleeker Street

"Relay"

Riz Ahmed is implosively brilliant in this thriller for the age of surveillance.

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Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Aug 29, 2025 — 2 min read
BAD: "Honey, Don't!"
Margaret Qualley digs for clues to a murder in “Honey, Don’t!” from Focus Pictures

BAD: "Honey, Don't!"

Even one Coen brother and a slinky Margaret Qualley as a private eye can’t stop this lesbian film noir from missing the mark.

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Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Aug 22, 2025 — 2 min read
BADDER: "Eden"
Jude Law and Ana de Armas in “Eden,” from Vertical

BADDER: "Eden"

Ron Howard turns an all-star true story of hell in paradise into true hell for an audience.

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Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Aug 22, 2025 — 2 min read
BADDEST: "War of the Worlds"
Ice T gets some shock in “War of the Worlds,” from Universal Pictures

BADDEST: "War of the Worlds"

a major candidate for the worst movie of summer and maybe the year

Reviews TV and Streaming

Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Aug 22, 2025 — 2 min read
Spotlight: Best Films of 2025 So Far
Top: “Sinners” and “Sorry, Baby” Below: “Warfare,” “28 Years Later” and “F1: The Movie.”

Spotlight: Best Films of 2025 So Far

Of the movies that defined the first half of year, I picked 9 best and left the last one for you. Please vote.

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Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Aug 15, 2025 — 10 min read
Spotlight: "Alien Earth"
Here comes the planet’s biggest threat in “Alien Earth,” from FX on Hulu

Spotlight: "Alien Earth"

Noah Hawley goes back two years before “Alien” to build the base for a fresh kind of terror that speaks to right this very minute.

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Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Aug 15, 2025 — 2 min read
Spotlight: "Stick"
Owen Wilson sees promise in a resistant Peter Dager in “Stick,” from Apple TV+

Spotlight: "Stick"

Owen Wilson comes out swinging in this golf comedy that keeps using tears to distract us from a lame script.

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Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Aug 15, 2025 — 2 min read
Spotlight: "The Rainmaker"
John Slattery stars in the legal drama series “The Rainmaker,” from USA Network

Spotlight: "The Rainmaker"

John Grisham ‘s expert legal thriller morphs into a TV series that can’t sustain 10 padded hours of running time.

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Peter Travers

Peter Travers

Aug 15, 2025 — 2 min read

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Peter Travers, longtime film critic for Rolling Stone and celeb interviewer for ABC’s Popcorn, lets it rip on movies, TV, streaming, awards and the best and worst of pop culture.

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