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. Screening Room In the News 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 Screening Room 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. Screening Room In the News Peter Travers Jan 2, 2026 — 1 min read
Clockwise from top: “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” “Wicked: For Good,” “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,” “Marty Supreme,” “Jay Kelly” Spotlight: Fall Movie Preview From sequels to “Avatar” and “Wicked” to actors on a fast track to Oscar, here are my Top 20 picks for every must-see released between now and year’s end. Movies Lists Peter Travers Dec 5, 2025 — 12 min read
The Travers Take happily salutes the 50th turn around the sun for the Toronto Film Festival. No real movie lover would dream of missing it. TIFF Turns 50 The Toronto Film Festival hit the half century mark as a mecca for film lovers. Here’s what hit big in 2025. Screening Room In the News Peter Travers Sep 12, 2025 — 3 min read
Emmy Winners: Julianne Nicholson - Best Guest Actress in a Comedy (“Hacks”) and Shawn Hatosy - Best Guest Actor in a Drama (“The Pitt”) [UPDATE] Four Sure Things for Sunday’s Emmys Don’t be shocked, but the cat’s out of the bag for a quartet of guest actors. Screening Room TV + Streaming Peter Travers Sep 12, 2025 — 4 min read
Clockwise from top left: "Sorry, Baby," "Weapons," "F1," "Superman," and "Highest 2 Lowest" SPOTLIGHT: The Best Films of Summer 2025 There weren’t many of them given the glut of lame retreads and reboots, but here are five that fought the formula and made themselves heard and felt. Movies Lists Peter Travers Aug 29, 2025 — 6 min read
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. Movies Reviews Peter Travers Aug 15, 2025 — 10 min read