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 Oct 9, 2025 — 12 min read
Dwayne Johnson is ready for MMA combat in “The Smashing Machine,” from A24 “The Smashing Machine” They’re talking Oscar for a transformed Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in this biopic of MMA fighter Mark Kerr with Emily Blunt as his equally combustible wife. Movies Reviews Peter Travers Oct 3, 2025 — 3 min read
Daniel Day-Lewis with movie brother Sean Bean, in “Anemone,” from Focus Features “Anemone” Daniel Day-Lewis is back after eight years in a stark drama directed by his son. The catch? The movie lacks the power of his electrifying performance. Movies Reviews Peter Travers Oct 3, 2025 — 3 min read
Cemetery ghosts don’t stand a chance with Indy on watch in “Good Boy,” from IFC and Shudder “Good Boy” Look at that face! It’s Indy, the retriever who scares away evil spirits in one of the year’s best supernatural frightfests. Movies Reviews Peter Travers Oct 3, 2025 — 2 min read
Somebody doesn’t look happy with the sex dungeon in “Bone Lake,” from Bleecker Street “Bone Lake” A mystery laced with menace as two couples unwittingly share a luxury Airbnb by a lake that runs deep with secrets. Movies Reviews Peter Travers Oct 3, 2025 — 2 min read
Future Oscar winner Zoe Saldana stars as Neytiri in “Avatar: The Way of Water,” from 20th Century Fox Pictures Spotlight: “Avatar: The Way of Water” The re-release of the 2022 epic, eye-popping James Cameron sequel is a reason to get back to a theater to see it in 3D and soak it all in. Out of the Past Movies Peter Travers Oct 3, 2025 — 4 min read
"Actress" Tilly Norwood has agents and managers everywhere trying to sign her up Tilly Norwood Why does everyone hate this acting newcomer? In the News Movies Peter Travers Oct 3, 2025 — 2 min read
Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, aka Bill and Ted, hit Broadway hard in “Waiting for Godot.” Bill & Ted’s Excellent Broadway Adventure Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter go legit by bringing Samuel Beckett’s literary classic to the Great White Way. Here’s the fun and the fallout. In the News Movies Peter Travers Oct 3, 2025 — 3 min read
