Billy Joel in action in "And So It Goes," from HBO/MAX "Billy Joel: And So It Goes" This insightful, indelible, two-part HBO docuseries takes us inside the head and heart of the piano man. Reviews TV + Streaming Peter Travers Jul 25, 2025 — 3 min read
Malin Akerman and Brittany Snow are hot for guns and each other in "The Hunting Wives," from Netflix Spotlight: The Hunting Wives Here’s a fun Netflix series that wallows in the trash it’s selling. Reviews TV + Streaming Peter Travers Jul 25, 2025 — 2 min read
Eddie Karanja plays the young “Wash” in “Washington Black,” from Hulu Spotlight: "Washington Black" Sterling K. Brown acts in and produces a series about a formerly enslaved Black inventor who triumphs over bigotry and stolen honor. Reviews TV + Streaming Peter Travers Jul 25, 2025 — 2 min read
Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal face off in “Eddington,” from A24 "Eddington" Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal add to the provocation in Ari Aster’s pandemic-set western about a divided America that cannot stand. Reviews Movies Peter Travers Jul 18, 2025 — 3 min read
Sarah Pidgeon, Madelyn Cline and Chase Sui Wonders are restrained in “I Know What You Did Last Summer,” from Sony Pictures Releasing "I Know What You Did Last Summer" Again with teens being pursued by a fisherman with a hook. Spoiler Alert: the movie sucks. Reviews Movies Peter Travers Jul 18, 2025 — 3 min read
Evil wizards Gargamel and Razamel make like critics out to get Smurfs in "Smurfs," from Paramount Pictures Smurfs How can family smurfing fluff add up to one of the worst movies of the year? Look and weep. Reviews Movies Peter Travers Jul 18, 2025 — 3 min read
Mary Louise Parker is a happy-scary tormentor who locks up kids and steals their power in “The Institute,” ’from MGM+ Spotlight: "The Institute" Stephen King knows how to grab you with scares and suspense. Just not this time. Reviews TV + Streaming Peter Travers Jul 18, 2025 — 2 min read
Maggie Q stars as an LAPD detective in “Ballard,” from Prime Video Spotlight: "Ballard" This intriguing spinoff of “Bosch” follows Maggie Q as an LA detective who ekes out her own rough justice. Intrigued? You should be. Reviews TV + Streaming Peter Travers Jul 18, 2025 — 3 min read
