Here are some reviews of films coming out at the theater this week as well as others that may be in theaters or newly on home video.
Opening: Jul. 31, 2026
Wide (United States)
I Want Your Sex
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day
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Limited (United States)
The Samurai and the Prisoner
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: Motoki fascinates throughout, a compassionate leader with everything stacked against him while Suda remains ambiguous, his true aims yet another mystery. Both performances are riveting…At the age of seventy, Kurosawa is expanding his range.
Wham! 10 Days in China
- Excerpt: The new documentary revisits Wham!’s groundbreaking 1985 tour of China, revealing the marketing calculation, cultural friction, and genuine musical connection behind the historic trip.
2026 Films in Theaters Now in Select Areas
The Invite
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Motor City
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The Odyssey
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72 Hours
- Excerpt: 72 Hours is the epitome of streaming slop as Kevin Hart and a floundering SNL cast fail to make any jokes at a generational differences bachelor weekend.
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: It respects the foundation that came before while attempting to take things to new places.
Death Drive
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: In the end, though, “Death Drive” is a very competent movie, both narratively and technically, and one of the pleasant surprises of the year.
Delivery Man
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: Despite this technical prowess and the intriguing narrative foundation, the execution in terms of direction is definitely lacking. The result is a movie that emerges as a missed opportunity more than anything else.
The Devil’s Mouth
- Excerpt: The Devil’s Mouth, with its grating dialogue and doggy-paddle pace, isn’t just a bad movie, it seems like it was a bad vacation.
The Dink
Allen Almachar @ The MacGuffin
- Excerpt: For the most part, I enjoyed much of what this had to offer, even if a lot of it was overly familiar.
Alex Bentley @ CultureMap Dallas
- Excerpt: It’s a shame that The Dink is only playing on a streaming service as there’s a dearth of good comedies like this in movie theaters. With a solid joke-telling approach, a respect for its subject matter, and a cast who all play off each other well, this is a film that deserves to be seen by more than just those with an Apple TV+ subscription.
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: Epitomizes the slop formula that streaming has adopted wherein everything is explained to the finest detail so there can be no mistaking what themes were shoehorned in to pretend it’s anything more than [a cash grab].
Hadestown: The Musical
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: This is one trip to the underworld you’ll be glad you took.
Her Private Hell
Alex Bentley @ CultureMap Dallas
- Excerpt: If there’s any kind of message that Winding Refn was trying to convey with Her Private Hell, it’s lost among the flashing lights, overload of pink, and jewel-like structures. Filmmakers who try to make art for art’s sake have a place in the world, but this film too often feels like people are making things up as they go, with no real goal in mind.
Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: Watching Her Private Hell quickly became my private hell, so I did what any wise man with free will would do: stood up and walked away.
The Invisibles
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “The Invisibles” occasionally suffers from repetition, and its final dramatic turn does not connect smoothly with the rest of the journey. Nevertheless, Takebayashi succeeds in transforming the traditional invisible-person concept into a warm family road movie about grief, disability, parental anxiety and the dangers of confusing love with control.
Nightborn
Mike McGranaghan @ The Aisle Seat
- Excerpt: Prepare to be disturbed.
Jared Mobarak @ Hey, have you seen …?
- Excerpt: It’s a sort of hybrid that uses its conventions as a means for subversion. Yes, its superficial packaging can hurt it at times, but the undercurrent of non-conforming empowerment still shines through.
The Outer Threat
Sarah Gopaul @ Imagery at the Movies
- Excerpt: The catastrophe of their discovery arrives with a whisper, not a bang.
Phi Phong: The Blood Demon
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
The Robber
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “The Robber,” despite some issues in the ending, emerges as a very competent debut that makes the most of its intriguing central idea. Song Hyeon-bum is a director who is bound to make some noise in the years to come.
Samurai Vengeance
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “Samurai Vengeance” is ultimately a mystery about the power of collective performance. It presents theatre as sanctuary, weapon and alternative family, while turning the ideals of the warrior class into material for an elaborate and humane joke. With an excellent cast, impressive period design and a narrative that continually shifts between stagecraft and reality, the movie emerges as an entertaining, subtly rebellious and emotionally rewarding period production.
Scary Movie
Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: I gave this so-called comedy the benefit of the doubt. Let my mistake be a cautionary tale.
Splash City
- Excerpt: If SMASH CITY starts with a series of hoary tropes that echo dully the arc of many a film of this genre that have come before, by the end it has pulled itself together enough to deliver a climax with genuine uncertainty fueling that action.
White Nights
- Excerpt: A prime example of the magic that is possible when a master of one art form adapts the work of another, White Nights is one of the most enchanting films you’ll see in this or any year.
2025 Films
Bugonia
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Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
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F1
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The Friend
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Good Boy
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Good Fortune
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Hamnet
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The Life of Chuck
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One Battle After Another
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The Penguin Lessons
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The Secret Agent
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Song Sung Blue
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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
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Train Dreams
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The Voice of Hind Rajab
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Every Little Thing
Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: Joyful and inspiring portrait of a woman who rehabilitates hummingbirds.
The Only Child in the Butchery
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “The Only Child in the Butchery” is an engaging and layered debut that uses crime and black comedy to explore the ambiguous obligations created within families. Although a few of its twists rely on coincidence, Yoo Hyoung-joon handles the shifting styles with confidence, while Kwon Ji-woo anchors the increasingly strange developments with a convincing performance.
Savon
Panagiotis Kotzathanasis @ Asian Movie Pulse
- Excerpt: “Savon” highlights the fact that Lee Jun-sup has a number of original ideas and knows how to present them. He just needed a bit of restraint that would have allowed the movie to be more compact. The way he implements irony in his narrative, as highlighted in the ending, is definitely a trait that he should build upon moving forward.
2024 Films
I’m Still Here
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The Seed of the Sacred Fig
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Audrey’s Children
Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: Story of the physician who developed a children’s cancer staging system and organized housing for their parents.
From Ground Zero: Stories from Gaza
Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: 22 short stories about what it is like on the ground Gaza today, testifying to the joy and sorrow of the people
Lilly
Mary Ann Brussat @ Spirituality & Practice
- Excerpt: The campaigning and decision making behind the passage of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.
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