Friday September 25

Hidden gem The film hidden inside Warriors of the Wind deserves its real name Warriors of the Wind is better known in its complete form as Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Hayao Miyazaki's sweeping ecological fantasy about a princess navigating the conflict between human kingdoms and a vast toxic forest. It rewards viewers who want adventure shaped by empathy rather than conquest. Countdown Other Mommy turns a child's viewpoint into domestic horror Other Mommy opens in theaters Friday, October 9. Arabella Olivia Clark plays Bela, a young girl who begins speaking to a presence in her home that looks exactly like her mother, while Jessica Chastain plays both the parent and the shape that has learned to imitate her.

Wednesday September 23

On this day Moneyball made institutional change feel like a thriller Moneyball opened in the United States 15 years ago today, on September 23, 2011. Brad Pitt plays Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane, trying to build a competitive baseball team with a fraction of his rivals' payroll by looking for value the sport's traditional gatekeepers overlook.

Tuesday September 22

On this day Children of Men made the future look terrifyingly familiar Children of Men opened in the United Kingdom 20 years ago today, on September 22, 2006. In its 2027, humanity has gone nearly two decades without a birth, and Clive Owen's exhausted civil servant is pulled into protecting a pregnant refugee through an increasingly authoritarian Britain. What to watch tonight Watch South Park when the present already feels absurd South Park begins with four grade-schoolers in a dysfunctional Colorado town and lets almost any public panic, celebrity spectacle, or political contradiction crash into their lives. Its crude surface is part of the mechanism: complicated adult failures become blunt enough to see clearly when children repeat them. Countdown The Love Hypothesis tests a favorite romance formula The Love Hypothesis is now streaming on Prime Video. Lili Reinhart plays Olive Smith, a biology PhD candidate whose attempt to prove she has moved on from a crush leads to a fake relationship with an intimidating professor played by Tom Bateman.

Monday September 21

On this day It's Only the End of the World traps a family inside what goes unsaid It's Only the End of the World opened in France 10 years ago today, on September 21, 2016. Gaspard Ulliel plays Louis, a writer returning after 12 years away to tell his family that he is dying, only to find the visit consumed by interruptions, resentments, and performances of affection. Trailer drop The Cat in the Hat trailer gives mischief a mission The new trailer for The Cat in the Hat confirms an animated adventure opening in North American theaters and IMAX Friday, November 6. Bill Hader voices the Cat, now tasked with cheering up siblings Gabby and Sebastian as they struggle with a move to a new town.

Sunday September 20

Upcoming this week What to watch from September 20 to 26 The week of September 20 to 26 is built around relationships under pressure. The biggest arrivals move from romantic calculation to physical survival and fantasy adventure, with smaller releases adding comedy, horror, and true-story drama.

Saturday September 19

On this day Blue Velvet still finds terror beneath the perfect lawn Blue Velvet opened in the United States 40 years ago today, on September 19, 1986. David Lynch begins with a college student finding a severed ear in a field, then follows that clue beneath the immaculate lawns and neighborly manners of a small American town.

Friday September 18

Countdown Joko Anwar's Ghost in the Cell opens in US theaters on Friday, October 2 Ghost in the Cell opens in US theaters on Friday, October 2, brought over by Well Go USA. Joko Anwar's prison set horror comedy imagines a notorious facility where an invisible force starts killing inmates with real brutality, forcing rival gangs and corrupt guards into an uneasy truce just to make it through the ordeal. Countdown Digger puts Tom Cruise inside a billionaire meltdown Digger opens in North American theaters and IMAX on Friday, October 2, following an international rollout that begins September 30. Tom Cruise plays Digger Rockwell, a man with immense power and a catastrophe of his own making, racing to convince the world that he can still be its savior. Countdown Forgotten Island turns memory into the price of going home Forgotten Island sends two lifelong friends through a portal that costs them the very thing they came to protect. Jo and Raissa are celebrating their last night together before graduation when the beach opens into Nakali, a hidden island that starts erasing their memories of each other the longer they stay. Getting home means racing to leave before there is nothing left to remember. Countdown Heart of the Beast makes survival a two-hander Heart of the Beast opens in theaters Friday, September 25. Brad Pitt plays a former Special Forces officer stranded in the Alaskan wilderness after a plane crash, with his retired combat dog Odin as his only partner in the fight home.

Wednesday September 16

Countdown The Love Hypothesis brings Ali Hazelwood's fake dating romance to the screen The Love Hypothesis follows Olive Smith, a biology PhD candidate who kisses her department's most intimidating professor on impulse, purely to convince a friend she has moved on from a crush. Dr. Adam Carlsen goes along with it, and the two strike a deal to keep faking a relationship in public. Lili Reinhart plays Olive opposite Tom Bateman as Carlsen, a scientist so notoriously difficult that half the lab avoids him. On this day Carnage turns 15, and the Brooklyn apartment was never real Carnage turns 15 this year. Roman Polanski's black comedy puts two sets of parents in one Brooklyn apartment after their sons get into a schoolyard fight, and the polite conversation meant to settle things quickly curdles into something far messier. Widow's Bay rewrites the Emmy record book Widow's Bay left the 78th Primetime Emmys on Sunday night with 14 awards, more than any comedy has won in a single year. Apple TV's horror comedy follows Tom Loftis, a mayor determined to turn a cursed island town off the New England coast into a tourist destination, and it did most of its damage at the Creative Arts ceremonies the weekend before. The six it added on the telecast were the ones that matter: comedy series, writing, directing and three acting awards. The Pitt wins outstanding drama series, second year in a row The loudest story at Sunday's Emmys was a comedy, but the drama result may be the more telling one. The Pitt won outstanding drama series for the second year running, and Noah Wyle repeated as lead actor for Dr. Robby Robinavitch, the attending physician who anchors a Pittsburgh emergency department through one very long day. The show went in with 25 nominations, the most of any program this year, and left with the two that matter most. Apple TV's 28 wins, a network record For the first time since it launched in late 2019, Apple TV won more Emmys than any other network or streamer. Its 28 awards across the Creative Arts ceremonies and Sunday's telecast put it ahead of HBO and HBO Max on 21 and Netflix on 16, and nine of the 28 came in the major categories handed out on the night. It is Apple's best Emmy year by some distance, and the first time the streamer with the smallest catalog in the room has finished on top. Where to stream every 2026 Emmy winner Awards night is a list of things you have not seen yet, so here is where the 2026 winners actually live. The happy accident of this year's results is that three subscriptions cover nearly all of them. Platforms below are for the US first, with the UK and Australia where they differ.

Tuesday September 15

On this day Drive at fifteen, the getaway thriller that turned a jacket into a legend Drive turns fifteen this year, and it still moves like nothing else from its decade. Ryan Gosling plays an unnamed Hollywood stunt driver who moonlights as a wheelman for hire, a quiet arrangement that unravels once he starts falling for his neighbor Irene and her young son Benicio. When Irene's husband gets out of prison owing the wrong people money, Driver signs on to help with one job, and it goes horribly wrong. Now at home The End of Oak Street is now available to watch at home The End of Oak Street has wrapped its run in theaters, where it opened on August 14, and from today it is available to rent or buy on Prime Video and Apple TV. David Robert Mitchell built the film around a single suburban street and a family under pressure, and that scale suits a smaller screen just as well as a big one. What to watch tonight Dark Matter is streaming now, and its new season had no novel left to follow Dark Matter is streaming now on Apple TV and Prime Video, and it is still one of the most satisfying premises on television. Jason Dessen, a physics professor who gave up a flashier career for a quiet life with his wife and son, gets taken from that life and dropped into a version of it he never chose. Getting back means outrunning the man who put him there, who happens to be another version of himself.

Monday September 14

On this day The Magnificent Seven at 10: a western built on James Horner's last score Ten years ago this month, an industrialist rode into the town of Rose Creek and told its people to leave or die, and one bounty hunter decided the fight was worth taking on. The Magnificent Seven turns 10, and the setup still lands cleanly: a mining boss squeezing a small town for its land, and seven strangers with nothing in common except a paycheck and, eventually, a reason to stay.

Sunday September 13

Upcoming this week This week: dinosaurs invade suburbia and Zach Cregger reboots Resident Evil This week's slate opens with a neighborhood getting yanked out of time. In The End of Oak Street, a cosmic event tears an ordinary suburban block away from 1982 and drops it somewhere the Platt family can barely recognize, let alone survive. It arrives to rent or buy on Prime Video and Apple TV on Tuesday. Countdown The End of Oak Street arrives on digital on September 15 The End of Oak Street comes home on Tuesday, September 15, when it arrives for digital rental and purchase on Prime Video, Apple TV and Fandango at Home, a month after opening in theaters on August 14. A 4K, Blu-ray and DVD release follows on November 3. The premise is right there in the title: the Platt family wakes up to find their entire street torn out of 1982 suburbia and set down somewhere else entirely, a place with its own residents, and none of them are friendly neighbors.

Friday September 11

What to watch tonight How The Shawshank Redemption went from box office flop to word of mouth classic The Shawshank Redemption asks for patience in a way most films don't bother with anymore. Frank Darabont's 1994 drama follows Andy Dufresne, a banker sent to Shawshank State Penitentiary in the 1940s for a murder he says he didn't commit, and the friendship he builds over years inside with a fellow prisoner named Red. Morgan Freeman's narration carries the passage of years without rushing them, and the friendship develops in small, specific moments rather than big speeches. It is a movie about endurance, told at the pace endurance actually takes. Countdown Heart of the Beast opens in theaters on September 25 Heart of the Beast opens in theaters on Friday, September 25, two weeks from now. The survival thriller reunites director David Ayer with Brad Pitt for the first time since 2014's Fury, twelve years after the pair first worked together. Countdown Resident Evil is one week from theaters Resident Evil reaches theaters in one week, on Friday, September 18, with a premiere at Fantastic Fest the night before. It is the second attempt at rebooting the long running video game franchise on screen, and the first to have nothing to do with the six film series that starred Milla Jovovich.

Wednesday September 9

On this day Warrior turns fifteen this month Warrior opened in theaters on September 9, 2011, and fifteen years on it still stands as one of the most purely felt sports dramas of its decade, a film about two brothers that uses a mixed martial arts tournament as the excuse to talk about something else entirely.