Devan Coggan

In a summer movie landscape littered with cynical reboots and quippy superhero sequels, there’s something refreshing about Kingdom’s earnestness, following Noa on a true hero’s journey. Caesar may be gone, but Noa is a more than worthy successor.

The result is a brutal piece of speculative fiction that highlights the ugliness of war — even if it never quite lives up to its provocative premise.

The final result is a messy but memorable effort, with Stan, Pearson, and Reinsve giving performances that are anything but skin-deep.

A film that grapples with the legacy of the Holocaust doesn’t exactly make for automatic comedy, but Eisenberg deftly juggles the film’s shifting tones, evoking real laughs in some scenes while maintaining a somber respect in others.

It’s a brutal, bloody, and discombobulating ride, but boy, is it a blast.

As haunted house stories go, Presence is more interested in lurking dread than bloody jump scares, slowly ratcheting up the tension with long, uninterrupted takes.

It’s a hyperspecific vision of the Bay that won’t connect with everyone, and in truth, Freaky Tales seems destined to be more of a cult favorite than a genre-hopping blockbuster. But even with all the psychic energy and violent revenge fantasies, it’s the performances that help keep this tale grounded.

Not every gag lands, but Thelma is the rare spoof that’s both laugh-out-loud funny and disarmingly sweet.

American Society can’t decide whether to go full biting satire or charming rom-com, and as a result, it fails to do either genre justice.

Wish is so obsessed with the past that it fails to add anything new of its own. If you’re going to pay tribute to 100 years of Disney magic, you can’t forget to save a little magic for yourself.