A Batman villain without Batman just beat everything else at the American box office. Clayface, DC Studios' R-rated body horror film about a ruined actor whose flesh turns to living clay, opened at No. 1 on Friday with US$10.4 million.
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Final Fantasy Resonance reviews: great fights, weak story
Final Fantasy Resonance launched on 22 October with an 85 Top Critic Average on OpenCritic. Critics love the combat and HD-2D look but split on the story.You Can See Everything reviews: Holmes doc scores 99
A24's Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything opened in the US on 16 October with a Metacritic 99. It reaches Australia on 12 November.Street Fighter movie reviews: critics split, fans have fun
Street Fighter scores 43% on Rotten Tomatoes and 45 on Metacritic, but audiences give it 80%. It opened in Australian cinemas on Thursday.Boltgun 2 reviews: critics say the sequel beats the original
Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 scores an 84 Top Critic Average on OpenCritic. Critics praise the two heroes and levels but flag dumb AI and bugs.Review: Gears of War: E-Day wins critics over with its combat
Gears of War: E-Day scores 87 on OpenCritic. Critics call its shooting the best in the series but split on the prequel story.Review: Star Wars: Galactic Racer wins critics with Burnout speed
Star Wars: Galactic Racer launched on 6 October with an 88 on Metacritic. Here's what critics love, what they don't, and why Burnout's makers matter.Review: Tom Cruise's Digger splits critics down the middle
Tom Cruise's Digger, in Australian cinemas since 1 October, sat at 51% on Rotten Tomatoes as of early Tuesday. Critics praise him but split on the satire.Review: Netflix's East of Eden rides on Pugh and Hoon Lee
Netflix's seven-part East of Eden, with Florence Pugh as Cathy Ames, landed on 1 October. Critics gave it 84% on Rotten Tomatoes and 79 on Metacritic.Review: Ace Combat 8 wins critics over with dogfights and story
Bandai Namco's Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve launched on 2 October on PS5, Xbox and PC. It sits at 88 on Metacritic, near the top of the series.Review: Nothing's Headphone (1) Pro wins on sound, not the case
Nothing's US$399 Headphone (1) Pro went on sale in late September. Critics praise the triple-driver sound and Auracast, but the bulky case divides them.Review: TOEM 2 charms critics with a gentle photo adventure
Something We Made's TOEM 2 launched on 29 September for US$19.99 on PC, PS5 and Switch. It scores 84 on OpenCritic, but some critics find it too easy.Review: Apple TV's Winter K2 doc is a gripping, sobering climb
Amir Bar-Lev's The Last First: Winter K2, about the deadly 2021 race up K2 in winter, premiered on Apple TV on 2 October. Critics call it gripping.Ray Gunn still pounds the asphalt
Brad Bird's animated neo-noir Ray Gunn, starring Sam Rockwell, has its first trailer. It's in select theaters 4 December and on Netflix on the 18th.Warner Bros releases the final trailer for Iñárritu's Digger
Warner Bros has released the final trailer for Alejandro G. Iñárritu's Digger, with Tom Cruise as oil baron Digger Rockwell. It opens from 30 September.Ink Opened the Lido
Danny Boyle's Ink, with Guy Pearce as Murdoch, opened the 83rd Venice film festival. Maggie Gyllenhaal heads the jury.What Love Builds at Venice
Russell Crowe's documentary What Love Builds, about his band Indoor Garden Party, screens at Venice. It's a 99-minute concert film and confession.Clooney and Burstyn Take the Lions
George Clooney and Ellen Burstyn get lifetime achievement Golden Lions at the 83rd Venice film festival, running 2 to 12 September 2026.Fall 2: Deadpoint opens to mixed reviews
Lionsgate's survival sequel Fall 2: Deadpoint opened on 2 September, starring Harriet Slater. Reviews are mixed, and Variety called it mostly successful.Review: Wingard's Onslaught is a lean A24 siege thriller
Adam Wingard's A24 film Onslaught opened in US cinemas on Friday, 4 September, with Adria Arjona as Celeste. The Globe and Mail made it a Critic's Pick.
