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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.Ink opened Venice with a red-top roar
Danny Boyle's Ink, about Rupert Murdoch and editor Larry Lamb, opened the 83rd Venice Film Festival on 2 September. It hits US theatres on 11 December.The Dog Stars keeps a runway
Ridley Scott's The Dog Stars, from Peter Heller's novel, is in theatres. Jacob Elordi and Josh Brolin star in 118 minutes of grief with pockets of hope.Carpenter's The Thing is still the coldest workplace
John Carpenter's The Thing opened on 25 June 1982, with Rob Bottin's creature work and Dean Cundey's light on the ice. It still holds.Dark Matter season two opens the Box again on Apple TV
Apple TV's Dark Matter season two began on 28 August, with one of its ten episodes out each Friday to 30 October. Blake Crouch's novel turns ten this year.Lang’s Metropolis is 99 years old and still a working drawing
Watch Fritz Lang's 1927 Metropolis in 2026 and the shock isn't nitrate. It's how much downtown is still trying to become that set.Alien's Nostromo is still the most convincing workplace in space
Ridley Scott's Alien opened on 25 May 1979. Its crew eat, sweat and have a shift tomorrow, and that working ship is why Giger's creature is believable.
