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Title: The End of Oak Street (2026) Director: David Robert Mitchell 👨🏼🇺🇸 Writer: David Robert Mitchell 👨🏼🇺🇸 Reviewed by Jose Solís 👨🏽🇭🇳🌈 Technical: 4.5/5 It’s 1982, and the Platts are just another family on Oak Street. Denise (Anne Hathaway), Greg (Ewan McGregor), and their kids Audrey (Maisy Stella) and Brian (Christian Convery) are living a life of “normal” dysfunction: Their marriage isn’t working, but Denise and Greg are trying to stay together for the kids.

Title: Finding Emily (2026) Director: Alicia MacDonald 👩🏼🇬🇧 Writer: Rachel Hirons 👩🏼🇬🇧 Reviewed by Li👩🏻🇺🇸 Technical: 4/5 Finding Emily opens on New Order’s distinctive “Blue Monday” synth, skywriting its aim to be a Manchester-set crowd-pleaser from the jump.

Title: The Dog Stars (2026) Director: Ridley Scott 👨🏼🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Writers: Mark L. Smith 👨🏼🇺🇸 based on the novel by Peter Heller 👨🏼🇺🇸 Reviewed by Anthony Marcusa👨🏼🇺🇸🇨🇦🌈♿ Technical: 2/5 Ridley Scott’s (The Martian, Alien) latest film, The Dog Stars, is a book-based adaptation. It follows a pure-hearted mechanic, Hig (Jacob Elordi), who lives at a destitute airfield in the Colorado mountains with his faithful dog, Jasper, and a father figure, Bangley (Josh Brolin).