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November 14, 2025 
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Hey, movie fans!
This week in theaters it’s a battle between men (running) and magicians (vanishing). A new film adaptation of “The Running Man,” directed by Edgar Wright, has Glen Powell in the hustling shoes that Arnold Schwarzenegger filled in the 1987 movie version. He’s on a game show with the highest stakes possible: Win and get rich, or lose and die. Our chief critic, Manohla Dargis, mostly had a good time with it. In her review, she wrote that the director “likes to amuse, and he can’t help but gild every lily, which means that he keeps everything merrily spinning amid the occasional righteous declamations.”
If rabbits and hats are more your speed, try “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t,” the third movie in the magician heist franchise that keeps returning to create more illusions. Our critic Alissa Wilkinson was ready for the show, writing in her review that she “had a great deal of fun” with the movie, and that “it might be the best in the series, or at least it’s a very pleasantly diverting two-ish hours.”
As for the business of movies, our reporter Brooks Barnes wrote this week about a magic trick that Hollywood has unintentionally been performing with dramas and comedies: making profits disappear. He found that “not one of the 25 dramas and comedies that movie companies released in North American theaters over the past three months has become a hit.”
That isn’t stopping the studios. This week brings plenty more movies on offer, and throughout this holiday season, you’ll have an abundance of choices. Start with our guide, then get out there and enjoy the movies!
