RELEASE GUIDES
What is coming out, and what is worth it
Release calendars tell you everything that comes out. These guides tell you which releases we would plan an evening or a weekend around, format by format, and what to watch, play or read first so you arrive ready. Each one is dated, names its sources and says honestly who should wait for the reviews.
The guides
- This monthNovember 2026 releases worth your time21 releases, including Godzilla Minus Zero · Ebenezer · The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping · Hexed
- December 2026 to February 2027Winter 2026-27 releases worth waiting for18 releases, including Dune: Part Three · Avengers: Doomsday · Children of Blood and Bone · Narnia: The Magician's Nephew
How these guides work
We write each guide just before its stretch of the calendar begins, from release dates the studios, publishers and networks have announced. Most of the picks are not out yet when we write about them, so these are not reviews. They are the releases we think deserve a place in your plans, with a fair warning for each one.
Dates move, so we check them again during the month and the date at the top of each guide says when. For the full calendar, day by day, see Release Radar. For the year's releases that have already proved themselves, see the best of 2026, and for older picks to fill the gaps, Discover and the If you liked guides.