And just like that, summer is over and we’re past Halloween.

And for those keeping track, now through the end of the year, with opportunities for family movies around Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s, offers one last push to fill theater seats and make a case for Hollywood’s biggest awards.

In this week’s episode of Streamed & Screened, co-host and longtime film critic Bruce Miller highlights and offers his thoughts on some of the most notable films coming during this final stretch of 2026. Among some of the biggest to keep an eye on:

• “Dune: Part Three”
• “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping”
• “Avengers: Doomsday”
• “Jumanji: Open World”
• “I Play Rocky”
• “Elsinore”
• “Hershey”
• “Jimmy”
• “The Debut”
• “Fjord”
• “Artificial”
• “La Bola Negra”
• “Wildwood”
• “The Cat in the Hat”
• “Hexed”
• “Wild Horse Nine”
• “Focker-in-Law”

Additionally, co-host Terry Lipshetz, a huge baseball fan, shares his thoughts on the World Series, which saw the Milwaukee Brewers win their first championship by defeating the Tampa Bay Rays, bringing the party on the road to Florida.

About the show

Streamed & Screened is a podcast about movies and TV hosted by Bruce Miller, a longtime entertainment reporter who is the retired editor of the Sioux City Journal in Iowa and Terry Lipshetz, managing editor of the National Newsroom for Lee Enterprises based in Madison, Wisconsin. The show was named Best Podcast in the 2025 Iowa Better Newspaper Contest.

Theme music

Thunder City by Lunareh, used under license from Soundstripe. YouTube clearance: FV694ULMCJQDG0IY