Steven Spielberg’s latest science-fiction epic, Disclosure Day, is proving that a Fresh Rotten Tomatoes score doesn’t always mean unanimous praise. While the film currently holds a strong 80% critics score and a respectable 74% audience score, reactions to Spielberg’s newest blockbuster have been notably mixed, creating one of the year’s most interesting critical debates.

Starring Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, and Colman Domingo, Disclosure Day follows a world-changing extraterrestrial mystery that forces humanity to confront its place in the universe. As Spielberg’s latest original sci-fi project, comparisons to classics such as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Minority Report were inevitable.

For many critics, the legendary filmmaker has delivered another thrilling reminder of why he remains one of Hollywood’s most celebrated directors.

One of the film’s strongest reviews came from Matt Maytum of Total Film, who praised Spielberg’s return to blockbuster science fiction, writing:

“Spielberg’s best blockbuster since Minority Report.”

The review reflects a common sentiment among supporters of the film, who have praised its ambitious scope, emotional storytelling, impressive visual effects, and Spielberg’s signature sense of wonder. Many positive reviews have also highlighted the performances of the ensemble cast, particularly Emily Blunt, while applauding the latest collaboration between Spielberg and legendary composer John Williams.

However, not every critic was won over by the filmmaker’s latest adventure.

Offering a much harsher perspective, Nicholas Barber of the BBC wrote:

“A flimsy, outdated car-chase thriller with no ideas about aliens that we haven’t heard before.”

The review stands in sharp contrast to many of the film’s positive notices and highlights one of the primary criticisms surrounding Disclosure Day. While even some detractors praised Spielberg’s craftsmanship and technical execution, several critics felt the film’s central mystery and conspiracy-driven narrative lacked the originality and emotional impact found in the director’s most beloved works.

Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor, and Colman Domingo in ‘Disclosure Day’. {credit: Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment]

That divide among critics helps explain why Disclosure Day has become such a heavily discussed release. An 80% score is typically considered a strong result on Rotten Tomatoes, but the gap between the film’s most enthusiastic supporters and harshest detractors reveals a movie that is generating genuine debate rather than universal acclaim.

Audience reactions have mirrored that split, though generally leaning positive. The film’s 74% audience score suggests most moviegoers are enjoying the experience, particularly its spectacle, suspense, and large-scale storytelling. Others, however, have criticized the pacing and felt the film’s ambitious ideas don’t always receive the payoff they deserve.

Despite the mixed reactions, Disclosure Day remains one of the year’s most successful original science-fiction releases from a critical standpoint. The film’s Fresh rating demonstrates that the majority of reviewers enjoyed Spielberg’s latest effort, even if opinions vary significantly on where it ranks among his legendary filmography.

Whether audiences see it as a modern sci-fi classic or a flawed but fascinating blockbuster, Disclosure Day has achieved something few films manage to accomplish: it has people talking. And nearly five decades after changing cinema with films like Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Steven Spielberg continues to prove that his work can still spark passionate discussion among critics and moviegoers alike.

Nothing beats a good heist movie. You get a plan, a crew, a vault, a double-cross, and the specific dopamine hit of watching people pull off something they shouldn’t be able to. The good ones run on pure mechanics. The great ones make you sweat over whether everybody is about to get caught. And the last ten years have been a low-key golden age for the form.

We got full-volume Bayhem, a Steven Soderbergh comeback set at a NASCAR race, Miranda July making us feel weird about families, Sandra Bullock raiding the Met Gala and Jeff Bridges earning an Oscar nomination by chasing two bank-robbing brothers across West Texas. The form is in better shape than it has any right to be. Below, these films are the best of the last ten years. (The top spot is non-negotiable. The rest, we can argue about.)

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‘Kajillionaire’ (2020)

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Miranda July’s con-artist family drama is the kind of movie you watch and then immediately have questions about. Like, is the protagonist really named Old Dolio Dyne? And, is Debra Winger actually wearing a wig that looks like a sentient pile of yarn? The answer to both is, yes. Evan Rachel Wood plays Old Dolio like some kind of feral animal trying to pass as a real girl. Richard Jenkins and Winger are her parents, who have raised her to scam strangers and split everything three ways. Then Gina Rodriguez crashes their operation as chatty stranger Melanie, and the whole house of cards starts noticing just how flimsy it is.

Kajillionaire is a heist movie the way Paper Moon is a heist movie. The actual robbing is almost incidental to what’s going on emotionally, but the schemes do stack up. If you’ve ever been to a Miranda July reading and watched the room split between people on the verge of tears and people checking their phones, that’s the response curve here too. A heist movie about wanting to be loved is still a heist movie.

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‘The Mastermind’ (2025)

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The premise: Josh O’Connor, playing an unemployed architect named JB Mooney, steals four paintings from a suburban museum in 1970 while Vietnam War coverage plays in the background. Kelly Reichardt directs at her usual unhurried clip, with O’Connor bumbling through Massachusetts, Alana Haim playing his wife, and Bill Camp filling out the orbit.

Critics turned out for it, with the consensus calling Reichardt’s pace “laconic,” which is the polite critic word for “slow on purpose.” It won’t be everyone’s idea of a heist movie. The loot gets hauled around in a station wagon and the climax is mostly a man looking at a phone booth. People who want their heist films to feature parkour or banter will hate it. People who already think every great heist is secretly a movie about masculinity in crisis will feel vindicated. Mooney isn’t stealing for money. He’s stealing because his life is small, and he thought theft might make it bigger. Reader, it does not.

8

‘Army of Thieves’ (2021)

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Bear with me. Yes, this is the Netflix prequel to Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead. Yes, it stars and is directed by Matthias Schweighöfer, who plays a German bank teller named Ludwig Dieter and approaches every scene like a Muppet who has just discovered espresso. And yes, it is a surprisingly charming heist movie, provided you can clear the conceptual hurdle of “this exists in the same cinematic universe as a casino zombie tiger.” Nathalie Emmanuel rounds Ludwig up alongside a crew of safe crackers to break into a legendary set of vaults across Europe before the zombie apocalypse hits the news cycle.

The Europe-trotting is fun and Schweighöfer turns Ludwig into the kind of nervous, sweaty hero you actually want to win. As a piece of heist filmmaking, it’s modest. As franchise salvage operations go, it’s borderline miraculous.

7

‘Ambulance’ (2022)

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Michael Bay made a movie where Jake Gyllenhaal and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II rob a bank, hijack an ambulance, and speed through Los Angeles for two hours while Eiza González performs emergency surgery in the back. Watching Ambulance is like watching someone solve a Rubik’s cube during a car crash. Bay’s instincts have never been subtle, and this is him fully off the leash, gleefully inflicting his style on a 130-minute single-day plot.

Most heists spend the first hour planning and the last twenty minutes running. Ambulance does roughly the inverse. Will (Abdul-Mateen) is a Marine vet who needs major money for his wife’s experimental surgery since his insurance won’t cover it; and the only person who picks up the phone is his career-criminal adoptive brother Danny (Gyllenhaal), who happens to be staging a downtown bank job.

Of course. Will signs on. The job collapses inside a minute — a cop gets shot, the brothers commandeer the ambulance dispatched to save him, and they hit the freeway with the wounded cop and EMT Cam (González) trapped in the back. What makes it work is that the chase is the heist. The vault is mobile, and the clock is real. The brotherhood stuff is the actual engine. Will spends the movie trying to keep Cam and the wounded cop alive while Danny unravels into someone more honest and more dangerous than he meant to be.

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‘Ocean’s 8’ (2018)

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The cast: Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter. That cast was the pitch, the marketing, and most of the movie. Gary Ross directs this all-women spin-off of the Soderbergh trilogy, in which Bullock’s Debbie Ocean assembles a crew to lift a $150 million Cartier necklace off Hathaway’s neck at the Met Gala.

The plot is the kind of breezy contraption where everyone has exactly the skill they need at the exact moment they need it. The heist mechanics are flimsy, but the climactic Met Gala montage (plus Hathaway playing a deluded, vain version of herself) is so worth it. Ocean’s 8 understood that the appeal of a heist movie is spending time with the kind of characters you’d want to commit a crime with, and it delivered on that.

5

‘Triple Frontier’ (2019)

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A bunch of ex-special-forces operators — Ben Affleck, looking like he hasn’t slept since 2002; a salted-and-peppered Oscar Isaac; Charlie Hunnam; Garrett Hedlund; and Pedro Pascal — decide to rip off a South American drug lord because the American military pension system is a scam and Affleck’s character is one bad mortgage away from collapse. J. C. Chandor, who made Margin Call and A Most Violent Year, directs with his usual seriousness, which is a strange and welcome tone for a Netflix action movie. The job goes wrong almost immediately, so while the actual robbery is methodically planned, the getaway is corrupted by greed.

Triple Frontier sneaks up on you because it’s pretending to be a guys-on-a-mission flick and is actually a slow disaster movie about American hubris — how a man who has been trained his whole life to extract value from a foreign country might, given the right financial pressure, just go ahead and do it for himself.

4

‘Widows’ (2018)

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Steve McQueen, fresh off 12 Years a Slave, decided his next project would be a Chicago crime thriller co-written with Gillian Flynn, based on a 1983 British miniseries. And, because he refused to half-ass things, he cast a who’s-who of female powerhouses: Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, and Cynthia Erivo. They play the widows of a crew of dead robbers who have to finish the job their husbands started or get killed by Brian Tyree Henry and Daniel Kaluuya (who is terrifying in this, by the way). Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell, and Robert Duvall fill out a deep bench of unsettling men who are each useless in their own specific ways.

It’s the rare heist film that takes the politics of who-gets-to-be-a-criminal seriously. Race, class, gender, Chicago aldermanic corruption, all of it’s threaded through gun choreography and sandwiched between long shots of Erivo sprinting at break-neck speed. Stick around for the reveal in the third act recontextualizes the entire first hour and earns this movie such a high spot on this list.

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‘Logan Lucky’ (2017)

NASCAR. Pneumatic cash tubes. Daniel Craig bleached blonde with a Southern-fried twang and shouting about hard-boiled eggs. Steven Soderbergh came out of his brief retirement to make a Coca-Cola-soaked heist movie set at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, with Channing Tatum and Adam Driver as West Virginia brothers, Craig as incarcerated demolitions expert Joe Bang (who they have to break out of and back into prison to pull the job off), Riley Keough as their sister, and Seth MacFarlane attempting a British accent. Everyone is having the time of their lives.

This is Soderbergh stretching back into his Ocean’s pocket but with a poverty-tourism guilt that the original trilogy never bothered with, and the result is the rare working-class heist movie that’s actually about more than its characters’ bank accounts. The film’s own characters refer to it as “Ocean’s 7-Eleven,” and the joke works because it’s just so damn good.

2

‘Baby Driver’ (2017)

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Edgar Wright‘s getaway-driver musical experiment turns the soundtrack into a fifth wheel. Ansel Elgort‘s Baby (yes, that’s his name) drives for Kevin Spacey‘s mob boss while tinnitus blares classic rock through his head, and the entire movie syncs its violence, footwork, and gear shifts to whatever’s playing. Lily James is the waitress he falls for. Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm, and Eiza González are the unhinged crew. The bank robberies are choreographed like dance numbers because they basically are dance numbers.

The “Spacey of it all” has soured the rewatch for plenty of people, fairly. But as a pure piece of heist film-making, the opening Atlanta chase scored to “Bellbottoms” alone justifies the whole exercise. Baby Driver is still one of the most kinetic action movies of the decade and the heist form has rarely been this much fun.

1

‘Hell or High Water’ (2016)

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Two brothers — Chris Pine, all weathered regret; Ben Foster, electric and savage — rob a series of small West Texas branches of the bank that’s foreclosing on their dead mother’s ranch, while a near-retirement Texas Ranger named Marcus Hamilton (Jeff Bridges) follows the trail. Taylor Sheridan wrote it before he became Taylor Sheridan. David Mackenzie directs it like a grittier Coen Brothers movie.

The reason it tops this list is that it’s a heist movie that understands that every great heist is also an indictment. The brothers aren’t stealing from the bank. They’re stealing their own money back, and the movie isn’t shy about who the real thieves are here. Ten years on, Hell or High Water still feels like the rare modern heist film with something to say and the patience to say it slowly.

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Hell or High Water

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August 11, 2016

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102 minutes

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David Mackenzie

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The Pitt‘s Sepideh Moafi revealed if she’s coming back for season 3 after cast exits — and those feud rumors.

Moafi, 40, who plays Dr. Baran Al-Hashimi, told Gold Derby on Thursday, June 11, that her character will have one of several “staggered entrances,” adding, “I don’t know anything yet.”

The actress was excited to see what comes next.

“I have no doubt that like a phoenix in the fire, she’ll rise,” Moafi said about how “proud” she is of playing the character.

Moafi noted that she has received messages from “not just the healthcare community, but so many people with disabilities or so many people who carry mixed identities or from marginalized communities who feel like they’ve been underrepresented.”

She continued: “I think this character has given visibility to a lot of different types of people. I’m so grateful that she exists. I’m so proud that I got to live inside of her and bring her to life. I think the thing that struck me most is the number of people with health conditions, whether it’s chronic illness or disease or disability who have reached out and said how much seeing her experience and seeing not just her condition, but also the way in which she manages it and has struggled with it and the vulnerability that she’s expressed through it has made them feel very seen.”

Moafi joined the hit HBO Max series in season 2 as Dr. Al-Hashimi. After her character had a rift with Noah Wyle’s Dr. Robby in the finale, some fans took to social media to question if the show took inspiration from real-life tension.

“We’re really great colleagues,” Moafi told Variety in May. “Noah and I have always had a great working relationship, which is why it actually felt safe to do the darker, dirtier work in episode 15, particularly because, between setups, we were shooting the s*** and laughing.”

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Moafi shut down any insinuation she was at odds with Wyle, 54.

“So that’s completely false that there’s a personal sort of beef or rivalry between us, at least not that I’m aware of,” she added. “You can check with Noah, but I don’t know about this.”

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Moafi’s addition to The Pitt cast came after Tracy Ifeachor‘s shocking exit. Following Ifeachor’s absence as Heather Collins in season 2, a source told Us Weekly in July 2025 that it was always the plan for her character — who was a fourth-year resident — to leave and become a doctor in future installments of the show.

The same reasoning was used when news broke that Supriya Ganesh wouldn’t reprise her role as Dr. Samira Mohan in season 3.

“It’s sort of the nature of the show. Unfortunately, the way the medical profession works, you come in, you learn, you move on, and we want to try and be as truthful to that process as possible,” executive producer R. Scott Gemmill recently explained to Us Weekly. “So we’re going to turn over our cast. But I think it’s a great launching pad for people, and that’s the best we can do.”

2026 has already been an up and down year for Guy Ritchie, who returned to the crime thriller genre for one of his best projects in years, Young Sherlock. Prime Video dropped all episodes of Young Sherlock as a binge a few months ago, and the show did more than overstay its welcome at the top of streaming charts on its way to earning a Season 2 renewal — Ritchie is expected to return for the follow-up. Ritchie has since faced a setback with the premiere of his long-gestating action movie with Henry Cavill, In the Grey, which bombed hard at the box office. The film, which also stars Jake Gyllenhaal, has since scurried to VOD platforms like Prime Video and Apple TV, where it’s seeking redemption for its box office misfire as one of the most-watched titles of the week.

Young Sherlock is far from Guy Ritchie’s only popular show to emerge from the shadows in the last few years, though. Back in 2024, Ritchie turned to Netflix for The Gentlemen, the hit crime series set in the same universe as his 2019 film of the same name starring Matthew McConaughey and Charlie Hunnam. The Gentlemen was, to no surprise, a high-level performer for Netflix in 2024, and the show was picked up for Season 2, which wrapped filming last year. The streamer has yet to set a release date for Season 2 of the Theo James-led crime saga, but it has been confirmed that it will premiere before the end of this year. Before its return, The Gentlemen has surged back into the global top 10 on Netflix in a handful of countries.

What Is ‘The Gentlemen’ About?

The official synopsis for The Gentlemen, which also stars Giancarlo Esposito, reads as follows:

“When Eddie Horniman inherits his father’s sprawling English country estate, he expects land and legacy — not a thriving underground cannabis empire. With Britain’s most dangerous criminals refusing to walk away, Eddie must learn to play the game by their rules. From Guy Ritchie: sharp suits, sharper instincts, lethal consequences.”

Not only did Guy Ritchie direct five episodes of The Gentlemen on Netflix, he is also the primary writer and creator of the show. Daniel Ings, who recently starred as Lyonel Baratheon in the Games of Thrones spin-off, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, also has a key role in The Gentlemen TV show on Netflix.

Check out the entire first season of The Gentlemen on Netflix and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Season 2.

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Netflix

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Stuart Carolan, Guy Ritchie, Haleema Mirza, Matthew Read

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Henry Cavill is set to star alongside Kevin Hart in an upcoming, untitled spy action-comedy for Netflix.

Both stars have built strong ties with the streaming giant after appearing in several of its major projects. However, Hart recently faced intense backlash over jokes made during “The Roast of Kevin Hart,” particularly Tony Hinchcliffe’s controversial remark about George Floyd.

The comedian later defended the roast format while admitting that the joke wasn’t a particularly “tasteful” one for the Black community.

Netflix is pairing two of Hollywood’s biggest and most physically contrasting stars for its next major blockbuster. According to Variety, Cavill is officially set to star alongside Hart in an upcoming spy action-comedy for the streaming giant.

The film, based on a short story by Sean Lewis, follows two elite rival secret agents who are completely unaware of each other’s true identities. Their worlds collide when their pregnant wives become fast friends, forcing the two espionage experts to cross paths in a Lamaze breathing class.

An early synopsis states that “their double lives collide in unexpectedly hilarious and dangerous ways, forcing the two men to reluctantly become confidantes and partners on the road to fatherhood.”

Netflix Lines Up Major Names Behind The Spy Comedy

Netflix has seemingly assembled a powerhouse team to bring the comedy to life. Reports suggest Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps and Ryan Reynolds’ Maximum Effort will produce the film, while McG, known for movies like “Charlie’s Angels” and “This Means War,” is set to direct.

The script is being penned by Adam and Aaron Nee, whose credits include “Masters of the Universe” and “The Lost City,” alongside Jonathan Tropper, known for “The Adam Project” and “Banshee.”

In addition to starring in the film, Hart is also set to produce through his HartBeat banner.

Henry Cavill And Kevin Hart Already Have Major Netflix Ties

Cavill and Hart are major draws for Netflix and are no strangers to the platform’s formula for viral hits. The “Man of Steel” actor previously led the fantasy hit “The Witcher” and also played Sherlock Holmes in the “Enola Holmes” franchise alongside Millie Bobby Brown.

Interestingly, Cavill recently admitted to Heat magazine that while he feels he is now “too old” to play James Bond, he would jump at the chance to play a Bond villain. This Netflix project will let him flex those spy muscles, albeit with a comedic twist instead.

Hart, meanwhile, has become a regular presence in Netflix’s feature film division. He has headlined several major streaming projects, including the action film “Lift,” “The Man From Toronto,” “Me Time,” and the drama “Fatherhood.”

Kevin Hart Faced Heat After Controversial Roast Joke

Last month, Hart came under intense backlash over what many viewers saw as offensive jokes made during his Netflix special, “The Roast of Kevin Hart.”

As is customary during roasts, several celebrities and comedians, including Tom Brady, Draymond Green, Teyana Taylor, Lizzo, and others, took turns throwing digs at the actor.

However, the show drew criticism from fans after Tony Hinchcliffe made a joke referencing George Floyd, who was killed by police in 2020.

“The Black community is so proud of you,” Hinchcliffe said of Hart, per The Hollywood Reporter. “Right now, George Floyd is looking up at us all laughing so hard he can’t breathe.”

Kevin Hart Defends Roast Format After Backlash

During an appearance on “The Breakfast Club” later that month, Hart admitted that the joke left a sour taste in the audience’s mouth, but defended himself by explaining that such moments are common in roasts.

“Yeah, the George Floyd joke, it wasn’t a tasteful joke to our culture, to our audience, but our audience that’s watching the roast, if you’re watching the roast, you get why they’re doing it. You get why the racial humor is on the table,” he said.

Hart was then asked if he thought the joke went “too far,” to which he replied, “It’s Tony Hinchcliffe. I don’t expect less. I don’t expect more.”

“Tony Hinchcliffe arguably had the best set or one of the best sets,” he said. “Pete [Davidson] had a great set, too. Pete had a Charlie Kirk joke in it. Like, would I tell those jokes? No. But do I get why they’re being told? Yes. I’m not looking at Pete crazy. I’m not looking at Tony… That’s what I know you’re going to do. I know your style of comedy.”

I spent a week exploring the ritziest neighborhoods in London, all overflowing with rich moms. Whether walking at the park, eating brunch or sipping coffee in a cafe, these ladies had incredibly similar styles. Their formula consisted of a neutral top and tailored-looking jeans, and I found 11 chic pairs that nail the aesthetic!

Not only are they much classier than wide legs, but straight legs can be much more flattering, making your silhouette appear longer and leaner without even trying. Rich moms are always a step ahead of the fashion game, so it’s only a matter of time until we follow suit. Snag the classy look below!

11 Chic Straight-Leg Jeans London Moms Are Wearing — From $16

1. Everyday Staple: Frayed hems and built-in tummy control give these retro-inspired pants that lived-in look without sacrificing structure. The shaping panel smooths everything out, so tuck in a blouse and call it done.

2. Luxe Levi’s: These Ribcage Straight jeans sit a full inch above your belly button, ensuring you look snatched from every angle. Levi’s classic denim holds its shape from morning meetings through dinner.

3. Cool Mom: With a deep, saturated indigo color, these rich blue jeans should cost triple the price. No fading, no pilling, just clean color that pairs with everything in your closet.

4. Bestseller Alert: Thousands of reviewers give these straight-leg pants five stars, so it’s no wonder they’re flying off the shelves. The double-button waist holds you in through workdays, weekend errands and beyond.

5. Feeling Lucky: Lucky Brand has been a key denim player for decades, and these mid-rise wonders prove why. Expect a soft, broken-in feel from the first wear.

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6. Yoga Mom: Pull-on construction makes these comfy faux jeans look like sweatpants, but read like real denim. The dark wash keeps things polished — no zippers or buttons required.

7. Simple Stunner: Keep these budget-friendly straight-legs in rotation for brunches and last-minute errands. At this price, you can grab two washes and still snag a top.

8. Secretly Stretchy: These cropped camel-colored jeggings could totally pass as denim, but move like your favorite leggings. The length hits right above the ankle, so go ahead and show off your sandals.

9. Deep Blue: Light-wash denim can feel too casual for dinner out. These deep blue jeans dress up instantly with heels and a blazer (while still working with sneakers on Saturday mornings).

10. Mini Crop: These slightly cropped Levi’s hit right at your ankle, lengthening your leg line without going full ankle-grazer. Better yet, the durable Levi’s fabric lasts wash after wash.

11. Curve-Friendly: Cut with extra room through the hips and thighs, these curve-friendly jeans solve your gapping woes. The straight leg balances your curves.

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A major federal ruling involving the Trump administration is putting a spotlight on what can—and cannot—be removed from public history spaces, and U.S. District Judge Angel Kelley is at the center of the decision that has sparked national attention over how America’s past is presented in national parks and monuments.

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Judge Orders Slavery And Climate Exhibits Restored In Parks

On Friday, Judge Angel Kelley issued a preliminary injunction ordering the Trump administration to restore exhibits and signage related to slavery and climate change that had previously been removed from national parks. The court noted the removals appeared to be tied to materials that “do not align with its preferred narrative,” according to the ruling. The decision came after a coalition of conservationists, historians, and scientific organizations challenged the policy in court.

Court Battle Details Claims Of History Erasure Campaign

The case centered on claims that the U.S. Department of the Interior had engaged in what plaintiffs described as a “sustained campaign to erase history and undermine science,” pointing to widespread changes across multiple sites. The ruling effectively halts parts of a broader policy linked to a March 2025 executive order from Donald Trump that directed revisions to historical and scientific content displayed in national parks.

According to documentation cited in the case, dozens of exhibits were impacted. This includes materials referencing slavery and enslaved people across multiple national parks. Climate-related displays are also affected, covering topics such as glacial retreat, rising sea levels, shifting weather patterns, and environmental risks to wildlife habitats. Furthermore, these exhibits are now ordered to be reinstated. Some of those signs were flagged, while others were fully removed across multiple historic and natural sites nationwide.

Trump Got The Comments Flooded With Mixed Reactions

As soon as the news hit, folks ran straight to The Shade Room’s Instagram comment section and were all over the place with reactions. Some users claimed the timing felt significant, saying it was “just in time for Juneteenth.” Meanwhile, others took a more spiritual route, calling it “from the ancestors.” And of course, a few admitted the post caught them off guard entirely, initially thinking it was announcing something else altogether.

One Instagram user @blaqbuety shared, “Our Ancestors said… wait.. wait.. wait a minute 💪🏿👏🏿👏🏿🙏🏿❤️🎯”

This Instagram user @therealmalikhall said, “Please Protect That Judge 🙏🏽”

And, Instagram user @daniellealexisb claimed, “Right in time for Juneteenth 🕺🏽💃🏾”

Meanwhile, Instagram user @davydpapi added, “American history will not be erased“

While Instagram user @bando_tez wrote, “You know what 😒…. Nvm don’t even worry about it but that’s cool too ✌🏾”

This Instagram user @karimellis2.0 said, “Reverse. Draw Four. Uno Out!!!“

Instagram user @d.lei.d added, “Thought he got up outta here 😂”

This Instagram user @dougiecash asked, “Why are people acting surprised. Most of the nonsense he did will revert back now or after he leaves office“

This Instagram user @ataviaab shared, “yeah cause wtf was that abt.“

Lastly, Instagram user @lorissa.alexis commented, “Love that a BLACK WOMAN got this done! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽”

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Whether Taylor Swift is sitting courtside at a Knicks game or grabbing dinner with fiancé Travis Kelce, the singer is always dressed to the nines. She has a way of mixing together effortless, cool-girl style with timeless pieces, making her outfits feel actually attainable. That statement even rings true when it comes to her latest wedding guest ensemble that made Us want to book a trip to the coast — and it all has to do with her heeled sandals from Reformation.

Wedding guest dresses are usually the most eye-catching part of any look, but Swift proves that your shoes can sometimes make a bigger statement. While attending a wedding in Greece for George Karlaftis and Kaia Harris, the singer wore straight-up designer items that would cost you a pretty penny. The exception? These Reformation heeled sandals that totally embody coastal-chic style, and they’re still in stock in her exact color (for now).

Get the Waldena Block Heeled Mules for $268 at Reformation! Please note, prices are accurate as of the publishing date but are subject to change.

The Reformation Waldena Block Heeled Mules are so on trend for the summer, giving complete oceanic vibes with the shell ‘strap’ design and sandy beige hue. The sandals paired perfectly with Swift’s Zimmerman midi dress, Steven Battelle coin pendant and dangly De Beers earrings. And although all those high-end pieces are out of our budget, we’d happily invest in the star’s exact heeled sandals that look like a luxury designer find, but are listed at a fraction of the price.

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Taylor Swift and the color red go together like peanut butter and jelly. The showgirl is known for her signature red lipstick and frequently integrates the bold hue into her wardrobe. Case in point, she just stepped out in buckle-style sandals for a stroll through Manhattan, and the romantic pair had burning red details we […]

In addition to the elegant seashell design, we love the slender silhouette, peep-toe opening and low heel that’s ideal for dancing the night away. Psst, the block heel is just 2 inches high! The sandals also have a heel cushion that provides a comfortable feel while at the ceremony and during the reception thereafter. Read: There’s no reason to walk around barefoot while stunning in these sandals.

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Wedding season is upon us, and many of us will soon find ourselves cheering for the newlyweds and biting into heavily frosted cake. But until then, the big question remains: what will you wear? While you may have your dress on lock, the shoes to complete your look are an entirely different story, because standing […]

If there’s one weekend this summer you need to spend all your time at home, it’s this one.

Major streamers like Netflix, Prime Video and more have just dropped some of the season’s can’t-miss shows, which is why Watch With Us had to cancel our wedding yet again to make time to watch all of them.

Dramatic weddings? That sounds like Sweet Magnolias to us, and the rumors are true – the hit Netflix series is back for season 5.

There’s also a slew of new shows that will make you beg for more seasons, like Prime Video’s hit YA adaptation Every Year After and HBO Max’s queer coming-of-age tale, Proud.

‘Sweet Magnolias’ Season 5 – Netflix

The Magnolias are back, and this season, they’re ditching the Deep South for the Big Apple. Well, kinda – bride-to-be Helen (Heather Headley) needs a fancy wedding dress, and only Fifth Avenue can satisfy her cravings for haute couture bridal gowns. Meanwhile, Maddie’s (JoAnna Garcia Swisher) dream job at a Manhattan publisher turns into a nightmare, and she is soon booking a return trip home.

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Relax, fans – Sweet Magnolias is still largely set in Serenity, that cozy, too-good-to-be-real small town that makes Stars Hollow seem like San Francisco. Helen’s upcoming nuptials provide some of the drama, as does Dana Sue’s (Brooke Elliott) increasingly troubled marriage to hubby Ronnie (Brandon Quinn). Yet no matter what life serves them, the Magnolia ladies can rely on each other to weather any storm – and disappointing men – that cross their paths.

‘Every Year After’ Season 1 – Prime Video

It’s a new month, which means there’s another Prime Video adaptation of a massively popular YA novel to bingewatch. After last month’s hit hockey romance Off Campus, the streamer dropped the puck-less Canadian love story Every Year After, based on Carley Fortune’s bestselling novel, Every Summer After. It’s just as addictive as Off Campus, except it’s a little more serious than its YA peer.

Barry’s Bay is a picture-perfect small town, so why has Percy (Sadie Soverall) been away for almost a decade? Something drove her away, and it has to do with childhood crush Sam (Matt Cornett). When her mother, Sue (Elisha Cuthbert), dies, Percy has no choice but to go back to her hometown and face some demons from her past. Will she see Sam again? Does she even want to?

‘Proud’ Season 1 – HBO Max

Live fast, party hard – if Filip (Ignacy Liss), the main character in the new Polish-language series Proud, had a motto, that would be it. He’s young, he’s good-looking and all the guys he encounters either want to be him or hook up with him. But Filip’s hedonistic lifestyle grinds to a halt when his sister dies, leaving him to take care of her infant child. Filip’s never taken care of anyone before, not even himself, so he has his work cut out for him as a de facto dad with no stable income and a lifetime of making bad choices.

Can Filip be responsible? That’s the main question Proud asks, and it answers it by giving an honest portrait of an immature boy who slowly – slowly – matures into a man. It’s not an easy, straightforward path, though, and Filip realizes he has to rely on others for help. Proud consists of eight episodes at approximately 32 minutes each, and it’s just the right length to watch one of summer’s most surprising – and rewarding – dramas.

‘My Adventures With Superman’ Season 3 – HBO Max

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s … an overused pun connecting a certain all-American comic book character to season 3 of an animated TV show. Yes, My Adventures with Superman is back on HBO Max with a new batch of episodes starting on June 14.

This scene brings back Supes (voiced by Jack Quaid), Lois Lane (Alice Lee) and Jimmy Olsen (Ishmel Sahid) as they hang with new friends like Superboy (Darren Criss) and battle new villains like Cyborg Superman. One of the main plots this time around is The Reign of the Supermen, an adaptation of a very famous ‘90s storyline which sees several successors to Superman’s role as Metropolis’ primary defender.

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‘The Listeners’ Season 1 – Starz

Claire’s (Rebecca Hall) life is pretty ordinary until she hears a distant humming noise that completely disrupts her routine. No one else close to her can hear it – not her husband, daughter or her fellow teachers – except for Kyle (Ollie West), a student in her class who is also mystified about the noise. Both wonder where it comes from and why they can only hear it, but as they investigate the source of their disturbance, their initial curiosity gives way to an all-consuming obsession.

With its slow, steady pacing and emphasis on liminal space to conjure a strange, vaguely menacing mood, The Listeners is like an A24 movie stretched across four episodes. That might dissuade people from watching it, but those who enjoyed the recent horror hit Backrooms and the 1995 Julianne Moore film Safe should like this series. As the noise-plagued protagonist, Hall once again shows she’s one of the most underrated actors working today. She’s fantastic, especially in the scenes when her character is slowly losing her grip on her sanity.