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Spielberg's Disclosure Day Gets New Super Bowl Trailer

Steven Spielberg’s influence on filmmaking stretches more than 50 years. He began in 1975 with Jaws, directed landmark science fiction like E.T., and helped build the Indiana Jones franchise; now, nearing 80, he continues to make new films. Spielberg’s next project was announced in 2024 and he

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Mel Brooks Says He Persuaded Rick Moranis to Return for Spaceballs 2

Rick Moranis, who largely stepped away from live-action film after 1997, will return as Dark Helmet in Spaceballs 2. Mel Brooks, now 99, said he convinced the 72-year-old by asking, "Look, do you want to go to your grave without ever coming back to show business again in any

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Scream 7 trailer forces Neve Campbell and Courteney Cox to confront Ghostfaces

A new trailer for Scream 7 surfaced around the Super Bowl, reuniting Neve Campbell as Sidney Prescott and Courteney Cox as Gale Weathers as the franchise heads into its latest chapter. Kevin Williamson returns to direct the series he created and shares writing credits with Guy Busick and James Vanderbilt.

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'Taxi Driver' at 50: An Undisputed Masterpiece

Released in early February 1976, Taxi Driver united Martin Scorsese’s direction with Paul Schrader’s writing and a defining turn by Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle, an insomniac who becomes a taxi driver, remodels his body and purchases firearms after romantic rejection and exposure to the city’s

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The 10 Best Movies About the Olympics, Ranked

The Olympic Games are a quadrennial athletic festival with roots in Ancient Greece and an official revival in 1896. They unite nations through sport, rouse patriotism and have inspired a wide range of cinematic stories, from underdog comedies to tense political dramas. This ranked selection spans tones and eras. It

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Best Super Bowl commercials 2026: See the ads now

Some people watch the Super Bowl for football. Some watch it for the halftime show. For many viewers, the significantly more expensive-than-usual commercials are the star. With Super Bowl LX on everyone's minds, it's time to take stock of the best commercials that aired; some went

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The ’Burbs review — Keke Palmer leads frothy TV remake

Studio-owned streamers once rifled through back catalogues to turn well-known films into TV shows, a pipeline that has lately slowed. A few recent adaptations have found ways to extend their source material thoughtfully, and Peacock’s gentle new take on The ’Burbs, a 1989 Tom Hanks comedy horror, lands somewhere

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Project Hail Mary Final Trailer Focuses on Ryan Gosling and Alien

The final trailer for Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's Project Hail Mary arrived online alongside the film's Super Bowl TV spot. Adapted from Andy Weir's novel, the movie stars Ryan Gosling as Dr. Ryland Grace, a scientist sent to the far reaches of space

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Kurt Russell's Apple TV Sci‑Fi Series Is a Perfect Weekend Binge Before Season 2

TV spin-offs of movie franchises are never guaranteed successes, but Monarch: Legacy of Monsters makes a strong case. The series expands the MonsterVerse while delivering solid performances and an effective mix of sci‑fi and conspiracy thriller elements, making it an ideal binge before Season 2 premieres. The show weaves

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Why Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus delay is a good sign

At Apple TV’s recent press day Vince Gilligan said Pluribus won’t return on an annual schedule, noting the writers are “deeper into the process at this moment” but that there are only “[a] few episodes we have figured out.” His comments signal a slower pace for Season 2

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Green Day Condemns ICE as Part of Super Bowl Festivities

Green Day is scheduled to perform a medley of its hits at the opening ceremony ahead of Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, Calif., on Sunday. Two days earlier, at the FanDuel Party in San Francisco, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong urged Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to quit their jobs,

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10 Sci-Fi TV Shows I Knew Were Masterpieces After One Episode

Sci‑fi is one of the hardest genres to sell; it often needs time to build its rules, its physics and its strange new worlds. Many series marinate for half a season before the odd becomes familiar. Still, a few pilots land with such confidence that you know within forty‑

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Dark Waters: Haynes’ True-Crime Thriller on the DuPont Scandal

Todd Haynes, better known for intimate period dramas, revealed a different side with Dark Waters, a true-crime thriller that follows the DuPont pollution scandal through corporate lawyer Robert Bilott, portrayed by Mark Ruffalo. Rather than opening at the crisis’ origin, the film traces Bilott’s slow, methodical discovery of a

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Fallout was a 'B-tier product' that later proved successful

Fallout is everywhere now, with half a dozen games and two seasons of television under its belt, but it used to be 'a B-tier product,' as series co-creator Tim Cain recently told Game Informer. A lot went wrong during development and the team didn't have much

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Ryan Gosling Is Boldly Going in 'Project Hail Mary' Final Trailer

The final trailer for Project Hail Mary has been released online, arriving alongside the film's Super Bowl TV spot. Adapted from Andy Weir's novel, the movie stars Ryan Gosling as Doctor Ryland Grace, a scientist sent to save Earth's sun by investigating another star

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10 Nearly Perfect Sci-Fi Movies, Ranked

There might not be too many absolutely perfect science fiction movies, though a few feel untouchable; 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, The Empire Strikes Back and Metropolis are often held up as near-untouchable. This piece looks at films that are almost perfect — great works with flaws that barely register

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Seth Rogen Calls Catherine O'Hara 'An Utter Genius' in Awards Tribute

Seth Rogen gave an emotional tribute to Catherine O'Hara while accepting the Directors Guild Award for Best Comedy Series in Beverly Hills alongside Evan Goldberg, for an episode titled "The Oner." He described O'Hara as "our idol since we were children" and

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Apple TV's Most Ambitious Sci-Fi Series Goes Supernova Ahead of Season 2

Apple TV unveiled the Season 2 trailer for Monarch: Legacy of Monsters at its Press Day, making clear that everything is getting bigger, messier and more dangerous. Season 2 premieres Friday, February 27, 2026, with new episodes released weekly through May 1. The series is already sitting in Apple TV’

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Final trailer for Project Hail Mary highlights Gosling and Rocky

A new final trailer for Project Hail Mary shows Ryan Gosling's desperate mission to save Earth as the sun begins to fade. The film is based on a novel by Andy Weir — who also wrote The Martian — with a screenplay by Drew Goddard. What sets the film apart

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Meghan Markle goes Old Hollywood at Fifteen Percent Pledge gala

Meghan Markle brought extra glitz to the Fifteen Percent Pledge Fundraising Gala in Los Angeles on Saturday, attending without Prince Harry. She wore a strapless oyster-colored gown with black piping at the sweetheart neckline, a custom design by Charles Harbison of Harbison Studio, and draped a black velvet-and-silk shawl with

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Quentin Tarantino’s Acclaimed 87% Western Is a Streaming Chart-Topper

Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained has emerged as the top feature on Hulu’s streaming charts, with FlixPatrol listing it above other films. The movie holds an 87% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes and a 92% audience rating. Set two years before the Civil War, the story follows Django (Jamie

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: a harrowing landmark now on Netflix

Horror fans have long debated what truly birthed the slasher subgenre. While the Universal monster films, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and Black Christmas were influential, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre is often remembered as the film that kicked off the slasher craze because it felt authentic in a way earlier

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Will Smith’s 96% Crowd-Pleaser Is the Streaming Sleeper Nobody Expected

Will Smith returned to the Bad Boys franchise in 2024 with Ride or Die, the fourth installment opposite Martin Lawrence. The film follows the two Miami cops on their most dangerous mission yet, after their late police captain is framed for a crime he didn’t commit. It grossed over

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Slightly less mad about the ‘Magnificent Ambersons’ AI project

A startup announced plans last fall to recreate lost footage from Orson Welles’ The Magnificent Ambersons using generative AI, a move that initially seemed certain to rile cinephiles and offer little commercial return. Michael Schulman’s New Yorker profile helps explain the motivation: Fable founder Edward Saatchi grew up watching

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7 Greatest Tom Hardy TV Shows, Ranked

Tom Hardy often leaves you wanting more on film, but television gives him room to simmer, snap, spiral, or quietly unsettle. On TV he can suggest a private movie behind his eyes, and presence frequently outweighs dialogue. This list focuses on impact: sometimes he drives a series, sometimes he arrives