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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

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10 Best Thriller TV Shows of the 21st Century

If you enjoy guessing plot twists, watching detectives who venture into dangerous territory, and following haunting storylines, these 21st-century TV thrillers have plenty to offer. The Sinner flips the usual mystery by explaining who did it right away and using that certainty to dig into motive and Detective Harry Ambrose&

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Euphoria surges on HBO Max as Season 3 prepares to premiere

Following the release of the first Season 3 trailer, Euphoria has climbed back to the top of HBO Max streaming charts as fans rewatch the series. Once viewed as unlikely to return, the show became one of HBO’s biggest breakout hits and helped launch performers such as Sydney Sweeney,

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Here are the 19 best Super Bowl LX ads

The Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots will meet in Super Bowl LX on Sunday, but advertisers are also competing for viewers' attention during the broadcast. "CMOs are under so much pressure," Kerry Benson, SVP of Kantar, said, and many brands have leaned on comedy and celebrities

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Taxi Driver: Martin Scorsese's 50-Year Masterpiece

Taxi Driver is regarded as one of Martin Scorsese's best films and one of the most enduring movies of all time. Not bad for a film that screenwriter Paul Schrader came up with from a hospital bed. Now, as the movie celebrates its 50th anniversary, Schrader says there

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Chris Evans' Critically Panned $7.4M Film Finds New Life on Netflix

Honey Don't!, written and directed by Ethan Coen, reunites Chris Evans with Aubrey Plaza and Margaret Qualley. The crime thriller follows a small-town private investigator who probes a string of strange deaths that all lead back to the same church, where Drew Devlin (Evans) serves as the reverend.

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Bad Bunny's dating history, including Kendall Jenner

Bad Bunny appears to be single after his split from Kendall Jenner in 2024. The singer, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, keeps his personal life private: “They don’t know how you feel, they don’t know how you live, they don’t know anything, and I really don’t want

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Romeo Beckham debuts 'family' tattoo as Brooklyn covers up his ink

Romeo Beckham showed a new 'family'-themed tattoo in a black-and-white photo his London-based tattoo studio shared on Instagram Sunday. The 23-year-old's script reading 'family' sits above the existing cross and angel wings on the back of his neck. Several fans admired the fine

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10 Greatest Hidden-Gem War Masterpieces of the 21st Century, Ranked

A handful of 21st-century war movies usually dominate the conversation — Black Hawk Down, The Hurt Locker, Inglourious Basterds, Dunkirk — but those titles only scratch the surface. The last quarter-century has produced many lesser-known films that repay the effort of seeking them out, offering realism, social insight, strong acting, or tense

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Oded Fehr Dismisses 'The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'

Oded Fehr has downplayed the significance of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor while discussing a possible return to the franchise. Fehr, who played Ardeth Bay in the 1999 and 2001 films, was not invited back for the 2008 sequel when the action moved continents. That threequel holds a

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Dinosaur season two review – a hilarious, heartwarming comedy

The second series of Dinosaur opens on the Isle of Wight — a mere seven-hour drive and ferry ride away from our heroine’s beloved Glasgow. Nina (Ashley Storrie) is eight months into a dig, homesick and missing Lee, her almost-sort-of boyfriend who used to make her morning coffee outside the

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Baby Krypto Steals the Show in New Supergirl Teaser

Ahead of the Super Bowl, James Gunn shared a new look at DC Studios' Supergirl, which picks up directly after last year's Superman and will explore Kara Zor-El's past. The teaser introduces an adorable troublemaker: a puppy version of Krypto meeting Kara Zor-El, played by

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How a four-generation household saves on childcare and elder care

Lily Telloyan, her husband Alex, their son Xander, Lily's parents Naomi and Tim Van Loh, and her grandparents Sam and Eva Telloyan moved in together in November 2024 after Lily, a remote special education teacher, faced rising childcare costs and her grandparents' growing needs. Xander was born

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Baby Krypto Appears in New Supergirl Super Bowl Teaser

Baby Krypto, the puppy version of Superman’s dog, turns up in a new Supergirl teaser that ran among Super Bowl spots. The brief clip mostly reuses footage from earlier trailers but adds a few new shots, opening with the pup scampering up to Supergirl and her asking, "Who

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Trying: A Near-Perfect Apple TV Alternative to Ted Lasso

Since its 2020 premiere, Trying has released four seasons on Apple TV, with a fifth set to premiere soon. As fans wait for Ted Lasso’s return, this warm, character-driven comedy offers a similarly uplifting experience. The series follows Nikki (Esther Smith) and Jason (Rafe Spall) as they face infertility

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Six post-apocalyptic TV shows that outpace Fallout Season 2

With so many strong entries competing for attention, the post-apocalyptic genre has grown crowded. Fallout arrived as an event when Season 1 debuted, earning conversation for respecting its source and sparking week-to-week debate, but Season 2 — despite a critically acclaimed ending — landed quieter, with pacing and focus that didn’t