The True Story Behind War Dogs, Explained
Todd Phillips' War Dogs starring Jonah Hill and Miles Teller is based on true events, here's the real story of Efraim Diveroli and David Packouz.
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Stories By Lee Adams
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James Bond: Every Blofeld Actor, Ranked Worst To Best
Blofeld, James Bond's longtime nemesis, is one of the most famous villains in all of cinema. Here's our ranking of every version of the character.
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The Seven Twilight Zone Segments Directed By Horror Master Wes Craven
Wes Craven directed seven segments from the 1980s revival of The Twilight Zone. Here's how the horror legend's work on the series stacks up.
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A Kung-Fu Classic With A High Rotten Tomatoes Score Changed Jason Statham's Life
Jason Statham has named this highly-regarded martial arts classic as both one of his favorite movies and a major inspiration for his career.
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One Of John Wayne's Best Westerns Launched An Unofficial Trilogy
Rio Bravo is one of John Wayne's most beloved movies, and it inspired two spiritual sequels that, uh, no one likes talking about quite as much.
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Why Robert Zemeckis' CGI Beatles Movie Was Canceled
Robert Zemeckis' CGI motion-capture remake of the Beatles movie Yellow Submarine never saw the light of day. That's probably for the best.
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Frank Sinatra's War Movie Is A Must-Watch For Old Hollywood Fans
Frank Sinatra once starred in a less-remembered World War II movie that deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as films like The Dirty Dozen.
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Why Rene Russo Disappeared From Hollywood
Rene Russo's movie career took off in a big way in the 1990s, but as the 21st century rolled around, things changed. Here's why.
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Anatomy Of A Fall Ending Explained: Did Sandra Kill Her Husband?
Anatomy of a Fall was one of the best movies of 2023, and its ambiguous ending is likely to keep conversations burning for many years to come.
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Why Henry Winkler Turned Down John Travolta's Grease Role
Henry Winkler was nearly cast in John Travolta's role in Grease. Here's why the Happy Days actor declined to play another greaser character.
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The Road Warrior's Stunts Made Some Broken Bones 'Unavoidable'
What's a few broken bones when you're making movie history? That's the cost of making The Road Warrior, George Miller's action masterpiece.
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What Is Robert De Niro's Best Role? Here's What /Film Readers Had To Say
There are a lot of good (and not so good) options to choose frrom.
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Jamie's Accent In Ted Lasso Came From Trying To Make Brett Goldstein Laugh
'As I found the character more, I found those bits a bit more, too, the idiosyncrasies.'
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Margot Robbie Wouldn't Have Made Barbie If She Was The Only One
'I don't think I would have wanted to attempt to make a Barbie film...'
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Why Ted Lasso Ended With Season 3
'This is the end of this story that we wanted to tell...'
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Hey, Remember When Owen Wilson And Pierce Brosnan Teamed Up For An Action Thriller?
Is it worth your time? That very much depends on your sensibilities.
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Christian Bale Was Warned American Psycho Would End His Career
'I had an awful lot of calls saying it was going to be career suicide...'
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There's Someone Inside Your House, And There Was A Freaky Slasher Movie Inside Netflix's Top 10
I don't want to alarm you but There's Someone Inside Your House.
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James Gunn Wanted To Avoid Empire Strikes Back Comparisons With Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2
Quill's relationship with his father shares some parallels to the best film in the original Star Wars trilogy, but James Gunn altered some lore to avoid that.
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Denzel Washington's Safe House Has Been Topping Netflix Charts, But Is It Worth A Watch?
Here's the short version: it's a Bourne knock-off, featuring Ryan Reynolds before he fully embraced his quippy Deadpool persona.
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Why Dolph Lundgren Once Wanted To Punch Out Sylvester Stallone On The Expendables Set
'If he says one more word, I'm gonna knock him out...'
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Tin & Tina Is The Unnerving Spanish Horror Movie Currently Haunting Netflix
This psychological horror film may leave you reeling.
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How Clue Went From Box Office Flop To Cult Hit
Despite a game cast of talented comic actors, Clue failed upon its release in 1985. Here's how it gained a second wind.
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Soft & Quiet Brings The All Too Real Horror Of White Supremacy To Netflix
Not all xenophobes march in the streets with tiki torches. Some of them are perfectly charming and have a good standing in the community,
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C-3PO Actor Anthony Daniels Found Disney's Star Wars Secrecy Bizarre
A lot of Daniels' own personality found its way into the endlessly complaining protocol droid.
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How The Team Behind Barbie Built Those Astonishing Sets
Here's how you create Barbie's world.
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Everything We Know About David O. Russell's John Madden Biopic
The legendary football multi-hyphenate is getting the Hollywood treatment.
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