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Jennifer Lopez as Catherine Deane standing in a desert in a white dress in The Cell

A Jennifer Lopez Horror Misfire Was One Of Roger Ebert's Favorite Movies From The 2000s

By Danielle Ryan 3 months ago

In 2000, Roger Ebert went to bat for an under-appreciated Tarsem movie starring Jennifer Lopez, calling it one of the best films of the year.

John Cena as Christopher Smith in season 2 of Peacemaker, giving a thumbs up to the camera with a flaming car behind him

Peacemaker Is A Spiritual Successor To A Cult Superhero Flop, According To James Gunn

By Danielle Ryan 3 months ago

James Gunn says DC's Peacemaker, starring John Cena, is a spiritual successor to a cult classic superhero flop he made many years ago.

Sylvester Stallone's Rocky Balboa looks up while he sits in an office in Rocky

Sylvester Stallone's Rocky Had An Oscars Run Shared Only By Orson Welles And Charlie Chaplin

By Joe Roberts 3 months ago

When Sylvester Stallone earned multiple Academy Award nominations for his work on Rocky, he joined an Oscars club that featured two titans of classic cinema.

Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman as Theo and Ivy look lovingly at each other on a plane in The Roses

The Roses Review: A Devilishly Hilarious Dark Comedy About Love & Marriage

By Ethan Anderton 3 months ago

Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman and delightfully despicable and charming in The Roses, a hilarious dark comedy about a crumbling marriage.

Collage of Toshiro Mifune as Tajōmaru in Rashomon; Ethan Hawke as Jesse and Julie Delpy as Céline in Before Sunrise; and Michael B Jordan in Fruitvale Station

10 Best Movies Under 90 Minutes

By Rachel Ho 3 months ago

Sometimes you just want a breezy movie to take a break for a bit, and these movies under 90 minutes are quick but not always painless. Take a look!

Carole and Rolfe sitting on a couch in the movie Tiptoes

Gary Oldman Hasn't Seen His Most Controversial Movie

By Witney Seibold 3 months ago

Gary Oldman is considered one of the best actors of our time, but one of his worst movies is also his most notorious. Thankfully, he's never seen it.

Quentin Tarantino as an Australian slavery trader in Django Unchained

Quentin Tarantino Hates This David Lynch Movie Streaming On HBO Max (And He's Wrong)

By Danielle Ryan 3 months ago

Although it's since been reappraised, this David Lynch movie streaming on HBO Max took a lot of heat when it first came out, including from Quentin Tarantino.

Clint Eastwood as Josey Wales glaring in The Outlaw Josey Wales

Clint Eastwood Felt This Western With 91% On Rotten Tomatoes Was A Career 'High Point'

By Jeremy Smith 3 months ago

Everyone has their favorite Clint Eastwood Western, but there's one, in particular, that Eastwood himself proclaimed his greatest accomplishment in the genre.

Lara Flynn Boyle's Donna Hayward during a picnic with Laura and James in Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks Star Lara Flynn Boyle Had Her Scenes Cut From A Classic '80s Movie

By Debopriyaa Dutta 3 months ago

Before she joined the cast of Twin Peaks, Lara Flynn Boyle had a role in an acclaimed '80s film but her scenes ended up on the cutting room floor.

Taron Egerton as Ethan Kopek in Carry-On

Taron Egerton Doubts Carry-On 2 Will Happen For A Good Reason

By Akos Peterbencze 3 months ago

Carry-On was a massive hit for Netflix, but Taron Egerton doesn't believe that the Jaume Collet-Serra thriller will spark a sequel.

Composite image of Wendell Pierce as Snaps in Power Book III: Raising Kanan, Bunk Moreland in The Wire, and Teddy in The Odd Couple

10 Best Wendell Pierce Movies And TV Shows Ranked

By Sergio Pereira 3 months ago

Whether playing his usual authority figures or some other type of role, Wendell Pierce makes the most of his screen time, as seen in these 10 films and series.

Clint Eastwood's Will Munny wearing a cowboy hat and looking at the camera in Unforgiven

How Clint Eastwood Convinced Gene Hackman To Star In Unforgiven

By Akos Peterbencze 3 months ago

Gene Hackman initially turned down the role of Little Bill in Unforgiven. Here's how director/co-star Clint Eastwood ultimately convinced him to reconsider.

Maximus (Russell Crowe) with sword, shouting in Gladiator

Is Russell Crowe's Gladiator Based On A True Story?

By Jaron Pak 3 months ago

Director Ridley Scott is known for playing fast and loose with historical facts, but is Russell Crowe's Gladiator based on a true story?

Sylvester Stallone in Rocky in the middle celebrating his stairs run, and surrounding him, Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams, Geena Davis in A League of Their Own, Omar Epps in Loe and Basketball, and Zac Efron in The Iron Claw

The 15 Best Sports Movies Ever Made, Ranked

By Rob Hunter 3 months ago

From baseball to wrestling, from basketball to golf, and several Kevin Costner movies, these are the best sports movies of all time.

Liam Neeson as Peyton Westlake with his face bandaged up in an alleyway in Darkman

Years Before Spider-Man, Sam Raimi's First Superhero Movie Was A Surprise Box Office Hit

By Ryan Scott 3 months ago

Sam Raimi kicked off the superhero craze as we know it with Spider-Man, but he started his own horrifying superhero franchise years before with Darkman.

Irving wears a black winter cap and matching coat while standing in the snowy tundra in

A Severance Star Missed Out On A Role In Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut

By Rusteen Honardoost 3 months ago

John Turturro was meant to have a supporting role in Stanley Kubrick's final film. Here's why he missed out on the opportunity to be in Eyes Wide Shut.

Alicia Vikander as Gerda Wegener listening intently in The Danish Girl

Alicia Vikander Has Mixed Feelings About Her Controversial Oscar-Winning Role

By Jeremy Smith 3 months ago

Although she won an Oscar for it, Alicia Vikander agrees with those who feel this movie is a fatally compromised work devoid of cultural value nowadays.

Phillip Morgan looks off to the side in Rope

This Alfred Hitchcock Crime Thriller Was Once Banned In A Major U.S. City

By Rusteen Honardoost 3 months ago

Alfred Hitchcock has made some of the best and most influential films in history, but one of his finest was banned for not being hard enough on crime.

Seth MacFarlane as Albert Stark in A Million Ways to Die in the West, Jason Momoa as Declan Harp on Frontier, Regina King as Trudy Smith in The Harder They Fall, Benedict Cumberbatch as Phil Burbank in The Power of the Dog, and Anna Torv as Emily Lawson on Territory

The 15 Best Western Movies And TV Shows On Netflix

By Leo Noboru Lima 3 months ago

If you're in the mood for cowboy stories, traditional or not, we've combed through the streaming library to provide you with the very best Westerns on Netflix.

Harrison Ford as Jacob Dutton is seen in closeup in 1923

Before 1923, Harrison Ford Starred In This Forgotten Western TV Movie

By Joe Roberts 3 months ago

Harrison Ford's embrace of television paid off after starring in shows like 1923, but it wasn't the first time the actor had appeared in a made-for-TV Western.

Ivan Locke looking distressed in his car in Locke

A Tom Hardy Movie From The Creator Of Peaky Blinders Has 91% On Rotten Tomatoes

By Nick Staniforth 3 months ago

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight once teamed up with Tom Hardy to make a well-reviewed film where the Mad Max actor is the only face you ever see on-screen.

Christian Bale as Captain Blocker in Hostiles

This Christian Bale Western Took Three Decades To Be Made

By Akos Peterbencze 3 months ago

Even if a script isn't immediately made into a movie, it can find life years down the line like this Western starring Christian Bale.

A.J. (Ben Affleck) smiles at Harry (Bruce Willis), who has a serious expression, and both are wearing orange astronaut suits in Armageddon

How Michael Bay's Armageddon Ad Campaign Caused City-Wide Panic

By Caroline Madden 3 months ago

Armageddon was a massive hit at the box office, and the fact the marketing was so good it caused a city-wide panic probably had something to do with it.

Scarlett Johansson as Zora Bennett standing in front of the gas station in Jurassic World Rebirth

The Global Box Office May Never Fully Recover From The Pandemic

By Ryan Scott 3 months ago

A new report on the health of the box office is concerning, to put it lightly, as it looks like Hollywood may never recover from the pandemic.

Seth Rogen looks horrified as Matt Remick in The Studio

Seth Rogen Had A Totally Valid Issue With A Clint Eastwood War Movie

By Jeremy Smith 3 months ago

Seth Rogen caught some serious flak for criticizing this Clint Eastwood-directed war drama, but he correctly recognized the biggest problem with the film.

Tom Selleck's Thomas Magnum smiling and wearing a Hawaii shirt on Magnum, P.I.

Tom Clancy Wanted To Team Up With Tom Selleck For A Game-Changing Project

By Pauli Poisuo 3 months ago

Tom Clancy, the mastermind behind The Hunt for Red October and Patriot Games, once tried to team up with Tom Selleck to make a Magnum P.I. movie.

Rachel Brosnahan in Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in the middle, and in Superman and The Courier on the sides

10 Best Rachel Brosnahan Movies & TV Shows, Ranked

By Audrey Fox 3 months ago

From her first foray into the world of superheroes to the acclaimed series that made her name, here's our ranking of Rachel Brosnahan's best movies and shows.