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Holly Martins looks at Harry Lime on the ferris wheel in The Third Man

The Third Man Ending Explained: Fated To Walk Alone

By Lee Adams March 28th, 2025

The Third Man has one one of the greatest final shots in cinematic history. Let's take a look at the movie's ending to see how director Carol Reed got there.

Alice in a convertible from Lost Highway

Lost Highway Ending Explained: The Utter Failure Of Masculinity

By Witney Seibold March 28th, 2025

David Lynch's 1997 masterpiece defies a traditional explanation.

Levon Cade gives a gangster the stare of death in A Working Man

Jason Statham's New Action Movie Beats Sylvester Stallone's Worst Rambo Sequel At Its Own Game

By Bill Bria March 28th, 2025

Sylvester Stallone redeems the disappointment of Rambo: Last Blood with his work on Jason Statham's new action movie, A Working Man.

A collage of Cassie Thomas (Carey Mulligan) in Promising Young Woman, Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss) in The Invisible Man, Suzanne Stone-Maretto (Nicole Kidman) in To Die For, Claire Spencer (Michelle Pfeiffer) in What Lies Beneath, and Noa (Daisy Edgar Jones) in Fresh

15 Best Movies Like Blink Twice To Watch Next

By Sam Stone March 28th, 2025

Blink Twice is a captivating unsettling thriller from director Zoe Kravitz, and if you want more of the same, these are the best movies like Blink Twice.

Batman, riding on top of a train in the 1949 Batman serial.

It Took Over 40 Years For Batman's First Movie Villain To Appear In Comics (For Good Reasons)

By Witney Seibold March 25th, 2025

The first villain Batman ever fought on the big screen was Dr. Daka, but it took another 40 years for the character to debut in DC Comics.

Jack Lord's Felix Leiter is seen looking across frame in Dr No

James Bond's Greatest Ally Got His First Solo Mission In Comic Books

By Joe Roberts March 25th, 2025

007's American counterpart Felix Leiter has appeared in numerous James Bond movies, but one comic book made him the hero of the story.

Blake Lively in Gossip Girl in the center, and on the sides, from A Simple Favor and The Town.

10 Best Blake Lively Movies & TV Shows, Ranked

By Blaise Santi March 25th, 2025

Blake Lively became a household name after starring in The CW's Gossip Girl, but what are her best movies and TV shows? We've ranked 10 of them right here.

A close up of Robert De Niro as Vito Genovese in The Alto Knights

Robert De Niro's New Crime Movie Just Flopped At The Box Office

By Ryan Scott March 24th, 2025

Robert De Niro plays dual roles in The Alto Knights, but double the De Niro wasn't enough to convince audiences to turn up for the film's opening weekend.

Danielle Deadwyler as Elena Cole on the phone in the airport in Carry-On

How Netflix's Carry-On Helped Pave The Way For Blumhouse's New Horror Movie

By Ryan Scott March 24th, 2025

Jaume Collet-Serra's airport thriller Carry-On helped pave the way for The Woman in the Yard, his long-awaited return to the horror genre.

Ray (Alexander Skarsgård), Claire (Andrea Riseborough), and Zoe (Emily Alyn Lind) run with worried expressions on their faces in Hidden

Hidden Ending Explained: The Darker Side Of Human Nature

By Caroline Madden March 21st, 2025

Before they created Stranger Things, the Duffer Brothers directed the subversive horror movie Hidden. Here's what its ending really means.

Bill Skarsgård as Eddie, shirtless and trapped in an SUV in Locked

Bill Skarsgård's Thriller Locked Went Above And Beyond To Maximize Its Primary Location [Exclusive]

By Ben Pearson March 21st, 2025

Locked director David Yarovesky and his team went all-out creating an SUV where Bill Skarsgård becomes trapped. Here's how they pulled off one incredible shot.

L.B. Jeffries looking through a long camera lens in Rear Window

70 Years Later, One Alfred Hitchcock Classic Perfectly Embodies The Anxieties Of 2025

By Ben Pearson March 19th, 2025

Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller Rear Window hits different in 2025 when viewed through the lens of what's happening in the world today.

Bill Skarsgard's Eddie in a pink hoodie standing in the streets

Locked Review: The Bill Skarsgard Trapped In A Car Movie Is Weirdly Relatable Right Now

By BJ Colangelo March 19th, 2025

Locked, a thriller where Anthony Hopkins traps Bill Skarsgard in a deadly car, has its fun moments but leaves a lot to be desired. Here's our review.

DMX as Anthony Fait in Cradle 2 the Grave

A Cancelled Sequel To The Crow Could Have Starred DMX And Eminem

By Witney Seibold March 18th, 2025

Eminem and DMX could have starred in a sequel to The Crow that would have pitted the rappers against each other. So why didn't it happen?

Robert Dean and Edward Lyle talking in Enemy of the State

The Will Smith & Gene Hackman Political Thriller Crushing It On Prime Video

By Kieran Fisher March 18th, 2025

This Will Smith and Gene Hackman-led thriller is the latest Hackman film to top the streaming charts (this time on Prime Video) following the actor's passing.

Liam Neeson makes the call as Bryan Mills in Taken

Liam Neeson Never Made Taken 4 For A Lot Of Good Reasons

By Jeremy Smith March 17th, 2025

Taken revitalized and completely changed the trajectory of Liam Neeson's career but here's why he was done with the franchise after three films.

Sylvester Stallone's Ray Breslin sits across from Arnold Schwarzenegger's Emil Rottmayer at a prison table in Escape Plan

Sylvester Stallone's Prison Break Movie Spawned A Strange Direct-To-Video Franchise

By Joe Roberts March 16th, 2025

You might remember the 2013 action movie Escape Plan, which starred Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger. But did you know it spawned a franchise?

Jake Gyllenhaal's Brian Taylor and Michael Peña's Mike Zavala sit side by side in their police cruiser in End of Watch

Jake Gyllenhaal & Michael Peña's 2012 Action Thriller Is Crushing It On Max

By Joe Roberts March 16th, 2025

A 2012 thriller directed by David Ayer and starring Jake Gyllenhaal & Michael Peña is currently a big hit while streaming on Max.

Daniel Craig's James Bond looks across frame in Casino Royale

James Bond's U.S. Debut Received Some Truly Weird Changes

By Joe Roberts March 15th, 2025

When Ian Fleming's Casino Royale was first published, American readers were introduced to super spy James Bond in a very different way from UK readers.

Kyle MacLachlan in Conversation with Reece Feldman at the SXSW Studio

Kyle MacLachlan Thinks This David Lynch Movie Is The Best To Start With

By Michael Boyle March 15th, 2025

If you're looking for a good place to dive into the late David Lynch's filmography, one of his most famous collaborators, Kyle MacLachlan, has a suggestion.

Arthur Steiglitz is planning something naughty in Black Bag

How Steven Soderbergh's Black Bag Weaponizes A Beloved James Bond Actor

By Bill Bria March 15th, 2025

By casting Pierce Brosnan in Black Bag, Steven Soderbergh weaponizes the instant association audiences have with James Bond to the film's benefit.

Ariel endures a strange ceremonial dinner in Opus

Opus Director Mark Anthony Green Wrote A 350-Page Cult Manual We'll Never Get To Read [Exclusive Interview]

By Bill Bria March 14th, 2025

Mark Anthony Green, the writer/director of A24's Opus, tells us about creating credible pop music for his film & writing a cult manual we'll never get to read.

Sherry gets closer to Nathan in Novocaine

Novocaine's Big Twist Comes Straight From Classic Hollywood

By Bill Bria March 14th, 2025

Novacaine starring Jack Quaid and Amber Midthunder incorporates a classic Hollywood twist in its fresh approach to action-comedy.

F1 Sounds Like It Had One Of Most Difficult Film Shoots Of All Time

By Nick Staniforth March 13th, 2025

Joseph Kosinski's F1, the new racing movie starring Brad Pitt, had some ridiculous constraints when it came time to actually roll the cameras.

Cooper walking down the hallway amidst concertgoers in Trap

One Of Josh Hartnett's Best & Creepiest Movies Is Dominating Netlfix's Top Charts

By Nina Starner March 13th, 2025

People seem to either love or hate M. Night Shyamalan's Trap. We're fans of it, which is why we're happy to tell you it's now burning up the Netflix charts.

The Surfer looks back and holds his board in The Surfer

The Surfer Review: Nicolas Cage Descends Into Sunburnt Madness In This Psychedelic Thriller [SXSW]

By Rafael Motamayor March 12th, 2025

Nicolas Cage gets tormented by beach bullies and loses his mind in a parking lot in the trippy thriller The Surfer. Here's our review.

Brian Mills, looking intense in close-up in Taken

Why Liam Neeson Is Glad He Didn't Play James Bond

By Witney Seibold March 11th, 2025

In the mid-1990s, the Broccoli family was looking for a new actor to play James Bond. They considered Liam Neeson, but he's glad he didn't take the part.