The rise ofChristopher Nolanas a filmmaker has been a fascinating one. The guy is, undoubtedly, one of theveryfew directors who have the clout to make pretty much whatever they want. At a time whenSteven Spielberghas trouble gathering financing for his projects, the combination of Nolan’s unfailing box office success and high critical praise makes him a low-risk prospect for any major studio, even if you’re greenlighting a budget of say $165 million for an original sci-fi epic....

Pilots are a tricky thing, and the pilot for Amazon Studio’sHand of Godwas one of the streamer’s highest-rated yet. So based off of those ratings, Amazon gave it a full series order. But whileBen Watkins’ drama has a unique and promising premise, over its 10 hourlong episodes that falls away to reveal an incredibly slow series that doesn’t seem to know what it’s trying to say. Hand of GodstarsRon Perlmanas a powerful judge, Pernell Harris, who believes that God is speaking to him in order to solve a number of crimes against his family....

Academy Award-winning directorAlexander Paynecame to theToronto International Film Festivalthis year with a feature that feels distinctly from a different era.The Holdovers, a dramedy about a grumpy prep school teacher stuck watching over all the students who can’t make the trip home for Christmas break, is set in the 1970s and evokes the feeling of a film from that era, from the more technical aspects to the melancholic yet comedic story of three very different people finding common ground....

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In early 2024, Apple TV+ released the historical drama miniseriesManhunt, which followed the aftermath of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. While most people know the name John Wilkes Booth and canidentify him as Lincoln’s assassin,Manhuntgoes deeper than the history books, focusing on the less-recognized people who helped track down and capture Booth. For fans of this historical miniseries,there’s a four-season AMC show that explores another key moment in American history and is a story that has not been told before....

Like some kind of glorious Oscars pre-game, the2020 Independent Spirit Awardstook place on Saturday, February 8. Hosted by Aubrey Plaza, the historically vivacious, cheeky awards show puts its focus on honoring the best in independent film from the previous year. After a very fun opening monologue from Plaza, the winners were announced in traditional categories (Best Director, Best Male Lead, Best Female Lead, etc.) and categories unique to the Spirit Awards (Best First Feature, Best First Screenplay, and the Robert Altman Award)....

If you frequent Collider, odds are you’ve read a piece in which I gush overKelvin Harrison Jr.’s work. Guess what? The trend is about to continue courtesy of Harrison Jr.’s latest,Monster, which is now available to stream on Netflix. Harrison Jr. leads the film as Steve Harmon, an honor student with hopes of becoming a filmmaker. When Steve is charged with felony murder, he sees his character called into question by a prosecution painting him as a monster and pushing those hopes and dreams far out of reach in the process....

Marvel Studios closed out Saturday at Comic-Con with a bang, as they do every year, unveiling new footage fromThor: Ragnarok,Black Panther, andAvengers:Infinity Warwhile also dropping news tidbits aboutAnt-Man and the WaspandCaptain Marvel. The man behind it all, Marvel Studios presidentKevin Feige, was master of ceremonies for the proceedings, and Collider’s own Steve Weintraub caught up with Feige backstage after the big presentation. During their discussion, Feige revealed how they landedMichelle PfeifferforAnt-Man and the Waspand talked about the joy of seeing theBlack Panthercast get towatch the footagefor the first time with the audience....

Since coming onto the scene in 2005, LAIKA has been making some of the most memorable, technologically advanced stop-motion feature films in history. That’s a tall order considering that stop-motion has been a tried-and-true animation method for well over 100 years. Long before computer-generated animation software made the impossible possible, stop-motion animators were painstakingly bringing dinosaurs, monsters of mythology, and sci-fi creations to life through the slow, laborious, frame-by-frame tweaks to lifeless models....

The greatLisa Cholodenkois teaming withThe GreatactressElle Fanningon Hulu’s true-crime seriesThe Girl From Plainville, which centers around the infamous texting-suicide case of Massachusetts teenMichelle Carter. The limited series will examine the events that led Carter to stand trial for homicide after her boyfriendConrad Roykilled himself. Prosecutors argued that her calls and texts encouraging Roy to take his own life fueled his heartbreaking decision and that he would not have gone through with it had she not urged him to do so....

The 2023 movies that everyone seems to be talking about most areBarbieandOppenheimer, and while those films are fantastic, we can’t forget aboutKillers of the Flower Moon. This gargantuan crime saga, period drama, thriller mashup comes from legendary filmmakerMartin Scorsese, the brain behind at least one of your favorite movies. It might not have made the same cultural impact as “Barbenheimer,” but itgrossed a pretty hefty $156 million, and wasnominated for ten Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director for Scorsese himself (his tenth time in this category)....

On this episode of Collider Movie Talk (December 2nd, 2016) Dennis Tzeng, Perri Nemiroff, John Rocha, Sinead DeVries and Wendy Lee discuss the following: Universal Pictures has revealed a poster and small tease for their reboot ofThe Mummy.The short video throwsTom Cruiseright into the action and finds him fleeing the mythical monster. The teaser also shows us small glimpses of the cast, includingRussell Crowe’sDr. Jekyll/Mr Hyde character, while also getting a good look at the Mummy herself....

[Editor’s note: The following containsspoilersforMythic Quest, Season 2 Episode 7, “Peter."] Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquetis nearing the end of its second season, and the journey so far has been extraordinary. The Apple TV+ comedy’s newest episode, “Peter,” features game tester Rachel (Ashly Burch) accompanying famed sci-fi author and creative consultant C.W. Longbottom (F. Murray Abraham) as he pays a visit to an old friend named Peter (William Hurt). Peter is, of course, the same friend we met in the previous week’s episode, “Backstory,” but now with decades of life behind them, the two men have an intimate visit that goes to some truly wild places....