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Ryan Murphyhas continued to find success in the thriller genre as he once again has reached the #1 spot on Netflix’s charts with his latest series,The Watcher. Since its debut last Thursday, October 14, the real-estate thriller has amassed a staggering 125.01 million hours viewed on the English TV List. The thriller series is based on a true story from 2014 and starsNaomi WattsandBobby Cannavaleas Nora and Dean Brannock, a couple that moves into the house of their dreams in New Jersey....

Fresh from her latest Emmy nominations for writing and starring onAbbott Elementary,Quinta Brunsonis set to take on her first big-screen lead role. Joining her will beEverything Everywhere All at OncebreakoutStephanie Hsu.Deadline reportsthat the duo will star inPar for the Course, a new comedy from Universal. Plot details forPar for the Courseare being kept under wraps for now, although the title implies it may have something to do with the world ofgolf or miniature golf....

As far as origin stories about the Man of Steel go, none stands out quite like the television series,Smallville. StarringTom Wellingas the titular Superman, and co-starMichael Rosenbaumas his best friend and later archnemesis, Lex Luthor, the series remains one of the most revered tellings ever made of the story of Superman.Smallvilleended with Welling’s Clark Kent finally embracing his destiny as Superman. However, a complete look at the iconic suit wasn’t seen as viewers only glimpsed it briefly underneath the character’s shirt....

What’s better than getting to sit down and have a chat with one of your favorite horror icons? Finding out that horror icon also shares your love of cats. That’s your advance warning that this conversation withTony Toddwent off the rails a little bit, but we also got intoHell Festand how much went into developing his character, someone who may not be in the spotlight throughout the film but has a very important role in this scenario....

Nearly three months after the Vertical horror comedyYour Monsterhit theaters, we’re thrilled to announce that it’s finally coming to streaming in only a week. Released in the U.S. on July 22, 2025, theCaroline Lindy-directed filmbegins streaming exclusively on Max on Friday, January 24, after which it will debut on HBO linear the following day at 8:00 p.m. ET. Besides directingYour Monster, Lindy wrote the screenplay and served as producer alongsideKayla Foster,Shannon Reilly,Kira Carstensen,Melanie Donkers, and starMelissa Barrera....

This award season is like so many others in so many respects. Per usual, there’s a drama from a veteran director that’s getting lots of buzz and reaffirming why certain legendary filmmakers are legends. There’s an indie that’s come out of nowhere to become more of an award-season juggernaut than anyone expected. But an unfortunate norm of typical award seasons that’s being maintained this year is the lack of recognition for horror movies....

Elizabeth Banks’s star-studded dark comedy,Cocaine Bear, is fast approaching. Since it was first announced, the buzz for Pablo Escobear’s big-screen debut has been nonstop. Not only is the premise pretty “crazy, wacky, out-there,” as starKeri Russelldescribes it, but it also boasts a pretty phenomenal cast. In addition to Russell, the movie starsIsiah Whitlock Jr.,Margo Martindale,Matthew Rhys,Kristofer Hivju,O’Shea Jackson Jr.,Alden Ehrenreich, and the late legacy,Ray Liotta. Inspired by true events that took place in the mid-eighties,Cocaine Beargives a blow-by-blow account of the unbelievable mishap… only, with a lot more blood....

Birds of Preyis one DC supergroup that’s too often left in the shadows. A TV series was lackluster, the movie (even starringMargot Robbie) was a box office bomb, and their future in the DCU is up in the air. However, none of that means thatthe newly formed DC Studios led byJames GunnandPeter Safranshould abandon these characters entirely. Even if the Birds of Prey are brought back without the cast of the 2020 film, characters such as Huntress, Black Canary, Oracle/Batgirl, and other female superheroes have great cinematic potential if put in the right creative hands....

It is always sad when characters leave a show, and given the prowess ofChicago Firewriters at crafting great characters, it always feels like a huge loss. Season 12 has been pretty historic in the number of exits, with the season kicking off withAlberto Rosende’s exit. Later in the season,Kara Killmer’s character was also written out.Rome Flynnjoined and leftthe show in the same season. And while all these exits have impacted the show, the upcomingexit byEamonn Walkerwill deal a significant blow to the series....

Decades after first conceiving of the idea for his passion project, legendary directorFrancis Ford Coppolahas finally revealed the first footage from the star-studdedMegalopolis.Coppola first began working on the script for his epic back in the 1980s, before putting it on the backburner when it became clear no one would fund the ambitious project. Now, at 84 years old, Coppola isn’t waiting on anyone else to make his dream a reality, self-financing the film....

In this world, there are a few things that every filmmaker hopes for: a multi-million dollar budget, an Oscar, and for their movie to premiere at theCannes Film Festival. The prestigious festival has given many movies their first push into the spotlight and has launched the careers of people likeBernardo Bertolucci,Jane Campion, andGuillermo Del Toro. This festival on the French Riviera holds a very special place in film history, and it should be no less revolutionary this time around....

Art is the perfect medium for political criticism and exploration, and film is no exception. The medium has long been used as a tool for politics, whether as propaganda or contrarian outsider work. FromAll the President’s MentoThe Manchurian Candidate, some of the all-time best movies have distinct political angles in service of a more dramatic or thrilling narrative. The 21st century has been quite consistent in producing quality political movies that entertain, inform, criticize, and even satirize situations that borrow directly from real life....

In the summer of 1975,blockbuster filmmaking was changed forever with the release of Steven Spielberg’sJaws. Based onPeter Benchley’s novelof the same name, the film, in which a killer shark attacks the residents of the fictional Amity Island, was a massive hit, becomingthe highest grossing movie of its timeand leading to the creation of an entire franchise. One of the defining traits of the original movie was its graphic depiction of its shark attacks....