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Move over, Transformers and G.I. Joe, The Care Bears is the next nostalgic '80s toy property to get the big screen treatment. Originating as characters on greeting cards, the Care Bears were spun off into a plush toy line that exploded in popularity during the 1980s. Every Care Bear is unique, as they are different colors and each has a unique shape or image on their stomach that represents their personality.

Deadline reports that Warner Bros. has hired director Josh Greenbaum to helm a new Care Bears movie. Greenbaum recently won a Peabody Award for his 2024 documentary Will & Harper, which followed star Will Ferrell and writer Harper Steele on a 17-day road trip across the United States following Steele's gender transition. Greenbaum's other directing credits include the cult favorite Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar and the adult-oriented animal comedy Strays. No writer is attached to Care Bears.

Preparing for an upcoming flight isn’t just limited to packing your clothes and toiletries — have you thought about how you’re going to keep yourself entertained? The idealist in all of us might say we’re gonna read that book we’ve been putting off, but depending on the length of your flight, that may be easier said than done. If it’s on the longer side, it can be easy to get distracted and start to really feel the minutes crawling by.

The good news is that in recent years,...

Each week within this column we strive to pair the latest in theatrical releases to the worthwhile titles currently available on Netflix Instant Watch.

It’s an invasion! This week in theaters, aliens ride into the Old West and crash South London while a pack of little blue men take New York City by storm! If you can’t get enough of western genre-blending, villainous aliens and ’80s nostalgia, we’ve got a selection of streaming features destined to entertain you through the heatwave!

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Cowboys & Aliens

When space invaders roll into a settlement in 1873 Arizona, two wily cowboys (Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford) are all that stands between mankind and world domination! Olivia Wilde co-stars; Jon Favreau directs.

Firefly: The Complete Series (2002) Combining sci-fi and western elements may not be new, but it was rarely as much fun as seen in Joss Whedon’s short-lived but fan-adored adventures series Firefly.

As of this weekend, Michael Bay’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon has made over $645 million worldwide in 12 days, a massive yet not unexpected feat that has already pushed Paramount past the $1 billion mark before any other studio this year. The domestic total alone is $261 million, meaning it is the highest-grossing movie of 2011 and has easily recouped the roughly $195M production budget ponied up for a third CGI-laden explosion-fest, with much more to come.

Ordinarily, those kind of numbers would mean an instant sequel in development. Talent deals would be hashed out, budgets drawn up, familiar stories slapped together, and its off to the races again with high hopes of more millions. Just like what we’re seeing with an inevitable fifth Pirates of the Caribbean at Disney with more of the same starring Pirate Johnny Depp. But what if the players don’t want to return?

Shia Labeouf says he’s not coming back.