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Quentin Tarantino has often praised Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk, calling it a true “artistic experience.” On the Rewatchables podcast, he shared how the film had a big impact on him, especially after seeing it multiple times.

“I found myself watching a bunch of stuff a second time or a third time that I hadn’t watched in years and pitting the movies against each other,” Tarantino said. Dunkirk, he admitted, rose to his number two favorite film of the 2010s after repeated viewings.

Tarantino admires how Nolan stepped away from superhero films and science fiction to tackle a real-life historical event. “This is where he dealt himself in, aside from Gotham City,...

Activision has just announced that they are partnering with Paramount under Skydance for a film deal based on the Call of Duty video games. As per reports, Steven Spielberg‘s team pitched the filmmaker’s vision to Activision, but the company refused.

According to Puck News‘ newsletter by Matthew Belloni, Spielberg was interested in directing the Call of Duty films, and while it should have been an easy yes given his reputation, Activision backed out.

Why? Well, as reported by Belloni, Activision was spooked that Spielberg wanted full control over the film. Ultimately, they decided to sell the rights to Paramount. Now, if you’ve seen the 1998 war film Saving Private Ryan,...

Steven Spielberg is one of the greatest, most beloved filmmakers of all time. He's the man that directed both "Jurassic Park" and "Schindler's List" in the same year. One of those films went on to become the highest-grossing movie of all time up to that point, while the other won the Best Picture Oscar. There's really nothing he can't do when he's firing on all cylinders. That's why it might be surprising to learn that when he pitched a "Call of Duty" film, Activision turned him down.

We only just learned that Paramount has made a deal with Activision to produce a live-action "Call of Duty" movie. Skydance merged with Paramount earlier this year,...

Veteran Hollywood director Steven Spielberg may be responsible for some of cinema's biggest hits, but he has reportedly missed out on tackling the movie adaptation of a $30 billion video game franchise. Throughout his career, Spielberg has often dabbled in the video game space, with many of his films providing rich fodder for the gaming industry.

Moreover, the 1999 PlayStationMedal of Honor first-person shooter game concept was created by Spielberg himself, who was inspired by his work on the 1998 World War II movie, Saving Private Ryan. Hoping to create a gaming experience that was also educational, the vast majority of the franchise's later installments also featured a WWII-era setting.

Steven Spielberg Has...

Iconic director Steven Spielberg and his team had pitched a Call of Duty movie to Activision back when talks of adapting the video game franchise were happening in town, but Activision didn’t like the idea.

According to a post, Spielberg really wanted to direct a Call of Duty movie and had the whole pitch ready. When he and his team went to Activision to pitch their version of the movie, the publishing house listened intently. However, Activision didn’t really like the idea of Steven Spielberg having full creative control of the movie.

Steven Spielberg really wanted to direct a 'Call Of Duty' movie

▪️ His team pitched...

Hardcore best friends in real life, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck earned their recognition in Hollywood together, and yet the two currently stand at different points in their respective careers. While Damon has successfully dominated the worldwide box office with his leading role movies, which have made $5.68 billion to date, Affleck’s leading role flicks have made $4.1 billion at the global box office.

Looking at his movie career breakdown, per The Numbers, through his other roles in movies as an actor, the star has made $4.24 billion at the box office worldwide. This includes $1.77 billion from his supporting roles; $1.63 billion from his lead ensemble member roles; $768.5 million from his cameo roles; and the remaining $69.2 million,...

If you’re a fan of great television — or just great history — you might want to clear some time before September 15. That’s the day both Band of Brothers and The Pacific, two of the most acclaimed WWII miniseries ever made, will officially leave Netflix. Both shows remain available on HBO Max in the U.S., but the removal from Netflix is a major blow to casual viewers who’ve rediscovered them in recent years. In countries like Germany and even Mauritania, the series have been streaming chart hits, a testament to their enduring appeal more than a decade after release.

First airing in 2001, Band of Brothers tells the remarkable true story of Easy Company,...

Long considered to be one of the best in the game, getting a positive sign-off from Steven Spielberg is something that many filmmakers aspire to achieve. With numerous Academy Award nominations and three wins under his belt, the visionary behind such favorites as Jaws, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Saving Private Ryan, and more is a pioneer of the craft. But what film does Spielberg look to when he’s searching for inspiration? The answer lies with one of the other industry greats who has also been both awarded and nominated for multiple Oscars — Martin Scorsese. Back in 2022, Spielberg wrote an opinion piece surrounding one of Scorsese’s most celebrated projects,...

When it comes to sheer charisma, few actors manage to exude it as well as Nathan Fillion. He's been a staple across film and television for the past few decades, playing a wide range of characters that run the gamut of genres. He can deliver comedic lines with the best of them, even dipping into cocky territory without ever coming across like a bad guy. But he's also an extremely talented dramatic actor, grounding the outlandish worlds of "Firefly" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" with genuine pathos. 

Plenty of actors are lucky if they get to lead one TV series. Fillion has been the protagonist of several because people just...

If you’re planning to put in some major TV time this Labor Day weekend, Netflix obviously has plenty to offer, but you might want to take note of some last-call series that are leaving the service in September. The churn of licensing and syndication never stops, which means, as usual, a few binge-worthy shows are leaving Netflix soon. This month, there’s a soapy OWN original, two iconic HBO Max war dramas and a mythical animated comedy from the creator of “Rick & Morty.”

Here’s everything to know about the shows leaving Netflix in August, how long you have left to watch them and how many seasons you...

The fascination that Tom Hanks has with vintage typewriters and World War II stories cannot be overstated. He has written a collection of short stories based on the former, and has starred in and produced a bunch of projects about the latter. While most of his fans would be familiar with his blockbuster hit Saving Private Ryan, one of his best-received WWII projects sort of slipped under the radar when it was first released. But in the years since, it has remained a constant favorite on streaming. The movie Greyhoundis now gaining steam on Apple TV+ once again, about five years after its original release.

The movie has remained a...

John Williams is one of the most prolific film composers of all time, having created some of the most iconic scores of the past 60 years, winning five Oscars and becoming the gold standard of movie musicians. Ironically, though, the 93-year-old maestro recently admitted to his indifference and criticism of film music as a genre, telling a biographer “I never liked film music very much.”

In this Guardian interview with author Tim Grieving about Grieving’s upcoming biography of the composer, Williams broke down the craft that he’s contributed so much to. “Film music, however good it can be – and it usually isn’t, other than maybe an eight-minute stretch here and there,” he said, “I just think the music isn’t there.”

He continued, brushing off the appreciation for film music as the product of “remembering it in some kind of nostalgic way,” before adding, “Just the idea that...

The Fantastic Four: First Steps Worldwide Box Office ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

The Fantastic Four: First Steps, the latest reboot of Marvel’s First Family, has already outgrossed Captain America: Brave New World globally to become the ninth highest-grossing movie of the year. With a worldwide tally of $490.5 million, the next three 2025 films it trails are Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, F1, and Superman. However, given its current momentum and fresh competition from recent releases like Weapons, it looks unlikely that First Steps will outgross these three titles during its theatrical run.

According to a report by Screenrant, The Fantastic Four: First Steps was made on a budget of around $200 million.

The Fantastic Four: First Steps Worldwide Box Office (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Despite talk that The Fantastic Four: First Steps hasn’t become the massive blockbuster many fans expected, it has still outperformed the MCU’s earlier 2025 releases — Thunderbolts* and Captain America: Brave New World. With a global haul of over $475 million, the film is now expected to cross the $500 million mark, its break-even point against a reported $200 million budget. It remains to be seen how much profit it can generate beyond that figure.

Recently, the Fantastic Four reboot has outgrossed several popular films, including Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), It: Chapter Two (2019), Godzilla vs. Kong (2021), The Matrix (1999), Gladiator (2000), and...

Michael Bay has made a career built upon going as explosively huge as possible. His work behind titles like the live-action Transformers franchise, the Bad Boys film series, and Armageddon has made his name synonymous with high-octane productions featuring top-tier talent. In 2001, he took his love for dramatic storytelling and pulse-pounding action sequences and tossed in a historical flair when he debuted the film Pearl Harbor. Starring Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, and Kate Beckinsale, the WWII romantic drama was one of the highest earners and most-talked-about movies of the year. And, while it may not be as historically accurate as Saving Private Ryan or Dunkirk, it has solidified itself as...

Brad Pitt’s Inglourious Basterds is making its way to Netflix on September 1, and that means one of the greatest war movies of the century is about to reach an even bigger audience. The film was released in 2009, and it tells a World War II revenge story through a series of loosely connected vignettes. The main plot follows a group of Jewish-American soldiers led by Pitt’s Aldo Raine, who are on a mission to kill as many Nazis as they can. At the same time, a young French cinema owner is quietly plotting her own years-long revenge after Nazis murdered her family when she was just a little girl.

Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan was poised to win the Best Picture Oscar at the 71st Academy Awards, only to be snubbed by the Harvey Weinstein co-produced period romantic comedy Shakespeare in Love. Despite Spielberg winning Best Director, the Academy was swayed to pick the latter as Best Picture.

As a result, Saving Private Ryan losing the award went down as one of the biggest and most controversial snubs in Oscar history. It inadvertently also fueled the trend of Oscar-bait movies, which dominated the awards scene for the next decade and continue to exist even today. Here is how it all started because Shakespeare in Love won Best Picture over Saving Private Ryan.

Matt Damon has long been recognized as one of Hollywood's most bankable stars. His debut came in Mystic Pizza (1988), but his breakthrough arrived nearly a decade later with Good Will Hunting (1997), co-written with Ben Affleck. The film's success, crowned by an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, launched him into stardom.

Building on this momentum, Damon quickly established himself as a versatile leading man. He delivered a chilling performance in The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), embodied action hero Jason Bourne in a franchise that reshaped the genre, and charmed audiences as Linus Caldwell in the Ocean's trilogy, securing his place among Hollywood's most reliable draws.

Damon has worked with several...

Ridley Scott has directed all manner of sci-fi and action projects over the years, but one of the more undersung projects from the acclaimed filmmaker just got a disappointing streaming update. 24 years ago, Scott directed Black Hawk Down, the 2001 war epic telling the story of the one hundred and sixty U.S. soldiers who were dropped into Mogadishu in 1993 to capture the two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord, only to find themselves in a battle against heavily-armed Somalis. Black Hawk Down has been streaming on Netflix for a few months now, but the streamer has confirmed that the last day to watch the film was August 1. The film earned strong scores of 76% from critics and 84% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, and it grossed $172 million against a $92 million budget.

Ridley Scott recruited an all-star roster of talent for Black Hawk Down, which alone would make the film worth watching, even...

Ahead of David Fincher and Brad Pitt‘s upcoming spin-off, The Adventures of Cliff Booth, Quentin Tarantino declared his support for the Fight Club director. In a lengthy 2-hour interview on The Church of Tarantino podcast, Qt revealed:

I think me and David Fincher are the 2 best directors. So the idea that he actually wants to adapt my work shows a level of seriousness towards my work.

The Adventures of Cliff Booth is set to be based on Brad Pitt’s Oscar-winning role in the 2019 film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Before this, there had never been a filmmaker or scriptwriter who boldly pursued a spin-off from Tarantino’s source material. As such, the news comes as a pleasant shock to both Fincher and Tarantino fanatics.

However, one can hardly agree with Tarantino on his proclamation of who the two best directors are in Hollywood. Let’s look at...

For 23 minutes, Steven Spielberg’s “Saving Private Ryan” drops audiences into the D-Day landings at Omaha Beach. Handheld cameras and low angles follow Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) and his squadron as they come under intense fire from German soldiers. The epic opening sequence sets the tone for the film and its brutal depiction of war, making it one of the most harrowing and realistic portrayals audiences had ever seen.

“The Creator” cinematographer Oren Soffer recalls seeing “Saving Private Ryan” when he was 13 years old in school. “They showed this film to our entire middle school class for history, and we were learning about World War II.”

Whether it’s the carnage on the beach or seeing a man’s face being blown off, the film’s realistic violence was powerful and impactful.

Soffer spoke at the Variety 120 Screening Series, presented by Barco, a summer-long program hosted by Jazz Tangcay...

The events surrounding World War II have long served as a fertile ground for some of cinema’s most unforgettable storytelling. From the bittersweet homecoming of William Wyler’s The Best Years of Our Livesto the sweeping romance of Casablanca, the tales of war have long been a source of cinematic magic. In recent times, Jalmari Helander’s Sisu, a blood-soaked thriller that throws historical subtlety out the window and charges headfirst into the chaos, has won the hearts and minds of lovers of war movies.

Arriving on Hulu this August 29, Sisu might not necessarily echo the solemnity of other World War II films, but it brings a brutal and often unrelenting depiction of events around the war, often ignored by most aspects of history and filmmaking. Set in the unforgiving wilderness of Finnish Lapland in 1944, Sisu tells a ferocious story of survival and vengeance at the tail end of World War II.

Tom Hanks pays tribute to Jim Lovell, the real-life astronaut whose ill-fated moon mission was recounted in the 1995 movieApollo 13. Lovell passed away on August 7, 2025 at the age of 97.

Two-time winner Hanks missed out on a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Lovell, but Apollo 13 was nominated in nine other categories, including Best Picture (winning in a pair of technical categories).

The book Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13 by Lovell himself, along with Jeffrey Kluger, served as the basis for Apollo 13’s script, with Ron Howard in the director’s chair. Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon starred alongside Hanks, playing the astronauts who accompanied Lovell on a famously disaster-ridden 1970 trip into space.

Lovell’s passing at the age of 97 prompted Hanks to post a stirring tribute to the Apollo 13 astronaut, typing his inspiring words on one of his beloved antique typewriters, and posting it...

HBO’s Band of Brothers, the 2001 limited series by the esteemed filmmaker Steven Spielberg, will be leaving Netflix in September 2025 (via What’s On Netflix). Set during World War II, this drama portrays the devastation of war as we follow ‘Easy Company,’ the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. Starring David Schwimmer in a significant role, a surprising departure from his stint as Ross Geller in the sitcom F.R.I.E.N.D.S., the show was released to universal acclaim.

Boasting a 9.4 IMDb rating, this show sits atop a mountain of other popular series, such as The Sopranos and The Wire (via IMDb), which, at the time of their release, were widely regarded as the crème de la crème of television. Created by two veterans of the industry – Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks – Band of Brothers would go on to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries in 2002.

Band of Brothers Exits Netflix...

Tom Hanks has plenty of experience starring in WWII movies like Saving Private Ryan and Greyhound, but last year he produced a gripping WWII series that’s still a streaming hit well after its release. Both Hanks and his Saving Private Ryan director Steven Spielberg are EPs on Masters of the Air, the 2024 series starring Austin Butler (Dune: Part Two) and Callum Turner (Fantastic Beasts), who battle anti-aircraft fire and a flock of German soldiers. Despite releasing in January 2024, Masters of the Air is still one of the most popular shows on Apple TV+ globally, trending in the top 10 in countries such as Cambodia, Gambia, and Grenada. The series was well-liked by critics and fans, earning scores of 85% from the former and 73% from the latter on the aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes.

Apple TV+ has been good to Tom Hanks over the last few years. The tech Goliath swooped in at...

The new Paramount Global has rounded out its executive ranks for business operations following the close of its merger with David Ellison’s Skydance, which is expected to be finalized on Thursday.

Don Granger will be president of its motion picture group and Matt Thunell will have the same role at Paramount Television Studios. Jane Wiseman will lead streaming originals from the executive vice president level.

Kevin MacLellan has been named the president of international and content distribution, and Rebecca Mall is president of cross-company initiatives, franchise, and corporate marketing. The remaining five appointees are all EVPs: Kevin Creighton for corporate finance and investor relations, Tony Driscoll as head of corporate strategy and development, Efrain Miron as head of content strategy and licensing for direct-to-consumer, Jose Turkienicz as head of global operations, and Laura Watson is the executive vice president of corporate and executive communications.

“These new members of the...

James Cameron is currently focused on his upcoming Avatar projects, but he’s already thinking about his next big film. This new movie will be based on Ghosts of Hiroshima, a powerful story about one man’s survival during the atomic bombings in World War II.

The film is inspired by the book Ghosts of Hiroshima, written by Charles Pellegrino. It tells the true story of Tsutomu Yamaguchi, who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. His experience is one of the most remarkable and tragic tales in history.

The audiobook version of Pellegrino’s book just released its first teaser trailers, narrated by Martin Sheen, a three-time Emmy winner, with original music composed by Hans Zimmer. The book is set to be released on August 5, which marks the 80th anniversary of the bombings.

James Cameron recently spoke about the movie while it is still in the early stages of development.

James Cameron is busy with Avatar: Fire and Ash, but he’s already planning his next big movie, a powerful story about the horrors of World War II.

His new film will be based on Ghosts of Hiroshima, a book by Charles Pellegrino that tells the true story of Tsutomu Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi survived the atomic bombings of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, making his experience one of the most incredible and tragic in history.

The audiobook recently got its first and second teaser trailer and is narrated by Martin Sheen, a three-time Emmy winner, and features original music by Hans Zimmer.

The book, written by Pellegrino, who also worked as a science consultant on Titanic and Avatar, is set to be released on August 5, coinciding with the 80th anniversary of the bombings.

James Cameron recently shared some early thoughts about the movie Although the script is still in progress, Cameron admitted...

Be it older classics like Saving Private Ryan or newer films like Greyhound, WWII movies will always hold a special place in film history. For those who are anxiously awaiting news of a new WWII movie, we're thrilled to exclusively preview a new image from the upcoming WWII thriller, Beast of War, as part of Collider's Exclusive Preview event. The image, which features star Joel Nankervis deep in the dangerous trenches covered in mud, can be found below. In addition to Nankervis, Beast of War also stars Mark Coles Smith, Sam Delich, Lee Tiger Halley, Sam Parsonson, Maximillian Johnson, Tristan McKinnon, and Aswan Reid. The film hails from writer/director Kiah Roache Turner, and it’s rated R with a concise runtime of 87 minutes. It will be released in theaters and on VOD on October 10.

Beast of War follows a young troop of Australian soldiers who must find their...

One of director Steven Spielberg's most successful films has been overtaken at the international box office by a sequel to his most successful film. Having completed a month of release in theaters worldwide, Jurassic World Rebirth has passed Spielberg's Ready Player One in overseas markets. The book adaptation was released theatrically in 2016, grossing $445 million internationally, most of which came from China. Ready Player Oneearned over $580 million worldwide, scoring mostly positive reviews. Rebirth, which serves as the seventh installment of the Jurassic Park franchise created by Spielberg back in the 1990s, has so far generated $449 million from overseas markets.

Globally, Rebirthhas grossed $766 million, against a reported budget of $180 million. The movie has now been released on home video, which might dent its theatrical performance in the coming days. Typically, when a major film lands on the PVOD market, theater chains don't waste much time in abandoning it. However, considering...

James Cameron, the man who dove into the wreck of the Titanic and waged war in Pandora, now confesses he’s afraid. Not of failure. Not of scale. But of the terrifying truth at the heart of his next film, Ghosts of Hiroshima. The acclaimed director revealed in an exclusive conversation with DiscussingFilm that adapting Charles Pellegrino’s harrowing new book might be the single most daunting creative endeavor of his storied career.

This might be the most challenging film I ever make. I don’t 100% have my strategy fully in place [right now] for how I want to see it, for how I want to shield people from the horror, but still be honest.

With Ghosts of Hiroshima, Cameron steps outside the safety of fantasy and science fiction. Gone are the blue-skinned heroes and immersive worlds of Avatar. In their place: human ashes, melted shadows, and the searing screams of survivors.

Since it was announced to be in production back in 2023, Black Phone 2 has kept audiences perplexed surrounding its storyline. It made complete sense why Universal Pictures would want to follow up the 2021 film with a chill-inducing sequel, thanks to the overwhelming positive feedback and the gargantuan financial gain of the first, but the question remained — how will they do it? After all, the ending tied things up into a neat bow, with Finney (Mason Thames) not only escaping from The Grabber’s (Ethan Hawke) basement prison but killing the sadistic madman in the process. But, as we now know, thanks to the first trailer, Finney can’t seem to shake the child killer even in death. As part of Collider’s Exclusive Preview event, we’re excited to share another look at the reunion between victim and villain in a never-before-seen shot of Black Phone 2.

Teasing how the storyline will go down,...

Exclusive: We are hearing that Don Granger, Skydance President of Features and Skydance Sports, is making the jump to the new Paramount after the merger goes through August 7. The three-decade production veteran will lead film under Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein, the new co-Chairs of Paramount Pictures.

Granger has worked on Skydance co-productions such as Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise’s highest-grossing movie and Paramount’s highest global-grossing movie ever at $1.49 billion. He also has worked on Skydance movies like The Old Guard 2, Mayday, Balls Up, Way of the Warrior Kid and Matchbox.

Granger is also involved with leading Nocturna, the horror label formed with Andy & Barbara Muschietti that focuses on high-quality horror features for global audiences in both theatrical and streaming. That label’s first title is They Will Kill You. He also serves as the executive producer of Skydance’s Reacher TV series.

Other pics Granger has...

A washed up action star, a drug-addicted comedian, a sell-out rapper, and a pompous self-important method actor walk into the jungle. That's either the beginning of a very tasteless joke or the premise of Ben Stiller's Hollywood satire "Tropic Thunder." This audacious comedy goes further and lower than just about any other movie dares to go, lampooning every layer of Hollywood from the obnoxious foul-mouthed studio bigwigs to the lowly production assistants they disrespect and demean for sport.

The go-for-broke satire in "Tropic Thunder" still causes controversies to this day, with Stiller insisting that he makes "no apologies" for the storyline involving Robert Downey Jr. 's Oscar-winning method actor recoloring his skin so that he can "authentically" play the part of a Black army sergeant. You may have asked yourself where Stiller may have gotten the inspiration for this lightning rod of a film, and the answer comes from...

Minority Report

Starring Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, Max Von Sydow

Directed by Steven Spielberg

Now Showing At Veena (Patna)

At times, as we watch Steven Spielberg’s latest spin on futuristic trauma, we wonder if we’re watching a Hindi film. A slick, supple and slender film, but nonetheless inured to Hindi film conventions.

Now take this particular sequence from Spielberg’s sleek spinball: a woman who can see into the future accompanies fugitive Tom Cruise into a shopping mall. As the cops run helterskelter searching for our hero on the run she murmurs, “Just stand here.” At that very minute a man with a bunch of balloons passes in front of Cruise, blocking him from the surveillants’ view.

Now take this sequence: Cruise is chased into a futuristic car manufacturing plant where he gets squeezed into a moulding machine. We soon see him emerge in a sleek sports car and drive away.

It was reported last year that fans would be returning to the most frightening guest house with a television adaptation of Hostel, adapted from the popular horror film franchise of the same name, and we now have a major update on that front. The series has landed at Peacock for development and is currently being fast-tracked for production, according to Variety. Plot details remain slim, but the show does have a recent Oscar nominee attached.

The series is set to star Paul Giamatti, and it seems that the iteration of the show at Peacock is largely the same as first reported. Hostel will be based on the horror franchise that first premiered in 2006. The original film, directed by Eli Roth, followed a group of college students who take a trip to Eastern Europe. But things go bad when they are abducted in Slovakia by a group known as the Elite Hunting Club,...

Matt Damon is one of the most bankable stars and highest-grossing actors of all time. He rose to stardom in 1997 with Good Will Hunting, a film he co-wrote and starred in alongside his lifelong friend Ben Affleck. Their work earned them an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, while Damon was also nominated for Best Actor, launching him into Hollywood's firmament.

From there, Damon quickly became a leading man with standout roles in The Talented Mr. Ripley, the Jason Bourne series, and Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's trilogy. He earned additional Oscar nominations for Invictus and The Martian. He's also starred in Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, Martin Scorsese's The Departed, and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, the last of which is Damon's highest-grossing film to date at $975 million.

Despite his many successes, Damon's filmography is not without misfires. Green Zone, Promised Land, Downsizing, Suburbicon, and The Last Duel...

Summer has officially set in, and there’s some hot new flicks to watch while you’re beating the heat in the house.

From crimefighting cyborgs that seek revenge to that magical Cynthia Erivo-Ariana Grande collaboration that still has us dancing through life, there’s a lot in store on Prime Video. Plus, Idris Elba and John Cena have dropped their comedic action-thriller “Heads of State.”

Here’s our curated list of the best new movies on Amazon Prime Video we think you should be watching next.

Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in “Wicked.” (Credit: Universal Pictures) “Wicked”

Of course, “Wicked” is on the list. We’re still not over Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande’s beautiful collaboration. Erivo plays outcast Elphaba, a green-skinned young woman with immense power. While attending school, she befriends Glinda, a fellow witch, who desires the spotlight at her institution. Together, they form...

John Cena has made a name for himself as both a wrestling superstar and a successful actor. He has starred in action movies, comedies, and television shows, showing a wide range in his performances. This success in Hollywood has made many people curious about the kinds of movies he personally enjoys.

Given his long career in the WWE, it is not surprising that Cena’s taste in film is influenced by his experiences in the ring. The world of professional wrestling is built on clear stories of good versus evil and the journey of a hero. These themes have had a strong impact on what he looks for in a great movie. They are central to the films he values the most.

In a recent interview, Cena shared the movies he considers his all-time favorites. When asked to name his top four, he actually listed six. His list includes The Shawshank Redemption,...

“The Front Line” was South Korea’s official submission for the 84th Academy Awards, marking one of the early breakout performances of Lee Je-hoon, who would later become one of Korea’s most celebrated actors. Upon its release, the movie received critical acclaim, earning four Grand Bell Awards in 2011, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best New Actor for Lee. It also won multiple categories at the Blue Dragon Film Awards and received the Audience Award at the Udine Far East Film Festival, reinforcing its status as one of the most accomplished Korean war dramas of the 21st century.

The Front Line is screening at New York Asian Film Festival

“The Front Line” takes place during the final stages of the Korean War in 1953. The story follows First Lieutenant Kang Eun-pyo, an officer from the South Korean Army’s counterintelligence unit, who is sent to the Eastern front to investigate...

Brad Pitt’s Se7en To Stream Again—Crime Classic Set For Digital Resurrection(Photo Credit –Facebook)

Se7en is one of those films that lingers long after it ends. David Fincher, still fresh from his rocky start with Alien 3, hit something sharp and unforgettable in 1995 with this disturbing crime thriller.

The film brought together Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, and Kevin Spacey in a dark, rain-soaked city where names don’t matter and nothing feels safe. Freeman plays the older detective counting his final days, while Pitt’s younger cop comes in with fire in his chest. Their hunt leads to a killer who follows the seven deadly sins like a roadmap, and what follows is a slow pull into something much deeper than blood and bodies.

Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman on the set of Se7en, 1995. pic.twitter.com/kSA0iSpuF2

— cinesthetic. (@TheCinesthetic) July 16, 2025

Se7en Ott Release Date And Platform

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Which Real-Life Memory Inspired The Opening Scene Of Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan?(Photo Credit –Wikimedia/Facebook)

Steven Spielberg has always carried World War II in his bones, as it runs through his stories in different tones and textures. Although the legendary director shifted the lens across drama, action, sorrow, and spectacle, war remained at the center, not as a history lesson, but as a source of something he could not let go of.

Steven Spielberg’s Deep Connection With World War II

Spielberg’s adventure of Indiana Jones chasing relics through Nazi plots worked after the comic mess of 1941. His Oscar epic, Schindler’s List, stripped everything back to something deeply human, and in Saving Private Ryan, the war was not just a setting but the weight crushing every frame. However, the director did not stop with films; he served as executive producer of Band of Brothers, The Pacific,...

Brad Pitt's pulse-pounding racing blockbuster F1: The Movie has had an incredible run at the domestic box office, and recently overtook one of the most successful movies of Kevin Costner's legendary career. Set in the high-stakes world of Formula One Racing, F1: The Movie wowed audiences with entertaining sports drama and Joseph Kosinski's next-level camerawork.

F1: The Movie set the stage for what has proven to be a very successful summer at the box office, taking advantage of premium formats with a $57 million domestic opening weekend, and over $146 million globally. The immersive examination of Formula One racing currently boasts a global box office of over $468 million and counting.

Per Deadline, in the fifth week since its release, F1: The Movie crossed the threshold of $165 million at the domestic box office. In addition to it being Apple Studios' highest-grossing release ever, that mark pushes it past...

Superman may be the Man of Steel, but Mr. Terrific is hands-down the most terrific hero populating the newly relaunched DC cinematic universe. That's one of the key takeaways from James Gunn's Superman, which promotes DC Comics' resident tech genius and brilliant tactician from the B-list to the A-list. Played by Edi Gathegi, Mr. Terrific emerges as the breakout star of the blockbuster film, scoring big laughs and an even bigger solo action sequence that firmly establishes him as a force to be reckoned with.

That particular setpiece takes place midway through the movie when Mr. Terrific and Lois Lane (Rachel Brosnahan) arrive at a camp populated by super-soldiers employed by Lex Luthor (Nicholas Hoult). The dynamic duo are there to rescue Superman, who is locked away in a metahuman prison that's hidden from public scrutiny in a secret pocket universe. But to get to his jail cell, they...

There’s just something about a Western that proved to be like a magnet during the careers of Kevin Costner and the late Gene Hackman. Both men appeared in numerous gunslinging projects, with the former continuing to chase his dream of the biggest genre epic of all time with his Horizon saga. But, more than 30 years ago, the pair’s paths crossed when they joined the call sheet for Lawrence Kasdan’s (Dreamcatcher) period classic, Wyatt Earp. Although the movie may not have been as popular as other similar titles that the two leading men starred in, it’s still certainly worth a watch all these decades later. And soon, Netflix fans will have the chance to do exactly that, as Wyatt Earp rides onto the streamer on August 1.

As the title would suggest, Wyatt Earp followed the life of the titular lawman, tracing the timeline back to his younger...

James Cameron has had his hands full over the past decade or so working on the Avatar series of films. Following the massive success of the first Avatar film in 2009, which set the standard for visual effects and also revolutionized the theatrical experience, the director has fully committed himself to its sequels, Avatar: The Way of Water and Avatar: Fire and Ash. However, that doesn't mean he isn't already planning his next project post-Pandora. In fact, the release of a trailer for a new book also came with news of the director's ambitious plans to adapt it into a feature film.

In an exclusive report from DiscussingFilm, the news outlet debuted the newest trailer for Ghosts of Hiroshima, the latest historical book written by Charles Pellegrino. The author is best known for his consulting work with James Cameron, during which he provided extensive scientific notes and consultation on the films Titanic and Avatar.

James Cameron is busy finishing up Avatar: Fire and Ash, but he’s already planning his next big film. This time, he’s turning away from the world of Pandora and focusing on a true story from history.

Cameron’s new project will be about Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a Japanese man who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during World War II. The movie will be based on the book Ghosts of Hiroshima, which is set to come out in August.

DiscussingFilm recently got an exclusive look at the second trailer for the book and shared some fresh details about Cameron’s passion for the story.

The book Ghosts of Hiroshima was written by Charles Pellegrino, a bestselling author who also worked as a science consultant on Titanic and Avatar.

This project has been a dream for Cameron for a long time, and he finally decided to focus on this particular story.

James Cameron is busy with Avatar: Fire and Ash, but he’s already planning his next big movie — a powerful story about the horrors of World War II.

His new film will be based on Ghosts of Hiroshima, a book by Charles Pellegrino that tells the true story of Tsutomu Yamaguchi. Yamaguchi survived the atomic bombings of both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, making his experience one of the most incredible and tragic in history.

The audiobook recently got its first and second teaser trailer and is narrated by Martin Sheen, a three-time Emmy winner, and features original music by Hans Zimmer.

The book, written by Pellegrino, who also worked as a science consultant on Titanic and Avatar, is set to be released on August 5, coinciding with the 80th anniversary of the bombings.

James Cameron said that this project is very personal to him. He met Tsutomu Yamaguchi shortly before the man...

Top 10 Highest-Grossing Actors Who’ve Never Been in the MCU (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Recently, Scarlett Johansson became the highest-grossing actor ever at the Box Office. On that list, she is joined by some of her co-stars from the MCU, which has dominated global box office rankings since 2008. However, many actors have achieved astronomical grosses without ever appearing in an MCU film. That means no Avengers cameos, no Guardians gigs, and not even a multiverse tease.

From the wizarding world to high-speed stunts, these ten stars prove you don’t need a cape to conquer the box office. Their cumulative grosses run into billions, bolstered by legendary roles in Harry Potter, Fast & Furious, Pirates of the Caribbean, and more. All the box office figures are sourced from The Numbers.

1. Tom Cruise – $12.66 Billion (45 Films) Average Gross per Film: $281.5 Million

Tom Cruise stands as the ultimate movie star who’s never needed a Marvel role.

Since at least the late '90s, HBO has been hailed as the gold standard of television. When people think about the network, the same sort of work usually comes to mind. Whether it's classic prestige TV shows "The Wire," "The Sopranos," or "Six Feet Under" or groundbreaking contemporary miniseries like "Watchmen," "The Night Of," or "I May Destroy You." Heck, even their biggest misses like "The Idol" or "John From Cincinnati" are fascinating works of art.

As much praise is heaped on HBO, however, surprisingly little is afforded for the litany of feature films they produce and release every year. With such a large back catalog of great movies to choose from, we've selected the 15 best HBO original movies to get your next marathon underway.

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Three Amigos

"These are funny guys! Just kill one of them."

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