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The late summer action fare, Nobody 2, was a hit with us. Our Chris Bumbray had a blast with the film, saying, “Nobody 2 is exactly the movie its trailer promises — a hyper-violent take on National Lampoon’s Vacation. While embracing a lighter vibe than its predecessor, the movie is just as violent and action-packed as the last one, and serves as a tightly paced shot of adrenaline that’s guaranteed to please action fans.”

Now, Blu-ray.com has revealed the new physical media release of Nobody 2 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The Collector’s Edition 4K and Standard Blu-ray is due to hit retailers on October 7. The digital version is available now!

After the success of his "Lord of the Rings" movies, director Peter Jackson could do no wrong. He was beloved by the Hollywood establishment, beloved by the Academy, and beloved by fantasy nerds the world over. His "Rings" movies were phenomenal productions, telling an epic story that took a trio of three-hour movies to cover, and Jackson was rewarded with geek world canonization and permission to make whatever dream movie he wanted. So, he followed "Lord of the Rings" with a slick, expensive, and utterly self-indulgent remake of "King Kong," a $207 million, 187-minute spectacular featuring cinema's favorite giant ape.

With "King Kong" out of his system, it was time for...

Heads up, some of your favorite movies are moving around in September. The good news is, a lot of them will now be free to watch, as they’re headed to Tubi.

With no account creation or subscription requied, Tubi allows movie and TV fans to watch some of their favorites for completely free, though you will have to put up with ads. Their library is only getting deeper, and in September, they’re adding a ton more.

Below, you’ll find a full list of what’s new on Tubi in September.

September 1

“A Chiara”

“All Eyez On Me”

“All I See Is You”

“All In The Family (1971)” – Seasons...

Tubi is kicking off September with dozens of familiar titles, including a range of horror films like “Crawl,” “Fright Night” and “Lake Placid” ahead of the fall season.

The streamer also plans to add the popular animated action-comedy, “Archer, which follows super spy Sterling Archer and the global missions of his dysfunctional team of secret agents. The September lineup will also feature TV series like “Sabrina The Teenage Witch,” Season 5 and 6 of “Community,” “The Steve Harvey Show” and more.

Other film and TV offerings include “King Kong,” “Max Payne,” Black Knight,” “Blood And Bone,” “Stuck With You,” “Terror Lake Drive,” “Coming To America” and “Cuban Fury.” Plus, two new original thrillers arrive this month.

Here are all the new titles coming to Tubi in September.

Tubi Original Comedy

“Rel Talk” – Lil Rel Howery brings signature humor to Chicago’s What’s Funny Comedy Festival in a personal, hilarious, high-energy stand-up performance.

Excuse the pun, but Legendary and Warner Bros.' MonsterVerse has been a Titan of Hollywood for over a decade now. The franchise has brought the two most legendary movie monsters back to the silver screen, taking them on solo adventures, making them face off against each other, and eventually teaming them up in what can only be described as larger-than-life showdowns. And, as audiences, we love to see Godzilla and King Kong embark on these adventures every single time.

The franchise has had some highs and lows along the way, with some of its earlier outings not getting the buzz they hoped and some of its more recent installments breaking franchise box office records.

In the realm of dinosaur cinema, if there is such a thing, Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park" is the unquestioned king. It's not unlike how Spielberg's "Jaws" is the unquestioned king of all shark movies. Everything else is just gunning for second place. When it comes to dinosaur motion pictures, though, it's largely been a distant second, and most people would probably just put their second-favorite "Jurassic" film in that number two spot. At long last, however, a non-"Jurassic" contender has entered the arena. That contender is "Primitive War."

Hailing from director Luke Sparke and based on writer Ethan Pettus' novel series of the same name, we first...

Tubi, Fox’s free streaming service, has announced its September titles. The Tubi September 2025 slate includes Tubi Originals, TV series, and numerous action, art house, Black cinema, comedy, drama, horror, kids and family, sci-fi and fantasy, and thriller titles.

As a leading ad-supported video-on-demand service, the company engages diverse audiences through a personalized experience and the world’s largest content library of over 250,000 movies and TV episodes, a growing collection of exclusive Originals, and nearly 250 live channels.

You can watch the Tubi September 2025 lineup for free on Android and iOS mobile devices, Amazon Echo Show, Google Nest Hub Max, Comcast Xfinity X1, and Cox Contour.

You can also watch the service on connected television devices, including Amazon Fire TV, Vizio TVs, Sony TVs, Samsung TVs, Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and on the Tubi website.

Tubi Originals

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Dark Secret – 9/12

When a couple takes in a new roommate,...

"An adventure 65 million years in the making ..." says the tagline on the poster for Steven Spielberg's "Jurassic Park." And for once, the ads don't lie. Decades later, this groundbreaking dinosaur adventure remains a masterclass in blockbuster filmmaking, with enough power, thrills, and wit to rival -- and in many ways surpass -- modern summer blockbusters, including the franchise's latest, "Jurassic World: Rebirth." (Hint: they should've stopped after one.)

Spielberg helms "Jurassic Park" with the same class and grace as his more serious pictures. Sure, it only goes about a foot deep in terms of its story and characters -- played by Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum -- but there's a sense of wonder percolating throughout, and plenty of weight given to the extravagant action scenes. Grown men practically weep at the sight of a Triceratops, and when a Tyrannosaurus rex attacks, its victims are paralyzed by terror and amazement.

Universal Orlando Resort has officially closed a beloved roller coaster 15 years after it debuted. Founded in 1990, Universal Orlando Resort has always updated its offerings to match the biggest pop culture hits. Although some rides (like Jurassic Park River Adventure) have had impressively long runs, others, even some visitor favorites, are fated to eventually make their final trip around the track.

Some high-profile closings at Universal Studios in Orlando are the 2012 shuttering of the Jaws attraction and the 2007 closure of Back to the Future: The Ride. Another major closing was the 2002 discontinuation of Kongfrontation, based on the 1976 King Kong movie.

Universal’s Rip Ride Rockit, a coaster notable for the fact that it allowed riders to choose the music they would hear on their ride, closed today after speeding through its final run (at 65 miles per hour) last night. On the coaster’s final day, staff handed out guitar picks to all riders.

Reasons To Watch Bob Odenkirk’s Nobody 2 ( Photo Credit – YouTube )

Bob Odenkirk, best known for his iconic portrayal of Saul Goodman in the cult series Breaking Bad and its acclaimed spinoff Better Call Saul, is back in action. His next film, Nobody 2, the sequel to the 2021 action thriller Nobody, hits theaters tomorrow on August 15, 2025. Here are three reasons why Nobody 2 should be on your watchlist.

1. Talented Indonesian Director

Nobody 2 is helmed by talented Indonesian filmmaker Timo Tjahjanto, known for his expertise in high-intensity action. Earlier in his career, he collaborated with his brother Kimo Stamboel on three critically praised films – Macabre (2009), Killers (2014), and Headshot (2016). The latter, in particular, earned praise for its brutal, fast-paced action sequences, a signature style that’s set to play a key role in Nobody 2, as seen in the sequel’s trailer.

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Following extended runs in Boston and London’s West End, the new musical comedy Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) will open on Broadway this fall, with previews beginning Saturday, November 1, ahead of an opening night on Thursday, November 20, at Longacre Theatre.

Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York) is written and composed by Jim Barne and Kit Buchan and is directed and choreographed by Tim Jackson (Merrily We Roll Along, Dylan Mulvaney’s The Least Problematic Woman in the World).

Starring in the musical’s Broadway premiere are Olivier Award-winning actor Sam Tutty (Dear Evan Hansen) in his Broadway debut as Dougal, and Broadway leading lady Christiani Pitts (A Bronx Tale, King Kong) as Robin, who reprise their roles from the show’s acclaimed run at American Repertory Theater this summer.

The production is described as an original new musical comedy about timing, connections, and unexpected detours.

F1 Nears Another Box Office Win, Set To Overtake This Monster Movie Soon (Photo Credit – Instagram)

After earning widespread praise and smashing multiple box office records, Brad Pitt’s Formula One racing drama F1 has sped past the global earnings of Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One. Earlier, it overtook World War Z to become the highest-grossing film of Brad Pitt’s career. If the current momentum continues, F1 could finish a little behind James Gunn’s Superman reboot in worldwide rankings.

Having already raced ahead of some popular 2025 releases like Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts*, and Sinners, F1: The Movie is now closing in on another major milestone – surpassing a blockbuster monster movie. Here’s how much more F1 needs to earn to outgross it.

F1 Set To Outgross This Blockbuster Monster Movie

The monster movie in question is 2024’s Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,...

James Gunn’s Superman Set To Surpass Kong: Skull Island Worldwide After Beating Multiple Box Office Giants (Photo Credit – Instagram)

James Gunn’s Superman reboot, starring David Corenswet in the titular role, is currently among the top ten highest-grossing movies of 2025 at the global box office. In addition to garnering critical acclaim, the film has surpassed several popular 2025 titles like Brad Pitt’s F1, Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts*, and Sinners. Whether it can surpass the lifetime total of Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning remains to be seen.

Superman Set To Outgross This Monster Movie Starring Tom Hiddleston

Just a few days ago, Superman outgrossed Peter Jackson’s 2005 award-winning epic adventure monster movie King Kong. And now, it’s all set to surpass another hit monster film. We are talking about the 2017 film Kong: Skull Island, which starred Loki actor Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman,...

Peter Jackson‘s iconic live-action The Lord of the Rings trilogy, adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien’s work, was the golden ticket to Hollywood stardom for Andy Serkis, including getting him titular roles in legacy IPs like King Kong (2005) and the 2011 reboot of Planet of the Apes.

The three blockbuster franchises helped Serkis build a reputation unlike any other in the industry. His roles as Gollum, Kong, and Caesar were crystallized in the annals of Hollywood history as immediate classics, and no other actor, performer, or entertainer has been able to come close to touching his legacy in physically and vocally re-enacting such impossible characters.

And it all began with J.R.R. Tolkien, the master craftsman of the Middle-earth universe, and his infamous tome of literary series, The Lord of the Rings.

J.R.R. Tolkien Deserves Full Credit For Andy Serkis’s Hollywood Career Andy Serkis as Gollum in...

Superman Worldwide Box Office (Photo Credit – Instagram)

James Gunn’s Superman reboot, which hit theaters on July 11, 2025, has performed well at the global box office. Moreover, the film holds an impressive 83% critics’ score and a 91% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, along with a solid 7.5/10 user rating on IMDb. Starring David Corenswet as the iconic superhero, Superman currently ranks among the top ten highest-grossing movies of 2025, surpassing Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts, Sinners, Final Destination: Bloodlines, and 28 Years Later.

The Dcu film has now moved ahead of Brad Pitt’s Formula One racing drama F1. However, whether it can surpass Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning remains to be seen. According to Box Office Mojo, Superman has earned over $551 million globally so far. And now, it’s all set to overtake a beloved, Oscar-winning monster movie directed by veteran filmmaker Peter Jackson. Curious to know which one?...

Matthew Modine signed on to Godzilla x Kong: Supernova because he “wanted to meet Godzilla”.The Stranger Things actor, 66, is due to star in the upcoming MonsterVerse blockbuster, and has now revealed he had agreed to appear in the film to meet the iconic Titan - only to be disappointed Godzilla wasn’t actually there during production.Speaking on a panel at Tampa Bay Comic Convention, the Full Metal Jacket actor said: “I just worked in Godzilla x King Kong: Supernova. That was pretty exciting. Oh, to work with Godzilla.“When I was working on Godzilla - that’s what I was gonna say - I kept waiting. “I was like, 'Wait a minute, Godzilla is not here!' I’m looking at Godzilla and King Kong as if they’re there. And when you go to drama school, there’s exercises you do where you come out, and you...

Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Box Office Day 17 (Japan) Update! (Photo Credit – Instagram/Prime Video)

Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle refuses to slow down and continues its record-breaking spree in Japan. In only 17 days, it has entered the top 10 highest-grossing films at the domestic box office. It is now closer than ever to stealing the #1 spot from The Mugen Train. Scroll below for a detailed analysis!

Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Japan Box Office Day 17

As per Luiz Fernando, Infinity Castle accumulated $17.4 million in its third weekend. It added another $6.8 million to the kitty, maintaining a rock-solid hold on day 17. The overall collection in Japan comes to ¥17.84 billion ($119.6 million).

Haruo Sotozaki’s directorial has registered 12.8 admissions since its big release on July 18, 2025. Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle is now the 12th most-watched film in Japan, leaving behind Godzilla vs. King Kong and Bayside Shakedown 2, as each registered 12.6 million admissions.

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The MonsterVerse just got a little more delightful thanks to Matthew Modine, who offered fans a playful behind-the-scenes peek at the making of Godzilla x Kong: Supernova during a panel at FanX's Tampa Bay Comic Convention this weekend. Appearing alongside Stranger Things co-star David Harbour, Modine couldn’t resist sharing his own brand of kaiju-induced existential comedy with Collider's Maggie Lovitt — and yes, it turns out he joined the movie for one very wholesome reason. “I just worked in Godzilla x King Kong: Supernova,” Modine said with a grin. “That was pretty exciting. Oh, to work with Godzilla.”

The Oscar-nominated actor — who joins a stacked cast including Kaitlyn Dever, Dan Stevens, Delroy Lindo, Alycia Debnam-Carey, and Sam Neill — reflected on what it means to be a grown-up playing pretend, especially when the co-stars you're acting opposite are skyscraper-sized monsters rendered entirely in VFX.

“When I was working on Godzilla — that...

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The adventure genre is one that has been thrilling audiences ever since the birth of the cinematic medium, from pulp literary adaptations to action-packed blockbusters filling theaters every summer. These stories are often set in exotic locales, with hardened protagonists on some sort of quest into the unknown. Compared to more conventional action movies, adventure films are about their environments as much as the high-octane thrills. And given the flexibility of the genre, adventure movies can bridge into fantasy, science fiction, and even horror on occasion.

What keeps the adventure genre consistent is a clear sense of escapism, imbuing its popcorn set pieces with a rousing sense of fun. Whether it's uncovering buried treasure or embarking on an epic voyage, that invigorating narrative sensibility remains front and center as adventure movies whisk their audiences away to parts unknown. Here are...

Some things just go together perfectly, like peanut butter and jelly, coffee and cherry pie, and Nathan Fillion and James Gunn. The Canadian-American actor and American writer/director/co-ceo of DC Studios have been working together for decades on all kinds of projects, including Gunn's recent big screen kick-off for his DC Universe, "Superman." In "Superman," written and directed by Gunn, Fillion plays Green Lantern Guy Gardner, a very different version of the DC hero than the one many fans know and love, Hal Jordan. (Fillion previously voiced Jordan in multiple direct-to-home-media DC animated movies, but the live-action role at the time went to his former "Two Guys and a Girl" co-star Ryan Reynolds instead.)

In fact, Fillion has starred in more Gunn projects than just about anyone, save maybe Gunn's own brother Sean Gunn, going all the way back to the director's 2005 feature debut, "Slither." "Slither" is a...

Following the success of his "Lord of the Rings" movie trilogy adaptation, director Peter Jackson was Hollywood's shiniest golden boy in the early 2000s. He had made millions upon millions of dollars, jumpstarted the New Zealand tourism industry (where the "Rings" films were shot), revolutionized special effects, and racked up 17 Oscars (collectively). He could seemingly do no wrong. So, as a follow-up, Jackson was pretty much allowed to make whatever he wanted and at whatever budget he desired. His dream project, as it turned out, was to remake Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack's 1933 classic "King Kong." Only this time, Jackson would indulge in every stray impulse and allow his movie to take every possible aside.

Jackson's "King Kong" ended up costing about $207 million and ran a whopping 187 minutes (whereas the original film was only 100 minutes long). It took a very long time for the main characters to arrive on Kong's Skull Island,...

From 2001 to 2003, Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" movies dominated the pop culture landscape. Jackson famously shot all three films at the same time, and they were all released within one year of each other, inspiring pundits and critics to rethink the way long-running movie franchises were going to be made going forward. In the Before Times, studios usually wouldn't plan out multiple sequels at the same time, instead waiting for one film to make its money before starting a conversation about the next. However, between the "Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter" movies, the conversation changed in the 2000s. From then on, multipart film series could be pitched en masse. This, in turn, led directly to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, et al.

Because his "Rings" flicks were so revolutionary, Jackson was given carte blanche to make whatever movie he wanted as his follow-up project. Perhaps weirdly, he chose to remake Marien C.

Going by the basic definition of the word “routine” that dictionaries have to offer, I can now claim I have made a routine of training my brain through daily puzzles every morning. And Actorle, without a doubt, stays my favorite, and will remain as so as long as it keeps testing my Hollywood knowledge to its absolute limit.

The set of Actorle challenges on July 24 was particularly intriguing to go through. The daily puzzles site offers you four different games to play: Actorle, Fill The Grid, Storyboard, and StarWords. And in case you are stuck in any of these, feel free to go through my answers for July 24’s Actorle below.

Actorle Solution for Today The Actorle answer for July 24 is Ben Stiller | Credit: Actorle/FandomWire

There’s something oddly thrilling about being challenged to recall a mystery actor based on the movies they have done, as well as their age.

Paramount+ is at it again with more movies added to their library, and we’re back again with the titles we think you should tune into first.

Truly, the platform is bringing in some heavy hitters, including the movie that features one of Denzel Washington’s most iconic performances and the film adaptation of Truman Capote’s popular novel “Breakfast at Tiffany’s.” This month, Paramount+ is offering some of cinema’s most popular flicks, as well as some films that spawned from popular TV shows.

Here are the seven best new movies Paramount+ is rocking with in July 2025.

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In the first musical adaptation of the hit 1975 stage musical of the same name, Renée Zellweger stars as Roxie Hart, a woman whose dream is to one day be a famous vaudeville star, though she lives a lackluster life married to a lowly but loving mechanic husband. But...

As Jurassic World Rebirth continues to stomp through the box office, it just passed another monster epic. Rebirth has earned some positive reviews, with ScreenRant's Mary Kassel calling it the franchise's "most meaningful movie in years," while praising the performances from Jonathan Bailey (Dr. Henry Loomis), Mahershala Ali (Duncan Kincaid), and Scarlett Johansson (Zora Bennett).

According to a report by Variety, Rebirth took the #2 spot at the box office this weekend, earning $23 million domestically after a 43% drop. With that total, it has earned $276 million domestically and $647 million globally. It is only in its third week at the box office and has been facing off against strong competition.

This total does help Rebirth defeat another major competitor, as it has officially earned more than Peter Jackson's own monster movie. Rebirth beat King Kong (2005), which ushered in just $218 million domestically and $557 million worldwide in its lifetime. Rebirth has earned nearly $100 million more,...

Scarlett Johansson’s Jurassic World Rebirth Outpaces MonsterVerse Classics at the Box Office (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Jurassic World Rebirth returned to theaters with a quiet start behind the scenes but is now roaring at the box office. The film’s future once looked uncertain when it entered pre-production without a director but that decision from Universal didn’t slow things down.

After two weeks in global release, Rebirth is close to hitting $300 million in the domestic market and $600 million worldwide.

Entering Spinosaurus waters.

Jurassic World Rebirth marks the seventh entry in the Jurassic Park universe. Overall, the dinosaur franchise has been an extremely successful film series, and its success continues.

2025 has been a Russian roulette for many films out there, with some projects failing to reach their full potential. However, that is not the case for Jurassic World Rebirth, although the new entry has had mixed reviews from critics. Rebirth has just overtaken Peter Jackson's creature feature King Kong two decades later, both at the domestic and international box office, as its haul indicates on The Numbers.

Jurassic World Rebirth serves as a sequel to 2022's Jurassic World Dominion, although it features a brand-new cast. The film is set five years after the Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard-led action film, and it features a world in which the recently released dinosaurs have started dying off in different climates, except in a few select regions.

Toho is planning sequels to multiple Godzilla movies. Toho is a Japanese production company that is best known for the Godzilla franchise, which follows a giant irradiated lizard who is alternately depicted as a rampaging avatar of destruction or a valiant hero who defends humanity from other monsters.

Altogether, there are 33 Japanese Godzilla movies and five English-language installments, four of which are part of Legendary's Monsterverse, which also features monsters and locations from the King Kong movies.

Per Bloomberg, after distributing 2023's Godzilla Minus One themselves and earning $116 million worldwide against a slim reported budget of just $15 million, Toho is pushing to own more of its content. This includes the planned sequel to Godzilla Minus One, which is currently in development.

However, Toho's international head Koji Ueda also revealed that, in addition to the upcoming Godzilla Minus One 2, Toho's plans include a follow-up to 2016's Shin Godzilla and...

You could almost imagine a spec script for one of the new MonsterVerse movies being refashioned into a Jurassic World adventure. Had the two properties been owned by the same studio, they'd have already been mashed-up for a mega-budget spectacular. But a clash of the titans took place at the box office regardless, with Jurassic World Rebirth overtaking Peter Jackson's first film after the grand success of his seminal Lord of the Rings trilogy. Jackson's series ended with his The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, sweeping every category it was nominated in at the Oscars, and grossing nearly $1 billion worldwide. And, unlike other filmmakers who've scaled down after spending so much time on elaborate productions, Jackson utilized his blank check by making a passion project: King Kong.

The old-fashioned adventure film featured Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, and Jack Black in the central roles, and...

Gremlins director Joe Dante has sold Rosebud – the sled from Orson Welles’ classic, Citizen Kane – at auction for over $14m.

Joe Dante, the director of Gremlins, Piranha, Matinee and too many other wonderful films to list, certainly seems like the kind of person who’d collect movie memorabilia. But did you know that, for about 30 years, he owned the famous sled, Rosebud, from Citizen Kane? This writer certainly didn’t.

The headline rather gives this away, but Dante recently sold the piece of memorabilia – first seen in Orson Welles’ 1941 classic – at auction for $14.75m.

What’s even more jaw-dropping than that huge sum of money is how Dante acquired the sled in the first place. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the filmmaker was shooting his 1985 sci-fi adventure Explorers on the Paramount lot when one of the crew members came up to him and asked if he wanted the old wooden prop.

It might be easy to assume that actors are self-centered and love watching their own movies, but for a lot of the biggest stars in Hollywood, that's actually not the case. Not only do some actors hate watching themselves on screen, but they even make active efforts to avoid having to at all costs. Suffice it to say, you won't catch them rolling up to an AMC Theatres on the midnight premiere of their latest flick. At most, they'll probably have seen it while doing Adr (automated dialogue replacement) or bringing along clips during the project's press tour.

There's a lot of reasons why actors prefer not to watch their own movies. Some actors hated working with their directors so much that they essentially disown their own projects, while others simply just struggle with seeing their face and voice projected 25 feet tall. Whatever the reason, these 15 actors, when they can,...

Everyone's got to start somewhere, and that somewhere ain't necessarily got to be pretty. Take Tom Cruise, for example. He made his film acting debut in Franco Zeffirelli's teen romance "Endless Love," an avalanche of ick notable for its Diana Ross/Lionel Richie theme song and notorious for the scene where Shirley Knight's bohemian mother watches approvingly from the top of a staircase as her 15-year-old daughter (Brooke Shields) has firelit sex with her 17-year-old boyfriend (Martin Hewitt). Somehow, Cruise survived this association with one of the most atrociously awful movies of the 1980s to become one of the world's biggest movie stars.

On the less scandalous end of the spectrum, Paul Newman's first movie was the biblical epic "The Silver Chalice," for which he received mostly lousy reviews. Jessica Lange was ridiculed for conjuring the ghost of Carole Lombard to play a daffy starlet in the 1976 remake of "King Kong.

Lena Dunham is making her TV return with “Too Much,” loosely based on her own experience moving to London and meeting her husband, British musician Luis Felber.

With Dunham deciding not to star in “Too Much,” “Hacks” breakout Megan Stalter stars as Jessica, who meets indie musician Felix, played by “The White Lotus” Season 2 star Will Sharpe. Don’t worry, though, Dunham still appears on-screen as Jessica’s sister, who’s dealing with her own issues in her marriage (her husband is played by “Girls” star Andrew Rannells).

There are plenty of other “Girls” and “Camping” casting Easter Eggs in “Too Much,” with a slew of A-listers popping into the Netflix romcom series, including Naomi Watts, Jessica Alba, Rita Ora and Andrew Scott, among others.

Megan Stalter as Jessica Salmon

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Megan Stalter stars as Jessica Salmon, an American who moves to London after a devastating breakup for a fresh start.

The drama teacher who fumbled Kate Winslet probably had to eat alone in the teachers’ lounge for the rest of their career.

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People who were definitely not sexists and racists told her she’d never get her big break due to sexism and racism: “They told me my career would die mid-30s. First of all, they told me a Mexican is never going to make it because at the time … it was impossible for a Mexican to have a leading role in Hollywood. I was told so many times it couldn’t happen, and I almost believed them, but I fought it and I won.”

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An Italian producer once asked his son, in Italian, “Why do you bring me this ugly thing?” after she auditioned for King Kong. She responded, in Italian, “I’m sorry I’m not beautiful enough to be in King Kong,...

Amazon’s Prime Day(s) isn’t just a great way to save big on everything from teeth whiteners and designer bags to luxury beauty. Movie and TV lovers can also save big on new titles (such as A Minecraft Movie, Dog Man and Captain America: Brave New World), film bundles (including the six-film Mission: Impossible collection) and Prime Video subscriptions, including Apple TV+, Paramount+, Starz, MGM+ and more channels.

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In Steven Spielberg's groundbreaking 1993 blockbuster "Jurassic Park," the billionaire behind the titular hoped-for attraction, John Hammond (Richard Attenborough), is practically buzzing with giddy anticipation at how successful his venture will likely become. He crows that his team who helped bring dozens of extinct species of dinosaurs back to life "spared no expense," and that everything in the park boasts "absolutely spectacular designs." Although the small group of experts Hammond has invited to tour the park are indeed impressed with what he's done, having strong emotional responses to the sights of actual living dinosaurs walking the Earth, they begin to have serious doubts as reality begins to set in. Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) sums up the potential folly of Jurassic Park succinctly: "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."

"Jurassic Park," both the first movie and Michael Crichton's source novel,...

Hollywood has always been a boy's club. Worse than that, it's been a haven of sexual abuse. The town has buildings and theaters named after the likes of Columbia Pictures co-founder Harry Cohn and 20th Century Fox co-founder Daryl F. Zanuck, both of whom were notorious for coercing (or attempting to coerce) female stars into sex in exchange for work. For all of the breathtakingly gifted women who made it through Hollywood's sexist gauntlet to become movie stars, you can't help but wonder how many singular talents got destroyed by the town's monstrous gatekeepers.

Because talent truly didn't matter to these ghouls. They just wanted, in their view, a dazzling dame who could light up the screen with their looks and sign a contract nowhere near commensurate with their value to the studio. Some of the women in their employ could stand up to them. Joan Crawford once shut Cohn down by saying,...

This article contains spoilers for "Jurassic World Rebirth."

Plenty of filmmakers have been able to leave their unique stamp on all number of movie monsters, but few have held as much of a stronghold on a singular creature than Steven Spielberg with dinosaurs. 1993's "Jurassic Park" built upon the previous incarnations of these prehistoric beasts in films like Harry O. Hoyt's "The Lost World," "King Kong" and "One Million Years B.C" by way of technological wizardry we're still attempting to recapture. The mix of practical effects and innovative leaps in computer-generated imagery helped establish a world in which dinosaurs were these beautiful, terrifying, and, most importantly, tangible creatures. It was as if Stan Winston, Phil Tippett and the talented folks at Ilm plucked these extinct forces of nature from out of time.

As far as Universal was concerned, they essentially held claim to the definitive screen dinosaurs that every...

Italy is celebrating scoring a rare double whammy in the selection for the Hollywood Walk of Fame class of 2026 list.

Along with Timothée Chalamet, Demi Moore, and Miley Cyrus, the 35-name list – announced by The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday – includes both Spaghetti Westerns icon Franco Nero and special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi who is best known for creating the iconic E.T. character for Steven Spielberg’s “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.”

Italian undersecretary for culture Lucia Borgonzoni in a statement underlined Italy’s pride in the rare double honors for non U.S. talents and thanked marketing guru Tiziana Rocca, who is artistic director of Italy’s Taormina and Filming Italy festivals, for mounting the campaign that led to Nero getting a Hollywood star.

Nero, who gained worldwide fame in Sergio Corbucci’s 1966 classic Spaghetti Western “Django,” has since appeared in over 200 movies and TV shows, working with directors such as John Huston,...

Prior to his work on "Jurassic World Rebirth," director Gareth Edwards might be most easily described as the "Star Wars" guy and the "Godzilla" guy -- though he has far, far greater ambitions than that. Originally a visual effects artist before making the jump to feature films, his unique background provided him with a career path that turned out to be perfectly suited for big-budget Hollywood blockbusters. This skillset is apparent even in his original features, such as 2010's aptly-named kaiju flick "Monsters" and especially his ambitious movie "The Creator" from a couple years back. To nobody's surprise, however, he's also found himself at the helm of several major IP plays, from 2014's underrated "Godzilla" to "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" to the latest installment in the "Jurassic" franchise.

Whatever you do, just don't call Edwards a "journeyman." Few filmmakers know the advantages and perils of taking on ambitious...

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This July, Peacock is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated return of the post-apocalyptic action comedy series Twisted Metal to the streaming release of Drop. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Peacock next month and have an 80% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the twelve best films that are coming to Peacock in July 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Goodfellas (July 1) Rt Score: 91% Credit – Warner Bros.

Goodfellas is a biographical gangster film directed by Martin Scorsese, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Nicholas Pileggi. Based on Pileggi’s 1985 nonfiction book Wiseguy, the 1990 film chronicles the rise and fall of mafioso Henry Hill over the course of 25 years. Goodfellas stars Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, and Paul Sorvino.

For a movie that came together as quickly as "Jurassic World Rebirth," it helps to have an ace up your sleeve to help keep things on the tracks. In many ways, Gareth Edwards is the perfect kind of director to bring in on a blockbuster like this, one that's heavy on visual effects, requires a dizzying sense of scale and awe, and takes direct inspiration from genre giants like Steven Spielberg. For the guy who helped put his stamp on franchises like "Godzilla" and "Star Wars" in recent years, well, taking the plunge into the "Jurassic" sandbox felt like the natural next step. Luckily, he didn't have to go it alone. In fact, he had the benefit of arguably the biggest creative force in the franchise outside of Spielberg himself.

The final results of "Rebirth" may not have lived up to the pre-release hype, as I wrote in my review for /Film here,...

For whatever reason, the “Jurassic World” (née “Park”) series is the cinematic equivalent of a cheeseburger. The attraction seems pretty self-explanatory on paper, as they’re all what-if adventure films about dinosaurs existing in our modern-day. Film history-wise, they stem from the tradition of the special-effects monster movie — Steven Spielberg’s first two entries in the series make explicit reference to “King Kong.” Although the “Jurassic” films hew close to “Kong” as well as films like “The Lost World” (1925), and “The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms,” they also contain some outrageous elements borrowed from Japanese kaiju movies, specifically the “Godzilla” franchise. Thus, the “Jurassic” series feels like America’s answer to kaiju, years before a US version of “Godzilla” got off the ground.

Director Gareth Edwards (the director of the second American “Godzilla”) began his filmmaking career playing “what if?” with kaiju tropes in his 2010 feature “Monsters,” and it’s that movie which Edwards’ latest film,...

July 2025 is already here, bringing with it a new slate of library additions set to arrive on your favorite streaming services. Hulu, HBO Max, Netflix, Peacock, Paramount+, Shudder, and Tubi have announced their July 2025 lineups, so we’re compiling them all into a handy horror guide for your watchlists.

Of note, look for one of the year’s biggest box office draws to arrive on HBO Max on the Fourth of July: Sinners. The streaming service also adds 2025 genre titles Death of a Unicorn and Opus to its July lineup. You can continue to catch up on 2025 horror releases with Drop’s arrival on Peacock this month, too.

Check out the July 2025 horror streaming lineup below.

HBO Max

A24’s ‘Opus’

July 1

Annabelle

Get Out

Insidious

The Amityville Horror (1979)

The Amityville Horror (2005)

The Great Wall

The Last House on the Left

The Meg

July 4

Sinners

July 11

Opus

July 25

Death of a Unicorn...

Netflix has just shared the official teaser for Troll 2, the new Norwegian movie directed by Roar Uthaug. This film is planned to come out sometime between September and November 2025. Troll 2 is the sequel to the first Troll movie and is already being called the biggest film ever made in the Nordic countries.

The movie was shot in different locations, including Trondheim, Maridalen, and Jotunheimen in Norway, as well as Budapest. Espen Aukan, the screenwriter, explained that they filmed in Budapest because it was difficult to find the right places to shoot in Norway. The producers behind the film are Espen Horn and Kristian Strand Sinkerud from Motion Blur.

The cast features Ine Marie Wilmann as Nora, Kim S. Falck-Jørgensen playing Andreas Isaksen, and Mads Sjøgård Pettersen as Captain Kristoffer “Kris” Holm. Other actors include Sara Khorami, Jon Ketil Johnsen, Gard B. Eidsvold, Aksel Almaas, and Trond Magnum. Netflix released the first teaser,...

Netflix has released the official teaser for Troll 2, an upcoming Norwegian film directed by Roar Uthaug. The movie is set to come out sometime between September and November 2025. Troll 2 is the follow-up to the original Troll and is already being called the biggest film production ever made in the Nordic countries.

The movie was filmed in several places, including Trondheim, Maridalen, Jotunheimen in Norway, and also in Budapest. According to Espen Aukan, who wrote the screenplay, the team chose Budapest because it was hard to find the right filming locations in Norway. The producers behind the movie are Espen Horn and Kristian Strand Sinkerud from the company Motion Blur.

The cast includes Ine Marie Wilmann playing Nora, Kim S. Falck-Jørgensen as Andreas Isaksen, and Mads Sjøgård Pettersen as Captain Kristoffer “Kris” Holm. Other actors in the movie are Sara Khorami, Jon Ketil Johnsen, Gard B. Eidsvold, Aksel Almaas,...

And a DVD is… To start at the very beginning- a very good place to start, I’ve been made to understand- we actually need to go back even further. Not to DVDs, but to LaserDiscs. In 1977, VHS was a revelation. At the time, home entertainment usually meant dinner conversation, a good book, or a dinner conversation about a good book. But VHS made in-residence movie magic possible. It triumphed over Betamax (that would be going too far back), cornering the market and establishing itself as the primary format for watching films at home. But only a year later, in 1978, something stranger arrived: LaserDisc. That same year brought a new pope and the first Home Depot. Amid this chaos came a shiny disc called “McA DiscoVision.” LaserDisc was all optical: it read movies with a laser, unlike VHS, which relied on magnetic tape. Though the DVD wouldn’t be introduced...

We thought today might just be the perfect day to make you feel a little old. Not just you, even we feel old by looking at this list of your 10 favorite movies, which were released back in 2005.

These iconic movies will now be 20 years old in 2025 (two decades!), but it only feels like yesterday when we turned up in theaters to watch Cedric Diggory and Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Yeah… that movie is now over 20 years old! In fact, here are 10 of your favorite movies that have turned 20 years old to give you a sense of nostalgia.

1. Batman Begins A still from Batman Begins | Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures

With Christopher Nolan helming the project as its director and Christian Bale starring in the role of Bruce Wayne aka Batman, Batman Begins was released on June 15, 2005, in theaters across the U.S.

Kicking off a...

Peacock has announced the lineup of movies, TV shows, and live sports that will be available on the streaming service in July. The Peacock July 2025 schedule turns up the thrills with unexpected scares, steamy summer finales, and high-octane returns.

Chills come early with The Woman in the Yard, which is now streaming. The psychological thriller follows a grieving mother as a mysterious presence outside her farmhouse becomes a nightmare she can’t escape. Then, on July 11, Drop premieres with a terrifying twist on first dates — when a night out turns into a nerve-wracking spiral of anonymous threats.

Love Island: Beyond the Villa

Don’t miss the season finale of the hit cultural phenomenon Love Island USA, as an exciting summer of romance and drama in Fiji comes to a close on July 13.

But the love (and drama) isn’t over yet! Tune in for the premiere of Love Island: Beyond the Villa,...

When people think of advancements in special effects in Hollywood, they typically think of movies like 1933’s King Kong, Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park, and James Cameron’s Avatar franchise, to name a few. However, old heads of Hollywood remember another film that helped change the visual game, Disney’s Tron. The Steven Lisberger-directed science-fiction adventure dazzled audiences with state-of-the-art digital effects, paving the way for VFX in film to show moviegoers things they’d never thought possible on the silver screen. Disney upped their game again in 2010 with Tron: Legacy, and soon, Joachim Rønning will level up the Tron Universe with Tron: Ares, coming to theaters on October 10, 2025.

The latest issue of Empire Magazine is pulling the curtain back on Tron: Ares with an in-depth discussion about filming techniques with the film’s director, Joachim Rønning. According to Rønning, Ilm (Industrial Light & Magic) treats Ares as “the Holy Grail of computer graphics.