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washingtonexaminer.com - Rusty Wright - The Brink of War movie: Dramatic nuclear chess
The Brink of War movie: Dramatic nuclear chess
Washington Examiner

The Brink of War stars Jeff Daniels as Reagan, Jared Harris as Gorbachev, and J.K. Simmons as Reagan's Secretary of State George Shultz. In 1986, the superpowers' arms race had nuclear weapons and missiles proliferating. Reagan's Strategic Defense…

gizmodo.com - Gordon Jackson - Filming Wraps on Netflix's Live-Action 'Gundam' Movie
Filming Wraps on Netflix's Live-Action 'Gundam' Movie
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

Daniel Weyman's Gandalf makes his debut in The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power. A pair of MCU villains join Wyatt Russell's Monarch spinoff. An escape room mishap serves as the catalyst for an unusual body-swap rom-com. Wunmi Mosaku voices a…

mirror.co.uk - Angie Quinn - EastEnders icon stars in 'masterpiece' period movie hailed 'best of all time
EastEnders icon stars in 'masterpiece' period movie hailed 'best of all time
Daily Mirror

Groundbreaking new Christopher Nolan film The Odyssey stars a familiar soap legend. EastEnders star Himesh Patel stars in the epic, which has already broken records with its cinematic release. Former soap legend Himesh is a face familiar to many…

cbsnews.com - Austin  Turner - Hollywood's iconic Cinerama Dome movie theater to reopen in 2028
Hollywood's iconic Cinerama Dome movie theater to reopen in 2028
CBS News

A longtime cathedral for moviegoers, shuttered during the COVID-19 pandemic, will return in 2028. Sony Pictures Entertainment announced Wednesday that the iconic Cinerama Dome located on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood will undergo restoration and…

boingboing.net - Grant St. Clair - It Ends is a horror movie about a road that ironically doesn't do that
It Ends is a horror movie about a road that ironically doesn't do that
Boing Boing

Liminal spaces are so hot right now, guys. I hope you're ready for the surge of movies about being trapped in weird, unexplainable places we're going to see in the next few years now that Backrooms is a proven money maker. Until the studios flock…

kotaku.com - Kenneth Shepard - Clayface's New Trailer Shows Just How Gross The Movie's Going To Get
Clayface's New Trailer Shows Just How Gross The Movie's Going To Get
Kotaku - Gaming Reviews, News, Tips and More

After Superman and Supergirl, the DC Universe is going in a much different direction with Clayface. The body horror movie is coming to theaters this October, and is shifting the newly launched superhero universe away from the heroics and into a…

newscientist.com - Why do fictional geologists keep getting killed off in movies?
Why do fictional geologists keep getting killed off in movies?
New Scientist

Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more When you start watching a film, there are some characters you can confidently predict will die. A minor character joining two major…

collider.com - Eddie Possehl - 10 Genuinely Perfect Animated Movies, Ranked
10 Genuinely Perfect Animated Movies, Ranked
Collider

Animated films have always held a special place in people's hearts, and for very good reasons. Whether they be 2D or 3D-animated, these projects are genuinely incredible in almost every way. While there's no such thing as a truly perfect piece of…

vice.com - Caleb Catlin - This Rap Star Is All-In on Making Movies Now, and I Have to Admit I'm Not Excited
This Rap Star Is All-In on Making Movies Now, and I Have to Admit I'm Not Excited
VICE

Did anyone watch Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey and think it just needed more Travis Scott? The Houston rapper played a pretty inconsequential part in a phenomenal movie. But as great as the film was, it might have empowered Scott to go all-in on…

hollywoodreporter.com - James Hibberd - 'The Odyssey' Proves It: Audiences Want Movies Made the Hard Way
'The Odyssey' Proves It: Audiences Want Movies Made the Hard Way
The Hollywood Reporter

Audiences in 2026 are sending a clear message to filmmakers: We want movies to look real — and for you to sweat while making them. The most exciting box office hits so far this year have been projects that emphasized analog filmmaking and…

indiewire.com - Christian Zilko - 'It Ends' Trailer: Neon's Endless Roadtrip Movie Wants to Be 'Backrooms' on Wheels
'It Ends' Trailer: Neon's Endless Roadtrip Movie Wants to Be 'Backrooms' on Wheels
IndieWire

A joyride becomes a never-ending existential hell in Alex Ullom's directorial debut, a hit at the 2025 SXSW Film and TV Festival. 2026 has been a pretty decent year for young horror directors making their feature debuts on films about endless…

indiewire.com - Wilson Chapman - 'Hadestown: The Musical' Review: The Broadway Hit Remains a Bittersweet Delight in Movie Theaters
'Hadestown: The Musical' Review: The Broadway Hit Remains a Bittersweet Delight in Movie Theaters
IndieWire

When “ Hadestown ” premiered on Broadway's Walter Kerr Theater in April 2019, practically every review of the production mentioned the unintentional resonance of the big Act One closing song, “Why We Build the Wall.” In…

collider.com - Lisa Nordin - 10 Heist Movies Worth Watching Over and Over
10 Heist Movies Worth Watching Over and Over
Collider

The heist movie. Full of drama, action, and high stakes, there is nothing quite like it. As a band of rogues teams up to pilfer an item, the audience is drawn into the excitement, wondering if they will be able to pull it off. Narrow misses…

variety.com - Corbin Bolies - AI YouTuber Gossip Goblin Plans to Release AI Film 'Gods Don't Give Gifts' in Movie Theaters
AI YouTuber Gossip Goblin Plans to Release AI Film 'Gods Don't Give Gifts' in Movie Theaters
Variety

There's no shortage of places to watch an AI-generated content, from TikTok to YouTube. But now “Gods Don't Give Gifts,” a collection of four anthology shorts, is set to screen in movie theaters for a limited release in October as the…

nypost.com - Nina Joudeh - Bloodbath at Disney as mass layoffs hit - with animation movie giant being gutted
Bloodbath at Disney as mass layoffs hit - with animation movie giant being gutted
New York Post

The Walt Disney Company has unleashed a fresh bloodbath across its entertainment empire, with Pixar taking a major hit despite the blockbuster success of “Toy Story 5.” The “Mouse House” announced several hundred layoffs…

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