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themarysue.com - Sarah Fimm - 10 Movies that Predicted the Future
10 Movies that Predicted the Future
The Mary Sue

The future is now! Now is a scary place to be! Climate change, economic woes, global instability, the world is looking more and more like what dystopian sci-fi thinkers said it would. While George Orwell and Aldous Huxley made some scarily accurate…

gizmodo.com - James Whitbrook - Illumination's Next Nintendo Movie Is Coming in 2028
Illumination's Next Nintendo Movie Is Coming in 2028
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has been in theaters racking up an absurd amount of coins for just under a month now, making a sequel an inevitability. But it also set up that there's a clear appetite in these films for Nintendo characters beyond the…

gizmodo.com - Germain Lussier - A Comic Crossover Sequel to Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained' Is Becoming a Movie
A Comic Crossover Sequel to Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained' Is Becoming a Movie
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

Comic book fans are probably aware of this, but movie fans may not be. In 2014, DC/Vertigo and Dynamite Entertainment published a seven-issue series called Django/Zorro. It was a sort of sequel to Quentin Tarantino's 2012 hit film, Django…

businessinsider.com - Jason Guerrasio - It felt daring': Inside the making of 'Thor,' Marvel's most influential Phase One movie
It felt daring': Inside the making of 'Thor,' Marvel's most influential Phase One movie
Business Insider

In 2008, Kenneth Branagh was at a crossroads. He'd spent years forging a reputation as a skilled adaptor of William Shakespeare's works, writing, directing, and starring in both 1989's 'Henry V' and 1996's 'Hamlet,' both of which earned Oscar…

slashfilm.com - Rafael Motamayor - The Mandalorian And Grogu Has Fallen Victim To The Worst Anime Movie Trend
The Mandalorian And Grogu Has Fallen Victim To The Worst Anime Movie Trend
SlashFilm

We are less than a month away from the release of the first 'Star Wars' movie in years, yet it feels as if the excitement is non-existent. 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' should be a sure-fire winner, yet the fact that the movie is a feature-length…

foxnews.com - Sean Joseph - Credit where credit is due, Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson making out in new movie teaser is smart marketing
Credit where credit is due, Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson making out in new movie teaser is smart marketing
Fox News

Let's give whoever put the first teaser together for the movie 'Verity' some credit. Including a scene that has Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson, who it should be noted is the topless face of the new Calvin Klein campaign, kissing was smart…

tomsguide.com - Brittany Vincent - New on Peacock in May 2026: All the new shows and movies to watch
New on Peacock in May 2026: All the new shows and movies to watch
Tom's Guide

Summer is finally in view, and as usual, things are starting to heat up on the streaming front. Peacock has your back if you're looking for some seriously great options this May. From explosive reality finales to gritty new crime sagas, there is…

kens5.com - LINDSEY BAHR - Summer Movie Preview: Nolan, Spider-Man and 'Toy Story' light up the cinemas
Summer Movie Preview: Nolan, Spider-Man and 'Toy Story' light up the cinemas
kens5.com

The movies always feel bigger in the summer. The budgets. The ambition. The names. The stakes. This summer, Hollywood has many of the regulars on the lineup: “Spider-Man,” “Minions,” “Star Wars” and…

polygon.com - Jake Kleinman - The director behind 2024's scariest movie is taking on a classic genre next
The director behind 2024's scariest movie is taking on a classic genre next
Polygon.com

Ever since he broke into the movie industry with the unrated, micro-budget horror movie Caveat, Irish filmmaker Damian McCarthy has become one of the most interesting directors working in the genre today. His 2024 follow-up Oddity was a breakout…

lifehacker.com - Jeff Somers - The Best Books, Movies, Video Games, and Podcasts to Check Out After Watching 'The Handmaid's Tale'
The Best Books, Movies, Video Games, and Podcasts to Check Out After Watching 'The Handmaid's Tale'
Lifehacker

Hulu's adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale hit our screens at precisely the right moment—a time when many had Americans begun to wonder if our democracy was as robust as we'd always assumed. It brought Margaret Atwood's grim vision of a…

express.co.uk - George Simpson - New John Wick movie trailer teases Keanu Reeves assassin franchise latest
New John Wick movie trailer teases Keanu Reeves assassin franchise latest
Daily Express

New John Wick movie trailer teases Keanu Reeves franchise latest Back in 2023, Keanu Reeves starred in John Wick Chapter 4 opposite Donnie Yen's Caine. The latter's blind High Table assassin, an old friend of Wick's, was forced out of retirement to…

vulture.com - Robert Daniels - Every John Singleton Movie, Ranked
Every John Singleton Movie, Ranked
Vulture

You know when you're watching a John Singleton film. The director, who began his career as the youngest Best Director nominee in Academy Award history for his debut, Boyz n the Hood, spent the next two decades moving among deeply personal…

entrepreneur.com - Jonathan Small - Movie Theaters Are Now Charging $50 for Tickets - Here's Why They Sold Out in Minutes
Movie Theaters Are Now Charging $50 for Tickets - Here's Why They Sold Out in Minutes
Homepage | Entrepreneur

Would you pay $50 to see a movie in the theater? Regal Cinemas charged exactly that for opening-night tickets to Dune: Part Three in its best theaters, and they sold out immediately, reports the Wall Street Journal. The cinema industry is copying…

screenrant.com - Cooper Hood - What James Gunn Canceling A Major Team Movie Means For The DCU's Future
What James Gunn Canceling A Major Team Movie Means For The DCU's Future
ScreenRant

James Gunn has delivered a major change to the DC Universe's future after announcing that The Authority is not moving forward. The movie was part of the original 2023 slate reveal for the DCU's Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters, even though no creative…

news4jax.com - Lindsey Bahr - Summer Movie Preview: Jon Favreau wants to inspire a new generation to fall in love with Star Wars
Summer Movie Preview: Jon Favreau wants to inspire a new generation to fall in love with Star Wars
WJXT

Jon Favreau has been dreaming about making a Star Wars movie for most of his life. He was 10 and half when the first film was released in theaters in 1977, which he went to see with his dad. From the opening shot of that Imperial Star Destroyer…

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