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Sony Chief on the Future of Their Marvel Movies
By the beginning of 2025, Sony had released six movies in its (at one point called) Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters, or SPUMC. With the exception of Venom and to a much lesser degree its sequels, the films were an unmitigated disaster…
Hollywood Sets Its Sights On an 'Action Man' Movie
With Barbie seeing if it can theatrically return and a Matchbox movie months away, another toy line's stepped up for adaptation. Our latest candidate is Action Man, a line of toys famous over in the UK. Per the Hollywood Reporter, Hasbro and studio…
Every 'Spider-Man' Movie Ranked From Worst to Best
Throughout two decades of web-slinging, rebooting, reversals of fortune, immersions into the Marvel Cinematic Universe and sporadic reappearances by the Spidey-hating J. Jonah Jameson, the “Spider-Man” film franchise has been wildly…
'Ice Cream Man' Review: Eli Roth's Children-of-the-Damned Splatter Movie Is No Treat
Horror-movie directors are always looking for new ways to transgress. Eli Roth is a prime example — he once transgressed brilliantly, in “Hostel: Part II” (an eerily plausible movie about members of the elite paying huge sums…
Sony Has No Spider-Man Spinoff Movies in Active Development After 'the Audience Wasn't Satisfied' by Movies Projects Like Madame Web and Morbius
It looks like Sony's Spider-Man spinoff universe may have come to an end after films like Madame Web, Morbius, and Kraven the Hunter failed to satisfy audiences. Sony Pictures chairman and CEO Tom Rothman confirmed its corner of Marvel moviemaking…
The Movie Sunny Deol Wants To Make With His Sons
'Rajkumar Santoshi and Chandraprakash Dwivedi have narrated the story to me but such films require heavy budgets.' Sunny Deol and son Karan Deol visited the Gurdwara Patna Sahib in Patna. Sunny expressed a desire to make a film based on Emperor…
9 Ways The SpongeBob Movie Is Basically Just The Odyssey
Homer's The Odyssey is among the greatest and oldest surviving stories of all time. The epic poem has shaped the very nature of storytelling for nearly 2,700 years. As such, aspects of The Odyssey are intertwined in the DNA of most modern…
10 Most Underrated Movies Of 2026 (So Far)
Over halfway through the year, and 2026 has quietly been a stacked year for cinema, with many impressive movies making their debut. Everything from indie horror flicks to big-budget animated movies have made waves throughout 2026, often with both…
Star Trek: Lower Decks Movie Teased By Series Creator
Star Trek: Lower Decks creator Mike McMahan teases a movie about the bold crew of the USS Cerritos. The future of Star Trek movies is a hot topic among fans, especially coming out of San Diego Comic-Con. Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley…
Popcorn Bucket Craze Pops Off With Skyrocketing Scalper Prices, Director Approvals and Imax's First-Ever Movie Merch
Did you think landing Imax 70mm tickets to “ The Odyssey ” was hard? Trying landing those tickets and snagging one of the limited-edition popcorn buckets tied to the recent release of Christopher Nolan's epic, which included designs…
AI Scandal Around $2.4 Million Novel Kills Its Movie Deal & Spells Trouble For Future Adaptations
The latest AI scandal has killed a $2.4 million book deal and a potential movie adaptation, which has major implications for future book adaptations. Six and seven-figure book advances are exceptionally rare. However, debut author Jerry Falade…
The 10 Greatest Villains in Thriller Movies, Ranked
There are only a handful of villains in film that are so diabolical that they leave a lasting imprint on our frontal cortex during and years after seeing them on the big screen. They are the characters that, even if they are foiled in the end by…
What's New on Shudder in August 2026 - All the Movies and TV Shows
With the breakout successes of Backrooms and Obsession earlier this year, horror is having a moment in 2026. That's just one more reason why you should be subscribed to Shudder. The streamer is the premier platform for all things terrifying, and…
New 'Spider-Man' Movie Is a Box Office Hit-Even in Switzerland
'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' narrowly missed breaking the all-time record. © Sony Pictures Releasing Switzerland GmbH & ™ 2026 MARVEL Almost historic: 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' narrowly misses the U.S. opening-day record. In…
10 Sci-Fi Movies That Are Definitely Not for Kids
This genre gets sold with spaceships, robots, strange planets, and cool technology whether the story carries substance or not. Then some films use those same ingredients to talk about bodily violation, war, exploitation, grief, sexual control, and…
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