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Peter Jackson Is Once Again Working on a 'Tintin' Movie
Between films based on The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, Peter Jackson was supposed to travel to another distant land: Brussels. In 2011, he produced The Adventures of Tintin, a motion-capture adventure based on the classic comics by…
Blockbuster movies are connecting new audiences to classical music
Classical music isn't dead, but who's listening, and how, is changing. One of the clearest signs of that change is the rise of live orchestral concerts paired with blockbuster film screenings. These concerts are significantly driving the growth in…
Khosla Ventures, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and others are investing $12 million in a new AI movie app
AI movies designed for your phone are getting the Silicon Valley and Hollywood treatment. TrueShort, which makes AI 'verticals' — movies chopped up into one- to three-minute episodes — has gathered a who's who of backers. The startup…
One major theater chain just quietly launched $1.75 movie tickets for summer break
Cinemark is giving customers a break at the box office this summer. The movie chain that operates over 300 theaters in the U.S. just announced it's offering a major deal on tickets as part of its Summer Movie Clubhouse program. The program, which…
Diego Luna on Directing 'Ashes,' His Fears About the Future of Movies and the Prejudice Immigrants Face: 'It's Based on Ignorance and Selfishness'
“ Ashes,” a family drama about a young woman who leaves Mexico with her younger brother to reunite with their mother in Spain, was deeply personal to Diego Luna, who directs the film, in addition to co-writing its screenplay. Growing…
The Cannes Film Festival is happening right now. Here are the movies to watch for in 2026
Since 1946, the Festival de Cannes (a.k.a. the Cannes Film Festival) in France has been a beacon of cinematic excellence and cultural exchange. For those who love the Academy Awards, films such as Parasite and Anora debuted here first before taking…
5 best Paramount+ movies with a surprising twist - and one is a critically acclaimed psychological thriller
I love a good plot twist, even more so when the movie is set up with a standard story structure, until some kind of reveal shocks you to your core. There is nothing quite like the feeling of the floor dropping out from under you in the final act of…
Warner Bros. Is Developing a 'Westworld' Movie Reboot
Warner Bros. Discovery is officially developing a new feature film reboot of Westworld, based on the original 1973 sci-fi movie directed by Michael Crichton The screenplay is being written by veteran blockbuster scribe David Koepp, best known for…
Marvel's latest movie confirms a terrible MCU trend isn't going away anytime soon
Marvel's Punisher: One Last Kill delivers all the high-octane violence you could want out of Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal). During the 48-minute-long Special Presentation's prolonged, action-packed climax he shoots, stabs and otherwise kills endless…
15 Best Neo-Western Movies, Ranked
The Western may be the most definitive American film genre ever. It encompasses the ambitious, aspiring, hungry, often contradictory, and violent ideas behind our history of building the nation. The journey through the expanse of the West is marked…
10 Thriller Movies That Are 10/10, No Notes
A good thriller keeps you on your toes, eager for what's to come around the next turn. Whether murder mysteries or science-fiction nightmares, films under the broader thriller umbrella have delighted audiences for decades. But the ones that remain…
5 Tom Cruise Movies That Are Genuinely Bad
Outside his work as an actor, Tom Cruise is something of an enigma, to say the least, but also, you don't have to venture outside his filmography to find a ton of strange and interesting things. Like, he's been active for decades now, and has also…
20 Years Later, These Are the 7 Best Fantasy Movies of 2006
The fantasy genre is a fan-favorite and a crucial part of cinematic history. Dating back to the first-ever fantasy movies that came out throughout the 1910s and '20s, the genre has evolved, experiencing several milestones throughout the subsequent…
Summer Movie Season: 5 Burning Questions as Superheroes, 'Star Wars' and Spielberg Are Put to the Test
No pressure, but Hollywood has a lot riding on summer movie season. The busy stretch from May to August is crucial for the industry, representing 40% of the annual box office. But consumer tastes have been rapidly shifting since the pandemic, so…
The 10 Slickest Action Movies of All Time
'Slick” is a difficult quality to define, but you know it when you see it, especially when it comes to the action genre. The slickest action movies feel polished and assured, every element working in its right place. They move with complete…
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