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A $1 million horror movie and a YouTuber just humbled 'Star Wars' at the box office
It wasn't supposed to happen this way. Disney seemingly had a lock on the start of summer movie season with the release of 'The Mandalorian and Grogu,' its first 'Star Wars' movie in seven years. With its only competition at the box office being a…
10 Shows and Movies Like 'Backrooms' You Should Watch Next
A 20-year-old director's low-budget film based on a YouTube series crushed the box office in its opening weekend, it's $80 million+ take representing the biggest opening weekend for an original horror movie ever. (Meanwhile, psychological horror…
The 17 Best Movies of 2026 (So Far)
The kids may not be alright, but they've got some filmmaking chops. The biggest story in cinema right now is a pair of first features from impossibly young new directors. Obsession, from 26-year-old Curry Barker, was made for under $1 million and…
Anurag Kashyap's 10 Best Movies, Ranked
From gritty gang wars of Gangs of Wasseypur to the neo-noir nihilism of Kennedy, these are the Anurag Kashyap films that cemented him as Hindi cinema's ultimate rebel filmmaker. Anurag Kashyap's new film Bandar, starring Bobby Deol, Sanya Malhotra…
How the first movie was made
The story of the first movie ever made is not as simple as it seems. Early filmmakers experimented with capturing motion long before cinema became what we know today. From sequences of photographs to short moving clips, these early innovations laid…
The Best Horror Movie From Every Year in the 1970s
The 1970s contained a massive shift in the DNA of horror. For a few decades before this, the genre had a bit of a preference for gothic castles with aristocratic vampires and classic monsters, and more than a decent bit of theatrics. But during…
10 Most Influential Sci-Fi Movies Of All Time, Ranked
For decades, the science fiction genre has highlighted just how advanced filmmaking techniques have become in regard to technical presentation. Whether it's cutting edge visual effects or ambitious tales pushing the boundaries of conventional…
Bob Marshall: If South Louisiana's climate crisis were a movie
“The Good, The Scared and The Dangerous.” If a movie were made about Louisiana today, that would have to be its title. The reasons are obvious in the statements below and their authors. “Imagine you're a doctor and you find out…
The Best Sports Movie Franchise Is Now Streaming On Netflix
The start of every month is one of the most fun times for any streaming service subscriber. New movies and TV shows arrive in bunches, which is the case again for Netflix's new June additions. June 1 marks the arrival of the likes of The Big…
Warner Bros. Announces 'A Minecraft Movie Squared' for 2027
Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have officially announced the title for the sequel to the 2025 blockbuster A Minecraft Movie: A Minecraft Movie Squared The highly anticipated follow-up is officially scheduled to release in theaters globally on…
5 new Netflix movies and shows you need to stream this week
Netflix is adding an impressive 62 new movies, shows and comedy specials to the streaming service this week. But there's one movie most people will definitely add to their watchlist: 'Office Romance.' This rom-com puts Jennifer Lopez and 'Ted…
The Movie Business Is About to Get VidCon-ized
Ari Aster and Alex Garland can suck it — Kane Pixels is in town. So essentially have gone the headlines this weekend, as the A24 baton transferred from its hipster staples to 20-year-old Backrooms director Kane Parsons (aka Kane Pixels to…
Missed it in theaters? Here's every movie finally arriving on streaming in June 2026
Missed that critically acclaimed blockbuster in theaters? If you're a cinephile like me, your goal is to see every movie when it comes out in theaters. But if you're a parent like me, you know that sometimes it's just not possible to do that. Heck…
Kane Parsons: The 'Backrooms' Movie Is Just the Beginning
Before Backrooms was a surprise box-office smash, opening to an estimated $81 million this weekend, it was a strange little YouTube phenomenon created by then-teenage filmmaker Kane Parsons. His original Backrooms (Found Footage) short exploded…
10 Greatest Animated Romance Movies, Ranked
Over the years, animated cinema has proved to be the perfect medium for highly imaginative and visually striking stories that can only find their home in the admirably inventive limitlessness of animation. On plenty of delightful occasions, this…
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