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Steven Spielberg refused to make a movie with Ben Affleck
Steven Spielberg reportedly refused to make a movie with Batman star Ben Affleck because he made his son cry, according to screenwriter Mike Binder. Mike Binder has revealed how he wrote 2006' s Man About Town under the belief that Steven Spielberg…
Timothée Chalamet's New Movie Is Part of a Trend I Can't Stand
In Slate's annual Movie Club, film critic Dana Stevens emails with fellow critics—for 2025, Justin Chang, Alison Willmore, and Bilge Ebiri—about the year in cinema. I like to think of Movie Club as a safe space where we can let go of…
Tours to visit Christmas movie locations in US state prove huge hit
Christmas at Pemberley Manor and Romance at Reindeer Lodge may never make it to Oscar night, but legions of fans still love these sweet-yet-predictable holiday movies – and this season, many are making pilgrimages to where their favourite…
'I've waited for this movie my whole life': Guardian readers' best films of 2025
I still can't get over Sinners. It's what the cinema was made for. It looked amazing; its sound was so rich and textured; and the juke joint dance sequence was a genuine WTF surprise that could have been grim but was utter genius. And if you…
The Movies That Made Us Think This Year
In 2025, as Foreign Policy expanded its film and television coverage, it seemed that the geopolitical turbulence of recent years finally made its way to the big screen. This year's popular titles felt more internationally minded than previous ones…
Marty Supreme' Rides a New Wave of Movie Merchandising
As Josh Safdie 's Marty Supreme approaches its Christmas Day release, the A24 -produced film is leaving behind a whirlwind of merch-focused activations that have resonated like no other title in recent years. On the surface, the initiative pales in…
The curse of The Grinch movie cast - from death at 20 to 'substance abuse'
THE Grinch is a classic Christmas film and is watched in numerous households every year. However, while the 2000 adaptation of the Dr. Seuss story spreads a message of joy, the reality of the cast's lives is less than jolly. Your info will be used…
Beyond Elf and Die Hard: The most underrated Christmas movies
Starring '80s Saturday Night Live icons Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd, Trading Places is a Christmas-set comedy about two men from radically different worlds — Aykroyd as a smug, well-heeled commodities trader (long before Patagonia vests and…
Movie review: 'No Other Choice' leads Lee Byung-hun to macabre spiral
Lee Byung-hun stars in 'No Other Choice,' in theaters Thursday. Photo courtesy of Neon Son Ye-jin and Lee Byung-hun star in 'No Other Choice,' in theters Thursday. Photo courtesy of Neon Man-su (Lee Byung-hun) covers his tracks in 'No Other…
The haters are wrong. Netflix's glut of Christmas movies is good, actually.
I'm not afraid to admit it: I love Christmas movies. The cheesy ones, the sentimental ones, the ones where the girl from the big city goes home for the holidays, rediscovers the true meaning of something vaguely defined, and somehow ends up owning…
The wildest horror reboot of 2025 takes on a major movie trend
The original Anaconda is one of the greatest so-bad-it's-good horror movies of all time. The plot is illogical, the CGI snake is cartoonish, the cast is full of future A-listers (Jennifer Lopez! Owen Wilson! Ice Cube!) who clearly regretted their…
What if Mumsnet was a Hallmark Christmas Movie
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Natasha Lyonne Opens Up About 'Poker Face,' AI and Making Movies
Natasha Lyonne wants to remind me of something as we're chatting about Poker Face, AI and the industry, and everything else that is percolating in her mind heading into 2026. “I'm pretty much always serious and always kidding. I kind of make…
Why I'll always defend 'Gremlins' as the greatest (and weirdest) Christmas movie ever
If you didn't want your own Mogwai as a kid, you're either lying or you weren't a weird 9-year-old watching '80s horror movies for fun. Your loss. My childhood hamster, Gizmo, was a reverse Gremlin: He turned feral if you didn't feed him after…
He Was a Legendary Sheriff Who Inspired a Movie. Did He Also Murder His Wife?
B uford Pusser should have been on top of the world. By Aug. 20, 1974, he was the most famous sheriff in America, all because of the unexpected smash-hit film Walking Tall, which introduced Pusser — played in a starmaking turn by Joe Don…
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