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theverge.com - Andrew Webster - TIFF 2026: the latest movie reviews from Toronto
TIFF 2026: the latest movie reviews from Toronto
The Verge

If you want an idea of what's next in film, the Toronto International Film Festival is a good place to start. Every year TIFF features a huge range of features from around the world, and often some of them go on to be huge hits or awards…

theverge.com - Jay Peters - Netflix is making a Crazy Taxi movie and a Sonic show with 'edge'
Netflix is making a Crazy Taxi movie and a Sonic show with 'edge'
The Verge

Netflix is teaming up with Sega for three new video game adaptations: Crazy Taxi, Sonic, and Stranger Than Heaven. Netflix is teaming up with Sega for three new video game adaptations: Crazy Taxi, Sonic, and Stranger Than Heaven. Jay Peters is a…

scmp.com - James Mottram - Best movies from the 2026 Venice Film Festival, including Possible Love and Musk
Best movies from the 2026 Venice Film Festival, including Possible Love and Musk
South China Morning Post

The 83rd Venice International Film Festival was defined by surprises. While this year's line-up lacked major Hollywood studio fare, the jury – led by American actress-director Maggie Gyllenhaal and including veteran Hong Kong filmmaker…

theguardian.com - Annie Zaleski - 'I never pass up a rewatch': why Valley Girl is my feelgood movie
'I never pass up a rewatch': why Valley Girl is my feelgood movie
The Guardian

As a teenager growing up in the 1990s, I was deeply obsessed with all things 1980s pop culture. Chalk it up to nostalgia for my Care Bears-filled childhood – or a stubborn adolescent desire to separate myself from the Dave Matthews…

mentalfloss.com - Natalie Zamora - Quiz: Identify Which Disney Movies Start With the Word 'The' in 3 Minutes or Less
Quiz: Identify Which Disney Movies Start With the Word 'The' in 3 Minutes or Less
Mental Floss

Think you're a Disney movie expert? Prove it. If you grew up watching the classics and have seen every new title in theaters since, then this should be easy. The quiz below is simple: All you have to do is identify which animated Disney movie…

collider.com - Rohan Naahar - Zack Snyder's Dream Movie Is Officially Turning Into a Nightmare
Zack Snyder's Dream Movie Is Officially Turning Into a Nightmare
Collider

Director Zack Snyder 's self-described indie project, The Last Photograph, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival to career-worst reviews recently. For anyone who has seen the filmmaker's two-part Rebel Moon series on Netflix, this…

slashfilm.com - Sam Stone - 10 Best DC Movie Post-Credits Scenes Of All Time, Ranked
10 Best DC Movie Post-Credits Scenes Of All Time, Ranked
SlashFilm

For decades now, it feels like superhero movies need to have some sort of mid or post-credits scene as a final gag or a setup for a franchise's future. 'X-Men: The Last Stand' had one of the first superhero post-credits stingers, and the Marvel…

screenrant.com - Karlis Wilde - Alien's Next Movie Officially Switches Main Characters & Replacement Breaks A 47-Year Ridley Scott Trend
Alien's Next Movie Officially Switches Main Characters & Replacement Breaks A 47-Year Ridley Scott Trend
ScreenRant

Alien is one of the best science fiction franchises of all time, and the next chapter in the exciting series looks to be changing its main character in a uniquely unexpected way. To date, there have been nine Alien movies, including the crossover…

slashfilm.com - Sandy Schaefer - 5 Years Ago, Disney Released A Star-Studded Fantasy Movie Flop That Deserved Better
5 Years Ago, Disney Released A Star-Studded Fantasy Movie Flop That Deserved Better
SlashFilm

Disney had a hard time turning its Jungle Cruise theme park attraction into a movie, which maybe isn't so surprising. After all, the Mouse House's original ride is a deeply 'uncool' affair in which parkgoers are taken on a slow, simulated…

screenrant.com - Sky Blanton - 5 Movies That Blatantly Ripped Off Star Wars & Got Away With It
5 Movies That Blatantly Ripped Off Star Wars & Got Away With It
ScreenRant

Hollywood has spent decades borrowing from Star Wars, but every so often, one of those movies takes so much for it that calling the result 'inspired' feels a little generous. The ragtag heroes, strange alien worlds, oppressive empires and battles…

collider.com - Diego Pineda Pacheco - The 15 Best Low Fantasy Movies, Ranked
The 15 Best Low Fantasy Movies, Ranked
Collider

Fantasy has been one of the most beloved movie genres ever since its inception. Ever since the work of artists like Georges Méliès, lauded as the father of fantasy cinema, the genre has seen great development over the decades. With…

collider.com - Safwan Azeem - The 6 Most Perfect Drama Movies Released Since 2010
The 6 Most Perfect Drama Movies Released Since 2010
Collider

Drama's the genre everyone thinks they could pull off, since it doesn't need explosions or jump scares to work. That's exactly why so many dramas end up boring or preachy instead of actually moving anyone, it's harder than it looks to make someone…

collider.com - Safwan Azeem - The 6 Best Movies Released Between 2000 and Now
The 6 Best Movies Released Between 2000 and Now
Collider

Picking just six movies out of everything released since 2000 is almost unfair, there's probably fifty other movies from this stretch that could make an argument for a spot here too. But these six actually changed a genre, an industry standard, and…

collider.com - Jeremy Urquhart - The 35 Best Parody Movies of All Time, Ranked
The 35 Best Parody Movies of All Time, Ranked
Collider

Standing as one type of movie within the broader comedy genre, the parody movie has an unusual history. Parody movies have existed for almost as long as cinema has, with the genre dating back as far as 1905, though it's also safe to say that it…

slashfilm.com - Joe Roberts - Alan Hale Jr. Starred In This Forgotten '50s Western Movie Filled With Historical Figures
Alan Hale Jr. Starred In This Forgotten '50s Western Movie Filled With Historical Figures
SlashFilm

It's a shame Alan Hale Jr.'s Western series 'Casey Jones' never took off, considering the man gave more to the Western than any other genre in his career. From the 1940s to the 1960s, the actor, who became best-known for playing the Skipper on…

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