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gizmodo.com - James Whitbrook - The Best Movie Moments of 2025
The Best Movie Moments of 2025
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

When history looks back on movies released in 2025, the evidence will indicate a solid year. Big blockbusters delivered the goods. Medium-sized gambles paid big dividends. There were great original films, sequels, animation, you name it. But within…

buzzfeed.com - Nora Dominick - Here Are 2 Movies And A Show To Watch This Weekend, Plus More TV And Movie News
Here Are 2 Movies And A Show To Watch This Weekend, Plus More TV And Movie News
BuzzFeed

If I could only pick one movie to take to a deserted island, it would have to be one of my Letterboxd top four picks, which are my favorite movies of all time. So, I think I'd be stuck with Greta Gerwig's Little Women. I watch that movie at LEAST…

latimes.com - Mark Olsen - 6 directors on 'wasting' (and saving) money, the future of movie theaters and more
6 directors on 'wasting' (and saving) money, the future of movie theaters and more
Los Angeles Times

It is often said that film directors are siloed off from one another, that they don't get to watch how others work. So when you put a group of them together, as with the six participants in The Envelope's 2025 Oscar Directors Roundtable, they are…

slate.com - Dana Stevens - The Movie of the Year Was Also a Surprise Blockbuster
The Movie of the Year Was Also a Surprise Blockbuster
Slate

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. Dear Alison, Bilge, and Justin, For an interview on a Slate podcast…

ign.com - Matt Fowler - The Best Movie of 2025
The Best Movie of 2025
IGN

With another tremendous year for movies now in the books – ominously on the cusp of Warner Bros. possibly being sold to a giant streaming entity that thinks movie theaters are outdated – we've hemmed, hawed, and now voted on the…

theguardian.com - Peter Bradshaw - Best movies of 2025 in the US: No 1 - One Battle After Another
Best movies of 2025 in the US: No 1 - One Battle After Another
The Guardian

Paul Thomas Anderson's countercultural drama-thriller One Battle After Another, inspired by Thomas Pynchon's novel Vineland, is a formal enigma that has perplexed, provoked and entranced, and the year ends with no definitive consensus as to its…

theguardian.com - Sian Cain - Paddington and Wonka director Paul King to direct Labubu movie
Paddington and Wonka director Paul King to direct Labubu movie
The Guardian

Paul King, director of the global hit Paddington films and the Timothée Chalamet-led musical Wonka, is set to direct the Labubu film. In November it was announced that Sony Pictures, fresh off the global success of KPop Demon Hunters, had…

androidauthority.com - Taylor Kerns - Sick of fake AI movie trailers on YouTube? There's good news
Sick of fake AI movie trailers on YouTube? There's good news
Android Authority

Damien Wilde / Android Authority Two large YouTube channels that primarily published bootleg AI movie trailers have been banned. Screen Culture and HK Studio have been deplatformed for violating YouTube's policies about spam and metadata accuracy.

ew.com - Mekishana Pierre - James Cameron gives update on if Arnold Schwarzenegger will return for future 'Terminator' movies
James Cameron gives update on if Arnold Schwarzenegger will return for future 'Terminator' movies
Entertainment Weekly

Sorry, Terminator film series fans, Arnold Schwarzenegger will not be back this time. Franchise co-creator James Cameron gave the shocking update during a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, revealing that he doesn't plan on having the…

theguardian.com - Simon Wardell - A Minecraft Movie to Paddington 2: the 14 best films to watch on TV over Christmas
A Minecraft Movie to Paddington 2: the 14 best films to watch on TV over Christmas
The Guardian

Director Jared Hess has a history of extreme silliness (see Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre) so is a great choice for this flight of fancy based on the popular building-block video game. In a superbly imagined right-angled world that runs on its…

goodhousekeeping.com - Cameron Jenkins - How to Stream the 'Avatar' Movies Before Your Next Movie Night
How to Stream the 'Avatar' Movies Before Your Next Movie Night
Good Housekeeping

Fans of James Cameron's sci-fi Avatar films are likely on the edge of their seats with anticipation of the latest installment: Avatar: Fire and Ash. The film is set to hit theaters on December 19, and will pick up with former marine Jake Sully (Sam…

slate.com - Sam Adams - The Truth About the Avatar Movies That No One Wants to Accept
The Truth About the Avatar Movies That No One Wants to Accept
Slate

You might not expect that the man who directed three of the four highest-grossing movies in history would spend much time on the defensive. But before the press got their first look at the new Avatar movie, Fire and Ash, James Cameron wanted to…

theguardian.com - Guardian staff reporter - Making Mary Poppins by Todd James Pierce review - the musical brothers behind the movie magic
Making Mary Poppins by Todd James Pierce review - the musical brothers behind the movie magic
The Guardian

Like many kids of the VHS generation, I must have watched my taped-off-the-telly copy of Disney's Mary Poppins (1964) well over 100 times. I probably knew every frame as well as Walt Disney himself, who invested 20 years in bringing it to the…

people.com - Tommy McArdle - Avatar: Fire and Ash' Cast Shares Tips for Staying Seated Through a 3-Hour Movie (Exclusive)
Avatar: Fire and Ash' Cast Shares Tips for Staying Seated Through a 3-Hour Movie (Exclusive)
PEOPLE

Avatar: Fire and Ash cast members give PEOPLE their tips for sitting through a long movie, at the film's Dec. 1 world premiere The third installment in James Cameron's Avatar franchise is approximately 3 hours and 15 minute long Avatar: Fire and…

thesun.co.uk - Jamie Harris - Roku users receive free premium streaming app filled with TV shows and movies
Roku users receive free premium streaming app filled with TV shows and movies
The Sun

ROKU is giving out free access to a leading paid streaming service this Christmas. The platform is filled with a growing number of award-winning shows and movies. Your info will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy You'll now receive top…

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