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forbes.com - Paul Tassi - Netflix's New No. 1 Movie Has A 94% Rotten Tomatoes Score
Netflix's New No. 1 Movie Has A 94% Rotten Tomatoes Score
Forbes

It is always fascinating to see what kind of licensed and acquired content does well on Netflix. Sometimes it's obvious picks, other times? You never would have guessed. That's the case with Old Henry, the new #1 movie on Netflix's top 10 list.

gizmodo.com - Germain Lussier - Elijah Wood Is All for Stephen Colbert's 'Lord of the Rings' Movie
Elijah Wood Is All for Stephen Colbert's 'Lord of the Rings' Movie
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

Count Frodo Baggins himself, Elijah Wood, among those who are excited about what Stephen Colbert has cooking in the world of Lord of the Rings. Wood was recently asked if he would be returning as Frodo in the upcoming film, which has the working…

gq.com - Jesse Hassenger - The Best Movies on Rotten Tomatoes' Popcornmeter, Definitively Ranked
The Best Movies on Rotten Tomatoes' Popcornmeter, Definitively Ranked
GQ

For years, the IMDB Top 250 was a fact of life, at least for a certain type of movie-award person doing some kind of living on the internet. That list averaging out user ratings for various films and coming out with average scores out of 10 still…

forbes.com - David Deal - 'Toy Story 5' And 'Disclosure Day' Show Why Summer Movies Last Or Fade
'Toy Story 5' And 'Disclosure Day' Show Why Summer Movies Last Or Fade
Forbes

(L-R): Bullseye, Jessie, and Lilypad in Disney and Pixar's TOY STORY 5. Photo courtesy of Pixar. © 2026 Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved. The unexpected success of Obsession and Backrooms is forcing Old Hollywood to rethink what gives a…

theguardian.com - Phil Hoad - From Greek epics to biblical blockbusters: the 20 best mythological movies - ranked!
From Greek epics to biblical blockbusters: the 20 best mythological movies - ranked!
The Guardian

Featuring the young Henry Cavill as a Theseus who barely gets near a labyrinth, this Hellenic “reimagination” bags precious little deep mythological significance. But visuals ace Tarsem Singh at least gives it a strikingly theatrical…

forbes.com - Dominique Fluker - 'The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen' Movie Greenlit At Disney With Raven-Symoné, Adrienne Bailon And New Cast
'The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen' Movie Greenlit At Disney With Raven-Symoné, Adrienne Bailon And New Cast
Forbes

Disney is reprising the Cheetah Girls, and millennials globally are rejoicing. The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen has been greenlit for Disney Channel and Disney+, from executive producers Debra Martin Chase and Raven-Symoné, who returns to her…

collider.com - Diego Pineda Pacheco - The 10 Most Depressing Blockbuster Movies, Ranked
The 10 Most Depressing Blockbuster Movies, Ranked
Collider

After Steven Spielberg released Jaws in 1975, the film industry was never the same again, because that's when the world was introduced to the idea of a blockbuster. These aren't just any kind of financially successful movies: They're films…

wsj.com - Isabella Simonetti - The Critically Panned Vigilante Movie That Found an Audience via Elon Musk
The Critically Panned Vigilante Movie That Found an Audience via Elon Musk
Wall Street Journal

Uwe Boll's latest film “Citizen Vigilante” had all the makings of a flop. The low-budget action thriller was self-financed, heavily restricted in the director's home country of Germany and eviscerated by the movie critics who wrote…

bloomberg.com - Sohee Kim - India's JioStar Taps AI for Shopping, TV Movie Night Ideas
India's JioStar Taps AI for Shopping, TV Movie Night Ideas
Bloomberg

JioStar is betting that conversations with viewers powered by generative AI will become a powerful tool for the streaming TV company. The unit of Reliance Industries Ltd., which boasts 500 million monthly users, is using OpenAI 's technology to…

slashfilm.com - Witney Seibold - 5 Forgotten Dystopian Movies That Still Hold Up Today
5 Forgotten Dystopian Movies That Still Hold Up Today
SlashFilm

Science fiction writers have three ways to envision the future. Forced to live in the present, a sci-fi writer can look around, see turbulence and horror all over the world, and respond by imagining a future in which all the horrors have ended.

mentalfloss.com - Logan DeLoye - 7 Iconic Movie Makeovers From the '90s and 2000s We Still Can't Stop Talking About
7 Iconic Movie Makeovers From the '90s and 2000s We Still Can't Stop Talking About
Mental Floss

There was a time, a simpler time, when all it took to reinvent yourself was a shopping spree, a new hairstyle, and a motivational soundtrack to pair with five minutes of screen time, which almost always included a grand reveal (in slow motion…

collider.com - Hannah Hunt - The Hunger Games Officially Returns With 5-Movie Theatrical Event
The Hunger Games Officially Returns With 5-Movie Theatrical Event
Collider

There's never been a better time to return to Panem. With The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping set to hit theaters on November 20, Lionsgate is giving fans the chance to experience the entire franchise where it belongs: on the big screen. The…

tomsguide.com - Ella Taylor - From Cameron to Goose: Can you name the 80s movie from just the best friend?
From Cameron to Goose: Can you name the 80s movie from just the best friend?
Tom's Guide

When I was little I used to stay at my grandparents' house, and raid their carefully indexed library of VHS tapes. And top of my watch list was always 'Laybrinth.' The 1986 movie featured a tights-wearing David Bowie, a young Jennifer Connelly and…

bgr.com - Akos Peterbencze - This Hilary Swank Bomb Is One Of The Least Scientifically Accurate Sci-Fi Movies Ever
This Hilary Swank Bomb Is One Of The Least Scientifically Accurate Sci-Fi Movies Ever
BGR

Not all disaster movies are created equal. Some can get away with preposterous yet entertaining high-concept premises that take liberties with scientific accuracy (see 'Armageddon,' 'The Day After Tomorrow,' or ' Space Cowboys '), and some (like '…

movieweb.com - Tim McClelland - The 10 Greatest Closing Shots in Movie History
The 10 Greatest Closing Shots in Movie History
MovieWeb

Ending a movie is no easy task, whether dabbling in drama, action, horror, or romance. Even great movies like The Sixth Sense or The Mist, where people immediately cite the ending as a defining talking point, show how impactful a story's closing…

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