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Eight trilogies where every film is a masterpiece, from Back to the Future to The Lord of the Rings — Star Wars is out on a technicality
Three films and done, each one strong: the Cornetto, Dollars, Dark Knight, Before and Three Colours trilogies make the list alongside Middle-earth.
September 19, 2026 11:58 am
Thirty-three years after the X-Files pilot, Mulder and Scully still beat Sherlock and Watson — Holmes had a sidekick, Mulder had an equal
Convinced Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman’s Sherlock double act is unbeatable — meet the characters who top them.
September 17, 2026 11:34 pm
Ex Machina ending: what it means, and what Alex Garland has said about Ava's final scene
Ex Machina ends on a question it has spent the whole film setting up. Here's how the final act works, what the title is telling you, and what Alex Garland has said since about where in the film his own answer is hiding.
September 17, 2026 9:49 pm
Midsommar ending explained: Ari Aster has said what Dani's final smile means to him
Ari Aster has been answering questions about the last shot of Midsommar since 2019, and his reading of it is neither the comforting one nor the one Florence Pugh gives. What the film's final image was built to do.
September 16, 2026 4:48 pm
John Lasseter has not directed since Cars 2 in 2011. Netflix has just let his comeback film, Cosmic Motors, go to cinemas
Former Pixar creative chief John Lasseter’s first film in 15 years is already being likened to a certain four-wheeled Pixar favourite.
September 16, 2026 4:56 am
Ridley Scott produced a crime show that did Sherlock's mind palace and Mindhunter's method years before either
Think maths and crime don’t mix? 'Numb3rs' adds them together and somehow makes it sing.
September 15, 2026 12:25 am
Resident Evil is tracking for 150 million dollars worldwide, above Alien: Romulus
Resident Evil looks set for a huge global debut that could shove aside the genre’s recent box office heavyweights.
September 14, 2026 1:30 am
Seven sci-fi miniseries that finish in three episodes or fewer, from World on a Wire to Childhood's End
If you want a sci-fi fix without the faff, these outstanding miniseries leap from alien invasions to intergalactic wars and wrap it all in under three episodes.
September 7, 2026 11:38 pm
American Gangster is now free to stream, the film that ended Ridley Scott's six-year blockbuster drought
Who says Scott needs sci‑fi to deliver — this film proves otherwise, landing among his most successful and best outside the genre.
September 6, 2026 10:19 pm
What happens at the end of X-Men: Dark Phoenix? The ending you saw isn't the one they first filmed
Dark Phoenix opened on 7 June 2019 as the last Fox X-Men film before Disney absorbed the studio. Simon Kinberg directed, his first time behind the camera. The third act on screen was shot months after principal photography wrapped, and it replaced something considerably bigger.
September 6, 2026 7:33 pm
Alien and Aliens both hit Netflix on September 1, but not the cuts fans argue about
Once in a blue moon, a film really changes the game — and Netflix’s newest arrival does just that.
August 30, 2026 9:51 pm
Lanterns' drunk Hal Jordan is straight out of the comic fans buried in 1989
Kyle Chandler’s Hal Jordan in Lanterns isn’t the rewrite some fans think — it’s drawn from the character’s most despised comics incarnation, and it’s more faithful than it looks.
August 30, 2026 4:26 pm
Ridley Scott blocked Fassbender's David from Romulus because he is saving him for himself
Don’t expect Ridley Scott to cheer Alien: Romulus — and he’s lining up his own next move in the saga.
August 30, 2026 3:16 pm
Stop betting on a Thanos comeback after Avengers: Endgame — Josh Brolin has spoken
Josh Brolin isn’t slamming the door on Thanos just yet, offering a coy answer when pressed on a potential MCU comeback after Avengers: Endgame.
August 28, 2026 11:00 pm
Adria Arjona isn’t skipping leg day — training, diet, muscles for Man of Tomorrow
Adria Arjona says prepping for her still-secret role in James Gunn’s Man of Tomorrow meant serious graft — and she’s buzzing to reunite with Gunn and DC.
August 28, 2026 4:34 pm
Ridley Scott’s Alien, take notes — Christopher Nolan and Batman already cracked the code
As Ridley Scott plots a return to the Alien universe he launched in 1979, the series may need a lesson from Christopher Nolan and Batman.
August 27, 2026 7:59 pm
Why can't Professor Xavier walk? Even the films can't keep their own answer straight
Why is Professor X in a wheelchair? The reason behind Charles Xavier's paralysis in the X-Men comics and films, how the two versions differ, and why the movie timeline keeps contradicting itself.
August 27, 2026 4:11 pm
Ridley Scott is fixing 'Prometheus' — 14 years later
Looks like the Alien story Prometheus began isn’t over — and a director is planning a comeback.
August 27, 2026 3:51 pm
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