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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
Hard to take — Gary Oldman on Heath Ledger and Philip Seymour Hoffman's deaths
At the Toronto International Film Festival, Gary Oldman spoke movingly about Heath Ledger and Philip Seymour Hoffman, recalling learning of Ledger’s death more than 18 years ago.
September 13, 2026 5:22 pm
What year is Batman: Caped Crusader set in? Bruce Timm has chased this exact setting since the '90s
Prime Video's Batman: Caped Crusader never states a date on screen. It doesn't need to. The cars are 1940s models, the men wear double-breasted suits and fedoras, the telephones have rotary dials, and there is not a computer in Gotham.
September 5, 2026 11:18 pm
New champ alert: HBO’s record-breaking “sci-fi True Detective” has TV’s best premiere in three years
HBO looks properly back with a new sci‑fi, True Detective–esque series wowing fans and critics — but which show’s suddenly got everyone talking?
August 23, 2026 7:49 pm
Barbie 2 is in crisis at Warner Bros. over being too expensive
Variety reports sequel talks have slammed into a major roadblock.
August 13, 2026 10:11 pm
How does Last One Laughing UK work? The rules of the no-laughing game, explained
Ten comedians. One room. Six hours. And one rule that goes against everything they've built their careers on: do not laugh.
July 25, 2026 7:13 pm
Christopher Nolan doubles down on Tom Hardy’s divisive Bane in The Dark Knight Rises
Christopher Nolan has revisited Tom Hardy’s Bane in The Dark Knight Rises — this time focusing on the reasoning behind a choice that split audiences at the time.
July 22, 2026 8:27 pm
From Following to Oppenheimer: every Christopher Nolan opening weekend ranked by box office
From Memento to his forthcoming The Odyssey, we’ve tallied Nolan’s big‑screen takings — ranked by worldwide grosses.
July 20, 2026 6:19 pm
Exactly how much The Odyssey must earn at the box office to turn a profit
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey hits theaters July 17, 2026, with Matt Damon, Robert Pattinson, and Zendaya leading the cast.
July 16, 2026 12:38 pm
The Batman Part II is quietly derailing James Gunn’s DCU—and it should have been canceled years ago
DC Studios’ Batman headache just got worse. With The Batman Part II pushed to 2028, the case is louder than ever that James Gunn should’ve axed Matt Reeves’ sequel when he cleared out the DCEU in 2022—because this holdover is tripping up the DCU before it can get moving.
July 15, 2026 10:54 pm
Warner Bros. shakes up 2027 slate, moves J.J. Abrams’ The Great Beyond to a new date
Warner Bros. is shuffling its 2027 slate, pushing J.J. Abrams' The Great Beyond and sliding Panic Carefully and Revenge of La Llorona into new dates as the studio rejigs its calendar. Expect a fresh rollout plan for all three as the studio resets its big-screen lineup.
July 15, 2026 10:38 pm
Supergirl freefalls at the box office, on track for a $100 million wipeout
Supergirl is falling fast at the global box office, leaving Warner Bros. staring at a projected loss north of $100 million. Meant to build on last year’s Superman surge, the DC adventure is suffering rapid audience erosion.
July 13, 2026 10:03 pm
Christopher Nolan dismisses The Odyssey backlash, cites The Dark Knight trilogy
Christopher Nolan isn’t sweating the backlash to The Odyssey. The director says pre-release outrage over casting and dialogue is irrelevant, pointing to lessons from his Dark Knight era—and he told The Telegraph he’s learned not to panic before audiences see the film.
July 13, 2026 8:04 pm
Christopher Nolan finally addresses The Odyssey casting backlash
After weeks of backlash over casting for The Odyssey, the Oscar-winning director finally speaks up, defending the choices and laying out the thinking behind them.
July 12, 2026 6:19 pm
The Odyssey’s showstopper upstages its A-list cast
Christopher Nolan packed The Odyssey with A-listers, but the scene everyone’s talking about belongs to the least expected name on the call sheet — not the marquee stars.
July 8, 2026 6:11 pm
Robert Downey Jr. almost led Gravity—here’s why it didn’t happen
Gravity almost had a different orbit: Alfonso Cuarón eyed Robert Downey Jr., and a Doctor Doom alum tried the zero‑G rig, caught a wave of dread, and discovered fast why this space ride wasn’t for the faint of heart.
July 7, 2026 11:06 pm
What to watch on Amazon Prime UK in July 2026: biggest new shows and films arriving this month
Prime Video UK has a busy July: a Legally Blonde prequel, an Octavia Spencer and Hannah Waddingham assassin comedy, Batman's return, and — the surprise of the month — Ryan Gosling's Project Hail Mary arriving to stream. Here's what's landing, and when.
July 6, 2026 4:32 pm
Young Washington steals the weekend as Minions and Monsters stumble
Weekend box office twist: Illumination’s Minions & Monsters stumbled stateside, while Young Washington punched above its weight with a stronger-than-expected showing.
July 5, 2026 10:33 pm
Box office meltdown: Minions & Monsters eyes franchise-low debut as Supergirl plunges 73% in week two
After a splashy start, Minions & Monsters is skidding toward a franchise-low opening, while Supergirl plunges 73% in its second weekend.
July 4, 2026 11:18 pm
Virtuosity predicted the AI era—so why did we all miss it?
Long before chatbots and deepfakes, Virtuosity had Denzel Washington chasing Russell Crowe’s gleefully homicidal AI through a neon 1995 Los Angeles. This deep dive revisits the slick, eerily prescient thriller that nailed today’s tech fears—and somehow slipped past almost everyone.
July 4, 2026 10:56 pm
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