Trilogy
Before The Weight: five essential Ethan Hawke performances, from Reality Bites to First Reformed
Ethan Hawke’s The Weight is in UK cinemas. His essential work runs from Linklater’s Before films and Boyhood to Training Day and Paul Schrader’s First Reformed.
September 20, 2026 3:02 pm
For a Few Dollars More, often called the best western sequel ever made, is free on YouTube
Sergio Leone’s 1965 western with Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Gian Maria Volonté is streaming for nothing on YouTube.
September 20, 2026 12:02 pm
Henry Cavill's WWII flop The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare hit No. 3 on Netflix US in under 24 hours
Guy Ritchie and Henry Cavill’s WWII film sits behind only The Seemingly Perfect Family and Why Did I Get Married Again? in the US.
September 20, 2026 10:17 am
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
Ready your pause button: Paul Bettany promises a ‘surplus’ of MCU Easter eggs in VisionQuest
Expect to be pausing a lot: Paul Bettany says VisionQuest is brimming with MCU Easter eggs, plus familiar cameos and a few major reveals on Disney+.
September 18, 2026 5:22 pm
Zack Snyder already took pieces of The Dark Knight Returns for Batman v Superman - now he wants the whole book, outside the DC universe
Zack Snyder has a comic-book favourite for his next adaptation — and it’s the sort likely to set fans at odds.
September 17, 2026 4:34 am
The fantasy show Prime Video should be shouting about is not The Rings of Power — it is a filmed D&D game
If 'The Rings of Power' hasn't quite landed, 'The Legend of Vox Machina' just might deliver where the LotR show fell short.
September 14, 2026 11:50 pm
WB initially wanted the new Dark Knight trilogy to stop at two
Warner Bros. initially pushed to end the new Dark Knight trilogy at two films — and the reason for that isn’t quite what you’d expect.
September 13, 2026 7:42 pm
Can’t wait for HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’? Try 8 near-perfect fantasy series instead
HBO has pencilled in December 2026 for 'Harry Potter' and named its three leads — find out who landed the roles.
September 13, 2026 2:15 pm
What book is Silo based on? It began as a self-published Kindle short story
The book behind Apple TV+'s Silo — Hugh Howey's trilogy of Wool, Shift, and Dust, which began life as a self-published Kindle short story in 2011. How a side project became a bestselling series, what each book covers, and how the show maps onto them.
September 10, 2026 8:16 pm
Why did Rick leave The Walking Dead? Six years later he got a whole series to come back
Andrew Lincoln announced in 2018 that he was leaving The Walking Dead, and Rick Grimes's last episode as a series regular aired that November, midway through season 9. The reason wasn't money or scripts, and AMC never actually killed the character — the exit was engineered to set up a film trilogy that never got made, before finally becoming the 2024 series The Ones Who Live. Here's the whole chain of events, in Lincoln's own words.
September 10, 2026 5:18 pm
Sorry, baby — 'Austin Powers 4' is off as 'Evil' star calls out Mike Myers' 'baiting'
Seth Green has cooled the 'Austin Powers 4' rumours Mike Myers stoked — and his update won’t cheer fans holding out for a swift return.
September 9, 2026 10:51 pm
VisionQuest had a shocking showrunner exit — and Paul Bettany was left with questions
Paul Bettany has revealed a major departure from upcoming MCU series VisionQuest left him asking questions — and the identity of who’s gone will raise a few more.
September 9, 2026 6:35 pm
Danny Boyle left 28 Years Later 3 off his list of next projects, a year after promising Cillian Murphy a significant role in it
Danny Boyle’s latest update suggests 28 Years Later 3 isn’t next up — and that hardly bodes well for Cillian Murphy’s return.
September 8, 2026 11:30 pm
Why do they clean in Silo? The wool pads gave Hugh Howey's first book its whole title
The cleaning ritual in Apple TV+'s Silo explained — what sending someone out "to clean" actually involves, why nearly every condemned cleaner goes through with it despite swearing they won't, and how a humble pad of wool ended up giving Hugh Howey's original 2011 book its title.
September 8, 2026 4:11 pm
Marvel has pulled Nova off Disney+ and handed him to the man writing Secret Wars
A Marvel hero with serious Guardians of the Galaxy links is headed for a solo big-screen spin — and it’s probably not who you’ve got in mind.
September 6, 2026 7:00 pm
Bruce Campbell has been given about five years, and he is already booking conventions for the summer
Bruce Campbell has shared a fresh update on his cancer battle, laying out what he’s dealing with on the health front.
September 6, 2026 6:00 pm
Dream team: Percy Jackson creator and Wednesday director plot new Disney+ show from beloved books
Percy Jackson creator Rick Riordan is teaming with Wednesday’s director on a Disney+ series based on his beloved post-Percy books, with development now pushing ahead at Disney.
September 2, 2026 9:32 pm
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