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Ethan Hawke hauls gold for Russell Crowe's warden in The Weight, out now with 93% on Rotten Tomatoes
Padraic McKinley’s Depression-era survival thriller premiered at Sundance and opened in UK cinemas on 18 September, with Julia Jones and Austin Amelio.
September 20, 2026 12:29 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
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
Charlize Theron is behind the first live-action Webtoon series in English — a mafia nanny romance with 338 million views
Hulu’s adaptation of Violet Matter’s Webtoon, with 338 million views, follows an elite nanny guarding a Venetian mafia underboss’s son. Max Gill is writing.
September 19, 2026 10:18 am
La La Land filming locations: the real Los Angeles spots behind every big scene, and how to visit them
Damien Chazelle shot La La Land on real Los Angeles ground — a freeway interchange, a Griffith Park hiking road, a Hermosa Beach jazz room that has been booking bands since 1949. Here's the address for each big scene and what you'll find there now.
September 18, 2026 7:58 pm
How did Festus leave Gunsmoke? Ken Curtis played him for close to 300 episodes — and then never once appeared in the TV movies
Ken Curtis played Festus Haggen for 11 years and 304 episodes of Gunsmoke, then sat out every one of the five reunion films CBS made between 1987 and 1994. Here's how the series actually ended for him, and what kept him out of the movies.
September 18, 2026 6:11 pm
Gregg Araki began shooting The Decline of F*cking Western Civilization on 16 September with Ashton Kutcher and Alison Brie — the plot is still under wraps
Gregg Araki has lined up Ashton Kutcher, Alison Brie and another star for his next wild comedy after I Want Your Sex — and the title’s a corker.
September 18, 2026 1:50 am
The Odyssey Oscar predictions: category by category, for the best-reviewed film of Nolan's career
The Odyssey is the best-reviewed and highest-grossing film of Christopher Nolan's career. Here's how that converts into an Oscar campaign — the categories it can't lose, the ones Universal has a genuine strategy problem in, and the record it's chasing.
September 17, 2026 8:16 pm
Lance Armstrong has sold his life rights for the first time - Edward Berger and Austin Butler start shooting the biopic in January 2027
Austin Butler’s Lance Armstrong sports biopic has kicked up a gear, as Oscar-winning director Edward Berger pushes production toward a target start date.
September 17, 2026 7:42 am
After telling Venice that AI meant he no longer needed Black actors, Paul Schrader starts an erotic thriller with Cara Delevingne next month
Cara Delevingne and Liam Hemsworth are set to lead controversial filmmaker Paul Schrader’s new erotic thriller, built around a love triangle and boasting a title that’ll raise eyebrows.
September 17, 2026 2:59 am
Jeff Daniels is going back to slapstick: in The Reception he jilts the bride, and the wedding goes ahead without him
Jeff Daniels — of Dumb & Dumber fame — is steering back to comedy, set to lead an ensemble romp built around a chaotic Scottish wedding.
September 16, 2026 3:11 am
Good news for Stephen King’s The Dark Tower: Carrie’s Mike Flanagan shares exciting TV update
Mike Flanagan has shared a fresh update on Stephen King’s The Dark Tower TV series — the kind that’ll have you leaning in.
September 13, 2026 6:05 pm
Sorry, Ransom Canyon fans: Netflix has pulled the plug on its 2-part Taylor Sheridan replacement western
Netflix’s bid for a 'Yellowstone'-style hit has fizzled — the series has been cancelled after two seasons.
September 13, 2026 2:47 pm
Lonesome Dove is getting the Netflix streaming series treatment
Netflix is saddling up a Western drama drawn from a book saga that already delivered a landmark TV miniseries — and yes, it’s the one you’re thinking of.
September 9, 2026 6:48 pm
What happens to Aaliyah in Special Ops: Lioness?
Aaliyah Amrohi's complete storyline in Special Ops: Lioness — who the character is, how her friendship with undercover Marine Cruz Manuelos develops across season 1, how the Mallorca wedding episode leaves her, whether she appears in seasons 2 and 3, and what the show has hinted about her future.
September 9, 2026 6:19 pm
Chloe Zhao went to Venice and refused to apologise for Eternals
Chloé Zhao’s sticking up for superhero cinema in a Variety interview — and if you think box office disappointment dulled that, think again.
September 6, 2026 8:00 pm
The Russos have an answer to superhero fatigue, and it comes from Sergio Leone
The Russo brothers aren’t sweating ‘superhero fatigue’, hinting Avengers: Doomsday’s edge comes from a left‑field genre influence.
September 3, 2026 8:33 pm
Saddle up — Michael Keaton directs and stars opposite Morgan Freeman in Rode To Ruin
Michael Keaton and Morgan Freeman are reuniting for Western thriller Rode To Ruin, with Keaton in the director’s chair — and there’s a decades-old link behind it.
September 2, 2026 10:39 pm
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