Movie news
Daniel Okafor
October 22, 2026 10:27 am
Idris Elba's Above the Below trailer spoils nothing, and viewers are thanking Lionsgate for it
A space capsule sinks into the ocean, three astronauts run out of air, and that's genuinely all Lionsgate will tell you. The comments section is treating this like a heroic act.
Crush of the day
Hannah Whitlock
October 22, 2026 8:36 am
Practical Magic 2: why the curse is back when the 1998 ending 'broke' it
In 1998, Sally Owens took on a centuries-old family curse with a kitchen coven, an Arizona investigator and a lot of faith. Practical Magic 2 kills the investigator off before its story even starts.
Daniel Okafor
October 22, 2026 7:16 am
Steven Spielberg made 2026's biggest disappointment, according to Letterboxd users
The film beat its projections in June, and lost the long game anyway.
Daniel Okafor
October 21, 2026 1:39 pm
Ali G is back on October 23, and Sweden has already pulled him from theaters
Four days before the premiere, the film vanished from Swedish cinema listings, and nobody in the distribution chain will say who made the call.
Daniel Okafor
October 21, 2026 1:21 pm
Clayface is flopping overseas before reviews are even out. The US is its last chance
The DC horror experiment opened abroad two days before its American debut, and the early international numbers came in under everyone's worst-case scenario.
Tatiana Santos
October 21, 2026 11:17 am
'A white Morgan Freeman': fans react to the first photos of Dwayne Johnson in his elderly man role
Gray hair, deep wrinkles, a slice of pizza, and a fanbase arguing about the Rock's skin tone — the set photos did numbers for every wrong reason.
Daniel Okafor
October 21, 2026 8:46 am
Is Avengers: Secret Wars about to be delayed? A new filming rumor has fans betting on 2028
A rumor, clearly labeled: nothing here is confirmed by Marvel. But the math the fans are doing with it checks out uncomfortably well.
Daniel Okafor
October 21, 2026 8:01 am
'Borderline false advertising': Disney sells Hexed with a style the movie doesn't have
The new Hexed poster is the best-looking thing the marketing has produced. The problem is which movie it's advertising.
Daniel Okafor
October 21, 2026 7:37 am
The one Avengers: Doomsday twist Marvel fans are dreading has nothing to do with who dies
Two months out from the biggest Marvel movie in seven years, the loudest fan request isn't about deaths, cameos or the ending. It's about an explanation they don't want to hear.
Daniel Okafor
October 21, 2026 7:14 am
Street Fighter won its opening weekend, then lost Monday to Nathan Fielder's movie
The margin wasn't close, and the theater counts make it stranger: the movie that lost Monday was playing in four times as many locations.