Movie news
Daniel Okafor
October 26, 2026 4:48 pm
Hollywood is betting on AI movies — China already tried one and sold a single ticket per screen
The industry debating whether AI features are the future just got its first theatrical data point, and it comes with a decimal.
Crush of the day
Daniel Okafor
October 26, 2026 3:33 pm
I'd love to blame Elon Musk for the 'Musk' documentary flop — the runtime makes it hard
The Writers Guild says tech platforms strangled Alex Gibney's documentary. The platforms did restrict it. The movie is also four hours long.
Hannah Whitlock
October 26, 2026 3:14 pm
The Invite ending explained: do Joe and Angela actually split?
Joe and Angela agree to end their marriage, and a scene later they're sharing a piano bench. Olivia Wilde directed that ending, and even she has changed her mind about what it means.
Daniel Okafor
October 26, 2026 2:16 pm
Elon Musk promised an AI Odyssey to beat Christopher Nolan's — Grok delivered 7 minutes
The "historically accurate full-length movie" has 66 days left on its own deadline, and the first installment opens with a scene that isn't in Homer.
Daniel Okafor
October 26, 2026 11:39 am
Robert Pattinson's Dune: Part Three poster has fans seeing Sting from David Lynch's flop
Warner Bros. released seven character posters for the December finale. The most-upvoted reading of Pattinson's villain is a callback to the one Dune everybody agreed to forget.
Tatiana Santos
October 26, 2026 7:45 am
X-Men rumor: Marvel wants Peter Claffey, HBO's new Game of Thrones lead, as Beast
Marvel's X-Men reboot has its Jean Grey, its Cyclops and its Mister Sinister. The rumored Beast is a 6-foot-5 former rugby forward whose most famous character calls himself "thick as a castle wall."
Daniel Okafor
October 25, 2026 11:23 am
Stallone fought a studio to play Rocky. Now he's telling young actors to surrender to AI
The man whose origin story is refusing to hand his role to someone else says the next generation shouldn't bother fighting for theirs.
Daniel Okafor
October 24, 2026 8:46 am
Slow Horses made Jack Lowden TV's most lovable failed spy. That's why he'd be a better Bond
Amazon's final screen tests start this week with three names on the list. I'm rooting for the one whose character gets yelled at by Gary Oldman for a living.
Daniel Okafor
October 23, 2026 8:25 am
Will Fleetwood Mac's authorized documentary explain why Lindsey Buckingham was fired?
Apple's film promises all five voices of the classic lineup, including the one the band voted off the tour in 2018. That promise is doing a lot of work.
Tatiana Santos
October 22, 2026 4:36 pm
The Thunderbolts end credit scene explained: what's the connection to Avengers: Doomsday
Thunderbolts* ends with the New Avengers watching a ship with the Fantastic Four logo drop toward Earth, 14 months after the movie's events. In real life, it took Marvel 14 and a half months to show the Fantastic Four walking into their tower.