Movie news
Daniel Okafor
November 14, 2026 11:58 am
Digger becomes the biggest box office disaster of Tom Cruise's career
For two decades, Tom Cruise was the one movie star who could open anything. Then he made a $160 million Alejandro G. Iñárritu satire about an oil baron.
Crush of the day
Hannah Whitlock
November 14, 2026 11:49 am
Why is Barbra Streisand not in Focker In-Law? It isn't her schedule and it isn't her health
Roz Focker was the best reason to watch the 2004 sequel, so when the fourth movie came together without her, people assumed scheduling or retirement. Streisand had already given the real reason, on a podcast, in one sentence.
Tatiana Santos
November 14, 2026 11:17 am
Why was Wicked split into two movies? One song made a single film impossible
Wicked's two movies run more than two hours longer than the Broadway show. The director and the composer agree on which number forced the split.
Daniel Okafor
November 14, 2026 11:04 am
40 years later, the best Stephen King movie finally lands on Netflix
Netflix has spent nine years making its own Stephen King movies. The one King ranks above all of them showed up on November 1 in a batch of 84 new titles, with no announcement at all.
Hannah Whitlock
November 14, 2026 10:23 am
What happened to Pam in Focker-in-Law? Teri Polo walked the premiere and fans didn't recognize her
Twenty-six years after she first brought Greg Focker home to meet her father, Teri Polo is back as Pam. She turned up to the premiere looking very different, and she says Pam hasn't changed much at all.
Tatiana Santos
November 14, 2026 9:41 am
Birdman ending explained: Iñárritu shot a different ending, and it ended on Johnny Depp
Birdman's last shot is a smile and an open window. The ending Alejandro G. Iñárritu threw out halfway through filming would have closed in a dressing room, with Jack Sparrow.
Hannah Whitlock
November 14, 2026 8:51 am
Who is Ariana Grande playing in Focker In-Law? Ben Stiller's character is convinced she's "trained to manipulate people"
Greg Focker failed every test Jack Byrnes ever gave him, and now someone has joined the family who passes all of them.
Tatiana Santos
November 14, 2026 8:13 am
1408 ending explained: it has four endings, and streaming doesn't give you the one theaters did
Mike Enslin checks into room 1408 once. Depending on which copy you watched, he checks out four different ways, and the sequel announced this month will have to pick one.
Daniel Okafor
November 13, 2026 2:06 pm
'This is your fault': fans answer David Zaslav's goodbye to James Gunn
The man who sold Warner Bros. showed up under Gunn's farewell post to praise his "magical" vision. The comments did the math he skipped.
Hannah Whitlock
November 13, 2026 1:22 pm
Amadeus director's cut or theatrical? Critics say the extra 20 minutes slow it down — here's which to watch
For more than 20 years, the version of Amadeus most people could buy wasn't the one that won Best Picture. As of last year, you finally get to choose.