Movie news
Daniel Okafor
November 2, 2026 12:11 pm
A 19-year-old said Gen Z can't watch movies. Reddit's replies blamed his parents
A self-flagellating post about zoomers and cinema collected 765 comments. Most of them are about husbands over 40 and parents over 60.
Crush of the day
Tatiana Santos
November 2, 2026 11:50 am
You Can See Everything documentary: is Elizabeth Holmes playing Nathan Fielder, or is he playing her?
For nearly three hours, Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes sit across from each other, each apparently waiting for the other to drop the act.
Daniel Okafor
November 2, 2026 10:47 am
Nathan Fielder is a bigger draw than DC now — and Halloween proved it
A three-hour Elizabeth Holmes documentary just beat a superhero movie on its own holiday weekend, and the costumes told the same story as the grosses.
Daniel Okafor
November 2, 2026 9:23 am
Taika Waititi just pulled a Kevin Smith on Klara and the Sun's critics
The director answered a 26% Rotten Tomatoes score with an Instagram rant. The number that actually sank his movie is $701,059.
Daniel Okafor
November 2, 2026 8:00 am
The director whose Heat shootout Marines train on just shot himself in the leg at a range
Michael Mann built a 40-year reputation on firearms realism. On Halloween, his own holster filed a dissent, and Heat 2 fans felt it in the schedule.
Daniel Okafor
November 1, 2026 5:18 pm
Remember when The Odyssey was going to flop for being 'woke'? It just passed Furious 7 overseas
Christopher Nolan's epic was declared dead on arrival over its casting. It's now Universal's biggest international release ever, and Elon Musk's AI answer to it is seven minutes long.
Daniel Okafor
November 1, 2026 4:41 pm
I wrote Clayface off as DC's Morbius too. Its international numbers say I was wrong
A week ago, the DCU's cheap body-horror experiment looked like a third straight dud overseas. Now it may be the first Gunn-era DC movie the rest of the world actually showed up for.
Hannah Whitlock
November 1, 2026 1:36 pm
Where was Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol filmed? You can buy a ticket to Depp's Victorian London
Johnny Depp's Scrooge needed a convincing Victorian London. Part of it is an old Royal Navy dockyard in Kent, open most of the year for £29.
Hannah Whitlock
November 1, 2026 11:08 am
Pinocchio: Unstrung deaths: who dies, who survives, and whether Geppetto is really dead
The Blood and Honey team took a puppet whose nose grows when he lies and gave him a body count. Turns out the nose is the most useful weapon in the film.
Hannah Whitlock
November 1, 2026 10:31 am
Is Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol a prequel? Johnny Depp's Scrooge comes with a young Scrooge too
Paramount is selling Ebenezer as the story you don't know, which is a bold pitch for one of the most adapted stories in the English language.