Movie news
Daniel Okafor
November 4, 2026 2:19 pm
Why is Sonic in Angry Birds 3? Because the birds can't open a movie alone anymore
The new trailer's surprise guest isn't a gag. He's the collateral Paramount and Sega posted against a 2010s brand opening five days after Dunesday.
Crush of the day
Daniel Okafor
November 4, 2026 1:46 pm
Not Zuckerberg, not Trump, not Musk: The Social Reckoning's $9 million says we're done with billionaire movies
Aaron Sorkin's Social Network sequel left theaters in 21 days. The genre it belonged to left with it.
Daniel Okafor
November 4, 2026 12:38 pm
Remember 'superhero fatigue'? Avengers: Doomsday just passed a million presales — with no IMAX
The tracker estimate crossed seven figures this week. The screens Marvel movies were built for belong to Dune: Part Three until January.
Daniel Okafor
November 4, 2026 10:34 am
Marvel hired a Best Director winner exactly once. Five years after Eternals, it hasn't tried again
Eternals opened five years ago this week, got branded the MCU's first flop, and out-grossed most of what Marvel has released since it stopped experimenting.
Hannah Whitlock
November 3, 2026 6:16 pm
Is I Swear eligible for the Oscars? Robert Aramayo beat DiCaprio and Chalamet at the BAFTAs, yet missed the Academy's list
The man who beat Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothée Chalamet at the BAFTAs never stood a chance at the Oscars this year, and the reason has nothing to do with how good he was.
Hannah Whitlock
November 3, 2026 4:52 pm
Godzilla Minus One timeline: how many years pass before Minus Zero picks up the story
Godzilla Minus Zero doesn't open where Minus One left off, and the time that has passed shows on almost every returning face.
Tatiana Santos
November 3, 2026 2:47 pm
Netflix's new action movie Collision Course is already being called the next Money Heist
Netflix's new Madrid bank job has the masks and the crisis-era anger of Money Heist, plus one idea the Professor never tried.
Tatiana Santos
November 3, 2026 1:23 pm
Here's why Quentin Tarantino is not directing The Adventures of Cliff Booth
Quentin Tarantino wrote The Adventures of Cliff Booth, is getting paid like its director, and still won't be the one yelling "action."
Daniel Okafor
November 3, 2026 11:05 am
The Gilded Age's railroad tycoon is rumored to be Marvel's next Magneto — of course he controls steel
A rumor, loudly labeled: Marvel is said to be eyeing Morgan Spector for the X-Men reboot. The typecasting logic is almost too clean.
Hannah Whitlock
November 3, 2026 10:38 am
Where's Wanda in Doomsday when her sons are already in the MCU? Olsen has her own answer
Both of Wanda Maximoff's sons are now walking around the MCU. Their mother's last scene came out four years ago.