Movie news
Daniel Okafor
September 25, 2026 5:45 pm
Primetime's director answered Chris Hansen, then talked up the Elizabeth Holmes documentary he shot in secret
The director of Primetime didn't push back on the review from the man his film is about. He said the reaction proves the film's point. Then he talked about the Elizabeth Holmes film he was shooting in secret at the same time.
Crush of the day
Daniel Okafor
September 25, 2026 4:06 pm
87% on Rotten Tomatoes and one unhappy viewer: Chris Hansen has finally seen Primetime
The man the movie is about waited until opening day, sat down at a screening and walked out with a very different review from the critics. The same afternoon, a trailer for his own version of the story came out.
Tatiana Santos
September 25, 2026 7:44 am
The Day Drinker trailer debuts a white-haired Johnny Depp — and a release date for his first big-studio movie since the trial
The first trailer for Day Drinker has arrived, and the headline attraction is Johnny Depp looking like a man who wandered off a tarot card: white-silver hair, a heavy beard, unsettlingly blue eyes, and the general energy of someone who knows how the movie ends.
Tatiana Santos
September 25, 2026 7:03 am
Nicolas Cage's Madden movie trailer is here: the release date lands just before Thanksgiving
The full trailer for Madden is here, and I'm going to need everyone to remain seated: Nicolas Cage is in the headset, he is yelling, and it is everything the phrase "Nicolas Cage plays John Madden" promised us it would be.
Daniel Okafor
September 24, 2026 3:29 pm
Heart of the Beast is at 89% on Rotten Tomatoes, and critics keep saying the real star isn't Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt spent months in the New Zealand cold, shot a survival movie with his Fury director, and got the best reviews of that director's career. The critics' thank-you notes, however, keep going to someone who eats boiled chicken.
Daniel Okafor
September 24, 2026 2:49 pm
Billie Lourd's kids are getting to know Carrie Fisher through Star Wars — in one scene, Leia is actually their mom
Billie Lourd went on daytime TV to plug a new season of AHS and came away with the most tender Star Wars story of the week. The kids know grandma mostly as a movie character — and one scene of that movie stars someone much closer to home.
Tatiana Santos
September 24, 2026 8:01 am
The Love Hypothesis movie hits Prime Video: Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman star in a rom-com that began as Star Wars fanfiction
The most improbable adaptation pipeline in publishing — AO3 to bestseller list to streaming — just completed its final stage, with a casting twist George Lucas couldn't have scripted.
Tatiana Santos
September 24, 2026 7:42 am
Ray Gunn trailer: Brad Bird chased this movie for 30 years — Netflix set the release date, with a theatrical run first
The Incredibles director's white whale finally surfaced this week, and it's getting the kind of theatrical treatment animated films almost never see.
Tatiana Santos
September 24, 2026 7:19 am
Gremlins 3 teaser shows off a new Mogwai, but the release date moves to 2028 — the delay isn't about production at all
Warner Bros. finally showed a frame of its long-awaited threequel — eleven seconds of it — and buried the lede in the date card.
Hannah Whitlock
September 23, 2026 1:17 pm
Who dies in Brothers Under Fire? Every death, in order — starting at the wedding
The film spends its first stretch on a wedding party in Mexico, which is the last time the squad is at full strength. Everything after that is arithmetic.