Movie news
Daniel Okafor
November 6, 2026 11:12 am
Godzilla Minus Zero cost less than $20 million and wrecks New York better than any Hollywood blockbuster
Takashi Yamazaki's sequel opens with a 91% score, record previews — and a kaiju wading toward the Statue of Liberty on a budget Hollywood spends on reshoots.
Crush of the day
Daniel Okafor
November 6, 2026 10:47 am
Nolan is Villeneuve's opening act now: The Odyssey hits IMAX 70mm a week before Dune
Universal is sending its $1.8 billion epic back to premium screens on December 11. On December 18, Dune: Part Three takes the projectors away.
Daniel Okafor
November 6, 2026 8:15 am
The real Lord of War was traded for Brittney Griner. Good luck to the sequel
Lords of War has Nicolas Cage back as Yuri Orlov in January. Fans' first problem: the man Yuri is based on already lived a wilder third act than any screenwriter would dare.
Daniel Okafor
November 5, 2026 5:28 pm
I didn't expect Laika's Wildwood to become Hollywood's best argument against AI
Hand-animated puppets hit No. 1 at the box office the same week Disney's startup program showcased "vibe directing." The timing did the editorial work by itself.
Daniel Okafor
November 5, 2026 4:45 pm
Kevin Smith told fans to pirate Dogma for years. Now it's free on YouTube — legally
The comedy Harvey Weinstein personally kept off streaming for a quarter century is suddenly a free official upload. One catch: the border.
Hannah Whitlock
November 5, 2026 1:28 pm
Donnie Darko director's cut vs. theatrical: 20 extra minutes, a new opening song — and which version to watch first
Twenty-five years after Donnie Darko flopped in theaters, Richard Kelly has finally said which of his two versions he prefers.
Tatiana Santos
November 5, 2026 12:47 pm
Aaron Taylor-Johnson was the favorite to play James Bond in 2024. Is he still in the running?
In the spring of 2024, the only open question about Aaron Taylor-Johnson and James Bond seemed to be the date of the announcement.
Daniel Okafor
November 5, 2026 11:25 am
I trust Denis Villeneuve with Bond. I don't trust him with Callum Turner
The director has earned a blank check from me. The reported frontrunner is where I stop co-signing.
Daniel Okafor
November 5, 2026 8:55 am
Johnny Depp's comeback is playing Scrooge — weeks after Patrick Stewart, the Scrooge of a generation, died
Ebenezer opens November 13. The calendar just handed it a comparison no marketing department would ever choose.
Daniel Okafor
November 4, 2026 6:08 pm
'An AI scam masquerading as a real movie': what happened to Return of the Living Dead
Fans waited four decades for a sequel to the 1985 punk-zombie classic. What showed up on Halloween was a $19 download on a site nobody knows, with the original cast allegedly recreated by AI.