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Daniel Okafor
November 7, 2026 9:04 am
If Dune is this generation's Star Wars, Paul Atreides is its Anakin — and Part Three is his Revenge of the Sith
A critic warned that Dune worships its hero. The sequel arriving December 18 is adapted from the book Frank Herbert wrote specifically to punish that reading.
Crush of the day
Daniel Okafor
November 7, 2026 8:23 am
I was rooting for Hexed to break Disney's Thanksgiving curse. The tracking says it won't
Three weeks ago the forecasts promised the biggest original animated debut since Moana. The new number is below Pixar's most famous flop.
Hannah Whitlock
November 6, 2026 5:48 pm
Is November 1963 a true story? The JFK movie was written by a relative of Chicago mob boss
Most JFK conspiracy movies are built from files, theories and grassy-knoll diagrams, but November 1963 comes from the back seat of a mob boss's car.
Hannah Whitlock
November 6, 2026 3:22 pm
Is I Play Rocky a true story? Even Sylvester Stallone found out about the movie from the press
Hollywood once offered Sylvester Stallone $360,000 to walk away from Rocky, and now the man who said no gets to watch someone else play him saying it.
Daniel Okafor
November 6, 2026 2:27 pm
Sony's Sleepy Hollow has Sydney Sweeney and Nicholas Galitzine. The Headless Horseman is the third wheel now
The new Ichabod Crane is the prince from Red, White & Royal Blue. Washington Irving wrote the character as a scarecrow with a glutton's appetite and a gold-digger's heart.
Daniel Okafor
November 6, 2026 1:42 pm
Live-action Moana just lost on Disney+ to Snow White — the remake everyone agreed was a disaster
Disney's PR victory lap says the remake is No. 1 on the platform. The measured debut says it launched behind the two biggest flops in recent Disney history — while the cartoon it copies climbs the same chart.
Daniel Okafor
November 6, 2026 12:19 pm
Bruce Lee's daughter hated that Once Upon a Time fight. The Cliff Booth trailer brings it back
Seven years after Shannon Lee called the portrayal of her father insulting, Tarantino's sequel opens its trailer with the story of "a stuntman who kicked Bruce Lee's ass."
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.
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.