Movie news - Page 3
Daniel Okafor
October 28, 2026 8:49 am
The DGA snub just made Nathan Fielder's doc a Best Picture contender
The Directors Guild ruled that You Can See Everything isn't a feature film. The ruling removes it from every list that makes Oscar season predictable.
Crush of the day
Hannah Whitlock
October 28, 2026 8:36 am
Is Wicker based on a book? Olivia Colman's wicker husband didn't start on screen
Olivia Colman's new film is about a woman who orders a husband from a basket weaver. The story behind it spent nearly 20 years getting to a cinema, starting in a campsite notebook.
Daniel Okafor
October 28, 2026 8:22 am
Warner wrote off Coyote vs. Acme for taxes. Its Oscar nomination will be Hollywood's most embarrassing write-off
The movie Warner Bros. deleted from its own books is now eligible for Best Animated Feature — the same week the modern voice of Looney Tunes died.
Hannah Whitlock
October 28, 2026 8:09 am
Godzilla Minus Zero lands November 6 — the sequel to the ending Minus One never explained
Godzilla Minus One won an Oscar and then spent its last minute raising two questions it never answered. Takashi Yamazaki's sequel is built on both of them.
Daniel Okafor
October 28, 2026 8:00 am
Releasing the Musk documentary after the midterms makes it the most pointless movie of the year
Alex Gibney spent years on a four-hour portrait of the world's richest man. It reaches most of its audience 72 hours after the election it was clearly built for.
Tatiana Santos
October 27, 2026 2:51 pm
What happened to Alexandra's son in Wildwood? His first death wasn't his last
Wildwood's villain is a grieving mother, and every terrible thing she does in the film traces back to one boy. Before the story is over, he dies more than once.
Tatiana Santos
October 27, 2026 2:14 pm
Wildwood ending explained: the movie doesn't end the way Colin Meloy's book does
Laika optioned Colin Meloy's Portland fairy tale in 2011 and spent the next 15 years turning it into what Variety called the studio's most ambitious feature to date. Book readers will recognize every step into the woods until the last act, and so did Meloy, who had to write a new end-credits song.
Hannah Whitlock
October 27, 2026 1:03 pm
Who's the villain in Fall 2: Deadpoint? Jax and Luce brought him up the mountain themselves
The deadliest thing on the mountain in Fall 2: Deadpoint is the man two climbers paid $5,000 to keep them safe on it.
Hannah Whitlock
October 27, 2026 11:52 am
Wicker end credits, explained: whether Alexander Skarsgård's wicker husband gets one last scene
Alexander Skarsgård spends Wicker as a husband woven out of basket. By the final act, his wife has set him on fire and the whole village wants a wicker spouse of its own.
Tatiana Santos
October 27, 2026 9:31 am
'The dog had as much on screen time': why The Odyssey isn't campaigning Zendaya for an Oscar
Universal filed the awards paperwork for the biggest movie of the year, and five of its most famous names aren't on it.