Movies

Look, the Western isn’t the box office giant it used to be, but thankfully directors like Tarantino and Costner haven’t let it die. What I’ve noticed in films like Django Unchained and Open Range, just like the classics, is that really smart, well-written dialogue is still a huge key to success. After over a hundred years of Westerns on the big screen, it’s become one of the most memorable genres, and there are lines that just stick with you – proof that a great script never goes out of style.

After the conclusion of Yellowstone, many felt that Taylor Sheridan’s earlier series, 1883 and 1923, represented his strongest work, and viewers were eager for him to return to modern Westerns. The 2024 release of Landman delivered just that, quickly becoming a hit with audiences, much like Yellowstone before it. While each of Sheridan’s shows offers a fresh perspective, they all share common threads – including a subtle use of symbolism that many viewers may not have noticed.

A recent rediscovery of an old TMZ interview reveals a touching response from O’Hara when a reporter asked her, while she was waiting at an airport, which role she’d most like to be remembered for. Her answer was simple and heartfelt: “The mother of my children.” She was referring to her sons, Matthew and Luke Welch, who she shared with her husband, Bo Welch. This sentiment echoes comments she made on the Wiser Than Me podcast in 2024, where she told Julia Louis-Dreyfus that she purposefully scaled back her work while her boys were growing up.

As a huge Marvel fan, one thing that really has me buzzing about Avengers: Doomsday is Doctor Doom. With Thanos, we knew from pretty early on what he was after with the Infinity Stones, and even Kang’s motives were brilliantly established by He Who Remains in Loki. But with Doom? We’re less than a year out from the movie, and his plan is still a total secret – which is honestly incredibly exciting and makes me wonder what surprises are in store!

Next month, The Revenant will be back in cinemas with a special IMAX showing. This highlights how popular the film remains even eleven years after its initial release. Few movies have had the same impact as The Revenant over the past decade, despite many trying to achieve similar success. It remains a truly remarkable film.

Ridley Scott is famous for directing classic films like Alien and Gladiator, but he’s also been a major force in television. Along with his brother Tony, he was an executive producer on the critically acclaimed legal drama The Good Wife. Scott also helped bring the dark and intense historical drama The Terror to the screen, and produced the 2019 TV series based on Justin Cronin’s The Passage (though that one didn’t quite live up to expectations). More recently, he was an executive producer on Netflix’s Kaleidoscope, which, even though it’s been a couple of years since its release, is still a show worth checking out.

It’s not yet known exactly when, but Kristen Stewart’s film Love Lies Bleeding will soon be removed from Tubi. It’s leaving alongside other popular movies like Mulholland Drive and Across the Universe. The film was added to Tubi on January 1st and will be gone about a month later.

Following the huge success of the 2016 film Zootopia, which earned over $1 billion worldwide, Zootopia 2 continues the story. The original Zootopia was a record-breaker for Walt Disney Animation Studios and became one of the most successful animated movies ever made, especially with its strong performance in China.

Buddy movies have evolved over the years. Originally, the genre blended with different types of films, including adventure movies like the Road To… series starring Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, and Westerns such as Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It became especially popular when combined with action, and in the 1970s, films like Freebie and the Bean helped launch the buddy action comedy as a major hit.

This is a common challenge for any successful movie or TV franchise. Whether it’s Jurassic World or the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a key to long-term success is finding the right balance – not releasing so much content that audiences get overwhelmed trying to follow everything.