The studio’s new movie, The Drama, takes a bold approach by making its biggest surprise a key part of the advertising. The film features Zendaya and Robert Pattinson as a couple facing a crisis just before their wedding when a shocking secret is revealed.
I was so glad to see Buffy back in Sunnydale and reconnect with her mom and the Scooby Gang! It was a really important step. But honestly, the way the writers got her to that point… it felt like they put her through way too much emotional pain. It didn’t feel right, and honestly, it felt unfair to her character. They could have handled her return without all that unnecessary drama.
As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, the animated sequel from Illumination and Nintendo has earned over $300 million in the U.S. and is still performing very well internationally. This makes it the first major Hollywood movie of the year to reach that level of success.
Guy Ritchie’s latest film bypassed cinemas and premiered on streaming services last May. The movie, Fountain of Youth, stars a talented cast including Jason Statham, Natalie Portman, Eiza González, Domhnall Gleeson, and Stanley Tucci. It’s an exciting, international heist story about a discredited archaeologist who gathers a team – including his sister – to find a legendary treasure while constantly evading danger.
The new series Land Man, currently airing Sundays on CBS and streaming the next day on Paramount+, follows Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) as he leaves the ranch to join the U.S. Marshals in Montana, following a difficult personal tragedy. Unlike other shows in the Yellowstone world, Land Man moves at a quicker pace, focusing on individual cases each week rather than the drawn-out family storylines fans are used to. This change in style is both the source of criticism and the reason for the show’s popularity.
Illumination’s latest movie, a follow-up to last year’s popular The Super Mario Bros. Movie, is based on the famous Nintendo video game series. The film features many of the original voice actors – Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy, Keegan-Michael Key, and Jack Black – and welcomes new stars like Brie Larson, Donald Glover, Benny Safdie, and Glen Powell. Although it didn’t open quite as strongly as the first movie’s $146.4 million debut, its $131.7 million opening weekend was still the biggest of the year so far.
Some Japanese role-playing games are rewarding to play multiple times. This is often because of big story reveals that change how you understand everything, or because different choices can lead to completely different storylines and experiences.
When Event Horizon was first announced, most people didn’t have high expectations for a sci-fi horror film directed by the director of the 1995 Mortal Kombat movie. At the time, any spaceship horror film was inevitably compared to Ridley Scott’s Alien, which is considered a classic and very difficult to surpass. This comparison likely hurt Event Horizon at the box office and contributed to negative reviews. However, over the years, the film gained a dedicated cult following who felt it was unfairly criticized and that its incredibly clever plot twist remains unmatched even today.
While George Lucas was releasing the Star Wars prequels between 1999 and 2005, Peter Jackson’s films were becoming hugely popular and setting the standard for fantasy movies. This contrasted sharply with the negative reaction to Lucas’s prequels. Even today, Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy is widely considered one of the greatest fantasy movie series ever made.
The 1990s were a boom time for television, especially for thrillers. Networks were willing to take risks and try out new ideas, leading to a flood of shows. While a few became hits, many promising thrillers were quickly canceled, given unfavorable air times, or dropped by the networks that created them. These are the shows you might vaguely recall – critically praised at the time, but largely forgotten now.