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On July 17, 1955, Walt Disney invited guests to "leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy" as he welcomed them to Disneyland for the first time. 70 years later, droves of ecstatic Disney fans are still making their way to the magical theme park in Anaheim, California that has served as a source of joy and inspiration for generations around the globe.

As inspiring as the Disneyland Resort has been for fans, the Imagineers tasked with expanding and evolving the parks find inspiration from the films of The Walt Disney Company and beyond. However, that pipeline has started to move both ways in more recent years as filmmakers have started to create movies based on attractions that previously had no roots to a previously established intellectual property from the silver screen.

To honor the theme park's 70th anniversary, we're picking out our favorite Mickey and Minnie ears, pulling on our spirit jerseys,...

Starring John Travolta and Nancy Allen, “Blow Out” (1981) is Brian De Palma’s cult masterpiece. The film is a testament to De Palma’s gloriously sleek filmmaking style and a scathing dissection of bleak hopelessness and morbid despair. Inspired by Michelangelo Antonioni’s film “Blow-Up” (1966), “Blow Out” explores the themes of voyeurism, obsession, and ethical dilemma in crafting art. Travolta plays sound technician Jack Terri, who accidentally records audio evidence that could prove a murder.

Blow Out (1981) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis:

The film starts with a fake cold open scene where we see a mass murderer raiding a college girls’ hostel, like in a typical slasher movie. We quickly realize that it is indeed a horror movie scene, as we see the director, Sam, and the sound technician, Jack Terri (John Travolta), watching it. They are particularly disturbed by the meek screaming sound of one of the actresses. Sam asks...

Amazon Prime subscribers have long had the added perk of a robust library of film and television at their disposal. This August, Prime Video added a number of significant entries to their service from acclaimed directors like Ryan Coogler, Nancy Meyers, Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino.

Check out the seven best movies coming to Prime Video in August.

Michael B. Jordon stars in “Creed.” (Warner Bros. Pictures) “Blow Out”

One of several films on this list that is either a cult classic or a favorite of Quentin Tarantino’s, “Blow Out” has gained a significant reputation over the years as one of Brian De Palma’s best films. The neo-noir follows John Travolta’s Jack Terry, a sound man for a low-budget horror film who inadvertently records evidence that a supposed accidental tire blowout was in reality an assassination effort against a presidential hopeful. While this thriller isn’t as...

We’re debuting an exclusive scene from the highly anticipated short film Strangers On A Beach, written and directed by Michael Schwartz (Snatched), which is set to premiere later today at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

Starring Jelani Alladin (Fellow Travelers) as Calvin and Zane Phillips (Fire Island) as a mysterious stranger, the 12‑minute short is set in 1983 San Francisco.

Amid the grief over the assassinations of Harvey Milk and George Moscone, and the fear of the AIDS crisis and The Doodler murders, Calvin seeks connection, and danger, on the foggy ocean cliffs.

Keep reading to find out more…

The short film also features Juliana Aidén Martinez (Griselda) and Jack Falahee (How to Get Away With Murder), with cinematography by Sundance Award–winner Matthew Pothier and a haunting score from Grammy winner Andrew Dost of fun.

The “We Are Young” songwriter was tasked with creating a unique sound, one that...

We’re debuting an exclusive scene from the highly anticipated short film Strangers On A Beach, written and directed by Michael Schwartz (Snatched), which is set to premiere later today at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

Starring Jelani Alladin (Fellow Travelers) as Calvin and Zane Phillips (Fire Island) as a mysterious stranger, the 12‑minute short is set in 1983 San Francisco.

Amid the grief over the assassinations of Harvey Milk and George Moscone, and the fear of the AIDS crisis and The Doodler murders, Calvin seeks connection, and danger, on the foggy ocean cliffs.

Keep reading to find out more…

The short film also features Juliana Aidén Martinez (Griselda) and Jack Falahee (How to Get Away With Murder), with cinematography by Sundance Award–winner Matthew Pothier and a haunting score from Grammy winner Andrew Dost of fun.

The “We Are Young” songwriter was tasked with creating a unique sound, one that...

John Travolta was cast in Pulp Fiction thanks to iconic director Quentin Tarantino, whose love for cinema essentially saved Travolta’s career. The director credited hiring Travolta for Pulp Fiction because of the actor’s performance in a 1981 film called Blow Out.

According to an archived video on YouTube, Tarantino was seen famously recalling the 1981 movie as a means for him to discover the talent of John Travolta. The director called the 1981 Brian De Palma movie “some of Brian De Palma’s finest film”.

Means it’s one of the greatest films ever made because as we all know Brian De Palma is one of the finest directors of his generation.

The 1981 movie was about a sound editor who accidentally records a murder and consequently finds himself in danger. Despite his lead role in Blow Out, John Travolta had found himself in a pit since his career seemed to be faltering.

This article contains spoilers for every "Naked Gun" movie (Especially "Naked Gun 3" through "Naked Gun 32")

Prior to 1980, Leslie Nielsen would often be associated with more dramatic roles in movies such as "Forbidden Planet" and "The Poseidon Adventure," in addition to a slew of guest spots across every manner of television show. But that all changed when Wisconsin comedy trio David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker (otherwise known as Zaz) cast him as Dr. Rumack in "Airplane" -- otherwise celebrated as one of the greatest comedies of all time. Nielsen possessed a sneaky advantage over more traditional comic actors due to his stature as a serious performer who said his lines as if he wasn't trying to get a laugh. The deadpan delivery of, "I am serious, and don't call me Shirley," single-handedly altered the trajectory of Nielsen's career, thrusting him into almost exclusively comic roles across slapstick heavy spoof movies like "Wrongfully Accused,...

Kevin Costner is best known for his Westerns, but his connection to baseball is also as important as his contributions to the Western. Costner’s best-known role in a sports drama is the fantasy film Field of Dreams, in which he plays a farmer who builds a baseball stadium, attracting the ghosts of legendary players. The movie was nominated for Best Picture.

Apart from that, Costner has appeared in three more baseball movies. However, his connection does not end there. Before he became an actor, the Yellowstone star reportedly took to the game in his high school and even had dreams to go pro in college, before he was reportedly dropped by the coach at Cal State Fullerton.

Kevin Costner Chose Acting Instead of Baseball, but the Sport Never Left Him Kevin Costner in Field of Dreams | Credits: Universal Pictures

Kevin Costner is a star who has seen many highs and lows in his career,...

“Pulp Fiction” is a modern Hollywood classic, but upon release, the 1994 Quentin Tarantino-directed offbeat crime thriller was audacious to say the least. It told a narrative in non-chronological order, casted John Travolta off of a career slump, showcased on-screen drug use and graphic violence and gave its gun-wielding characters ample time to shoot the breeze before shooting their targets.

Nevertheless, the film succeeded, so much that audiences are still discussing it over a generation later. “Pulp Fiction” producer Lawrence Bender attended the Variety 120 Series screening, presented by Barco, a summer-long program hosted by Jazz Tangcay, that celebrates Variety‘s 120th anniversary by showing iconic films such as “All About Eve,” “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “Psycho.”

Bender reflected on the first time “Pulp Fiction” came into his consciousness. It was 1992 and he was meeting Tarantino in Amsterdam ahead of the Cannes Film Festival premiere of “Reservoir Dogs,” Tarantino’s...

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Any horror fan worth their screams must have some love for at least one Stephen King tale that was adapted to the big screen. Since 1976, the beloved author responsible for some of the most iconic horror stories in history has been seeing his works earn the same amount of love in theaters. Over the years, these have accumulated a box-office take of over $3 billion. While the likes of "Stand By Me" and "The Shawshank Redemption" (which is considered by IMDb as the greatest film ever made) have stood the test of time, there has been a varied collection of horrors that have stood as filmic favorites and earned a different kind of love, as a result. Sorry, Andy Dufresne, but your prison break from Shawshank might still bring tears, but there are other stories from the esteemed writer's works that...

Game of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau's upcoming TV epic has lined up its U.S. streaming home a year after wrapping filming. Coster-Waldau shot to fame portraying morally ambiguous villain-turned-antihero Jaime Lannister in HBO's pop culture behemoth franchise, for which he earned nominations for two Primetime Emmys.

In the years since its divisive ending, Coster-Waldau has not explored the same kind of historical epic storytelling as Game of Thrones. Instead, he's been seen in everything from Brian De Palma's crime thriller Domino to the true-story-based survival thriller Against the Ice, which he co-wrote and produced, and Apple TV+ mystery thriller series The Last Thing He Told Me.

Per Deadline, King & Conquerer is set for a home on Prime Video in the United States, and HBO Max in several other territories, following Paramount Global's deal for the upcoming historical epic. The show is set to star Coster-Waldau as William,...

David Lynch passed a little more than six months ago, and the world of cinema is still mourning. Let’s start with a book devoted to two of the most important elements of any Lynch creation—music and sound—followed by works from Walter Murch and Neil Jordan, new books on music, and a stack of novels made for summer reading.

Always Music In the Air: The Sounds of Twin Peaks by Scott Ryan (Tucker DS Press)

We have Scott Ryan to thank for some of the finest coverage of David Lynch’s career—namely, the Twin Peaks-dedicated Blue Rose Magazine, Fire Walk With Me: Your Laura Disappeared, and Lost Highway: The Fist of Love. Ryan’s latest, Always Music In the Air: The Sounds of Twin Peaks, is another deep dive into the works of David Lynch, this time all three seasons of Twin Peaks. Here, Ryan discusses the late,...

This article contains spoilers for "The Naked Gun."

In Nicole Kidman's version of the cinephile's pledge of allegiance, we come to movie theaters to laugh, to cry, and to care, yet we don't seem to be doing much of the first part. To be fair, there have been several great theatrical comedies released over the past five years like the screamingly funny slapstick epic "Hundreds of Beavers," but they've rarely come from major studios. There are, of course, exceptions like "Barbie" or the miniature success of "No Hard Feelings," but otherwise, recent studio comedies have gone underseen, been relegated to streaming, or simply not been made. A comedy like 2023's extremely funny "Joy Ride" simply isn't treated with the same fervor as a blockbuster action movie. But if there's one film this year that possesses the power to hopefully change that tide, it's "The Naked Gun."

Ethan Anderton's overwhelmingly...

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This August, Prime Video is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the much-anticipated release of the final season of the comedy series, Utopia, to The Terminal List‘s prequel series. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Prime Video this month and have an 85% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 7 best films that are coming to Prime Video in August 2025 with an 85% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Blow Out (August 1) Rt Score: 88% Credit – Viscount Associates

Blow Out is a neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by Brian De Palma. The 1981 film follows Jack Terry, a sound engineer for a slasher film, who accidentally records evidence that proves that a seemingly ordinary accident is actually murder, and he soon finds himself hunted because of it.

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Some movies fade with time. Others grow more powerful. And then there’s Brian De Palma’s 1987 classic The Untouchables — a crime drama that still feels bold, beautiful, and unshakably powerful nearly four decades later.

Why We’re Talking About The Untouchables (1987)

Even decades after its release, The Untouchables refuses to disappear from pop culture. It resurfaces through 4K restorations, anniversary screenings, and directors who continue to cite it as a major influence.

For many, this is a first‑time discovery. For longtime fans, it’s a film worth revisiting. If you’ve never seen The Untouchables (1987) — or it’s been years — now is the perfect time to experience why it remains one of the greatest crime dramas ever made.

The Power of Brian De Palma & His Cast

Released in 1987, The Untouchables was directed by Brian De Palma, who delivered one of the most visually striking gangster films in cinema history.

Two giants of cinema, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, share a bond forged in the fire of 1970s Hollywood. Recently, Pacino singled out one of De Niro’s performances as the greatest in film history—a bold claim from a man who’s seen it all. That role was Jake Lamotta in the 1980 masterpiece ‘Raging Bull’.

‘Raging Bull’ is a raw, unflinching look at the life of Lamotta, a middleweight boxing champion whose personal demons outpunched his ring opponents. Directed by Martin Scorsese, the film dives into Lamotta’s rise, fall, and search for redemption, fueled by jealousy, violence, and guilt. De Niro’s transformation was staggering—he packed on 27 kilograms to show Lamotta’s later years, earning him an Oscar for Best Actor. Pacino called it ‘mind-blowing’, saying De Niro’s work as the troubled fighter set a bar no one’s touched.

Pacino and De Niro go way back,...

The Emergence of the Postmodern Antihero: By the time the 20th century reached its twilight, the lustre of the silver screen was losing its faith in the flawless hero. The valiant heroes of yesteryear, i.e., those adorned with honour, a sense of self, and clean-shaven morals, gradually faded to reveal more flawed and fierce individuals. The period of the antihero arrived not with a bang, but with a slow, simmering sense of disquiet that silently took root. In films such as “Taxi Driver” (1976), “Scarface” (1983), and “Léon: The Professional” (1994), we encounter men who are both tormented and deadly, whose brutality is matched only by their vulnerability.

These were not characters. Not really. They were cultural reckonings at the edges of contemporary myth. Their very presence is a sign of more than a swerve in narrative style: It signifies a profound exhaustion with grand moral certitudes. As the world lost interest in simple truth,...

A couple of months ago, we heard that Mark Pavia, writer/director of the Stephen King adaptation The Night Flier and the slasher thriller Fender Bender, was teaming with producer Andria Litto for a new genre feature called Murder-Abilia. It was said that Pavia and Litto were planning to work together on multiple projects beyond the potential Murder-Abilia franchise, similar to the way Litto’s father, George Litto, worked as a producer on multiple Brian De Palma films. Today, we’ve been sent a new press release that announces two more Pavia / Litto projects – including one called Trapped, which reunites Pavia with Stephen King!

Trapped will be based on an original story that King crafted with fellow author Richard Chizmar. King and Chizmar previously wrote the novels Gwendy’s Button Box and Gwendy’s Final Task together. Litto has optioned the film adaptation rights for her company Amuse Entertainment, Inc.

Belgian filmmaker Tim Mielants’ feature Steve, starring Cillian Murphy, has been added to the Platform lineup for this year’s Toronto Film Festival.

Steve was among nine titles added to the Platform competition Tuesday morning. Those titles are: Farnoosh Samadi’s Between Dreams and Hope, Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani’s Bouchra, György Pálfi’s Hen, Pauline Loquès’ Nino, Bretten Hannam’s Sk+te’kmujue’katik (At the Place of Ghosts), Milagros Mumenthaler’s The Currents, Yoon Ga-eun’s The World of Love, Valentyn Vasyanovych’s To the Victory! and Kasia Adamik’s Winter of the Crow.

The Platform jury will be headed by Carlos Marqués-Marcet, who won the 2024 Platform Award for They Will Be Dust. He will be joined by Oscar-nominated actor, writer, composer and director Marianne Jean-Baptiste, most recently at the festival in 2024 with Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths, and Québécois filmmaker Chloé Robichaud, whose Sundance title Two...

There is an art to casting a movie. It's not just about finding the best actor for each role; you also have to consider fit, i.e. how they physically complement their potential fellow castmates on camera and how they relate to them emotionally. Indeed, casting is such an important part of the filmmaking process that it's finally been given its own category at the Academy Awards.

When we talk about films that were, in part, triumphs of great casting, we often focus on movies that brought together a slew of rising or unproven talent. There are obvious examples like Francis Ford Coppola's "The Outsiders," Amy Heckerling's "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," and Richard Linklater's "Dazed and Confused," all of which were films that bolstered or outright launched multiple movie star careers. War films have also been particularly effective over time in introducing exciting new talent, given...

Tom Cruise’s Film That He Still Regrets ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

There’s one movie Tom Cruise wishes he could erase from his filmography—and it’s not the one you’re thinking. Long before Top Gun and Mission: Impossible, the Hollywood superstar found himself in a film so forgettable, even he openly regrets doing it. Losin’ It came early in Tom Cruise’s career. It was an adult comedy meant for teens that landed in 1982. The movie followed a group of boys chasing after the usual coming-of-age plot. The Mission: Impossible star did not like it back then, and the years have not changed his mind. The film did not offer much in the way of substance, and he later admitted it taught him something important: that he never wanted to do that kind of project again.

Tom Cruise and Shelley Long in Losin' It (1983) pic.twitter.com/shLZK...

There are few interview subjects more candid, unpredictable, and downright entertaining than Quentin Tarantino. As far as filmmakers go, he exists on a saltily rarified plane with trash-talker supreme Orson Welles. He can be dishy, prickly and outrageously cocky, but as arguably the most influential filmmaker of his generation, he's at least earned the right to sound off on all things cinematic. And while I don't always agree with him, I appreciate that his opinions are coming from a fiercely sincere and deeply knowledgeable place.

While I enjoy Tarantino's brashness, I think he's at his very best when he goes to the mat for underappreciated film artists. Soon after he broke through with "Reservoir Dogs" in 1992 and established himself as an outspoken cinephile, he championed the films of Brian De Palma. This was not exactly an opportune time to sing the director's praises, as he'd just hit the skids...

Veteran screenwriter David Koepphas shared a hilarious plot for continuing the Mission: Impossible franchise. Though the spy action universe officially came to its conclusion with Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning, there's a chance that it could continue. Koepp, a co-writer on the 1996 original by Brian De Palma, weighed in on the future of the series and provided an outline that could continue (or not) Ethan Hunt's adventures.

Koepp has been involved in major film franchises like Jurassic Park and Indiana Jones. In 1996, he co-wrote the first Mission: Impossible film, which had yet to expand into a full-fledged action universe. Mission: Impossible is not exactly regarded as one of the best films in the franchise, as it holds a 65% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. It's mostly remembered for having a notoriously convoluted plot, and a pretty bold introduction in terms of narrative.

The writer is currently promoting the release of his most recent film,...

On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark honors fringe cinema in the streaming age with midnight movies from any moment in film history.

First, the Bait: a weird genre pick and why we’re exploring its specific niche right now. Then, the Bite: a spoiler-filled answer to the all-important question, “Is this old cult classic actually worth recommending?”

The Bait: Stars, Stripes, and… Shunting?

There’s a smorgasbord of Fourth of July thrillers and horror movies worth checking out in these Trying Times. Brian De Palma’s “Blow Out” gets a strong reaction from anyone living in fear of the alleged police state, and you can’t celebrate the 50th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s “Jaws” without mentioning it as one of pop culture’s great indictments on local government.

Corruption is still the name of the game in this week’s After Dark — Brian Yuzna’s eye-bursting, jaw-dropping,...

The Mission: Impossible franchise began in 1996, starring Tom Cruise as an agent of the Impossible Mission Force. The film series features eight films, and it's believed that the most recent release, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, is the final entry.

The high-octane action franchise has featured record-breaking scenes, extraordinary stunts, and many missions that were, in fact, possible. Tom Cruise teased that the franchise would end with The Final Reckoning, but the original screenwriter, David Koepp, knows how the franchise could go on. The writer toldThe Hollywood Reporter that he had an idea how the franchise could go on, and volunteered to write it.

During the interview, meant to promote his return to the Jurassic franchise with the latest installment, Jurassic World Rebirth, Koepp addressed the future of the Indiana Jones franchise, as well as Mission: Impossible. David Koepp co-wrote the 1996 action film with Robert Towne, and it had...

One of the many writers who have participated in the Indiana Jones franchise has now addressed the possibility of continuing the journey of the archaeology professor and adventurer following recent rumors that a reboot is in the works. Screenwriter David Koepp is no stranger to the world of blockbuster IPs, and his latest movie, Jurassic World Rebirth, has shown signs of reviving the dinosaur franchise. Could the intrepid adventurer now get the same treatment?

Koepp is currently enjoying the recent release of Jurassic World Rebirth, his official return to the universe created by Steven Spielberg. The film solidly revives the spirit of the first two Jurassic Park movies, which isn't a coincidence considering Koepp wrote 1993's Jurassic Park and 1997's The Lost World: Jurassic Park. However, these are not the only Spielberg movies he has worked on. Koepp also wrote 2005's War of the Worlds and 2008's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull...

Sensitivity Warning: This article explores the evolving conversations around representation in Hollywood, including historically harmful practices of casting today. Its purpose is to reflect on where we’ve been- and where we’re going. The Question The most recent use of blackface in an American film I can think of is in ‘Tropic Thunder,’ where it’s deployed in a genius twist of satire: a white, Australian method actor (played by Robert Downey Jr.) undergoes a pigment-altering surgery to play an African-American man. To this day, the comedy catches major flack- arguably more flack than the character receives within the world of the movie- essentially being derided for what some argue is the fundamental reprehensibility of blackface, even when used as a device to mock the offensive practice itself. Alternatively, blackface has been employed metatextually, for the sake of misunderstanding- a fundamental comedic device that dates back to the Greeks.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, begins today, July 1. Netflix is bringing the first five Mission: Impossible movies to the platform, giving longtime fans and new recruits a chance to binge the evolution of Tom Cruise’s legendary Imf agent, Ethan Hunt. From wire-hanging espionage to death-defying stunts atop skyscrapers and airplanes, this drop is the perfect lead-up to the recently released (and possibly final) installment: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning. The lineup includes:

Mission: Impossible (1996) – Brian De Palma’s slick and twisty original where Ethan Hunt is framed and betrayed in classic '90s spy fashion. Mission: Impossible II (2000) – John Woo dials everything up with slow-motion gunplay, leather jackets, and a motorcycle joust. Mission: Impossible III (2006) – J.J. Abrams introduces emotional stakes and one of the series’ most menacing villains, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) – The Burj Khalifa sequence redefined Cruise’s stunt game and relaunched the franchise.

Alex Ross Perry’s Pavements is coming soon to Mubi in many places.The Watermelon Woman, as seen in Videoheaven.Following a seven-year gap between features, director Alex Ross Perry has returned with two documentaries released this year. Pavements, a shapeshifting chronicle of the iconic ’90s indie rock band Pavement, arrived in the spring. And now, in the thick of summer, there’s Videoheaven, a three-hour essay film about the rise and fall of video stores. With a potent nostalgia for an era of pop culture when underground trends seeped transgressively into the mainstream, the films offer prismatic accounts of previously niche or otherwise bygone phenomena that have regained cultural currency in recent years as a new generation of young people has been exposed to the curiosities of the late twentieth century through social media and various streaming platforms.Inspired by Daniel Herbert’s 2014 book, Videoland: Movie Culture at the American Video Store,...

Ryan Coogler is marking another career milestone: The director’s latest blockbuster “Sinners” will be the first film to ever stream in Black American Sign Language (Basl). Warner Bros. Pictures’ feature “Sinners” will launch its Basl version alongside the original film on platform Max starting Friday, July 4.

This is the first time a streaming platform will exclusively debut a film interpreted in Basl. “Sinners” with Basl is interpreted by Nakia Smith, a leader in the Black Deaf community. Rosa Lee Timm, a Director of Artistic Sign Language, lends her sign language performance artist expertise to the feature; Timm previously directed Asl versions of Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” and “A Minecraft Movie,” which are both also streaming on Max.

“Accessibility within streaming is not a one-size-fits-all approach. Our goal at Max is to make these great stories accessible to all audiences in a way that is authentic to the content and the communities we serve,...

What Do We Know About the upcoming series adaptation of Stephen King’s novel Carrie? More than you may think. The Prime Video series from The Life of Chuck and The Haunting of Hill House filmmaker Mike Flanagan is set to be his fourth take on a work by King. From plot, casting news, and more, let’s dive in and look at what is coming up in the adaptation of the classic horror novel.

Why another remake of Carrie?

Despite Brian De Palma’s 1976 adaptation remaining a classic horror film, multiple variations of Stephen King’s debut novel have made their way to audiences. From a sequel in 1999 to remakes in both 2002 and 2013, as well as a stage musical, Flanagan’s series takes a “bold and timely reimagining” of the book. What this entails remains to be seen. But, we do know that Flanagan has a reverence for Stephen...

Some say Hollywood is in the business of making money, but it'd be more accurate to say the movie industry is focused on not losing money. With a serious addiction to risk aversion, movie executives prefer to repeat a "sure thing" (or as close as you can get in showbiz) versus trying something slightly different, lest they lose their keys to the C-Suite and their spot at Spago. Thus, the endless streams of sequels, spinoffs, reboots, and remakes. Hey, if it made money once, surely it'll make money a second time. And a third. And a 33rd...

In this filmmaking climate, any studio executive who would greenlight a remake of a box office bomb would probably have their head examined (and definitely get their a$$ fired). But really, these are the kind of movies that are ripe for remakes. Why remake a great movie like "The Magnificent Seven" (2016) when a...

This July, Tom Cruise fans are getting an Independence Day blow—but not the Will Smith kind. On July 1, Prime Video is pulling the plug on not one, not two, but six of Cruise’s most iconic titles—including the one that landed him his first Oscar nomination, the one that gave us shirtless volleyball and high-altitude melodrama, and the first four chapters of a franchise that turned him into an unstoppable stunt machine. If you were planning to celebrate America’s birthday by watching Born on the Fourth of July, Top Gun, or revisiting Ethan Hunt’s first impossible missions, you’ve got about 48 hours to hit play before they vanish from Prime’s library.

Long before Cruise was sprinting across rooftops or clinging to the side of a plane, he was earning critical respect as Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic in Born on the Fourth of July. Directed by...

Given that he's soon set to return to the MCU as the God of Stories, it's probably worth noting Tom Hiddleston's opinion on the best Stephen King story adapted for the big screen, primarily since he's now starring in one himself. During an interview with Letterboxd, Hiddleston was asked about his four favorite films, and coincidentally, one of them was a King adaptation. The actor, who is playing the lead role in Mike Flanagan's Stephen King adaptation "The Life of Chuck," mentioned a film that is sure to evoke some tears from audience members. It's a movie that features warm beer, Rita Hayworth, and a rock that has no earthly business in a Maine hayfield.

Hiddleston's last entry was Frank Darabont's 1994 film, "The Shawshank Redemption." He admitted, "I have thought about that film. It has inspired me so many times. It's a film I return to. It...

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There's just something about crime movies that not only continues to thrill audiences but has an appeal that transcends borders and cultures. Whether it's wish fulfillment stories that follow rebellious protagonists defying the law or capers that pack plenty of brutal action, the crime genre is an enduringly cathartic one. From police procedurals to stylish heist flicks with a noted escapist flair, there is a lot of variety and nuance within the genre, more than just the mob movies that it's normally associated with.

Simply put, we love crime movies and the genre is one that dates back to the earliest days of the cinematic medium. With so many iconic films to choose from, we narrowed it down to the best, through both their quality and expansive influence. With further ado, here are the 15 best crime movies of all time ranked.

With George Lucas creating Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope back in 1977 (with help from Steven Spielberg and Brian De Palma), the film quickly turned into a franchise, which turned into a global pop culture phenomenon.

From Mace Windu to Darth Vader, from Luke Skywalker to Han Solo, there were a ton of characters and villains, and heroes introduced in an uncountable number of sequels, prequels, TV shows, and video games. Naturally, there were several characters in the Star Wars franchise that were completely forgettable. Here are 3 characters from the Star Wars franchise that you may have completely forgotten.

Dexter Jettster (Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones) A still from Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones | Credits: Lucasfilm

A four-armed Besalisk who also happened to be a friend of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Dexter Jettster ran a diner on Coruscant in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones...

The New York Times has marked the 21st century hitting the quarter pole by asking a variety of luminaries for their ten best films of the century so far. One such notable is Call Me by Your Name director Luca Guadagnino. His list features a number of universally acclaimed films...and one big Jason Statham-starring outlier. Among the arthouse fare on the Italian filmmaker's list is Ghosts of Mars, a John Carpenter science fiction horror movie that was both a critical and commercial disaster upon its release in 2001.

Guadagnino's list contains a number of films that you would expect to find on such a ranking, including Wong Kar-wai's In the Mood for Love, David Cronenberg's A History of Violence, and Hou Hsiao-hsien's Millennium Mambo. Ghosts of Mars, which currently holds a 23% Rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes and made back half of its $28 million budget at the box office,...

The '80s were full of some of the most beloved movies of a generation, including everything from franchise blockbusters to one-off masterpieces. But for every movie throughout the decade that regularly gets widely celebrated, there are countless others of solid quality yet often outside of the spotlight. This can be from the movies not being commercial successes upon their initial release or just being overshadowed by more popular genre contemporaries. Whatever the reason for their oversight, these films are well-crafted and, above all, make for an entertaining time at the movies.

Fortunately, the test of time has proven kind to many movies that were initially overlooked, with many of them finding their adoring audiences years later. Whether they're cult classics or movies that just never quite hit the level of attention they deserved, these flicks are cinematic diamonds in the rough.

Here are the 15 most underrated movies of the 1980s,...

With Jaws, the first summer blockbuster, turning 50, it’s time to look at 50 amazing facts about the movie and its cultural impact! And, since I, Pat Jankiewicz, wrote Just When You Thought It Was Safe: A Jaws Companion (the only book about all four Jaws films), it only makes sense that I compiled the best and most interesting facts for you to take a bite of.

50 Incredible Facts About Jaws

1. Based on the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley, Jaws was the movie that put director Steven Spielberg on the map.

2. Jaws was the first horror movie to become the highest-grossing film of all time. This led studios to roll the dice on the genre, leading to an explosion of late ’70s horror.

3. The Shark only appears onscreen for four minutes! While the fish’s presence is felt throughout the film, you only catch glimpses of him during the second and third attacks,...

With the death of director William Friedkin sending shockwaves through the film world, as everyone pays tribute to his classics The French Connection and The Exorcist, now is a good time to look back at one of his most underrated movies, the 1977 classic action thriller Sorcerer!

The 1970s were probably the last decade when the film industry had many honest-to-goodness auteurs. Directors who made movies on their own terms without compromises; not just the ones making little indie art films, but the guys in charge of sizable projects with the backing of major studios. Filmmakers like Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Brian De Palma came of age during this era, and were responsible for movies that would resonate for decades. Another name you can add to that list is William Friedkin, who during that period made two instant classics and one misunderstood masterpiece.

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The Mike Flanagan’s Carrie news doesn’t stop coming! Hot on the heels of the announcement that Heather Graham, Kate Siegel, and Cassandra Naud were among the latest cast in the upcoming Prime Video series, Flanagan himself has shared that filming is underway for his take on the iconic text by horror maestro Stephen King.

The announcement came in the form of an Instagram post from Flanagan, featuring a single image of the first slate and a caption that simply reads, “And we’re off.”

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Stephen King’s original 1974 novel Carrie is the story of Carrie White, a teenage girl subjected to constant abuse both by her peers and by her extremely religious mother. When she gets her first period, the telekinetic powers she’s secretly had since she was a child start to grow.

A new Phantom of the Opera reimagining is making its way to the stage. According to MovieMaker, a stage adaptation of Phantom of the Paradise, the 1974 rock musical film written and directed by Brian De Palma, is officially in the works from songwriter Paul Williams and producer Sam Pressman. William penned the songs and starred in the original film. “I’m excited about having a chance to deliver what fans have been suggesting for years… Potp as a stage musical,” Williams told MovieMaker. “I think it’s time has come!” Once written, the musical will first open "not on Broadway," though Pressman says they are "building to that stage." A stage musical has been in early stages of development for decades, with a libretto written by De Palma himself in the 1980s....

Carrie, the subject of author Stephen King’s first published novel and one of the greatest female icons in the horror genre, is coming back – and this time Mike Flanagan is the one taking her to prom. It was announced last October that Flanagan was working with King to turn the story of Carrie into an eight episode series that will be released through Amazon’s Prime Video service. Flanagan is executive producing the series with Trevor Macy. Deadline noted at the time, “They’re opening a writer’s room, so this one’s happening quickly.” Since then, the show received the official greenlight from Prime Video and has been assembling its cast. Just last week, we heard that filming would begin in a matter of days – and sure enough, Flanagan started the week by confirming that filming has begun!

The confirmation comes in the form of a clapperboard picture...

Earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, TheWrap asked Cynthia Erivo if there was a character that she would want to revisit.

The actress did not hesitate. Holly Gibney, she responded, the oddball private detective in HBO’s “The Outsider” who originated in a series of Stephen King novels.

“The Outsider” is one of more than 50 novels by the prolific King that have been translated into big and small screen stories, earning a staggering $3 billion and counting at the box office.

With Mike Flanagan’s “The Life of Chuck,” based on a story from King’s 2020 collection “If It Bleeds,” just hitting theaters after having won the Audience Award at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival and several more high-profile adaptations on the way, including a “Carrie” TV series and a new version of “The Running Man,” the 77-year-old author is as popular as he’s ever been.

A new take on Stephen King’s Carrie is in production as an eight-episode series for Amazon Prime Video, led by director Mike Flanagan.

Known for adapting King’s Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleep, and The Life of Chuck, Flanagan is updating the 1974 novel for today’s audience. The story, first brought to the screen by Brian De Palma in 1976 and remade in 2002 and 2013, centers on Carrie White, a bullied teen with telekinetic powers.

Now Flanagan posted a new BTS photo of the set confirming that the show is in production:

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Flanagan shared his vision in an interview, emphasizing the story’s relevance. “Why do it again? Carrie White is a story about high school violence and bullying, and that feels immediate and important today, unfortunately, even more kind of sharply relevant than I think it was when he wrote it,...

A new version of Stephen King’s classic novel Carrie is currently being made, and fans just got a sneak peek behind the scenes. The original Carrie was King’s first published book back in 1974, and it quickly became a famous horror movie directed by Brian De Palma.

Since then, it has been remade a couple of times, including a TV movie in 2002 and a film in 2013.

Now, Mike Flanagan, known for adapting other King works like Gerald’s Game, Doctor Sleep, and The Life of Chuck, is bringing Carrie back as a new eight-episode series for Amazon Prime Video. The project was first announced in October 2024, with a writers’ room created to develop the story further.

Related: Mike Flanagan’s ‘Carrie’ Brings Fresh Blood to Prime Video

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The cast is coming together fast. By April 2025, Summer H. Howell...

Mike Flanagan has announced that cameras are now rolling on his small-screen adaptation of Stephen King's first novel, Carrie.

The filmmaker shared an image of a clapperboard to social media, revealing a first look at the show's official logo.

Summer H. Howell is set to play troubled telekinetic teen, Carrie White, and the rest of the principal cast members were recently announced by Amazon.

The series will also star Samantha Sloyan (The Fall of the House of Usher) as Carrie’s religious fanatic mother, Margaret White, Alison Thornton (Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce) as Chris Hargensen, Thalia Dudek (The Running Man) as Emaline, Siena Agudong (Sidelined: The Qb and Me) as Sue Snell, Amber Midthunder (FX’s Legion) as Miss Desjardin, Josie Totah (AppleTV+’s The Buccaneers) as Tina, Arthur Conti (Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) as Billy, Joel Oulette (Sullivan’s Crossing) as Tommy, and Matthew Lillard (Scream) as Principal Grayle.

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The new adaptation of Carrie has gotten an exciting update with a new behind-the-scenes image. Originally released in 1974, Carrie was Stephen King's first published novel. The novel was adapted shortly after its release into the classic Brian De Palma horror movie of the same name. Carrie has since been reimagined as a TV movie in 2002 and another theatrical movie in 2013. A new version of Carrie is in the works from Mike Flanagan on Prime Video. Flanagan has worked on past King adaptations, including Gerald's Game, Doctor Sleep, and the well-reviewed The Life of Chuck.

Now, in a new post on Instagram from Flanagan, it has been announced that Carrie has entered production. The image shows a clapperboard indicating that the series is now filming. Flanagan is shown as the director for the episode, which includes a rendering of the prom queen's tiara. A costume is seen on the left side of the image,...

Stephen King’s classic horror novel Carrie is headed back to the screen with a brand new series adaptation from Mike Flanagan and Prime Video, and filming has kicked off this week.

Flanagan announced the start of production in an Instagram post today, seen below.

Summer H. Howell stars as Carrie White in the eight episode Prime Video series.

The show’s cast also includes Samantha Sloyan, Siena Agudong, Alison Thornton, Thalia Dudek, Josie Totah, Arthur Conti, Joel Oulette, Matthew Lillard, Amber Midthunder, Kate Siegel, Michael Trucco, Katee Sackhoff, Rahul Kohli, Crystal Balint, Danielle Klaudt, Heather Graham, Tim Bagley, Tahmoh Penikett, Mapuana Makia, Naika Toussaint, Delainey Hayles, Cassandra Naud, and Rowan Danielle.

In Stephen King’s Carrie, “Misfit high schooler Carrie White has spent her life in seclusion with her domineering mother. After her father’s sudden and untimely death, Carrie finds herself contending with the alien landscape of public High School,...

Name any of Quentin Tarantino’s nine films and you’ve got a genuine task of deciding who the best character is. Ok, so Hans Landa has no competition in Inglourious Basterds, but by and large that holds. And it’s these characters – the Landas, the Vegas, the Candies, the Winnfields, the Booths – that Tarantino most wants to be remembered for.

Appearing at the Cannes Film Festival last month – which Tarantino had the honor of opening – the director said that he’s less concerned about the overall films being remembered for generations but rather the characters, as that’s what he has become most proud of. “I hope when I sail off this mortal coil, I hope that the things people remember the most about my movies are my characters. Not so much the scenarios because the scenarios are more or less…They’re genre movies…They’re more or...