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Quantum Leap's fandom has only expanded after NBC aired the 2022 revival, which was canceled after only two seasons. Thankfully, the reboot series is getting a second wind this August on streaming.

Quantum Leap fans can relish the reboot series when it hits Netflix on Aug. 14. The 2022 revival adopted the original's premise, story beats, and characters; Ernie Hudson plays Quantum Leap project head Herbert Williams, also the war veteran Sam Beckett (Scott Bakula) leaped into in the 1990 episode "The Leap Home (Part 2) – Vietnam." Susan Diol also reprises Beth, the wife of Al Calavicci from the original. The reboot stars Raymond Lee as physicist Ben Song, and like Sam, Ben is transported to the past and into the bodies of different people.

Bakula first hinted at the Quantum Leap reboot in September 2021, sparking rumors he would revisit the role. Alluding to conversations he had with series creator Donald P. Bellisario, Bakula...

While Star Trek: Enterprise certainly has its share of detractors, many fans enjoy it as a prequel to the original Star Trek series, where Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) heads up a crew that travels in Enterprise Nx-01, the first Starfleet vessel to achieve warp 5, nearly 100 years before the Ncc-1701 takes flight.

Over a 4-year run, the show featured some great guest stars who gave life to some memorable antagonists, so let’s take a look at a few that left a definite impact on the series and the franchise itself.

1. Dean Stockwell as Grat in “Detained”

In the episode “Detained” (S01E18), Hollywood veteran Dean Stockwell plays Colonel Grat, the head of a Suliban internment camp who imprisons Captain Archer (Scott Bakula) and the ship’s navigator, Travis Mayweather (Anthony Montgomery). Grat and his people are at war with the Suliban, and Grat sees himself as a man who...

Netflix has now picked up the divisive remake of a beloved ‘80s sci-fi series, with the platform all set to stream the two seasons of the show. While the platform has become infamously synonymous with canceling shows way before their time, the streamer is also good at picking up lesser-known or underappreciated gems. And such is the case here. Beginning back in 2022, the revival of Quantum Leap picks up three decades after the original series, with a new team led by physicist Ben Song (Raymond Lee) having been assembled to restart the project in the hope of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it. Everything changes, however, when Ben makes an unauthorized leap into the past, leaving the team behind to solve the mystery of why he did it.

The two seasons of Quantum Leap star Caitlin Bassett, Mason Alexander Park, Nanrisa Lee, and Ernie Hudson alongside Raymond Lee,...

The late director David Lynch has given us some of the most iconic movies. He was the kind of visionary whose work, in some instances, made more sense in retrospect. From surreal landscapes, cinematography, to thrilling plots and misunderstood heroes, his movies have a quality, a dreamy texture, that no one can replicate. Among his long list of works is Blue Velvet,starring hisfrequent collaborator and Dune star Kyle MacLachlan, which has found a free streaming home, per ComicBook.

Blue Velvet is among the movies that got their flowers late; it received divided reviews upon its release in the 80s and wasn’t a big commercial success, but in contemporary times is considered among the best movies of all time. The movie also bagged Lynch a Best Director Oscar nomination among other accolades. It has a 91 percent Rotten Tomatoes score from critics while the audience score sits at 88 percent. It...

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Heads of State is an action comedy film directed by Ilya Naishuller from a screenplay co-written by Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, and Harrison Query. The Prime Video film follows the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, who don’t particularly like each other, but when they get caught up in a global conspiracy and are attacked by terrorists, they must work together to survive. Heads of State stars John Cena, Idris Elba, Priyanka Chopra, Jack Quaid, Carla Gugino, Stephen Root, and Paddy Considine. So, if you loved the hilarious comedy, explosive action, and entertaining characters in Heads of State, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

Big Game (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Entertainment One

Big Game is an action-adventure film directed by Jalmari Helander, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Petri Jokiranta.

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This July, HBO Max is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated streaming releases of Ryan Coogler‘s Sinners and Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega‘s Death of a Unicorn. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to HBO Max next month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 12 best films coming to HBO Max in July 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Woman at War (July 1) Rt Score: 97% Credit – Köggull Filmworks, Solar Media Entertainment, Gulldrengurinn, Vintage Pictures, and Slot Machine

Woman at War is an Icelandic-Ukrainian comedy-drama film directed by Benedikt Erlingsson, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Ólafur Egill Egilsson. The 2018 film follows Halla, an environmental activist trying to destroy the local aluminium business, but her priorities change...

Air Force One is wheels up once again—this time for free. The high-flying 1997 action-thriller starring Harrison Fordhas landed on Pluto TV as part of its July 1 streaming drop, bringing with it one of the actor’s most iconic roles and a line that Ford himself still loves to quote in everyday life. Yes, that line: “Get off my plane!” The movie wasn’t just a hit—it was a full-throttle blend of two of the biggest trends in '90s cinema: action movies set aboard commercial aircraft and fictionalized takes on the American presidency.

Air Force One mashed both genres into one red-white-and-blue blockbuster and delivered a perfect star vehicle for Ford, who by that point had played both Han Solo and Indiana Jones and was more than ready to take on the role of the President of the United States. The film was directed by Wolfgang Petersen—a...

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This July, Prime Video is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the much-anticipated release of the final season of The Summer I Turned Pretty to John Cena and Idris Elba‘s fun-looking action comedy film Heads of State. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Prime Video this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 14 best films that are coming to Prime Video in July 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

A Fish Called Wanda (July 1) Rt Score: 96% Credit – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

A Fish Called Wanda is a heist comedy film directed by Charles Crichton, who also co-wrote the screenplay with John Cleese. The 1988 film revolves around a group of diamond thieves who must backstab each other to get to the loot after their leader is jailed.

The premise of Stephen King's 1990 novella "The Langoliers" is very strange indeed. It involves a group of nine airline passengers who wake up during a red-eye, only to find that everyone else has vanished. They land safely at an airport in Bangor, Maine (natch), and find that there, too, everyone has vanished. The world seems weirdly muted to them, lifeless. No machines work. The passengers come to the conclusion that their plane flew through a time portal, which put them out-of-synch with regular time. They hear an eerie sound on the horizon, and one of the passengers suggest the sound is coming from the Langoliers, a fictional monster that his abusive father used to tell him about. The Langoliers are coming to get them. They eat naughty boys. 

It turns out that Langoliers are real (!), and it's their job to eat the world after the present has passed. Humans...

When Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country hit theaters in 1991, fans of George Takei and his character, the venerable Hikaru Sulu, thrilled to the sight of him with a captain’s rank and command of the USS Excelsior.

As events of the film unfold, Uhura and Chekov refuse to leave the imprisoned Captain Kirk and Dr. McCoy on Rura Penthe and send a false report to Starfleet that Enterprise’s backup systems have failed. Starfleet sends a message to Captain Sulu, and the appearance of the communications officer who delivers this message probably made more than one moviegoer blink in surprise! Was that...?

Yes! The unnamed officer was, in fact, Christian Slater!

How Slater got his cameo

Slater, of course, was no stranger to the big screen by the time he received his much-coveted Star Trek cameo. He’d starred in a variety of movies like Gleaming the Cube, Heathers,...

Australia’s Imprint Films is releasing David Lynch‘s Dune on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray in sandbox packaging. Priced at Aud$199.95 (approximately $130), it’s due out on July 30.

The limited edition packaging features a tempered glass liquid sand panel, displaying the rolling sands of Arrakis and hints of spice melange, moving in front of the iconic poster artwork. Tilt the panel to watch the sands spill, run your fingers across the sand-like grit-textured surface of the hardbox, turn the foil-stamped text towards the light, and pull out the drawer to dive beneath the dunes.

Based on Frank Herbert’s 1965 influential novel, the 1984 sci-fi film stars Kyle MacLachlan, Patrick Stewart, Brad Dourif, Dean Stockwell, Virginia Madsen, José Ferrer, Sting, Linda Hunt, and Max von Sydow.

The four-disc set includes the theatrical cut on 4K Uhd and Blu-ray, the extended TV version on Blu-ray, and an exclusive extended cut of the 2021 documentary...

Direct-to-video movies get a bad rap. They tend to have lower budgets than movies shown theatrically, and their release strategy indicates a lack of support from studios. They're also far less prevalent than they once were. As the film industry changed and adopted new technologies, direct-to-vod and streaming movies usurped the direct-to-video (Dtv) industry. In fact, Disney shut down its direct-to-video animation studio Disneytoon in 2018.

As such, Dtv movies represent a bygone era when the division between movies released in theaters and those released on video -– in both budget and perceived quality -– was more significant than it is today. Even the worst Dtv films feel special because these kinds of low-budget films produced by major studios no longer exist.

But not all Dtv movies should be thrown in the garbage. Some of these films became cult classics, despite their lowly Dtv status. Others remain beloved sequels to theatrically...

I’ve been thirsty for TV to make me think. Something fresh. Who knew I’d have to turn to the past to get what I wanted?

And when you do find a hidden gem, sometimes you fall down a rabbit hole, and there’s no getting back out.

That’s precisely what happened when I stumbled onto Nowhere Man, a forgotten 1995 TV series starring Bruce Greenwood.

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Diving into this show that was previously unknown to me made me realize just how many incredible shows are still buried in television’s past, waiting to be uncovered.

Most people know the famous one-season wonders — My So-Called Life, Firefly, Freaks and Geeks.

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They’re great,...

Some Star Trek series were fortunate enough to cast experienced actors in major roles, but few generated the excitement and buzz around Star Trek: Enterprise when the show’s producers announced that Scott Bakula would take the captain’s chair for the series. Bakula, who’d experienced success with NBC’s Quantum Leap, agreed to take the role when producers explained the show’s premise and setting, which takes place 100 years before Captain Kirk and his crew begin their 5-year mission. Star Trek: Enterprise enjoyed a 4-season run on the Upn network, and some fans return to the series on streaming simply to enjoy Bakula’s presence and his portrayal of Captain Jonathan Archer, as the veteran actor has a loyal fanbase that’s built steadily since his early days on the stage and screen.

Scott Bakula’s early career

Scott Bakula was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 9th,...

I grew up in a bohemian household in Southern California where icons of the literary, film, and music worlds would often converge. On any given evening, there might be a noted author in our living room reading something they’d just written, or a titan of the fine arts drinking whiskey with my parents at the dinner table. These guests were friends of my parents, one of whom is the actor and artist Russ Tamblyn. As a kid, I knew them to be godfather-type figures — Dean Stockwell, Dennis Hopper, and...

If you’re not a regular sci-fi or fantasy fan, there are still plenty of genre shows out there to watch!

One would think that if you’re on this website, then you’re automatically a fan of sci-fi and fantasy TV. Several shows have been able to connect with mainstream audiences, like Lost and Game of Thrones. But some might be a bit harder for casual viewers to get into. They are still great, they’re just more for folks already familiar with the genre.

It helps that these shows have great writing, excellent actors and often some stunning story arcs. For casual fans, these 15 sci-fi and fantasy shows are worth tracking down!

Rebecca Ferguson as Juliette Nichols in Silo season 2. Image: Apple TV+. 1. Silo

One of Apple TV+’s hottest shows, Silo has a pure sci-fi setup: thousands of people live in a city underground, having been told...

The 1985 crime thrillerTo Live and Die in L.A. may have only earned $17 million at the worldwide box office, but well-known film critic, the late Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, gave the movie, directed by William Friedkin, four out of four stars. The movie will stream for free on Tubi starting on April 1.

Although its box office take may seem low, To Live and Die in L.A. did turn a profit as its budget was just $6 million. The movie follows the story of two Secret Service agents who are given the task of arresting a counterfeiter. Currently, the film has an 88% critic score and a 78% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.

A CSI Veteran Stars in the Film

William Petersen, best known for his starring role as Dr. Gil Grissom, in the CSI franchise, plays Secret Service agent Richard Chance. Willem Dafoe portrays the criminal Eric “Rick” Masters, who kills...

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This March, Prime Video is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the return of beloved shows like The Wheel of Time and Bosch: Legacy to the much-anticipated thriller drama film Holland. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Prime Video this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 9 best films that are coming to Prime Video in March 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

12 Angry Men (March 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100% Credit – United Artists

12 Angry Man is a legal drama film directed by Sidney Lumet from a screenplay by Reginald Rose. Based on Rose’s 1954 teleplay of the same name, the 1957 film follows twelve men selected to serve as jury members on a murder case where the suspect is a Latino teenager.

The Time Guardian – starring Carrie Fisher and Dean Stockwell and directed by the co-writer of Mad Max 2 – has emerged on Prime Video UK.

Star Wars royalty Carrie Fisher. Blue Velvet and future Quantum Leap co-star Dean Stockwell. Filmmaker and Mad Max 2 co-writer Brian Hannant making one of the most expensive Australian films up to that point.

With a pedigree like that, you might think that The Time Guardian would be better known than it is. Instead, it largely sank without trace on its brief cinema release in 1987, and became one of those films that was doomed to lurk on the lower shelves of VHS rental libraries.

Unexpectedly, though, The Time Guardian has emerged on Prime Video in the UK, which means subscribers have the rare opportunity to watch one of the weirdest – and less often-discussed – sci-fi movies of the 1980s.

On paper, it’s a typical B-movie of its era.

Frank Herbert's 1965 "Dune" novel has been a colossal inspiration since its release, encouraging countless other authors and filmmakers. However, for years, a successful movie adaptation proved very hard to get it right. Over five decades later, we have Denis Villeneuve's "Dune: Part One" and "Dune: Part Two," satisfying critics, fans, and the Academy.

While we wait for "Dune: Part Three," what's a fan to do? Well, the influences of "Dune" go far and wide, as do the cinematic influences of director Villeneuve. From the movies that were inspired by Herbert's original novel, to other films that capture something of the spirit or style of the story, and even previous attempts at tackling the material, there's a lot of cinema out there to please fans of the young, selectively bred Messiah figure Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), who joins the desert-dwelling Fremen on spice planet Arrakis and quells the feud...

1986's Blue Velvet, the neo-noir thriller from David Lynch, is finding success on streaming following the death of its great director. The movie, starring Isabella Rossellini and Kyle MacLachlan, has climbed to the list of most-watched films on Max. Blue Velvet stars Rossellini and MacLachlan alongside Laura Dern, Dennis Hopper, Dean Stockwell, Hope Lange, Frances Bay, Brad Dourif, and Jack Nance, among others. Written and directed by Lynch, Blue Velvet is a classic thriller that follows Jeffrey Beaumont, who becomes part of a criminal conspiracy that involves a lounge singer named Dorothy and a violent gangster named Frank Booth.

The synopsis reads as follows:

"The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child."

Released in the middle of the 1980s, the same year as Top Gun,...

David Lynch as a man and creative force is impossible to describe, as he's an enigma wrapped in cosmic brilliance that we can only pretend we were worthy enough to understand. The legend departed our mortal plane at the age of 78, leaving a legacy of inimitable cinematic, television, and storytelling achievements, where even his "worst" film is better than the average filmmaker's very best. His 2007 film "David Lynch Cooks Quinoa" is one of the most captivating works of short-form filmmaking, and it's legitimately just a video of the famed director doing exactly as the title says — cooking quinoa.

He's a creative force so singular and unique that his work helped us make sense of our own existence. His auteur perspective on the world around us was so distinct that we had to invent the term "Lynchian" before we could even dare attempt to wrap our heads around it. He inspired...

Isabella Rossellini, who appeared in two of David Lynch's feature films and was romantically involved with the filmmaker for about five years, posted a tribute to Lynch on her Instagram account. The Conclave actress posted a photo of herself with Lynch with the simple caption, "I loved him so much. Thanks for all your kind messages."

Rossellini only had a handful of credits to her name before being cast in Blue Velvet, Lynch's 1986 nightmare of small town America. Rossellini plays Dorothy Vallens, a nightclub singer under the violent and sexually perverse sway of a local criminal (Dennis Hopper). The role was a difficult one to play for any actor, but Rossellini handled it beautifully and made a name for herself in Hollywood.

The story goes, when Lynch first met Rossellini while in pre-production for the film, he commented that she could be Ingrid Bergman's daughter, unaware that she...

David Lynch is one of the most prolific — and certainly singular — American directors of the last 50 years, and his death was met Thursday with innumerable tributes and memories from collaborators like Kyle MacLachlan (“Twin Peaks”), Naomi Watts (“Mulholland Drive”) and Steven Spielberg (“The Fabelmans”).

And while his body of work speaks for itself, the outpouring of support and grief and celebration of Lynch’s life showed just how many people he touched in his decades as one of Hollywood’s most unique voices.

Below, TheWrap has rounded up a number of memorable moments of Lynch throughout the years, including taking “Wild at Heart” to the Cannes International Film Festival in 1990 with stars Laura Dern, Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe, Diane Ladd and Isabella Rossellini; celebrating Dern’s Hollywood Walk of Film induction with Mark Ruffalo in 2010; and working to film “The Straight Story” in 1998.

Read on for a full gallery of...

One of the all-time greats is gone. That thought went through my head this afternoon when word came down that David Lynch, the incredible mind behind Twin Peaks, Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, and so many more, was no longer with us. The news was a shock as, despite his fragile health, Lynch was still pretty active, teasing potential new projects and also receiving rave reviews for his acting turn as John Ford in Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans. Of course, with this news, it’s time to take a look back at the master’s work, and lucky for us, he leaves an incredible cinematic legacy behind. We all have our favorite David Lynch movies, but here are my top 5 picks:

Lost Highway (1997):

This was an important movie in my cinematic education. It came out in the late nineties, at a time when I was coming of age as a potential cinephile.

One of Hollywood’s worst weeks in years just got worse. David Lynch, the four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead, Wild at Heart, The Elephant Man and others who also created the ABC drama series Twin Peaks, died Wednesday. He was 78.

His family posted the news on social media but did not provide a date of death.

Related: Breaking Baz: How David Lynch’s Vivid Imagination Was Sparked By What He Saw Beyond His Bedroom Window As A Kid

Lynch had been diagnosed with emphysema. Sources told Deadline that he was forced to relocate from his house due to the Sunset Fire and then took a turn for the worse. In an interview with Sight & Sound magazine last year, Lynch revealed that due to Covid fears and his emphysema diagnosis, he no longer could leave the house, which meant if he directed again, it would be remotely.

A 28-year-old Harrison Ford thriller film that was incredibly popular in the 1990s is reportedly being rebooted. Sony may be developing a new Air Force One movie.

The scoop comes from industry insider Daniel Richtman's page, who has reported: "Sony [is] developing a new Air Force One movie. It's not clear if this is a remake or a sequel." The original Air Force One movie debuted in 1997, with the political thriller movie directed and co-produced by Wolfgang Petersen, whose other films included Das Boot (1981), In the Line of Fire (1993), and The Perfect Storm (2000). The plot of the film follows the aircraft carrying the President of the United States as it is hijacked by a group of terrorists.

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Claude Jarman Jr., who received a Juvenile Academy Award for his heart-tugging performance as the boy who adopts an orphaned fawn in the 1946 MGM classic The Yearling, died Sunday. He was 90.

Jarman died in his sleep of natural causes at his Marin County home in Kentfield, California, his wife of 38 years, Katie, told THR’s Scott Feinberg.

In films released in 1949, Jarman starred with Jeanette MacDonald in the Lassie movie The Sun Comes Up, played the brother of a rancher on the run (Robert Sterling) in Roughshod and reteamed with Yearling director Clarence Brown to portray a youngster out to prove the innocence of a Black man in Intruder in the Dust, based on the William Faulkner novel and filmed in Oxford, Mississippi.

A year later, he played the son of a cavalry officer (John Wayne) in John Ford’s Rio Grande (1950).

Born on Sept. 27, 1934, Jarman was the 10-year-old son...

Paris, Texas, spine #501, is now available on 4K in the Criterion Collection.

Wim Wenders sprawling masterpiece receives a well-deserved 4K update this month from the Criterion Collection. Part mystery, part neo-western and part road trip movie, Paris, Texas is a beautiful depiction of love, loss and the American west.

Related The 100 Greatest Movies of All-Time Paris, Texas plot

Travis Henderson (Harry Dean Stanton) wonders out of the desert after being missing for years. He seemingly has no idea who he is or where he’s been. He’s reunited with his brother, Walt (Dean Stockwell), whose been raising Travis’ young son. Travis’ surprising reappearance causes the lives of those around him to be thrown into disarray as he slowly begins to piece his former life back together.

The review

The cinematography, consisting of wide shots, vacant landscapes and minimalist imagery, gives Paris, Texas a distinct visual style that perfectly compliments...

From its Southwestern skyscraper surfaces to its bush- and junk car-pocked bedrock, there’s something slightly off-kilter about the America of Wim Wenders’s Paris, Texas. The solidly masculine cast is nothing if not indigenous: For one, when the sun-punched Travis Henderson, played by Harry Dean Stanton, first stumbles into frame, his uncultivated, hirsute face and dusty red cap seem like natural geological formations that have been patiently waiting, cragged and craterous, for us to anticlimactically discover them. And the relationship-oriented, plot-shunning dialogue by multihyphenate creative Sam Shepherd taps into dialectal heartbrokenness without a shred of disassociating local lingo.

But there are tellingly alien factors out there. How did Travis and his brother Walt (Dean Stockwell) wind up with women who drip sophisticated European sex appeal from their ripe lips and honey hair? And why does every truck stop along highway 10 emit the same sickly green aura that glows like a clumsy,...

Fans can enjoy a beloved Francis Ford Coppola legal drama movie on a major streaming platform. 1997's The Rainmaker, starring Matt Damon, has arrived on Paramount+ as of December 1.

Based on John Grisham's 1995 novel of the same name, The Rainmaker follows Damon's Rudy S. Baylor, a young and idealistic Memphis State University Law School grad who takes on a corrupt insurance company. The film has a stacked cast, which includes Mickey Rourke as J. Lyman "Bruiser" Stone, a determined and successful ambulance chaser who hires Rudy. Danny DeVito plays Deck Shifflet, a former insurance adjuster of questionable ethics who works with Bruiser and Rudy. The Rainmaker's ensemble also includes Claire Danes as Rudy's love interest Kelly Riker, Jon Voight as the opposing attorney Leo F. Drummond, Danny Glover as Judge Tyrone Kipler, Roy Scheider, and Mary Kay Place.

Related The Coen Brothers' $172 Million Neo-Western Masterpiece Lands a New...

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In this age of superhero movies, we rarely see a blockbuster take over the conversation in pop culture. Yes, I know there is Top Gun: Maverick, Barbie, and Oppenheimer but the true era of blockbusters is long gone and so are the movie stars there were times when blockbusters were all the rage and in this list, we are talking about that time, 1990s. Countless films were released in the 1990s and several of them became blockbusters but now many people don’t even remember them and even if they do they are not talking about them. So, we took it upon ourselves to create a list of the best 10 forgotten blockbusters that were released in the 1990s.

Air Force One (Rent on Prime Video) Box Office: $315.2 Million Rotten Tomatoes Score: 79% Credit – Sony Pictures

Air Force One is...

Many of us, whether in the entertainment business or outside of it, choose lives that are constantly on the move with goal after goal being strived for, barely taking a day or even a moment for slowing down to enjoy the sweetness of living. Today’s movies reflect a similar state of mind as many of our favorite protagonists are highly motivated to achieve ambitious dreams, often losing relationships and sanity over their seemingly impossible ends. As if in response to this, Wim Wenders’ newest film 'Perfect Days' (2023) follows a character who acts as the opposite. Shot on location in Tokyo Japan with legendary Japanese star Koji Yakusho giving an award winning performance, Wim Wenders’ newest film, 'Perfect Days' brings a slice of life treat to the modern era of world cinema that is in parts delightful and endearing, other parts somber and thoughtful, and overall encompassed by a feeling...

Conceived by Barbara Pyle and media mogul Ted Turner, Captain Planet was an ecological hero way ahead of his time. The animated series ran for years with some nifty design work by Neal Adams and his Continuity Associates. Each episode featured an adventure and a lesson (of course). It endeared itself to a generation of viewers and remained an enduring figure from the 1990s.

Now, Warner Home Entertainment has released Captain Planet the Complete Franchise, with 41 hours and 31 minutes of environmental goodness. For silly legal reasons, the show has two titles evenly split among its six seasons: Captain Planet and the Planeteers (animated by Dic) and The New Adventures of Captain Planet (animated by Hanna-Barbera) for the final three seasons.

Gaia, the spirit of Earth, was voiced by Whoopi Goldberg, who set the tone and standard for the entire series. She was accompanied by a voice cast that included Margot Kidder...

Francis Ford Coppola has directed some of the best movies in cinematic history, and while that's brought him financial success at times, his lowest-grossing movies standings have changed with Megalopolis. The Godfather helped establish Coppola as one of Hollywood's biggest talents behind the camera, and the mob crime movie proved he also had plenty of pull with audiences at the cinema. The Godfather's $243 million box office haul suggested that he'd have plenty of other major financial hits, but with his proclivity for risky projects, big budgets, and clashing with studios, that rarely happened after 1974.

Coppola still managed to deliver a hit in Bram Stoker's Dracula in 1992, as it is the only other of his movies to make over $200 million worldwide. None of the other Francis Ford Coppola movies made over $100 million (via The Numbers). The reality is that the director has had more big swings and misses at the box office,...

Two of the most-loved sci-fi franchises of all time have a lot more crossover than you might think. Before starring on "Star Trek: The Original Series," several key members of the enterprise popped up in Rod Serling's seminal series "The Twilight Zone." A few decades later, the same pattern would repeat, only it would be future "Star Trek: The Next Generation" stars cutting their teeth on episodes of the '80s "Twilight Zone" reboot. Even the most recent iteration of the show, Jordan Peele's short-lived but ambitious effort that stalled out after just two seasons, has hosted some great past and future "Trek" actors.

It's worth noting that this list concerns the best "Star Trek" actors, and as such, there are no guarantees that these talented folks are actually great or even memorable in their "Twilight Zone" appearances. Some certainly are, while others have only the briefest of guest spots in mostly-forgotten episodes.

Looks like cinephiles will need to make a little more space on their shelves. As has become customary, The Criterion Collection announced its four upcoming December releases today, and you may just need to make room for all of them on your holiday shopping lists. First up, set to be available on December 3, the new 4K restoration of Wim Wenders’ Palme d’Or-winning masterpiece “Paris, Texas,” starring Harry Dean Stanton, Dean Stockwell, and Nastassja Kinski.

In his 1984 review of the reflective western drama, film critic Roger Ebert wrote, “‘Paris, Texas’ is a movie with the kind of passion and willingness to experiment that was more common fifteen years ago than it is now. It has more links with films like ‘Five Easy Pieces’ and ‘Easy Rider’ and ‘Midnight Cowboy,’ than with the slick arcade games that are the box-office winners of the 1980s. It is true, deep, and brilliant.”

On...

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Travelers has to be one of the most brilliantly thought-out time travel thriller dramas ever made. Created by Brad Wright, the Netflix series follows a group of travelers who had to send their consciousness back in time to the 21st century. Knowing what is going to happen in the future if they don’t complete their mission, these travelers have to stop the end of the world. Travelers stars Eric McCormack, MacKenzie Porter, Nesta Cooper, Jared Abrahamson, Reilly Dolman, and Patrick Gilmore. So, if you loved the thrilling stories, sci-fi elements, and compelling characters in Travelers here are some similar shows you should check out next.

Continuum (Prime Video) Credit – Showcase

Continuum is a sci-fi action drama series created by Simon Barry. The Showcase series follows the story of Kiera Cameron, a cop in 2077 as she is forced...

Eddie Murphy's Axel Foley encountered some wild villains during his Beverly Hills Cop misadventures, but some way rank higher than others. The Beverly Hills Cop movies are basically Eddie Murphy showing off his movie star prowess, with the original 1984 film only cementing his growing fame. Murphy also hated the Beverly Hills Cop sequels (though his stance on the second film has softened greatly) so much it took him 30 years to work up the enthusiasm for a fourth outing.

While Netflix's belated Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F was far from flawless, it underlined that Murphy's star power remains intact. Time will tell if Beverly Hills Cop 5 will happen, but given the positive response to part four, there's a good possibility. Murphy's Axel is so overpowering in the films that the villains often fail to register, which has been a problem. In short, most of his antagonists have been a bit lame,...

Leonard Nimoy wrote his first autobiography in 1975, titling it "I Am Not Spock." It wasn't born out of hatred for his beloved "Star Trek" role, it was simply inspired by people conflating him with his character. Notably, Nimoy wrote a follow-up titled "I Am Spock" 20 years later.

Spock was Nimoy's breakout part and his most remembered role, but lest we forget that aforementioned memoir, he'd been acting for more than a decade before "Star Trek" came along. One of his more minor parts was in an episode of "The Twilight Zone" season 3 — "A Quality of Mercy." The episode is set in the Philippines on August 6, 1945 (the day the U.S. bombed Hiroshima). Nimoy plays Hansen, one of the American G.I.'s fighting the last days of an already-won war.

The idea of the episode came from writer Sam Rolfe, but the actual teleplay was written by "Twilight Zone" creator/narrator Rod Serling.

Legendary actor Tim Curry is heading back to the big screen with his role in an upcoming horror film. The news has previous co-star of the Rocky Horror Picture Show icon hoping for a third collaboration.

In the 1990s, Bubba Ho-Tep star Bruce Campbell appeared in Congo and McHale's Navy, two films which also starred Curry. After the announcement that Curry was coming back to film with his role in the horror movie Stream, Campbell took to X (formerly Twitter) to react to the news. Hopeful that this might mean that a third movie together could happen next, the Ash vs. Evil Dead star said, "Great news! I worked with Tim on two American classics, Congo and McHales Navy - lets go for three!"

Great news! I worked with Tim on two American classics, Congo and McHales Navy - lets go for three! https://t.co/cpmABdR5zc Bruce Campbell...

After directing two features last year with Perfect Days and Anselm, there’s no better time to revisit Wim Wenders’ crowning achievement. His serene 1984 Palme d’Or winner Paris, Texas has been restored in 4K for its 40th anniversary and will now open in theaters beginning August 30 at NYC’s IFC Center, courtesy of Janus Films. Written by Sam Shepard, shot by Robby Müller, and starring Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, and Dean Stockwell, the new trailer and poster has now arrived ahead of the theatrical rerelease.

Here’s the synopsis: “New German Cinema pioneer Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire) brings his keen eye for landscape to the American Southwest in Paris, Texas, a profoundly moving character study written by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Sam Shepard. Paris, Texas follows the mysterious, nearly mute drifter Travis as he tries to reconnect with his young son, living with his brother (Dean Stockwell) in Los Angeles,...

Sidney Lumet once wrote: “While the goal of all movies is to entertain, the kind of film in which I believe goes one step further. It compels the spectator to examine one facet or another of his own conscience. It stimulates thought and set the mental juices flowing. In a film career spanning 50 years, Lumet explored conscience in such classics 1957’s “12 Angry Men,” 1973’s “Serpico,” 1976’s “Network” and 1982’ s “The Verdict.”

Lumet’s New York Times 2011 obit stated: “Social issues set his mental juices flowing and his best films not only probed the consequences of prejudice, corruption and betrayal, but also celebrated individual acts of courage.” And one should also add redemption to that list. He was always in a New York state of mind. Of the 38 films he made, 29 were shot in New York. Lumet earned four Oscar nominations for best director- “12 Angry Men,” which marked his feature debut,...

Naval war movies provide a thrilling depiction of the harsh conditions and grueling battles at sea. Historical accuracy, genre-melding fiction, and nuanced character studies enhance the best naval war films. From Pearl Harbor to Das Boot, these iconic naval war movies showcase epic battles and incredible storytelling.

Naval war movies were among the most exciting depictions of conflict ever seen on screen, as viewers witnessed the harsh conditions of the sea and the grueling expectations of those battling within it. The debilitating realities of naval warfare have been experienced for centuries as seamen and sailors traversed the seven seas, where individuals, countries, and regions found themselves at odds with one another. From awe-inspiring action sequences to technically marvelous cinematic spectacles, the best naval war movies were among the greatest feats of filmmaking.

The greatest war movies set at sea date back to the silent film era, when directors sought to...

The original Quantum Leap intro laid out the mission statement for the series.

“Dr. [Sam] Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life. Striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.”

Yet the original series ended with Sam (Scott Bakula) never returning home for good. He was still out there, lost in time. Helping people, yes, but without a home. It’s always been a sore spot for Quantum Leap fans. Why would the show end without giving Sam what he wanted?

When the new Quantum Leap series was announced as a continuation of the original series, fans found new hope. Perhaps they’d not only get to see Sam again but he’d finally get the chance to come home. Unfortunately the new series was canceled after only two seasons, without giving longtime fans the closure they desperately wanted.

This post contains spoilers for "Blue Velvet."

David Lynch's cinematic world tiptoes between stark reality and nightmarish dreams, where quaint, perfect lives and locales often hide Boschian hells. While some Lynchian small towns are infused with poetic romanticism despite harboring great evils (such as Twin Peaks), others, like Lumberton, weave an insincere facade with its aura of suburban bliss: a sentiment that forms the crux of Lynch's sensational, oft-misunderstood "Blue Velvet." Most of Lynch's work defies objective analysis, as the foundational ideas he embeds into his stories feel abstract and elusive, but are always tethered to reality in essential and terrifying ways. Although "Blue Velvet" helms one of the most straightforward narratives in Lynch's oeuvre — it is neither as labyrinthine nor heady as "Inland Empire" or "Mulholland Drive" — the film's graphic depictions of psychosexual impulses tend to confuse and alienate, with the merging of the real and the...

It may be a mystery to famed director David Lynch that Patrick Stewart was an acclaimed actor when the latter showed up on the set of his 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune.

Well, sometimes directors have a clear vision of the ideal actor for a role, while other times, a happy accident can result in unexpected greatness. Such was the case with Lynch’s original 1984 Dune adaptation, in which he erroneously cast Patrick Stewart in a role that was meant for someone else.

Yes, Stewart, 83, inadvertently obtained the role of Gurney Halleck. In the process of replacing Aldo Ray at the eleventh hour, the director erroneously cast another Patrick Stewart.

David Lynch’s Dune 1984

Aside from being a financial disaster and receiving negative reviews, the film has developed a cult following over the years, and this intriguing casting mishap is just one of the many oddball tales surrounding its creation.

The  revival of the "Quantum Leap" time travel science fiction TV series, starring Raymond Lee, has been canceled after two seasons on NBC:

"...30 years after 'Dr. Sam Beckett' stepped into the 'Quantum Leap' accelerator and vanished, a new team has been assembled to restart the project in the hopes of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it..."  

"...in the original series, physicist 'Dr. Beckett' (Scott Bakula) theorized that time travel within one's own lifetime is possible, and obtains government support to build his project 'Quantum Leap'. But years later, the government threatens to pull funding, as no progress has been made, and Beckett decides to test the project accelerator by himself to save the project before anyone can stop him. He is thrown back in time, and on regaining consciousness, finds that while he physically exists in the past, he appears...

Kyle MacLachlan is excited about the new Dune films, having portrayed Paul Atreides in the 1984 version of the movie. The Dune universe, led by Villeneuve's 2021 adaptation, boasts an impressive ensemble cast, setting a promising trajectory for the future. MacLachlan shares a close friendship with director David Lynch, collaborating on multiple projects beyond the original Dune film.

Before Timothée Chalamet portrayed Paul Atreides in Denis Villenueve's Dune, Kyle MacLachlan tackled the role in 1984. MacLachlan first appeared on-screen in David Lynch's 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic novel Dune. Recently, Denis Villeneuve's critically acclaimed and box office hits, Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024), have brought renewed attention to the Dune universe.

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Release DateDecember 14, 1984DirectorDavid LynchCastKyle MacLachlan, Virginia Madsen, Francesca Annis, Leonardo Cimino, Brad Dourif, Patrick StewartRuntime2hr 17minMain GenreScience FictionWritersDavid Lynch, Frank HerbertStudioDino De Laurentiis Company, Estudios...

Back in 1989, the original Quantum Leap sci-fi series was one of the more popular shows on TV. Created by Donald P. Bellisario, the series consisted of a total of 97 episodes spread through five seasons. The original show starred Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Bellisario revived the show in 2022, setting it 30 years after the end of the original series. The series ran for two seasons (31 episodes in total) on NBC, and we are sad to report that the series has now been canceled after two seasons on NBC.

This news doesn’t really come as a major shocker to anyone, as the series had been on the bubble ever since its two-hour season finale that aired on February 20, 2024. In contrast to this, the series had been renewed for a second season in December 2022, while the season was still being broadcast.

The new series starred Raymond Lee as the new lead protagonist Dr.