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Donnie Darko (2001) Explained: A Journey Through The Director’s Theory: A month after the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001, a fiction about the transformative power of small catastrophes reached American cinemas. In the plot, a troubled teenager escapes death when an airplane engine crashes into his bedroom. He then starts to have visions with a large bunny rabbit, which instead of presenting playful fantasy, involves him in a dark and criminal premonition.

The fear and distrust that permeated the scene at the time boycotted Donnie Darko’s debut, but word of mouth caught the attention of Pioneer Theatre in New York, which insisted on showing it for two years. Consequently, rejection gave way to catharsis, soon DVD sales soared and the newest generation of midnight films began deciphering enigmas in broad daylight.

Although director Richard Kelly’s script works with philosophical issues and uses references ranging...

Tucked away in a hillside garden a short walk from the restive heart of Port-au-Prince, the Hotel Oloffson was a strange kind of refuge. Through good years and a lot of bad ones, it stayed open to all comers, welcoming despite its dark undertones and somehow immune to Haiti’s political strife. A favorite haunt of artists, celebrities, and local intelligentsia, along with aid workers and journalists needing a stiff rum punch to ease the day’s stress, the Gothic gingerbread mansion weathered brutal bouts of violence and natural disasters...

Lauro Chartrand-DelValle is most recently known for his work on Shōgun as stunt coordinator and second unit director, but on top of that excellent series, he has stunt credits on over 300 projects, including The Midnight Club, Midnight Mass, The Predator, The X-Files, Godzilla, and many more that Daily Dead readers will be familiar with. Now, he's directed, written, and produced the supernatural indigenous film Protectors of the Land, and we can exclusively reveal that Tubi has acquired the movie, with it releasing to their platform on July 4th. And we're thrilled to have the exclusive premiere of the film's trailer, which you can watch right now!

"The new feature film ‘Protectors of the Land’ directed, written, and produced by ‘Shogun’ Stunt Coordinator and Second Unit Director Lauro Chartrand-DelValle has sold to Tubi and will be available to watch beginning July 4.

Starring Tim Rozon, Tanaya Beatty (Yellowstone), Nathaniel Arcand (Sinners) and Graham Greene,...

Stars: Marguerite Moreau, Graham Greene, April Lee, Matthew Fahey, Brandon Moynihan, Aryeh-Or, Mark Lane III | Written and Directed by Raul Gasteazoro

In the scorched, desolate landscape of The Protector, water is more than a resource, it’s a currency and more than that, it can be a spark for brutal conflict. Directed by Raul Gasteazoro, this indie post-apocalyptic actioner dares to tread the well-worn paths of Mad Max, Book of Eli and The Road while carving out its own identity with visceral action, a haunting atmosphere, and the little-seen undercurrent of hope. The Protector is a bold, adrenaline-fueled journey that wrestles with survival, redemption, and the cost of humanity in a world stripped of those things. So let’s talk about it.

Set in a future plagued by water wars, famine, and a deadly disease known as “The Rot,” The Protector centres on Key (Marguerite Moreau), a convict desperate to...

According to most historians, the Wild West ended around the turn of the 20th Century, coinciding with the rise of a new medium that would enshrine its mythos in our popular imagination: Cinema. If the movies of Taylor Sheridan are anything to go by, however, it never truly came to a close; just the frontiers and the protagonists have changed. Few modern filmmakers are as committed to telling gritty new Western stories than Sheridan, and he certainly has the credentials. He grew up on a Texas ranch, loves wearing his big old cowboy hat in photoshoots, and he was inducted into the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2021. He's as good as anybody who regularly works in the genre today at matching intense showdowns and sudden bursts of violence with an authentic touch of social commentary.

Although Sheridan is perhaps best-known for his TV series "Yellowstone" and its historical spin-offs...

Coming off their acclaimed turn as Ellie in the second season of HBO's The Last of Us, Bella Ramsey is reportedly being eyed for a Marvel Studios role.

Though this should only be viewed as a rumor for the time being, scooper Mttsh is claiming that Marvel is interested in signing Ramsey for a "big role" in an upcoming project. This obviously covers a lot of ground and even more potential characters, and it's entirely possible that Kevin Feige and co. simply have the highly in-demand actor on their radar.

Ramsey might well have taken a meeting (or two), but Marvel meets with a lot of talent, often without any specific role in mind.

That said, there are some major MCU movies on the horizon, and  - assuming this is accurate - we can't help but wonder if Ramsey might be in line for a role in the upcoming X-Men reboot.

Val Kilmer’s tragic passing shocked the world earlier this year, but his work will live on forever through his iconic and enduring filmography. One of Kilmer’s most critically acclaimed movies that has perhaps flown under the radar is Thunderheart, the 1992 R-rated contemporary Western that follows a young FBI agent assigned to work with a veteran investigator on a Sioux reservation murder. When most people think of a Kilmer Western, they think of Tombstone, but Thunderheart earned strong scores of 91% from critics and 75% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. The film is currently streaming for free on Pluto TV, and it’s one of the most popular movies on the streamer, sitting at #5 at the time of writing. Thunderheart also stars Graham Greene and Sam Shepard.

Thunderheart was written by John Fusco, and Michael Apted directed the film. Fusco is still writing projects more than 30 years later, with his most...

Like Netflix and HBO Max, Amazon’s Prime Video has a film and TV library that is vast and deeper than most of its subscribers may realize. Hidden beneath its most easily accessible recommendations are underrated, oft-forgotten movies that you likely have never seen before. These films run the complete genre gamut, which means that, regardless of whether you are in the mood for a light-hearted Hollywood adventure or a darker thriller, you can always find exactly the kind of movie you’re looking for on the platform.

With all that in mind, here are seven great hidden gem movies that are streaming on Prime Video right now.

“The Third Man” (Selznick Releasing Organization) “The Third Man (1949)

Rightly regarded as one of cinema’s greatest films, director Carol Reed’s “The Third Man” is a jovially constructed noir about betrayal, justice and loss. Written by Graham Greene, it follows an...

Footage from this Sunday's season 2 finale of The Last of Us has leaked online, and fans have been reacting to what appears to be at least one significant change to how these events play out in the Naughty Dog video game, The Last of Us Part II.

We're not sure if the entire episode was posted at any point, but the finale was made available early to people who bought the season pass for the show through Apple. The episode - reportedly titled "Convergence" - was quickly removed ahead of the intended May 25 broadcast date, but not before clips began to circulate on social media.

Spoilers follow.

It looks like the finale is going to cover Ellie picking off the rest of Abby's friends and Abby arriving to the abandoned theater where Ellie, Dina, Jesse and Tommy are holed up to exact her revenge. In the game, Abby kills Jesse...

“The Protector” is a new ‘post-apocalyptic’ feature, directed by Raul Gasteazoro, starring Marguerite Moreau, Graham Greene, Chris Redman, Mark Lane III and Jade Tailor, opening My 23, 2025 in theaters:

“…ravaged by water wars, famine and drought, the ‘West’ is once again wild and peace is but a thing of the past.

“Children are rare, water is scarce and life hinges on a delicate balance.

“The resulting land is brutalized by brazen acts of ruthlessness. Rallying around gas-guzzling gladiators, a new and brutal form of drag racing called ‘Dirt-Joust’ has become the sport of the people.;

“With not much to live for but the purse at the end of the race, these drivers compete to win or die trying…”

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Season 2 of The Last of Us concludes next Sunday, and HBO has now shared a series of new promo stills and two clips teasing what's to come in what promises to be an eventful and intense episode.

Spoilers for previous episodes and (potentially) the finale follow.

The penultimate episode, "The Price," consisted of a series of flashbacks to Joel and Ellie's life in Jackson prior to the former's death at the hands of Abby. We learned that Ellie did speak to Joel on his porch the night of the New Year's Eve dance, telling him that she would "like to try" to forgive him for his murderous actions in Salt Lake City back in the season 1 finale.

We are now building to a face-off between Ellie and Abby, but will we see it this Sunday? Without giving too much away for anyone who hasn't played the video game, there...

"Whether it's the rot, or the heat, every one if you is going to die." "The truth is: the West is once again Wild." An official trailer has arrived for a movie called The Protector, a gritty action thriller set in a dusty post-apocalyptic future very similar to Mad Max. This is the feature directorial debut of Raul Gasteazoro, who has been developing this project for years, made on a low budget shot on location with everyone putting their passion into making it. With the region's last source of freshwater buried under a Native American reservation and evil forces angling for control, a convict fighting for her own freedom becomes the unlikely protector of a young boy who may have the power to save it. Starring Marguerite Moreau as Key, a young woman who's the only one with a map to get to a source of water. But once she...

Late into I Only Rest in the Storm, Sergio (Sérgio Coragem) is asked a question he can’t seem to answer: what do you care about? A Portuguese environmental engineer hired to evaluate the ecological impact of a massive road set to slice through Guinea Bissau, the man has spent his sojourn in a kind of existential paralysis. Granted, the gig has sent him traveling far and wide, shuttling from the capital’s luscious villas to hamlets the project will likely wipe out. He’s schmoozed with the local elite, inspected latrines in the country’s interior, and spent days with fellow Portuguese workers stranded in the desert, guarding cranes as tall as cathedrals. But for all this meandering, Sergio’s at a standstill, unable (or unwilling) to come to terms with the role he’s meant to play in a place he’s never seen before and whose future...

The Protector is the newest film from director Raul Gasteazoro, who also wrote and produced it. The new film is set to show an exciting new look into a post-apocalyptic future where trying to fight for freshwater is the only way to survive. The cast includes Marguerite Moreau, Graham Greene, Jade Tailor, and more! In an exclusive new trailer released by Collider, we get to see what Gasteazoro has in store for us.

The trailer begins by saying that the "West is once again wild" as we see people fighting for resources, determined to survive. Basically, think about how people reacted in Waterworldand then imagine that without the water. That's kind of what The Protector is proposing. Basically, it's Waterworld meets Mad Max,and that's kind of exciting! The trailer shows water being kept on a reservation and those who are struggling to survive without the valuable resource are ready...

In this week's episode of The Last of Us season 2, "Day One," Ellie and Dina narrowly escape from a horde of infected, with Ellie taking a bite in the arm in order to protect the woman she loves.

Of course, Dina had been kept in the dark about Ellie's immunity, and was fully prepared to shoot her in the head to prevent her from becoming a ravenous killer. Fortunately, Ellie is able to convince Dina that she will not turn, and the latter expresses her relief by first telling Ellie that she is pregnant with Jesse's child, and then instigating their first roll in the hay.

The episode also featured a recreation of what has become almost an iconic moment from the game, as Ellie plays a rendition of Ah-ha's "Take On Me" for Dina after discovering a guitar in a run-down music shop.

"[In the show], it's like, I'm fully embracing not...

As The Last of Us season 2 continues, Ellie (Bella Ramsey) must walk "The Path" for the first time in over five years without Joel Miller (Pedro Pascal).

In this week's episode, Ellie and Dina (Isabela Merced) decide to set off to Seattle to track down and execute Abby (Kaitlyn Dever) - and any of her allies that happen to get in their way - as revenge for her murder of Joel in "Through the Valley," but they vastly underestimate the size of the force that awaits them.

In the final shot, we see an entire army of Wlf (or "Wolves") soldiers patrolling the streets as Ellie and Dina approach the city on horseback.

Now, HBO has released a preview for next Sunday's episode, and in introduces the man who leads the Wlf, Isaac (Jeffrey Wright), in their war against Fedra (Federal Disaster Response Agency) and, more pertinently for this particular story,...

"Slowly. When we kill him, we kill him slowly."

As character introductions go, it doesn't get much more unnerving than Abby Anderson's debut in last night's season 2 premiere of The Last of Us. In a change to the Naughty Dog video game that's proven to be somewhat divisive, the show immediately explains why Abby is seeking revenge against the man who killed her father in the season 1 finale, Joel Miller.

Abby convinces her friends to help her track Joel down, but they decide to investigate a new faction (who will turn out to be the Washington Liberation Front/Wlf) first, and we don't see them again until the closing moments of "Future Days" when Abby's crew arrives to the outskirts of the Jackson settlement.

Dever - who was actually in line to play Ellie back when a movie based on The Last of Us was in development - spoke...

Season 2 of The Last of Us premiered last night, and HBO has now released a new weeks ahead trailer spotlighting some of the major events to come.

Spoilers follow.

In "Future Days," we are introduced to Abby Anderson (Kaitlyn Dever), the daughter of the doctor Joel (Pedro Pascal) killed in the season 1 finale while rescuing Ellie (Bella Ramsey). In a significant change to the Naughty Dog video game, we learn Abby's motivations for seeking revenge against Joel immediately.

Abby convinces her friends and fellow Fireflies to help her track Joel down, but all she has is his first name and vague description to go on. 

We then jump forward five years, with Joel and Ellie fully settled into a relatively peaceful life in Jackson. Ellie is barely speaking to Joel after finding out the truth about what happened the day he saved her from the Fireflies.

Abby doesn't make good...

Ben Foster, who was nominated for an Emmy for The Survivor a few years back, is headed back to the big screen with an upcoming action thriller that has finally secured a release date. After getting rave reviews last year during a brief festival run, King Ivory has set its sights on a 2025 release date window.

Variety reports that King Ivory, led by Hell or High Water star Ben Foster as well as Melissa Leo, has finally found theatrical distribution in the United States after premiering at the 2024 Venice Film Festival. King Ivory was directed by John Swab (Candy Land), based on his own screenplay. The movie tackles the fentanyl crisis "based on extensive research with law enforcement, gangs, inmates, migrants, and addicts." Check out the synopsis below:

"Based on extensive research involving law enforcement and gang members, a never-before-seen, authentic look inside the underworld of fentanyl trafficking from gangs...

Action-thriller “King Ivory, which had its world premiere at the 2024 Venice Film Festival, is set to get a theatrical release in the U.S.

Saban Films has acquired North American rights to the film — written and directed by John Swab and starring Ben Foster and Melissa Leo — and teamed with Roadside Attractions for a national theatrical release later in 2025. Universal Pictures will handle all other territories.

Also starring James Badge Dale (“The Departed”), Michael Mando (“Better Call Saul”), Rory Cochrane (“Black Mass”), Ritchie Coster (“The Dark Knight”), George Carroll (“The Town”), Sam Quartin “(Candy Land”), newcomer Jasper Jones and Oscar nominee Graham Greene (“Dances with Wolves”), “King Ivory” is described as a “fentanyl expose” based on extensive research with law enforcement, gangs, inmates, migrants and addicts.

The film was produced by Jeremy Rosen for his Oklahoma-based Roxwell Films.

Set against the backdrop of the opioid epidemic as fentanyl floods the market,...

Amazon Prime Video’s hit action-thriller series The Terminal List is expanding its cast for its anticipated second season, and Martin Sensmeier has officially joined the ensemble. The actor, notable for his roles in Westworld and The Magnificent Seven, will join the adrenaline-fueled world of covert operations and high-stakes revenge that Season 1 sprung up. Sensmeier has been drafted to play the major recurring role of Sergeant Major Otaktay, a proud and venerable warrior who cannot stand any abuse of power.

Based on Jack Carr’s bestselling novel series, The Terminal List premiered in 2022 with Chris Prattin the lead role as James Reece, a Navy Seal who sets out on a mission of vengeance after his entire platoon is ambushed and decimated. On the backs of the massive success of Season 1, Prime Video announced a spin-off, The Terminal List: Dark Wolf, which is described as “an elevated espionage thriller that takes...

"Those boys, they're good boys. They're looking for Mother Earth..." "They don't know it." Mongrel Media has unveiled an official trailer for the Canadian indie film titled The Birds Who Fear Death, made by indie Indo-Canadian filmmaker Sanjay Patel. This originally premiered at the 2024 Calgary & Whistler Film Festivals in Canada last year, but never showed up down in the US. Two greedy brothers, disinherited and strapped for cash, venture into the Canadian wilderness in search of themselves, their heritage, and a long-lost fortune. They discover that their father has left his estate to the Indigenous people of a remote hamlet in Northern Alberta. Determined to claim their fortune, the brothers return to the community, only to find it devastated by a cancer crisis tied to industrial development––a venture their father had once championed as Chief. Starring Adam Beach & Simon Baker as the brothers Adam & Ryan, with Graham Greene, Caren Moore,...

HBO recently debuted an intense full trailer for the second season of The Last of Us, and we now have a new poster and some promo stills to go with it.

The key art features returning protagonists Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey), while the images spotlight several supporting characters as well as the season's new antagonist, Abby (Kaitlyn Dever).

Abby Anderson might well go down as one of the most despised video game characters in history (you'll find out why soon enough), and Dever was fully aware that taking on the role would open the door to a certain amount of backlash.

"Well, it's hard not to see those things on the internet," the Apple Cider Vinegar star tells Screen Rant. "It's hard not to stop myself from looking at it every once in a while, especially going into this, for sure. And I want to do this...

The feature-length project that vaulted Kevin Costner's career to its greatest heights climbs into a new streaming home 35 years after its theatrical release. The Costner-led Western epic, Dances With Wolves, rounds up a streaming debut on Peacock in March.

Peacock confirmedDances With Wolves among its new entries of movies to watch next month, with the critically acclaimed film debuting via the streamer on Mar. 1. This news comes after Dances With Wolves landed a free streaming run on Tubi in January, giving more fans a chance to see the Western classic.

Related7 Years After Man of Steel, Kevin Costner & Diane Lane Played Another Couple in This Gritty Neo-Western Drama

Following their roles in DC's Man of Steel, Kevin Costner and Diane Lane returned to rural America in the neo-Western film Let Him Go.

Directed, produced by and starring Costner, Dances With Wolves chronicles the actor's central protagonist, John J. Dunbar,...

Every path has a price...

HBO has finally announced an official premiere date for the second season of The Last of Us, and the acclaimed survival horror video game adaptation is set to return to our screens sooner than expected.

Season 2 will debut on April 13 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt, taking the Sunday marquee time slot from the current third season of The White Lotus.

Max has also released new character posters featuring Ellie (Bella Ramsey), Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Abby (Kaitlyn Dever), along with a new promo still and a pretty vague synopsis.

"The Last of Us picks up in Season 2 five years after the events of the first season, Joel and Ellie are drawn into conflict with each other and a world even more dangerous and unpredictable than the one they left behind."

We're not sure exactly how much of the second game season 2 will adapt, but HBO's...

Valuable documentary on the vigilant genius whose highly coloured 70s and 80s images revealed the white working class as never before

The beguiling work of English photographer Martin Parr is the subject of this brief, but thoroughly enjoyable study which sets out to introduce his extraordinary work, particularly the fierce brilliance of his colour images in the 70s and 80s celebrating the white working class on holiday.

Parr is an inspired combination of seaside-postcard artist Donald McGill and Alan Bennett, with a bit of American street photographer Vivian Maier, and a sliver of Diane Arbus, although the grotesques in which Arbus specialised are not what Parr has in mind. Everyone here is at pains to emphasise that Parr is never cruel or mocking, and, yes, it’s quite true. But as a real artist, Parr naturally has what Graham Greene called the splinter of ice in his heart. He knows...

It’s the sort of twist no screenwriter would dare invent: “Free Leonard Peltier,” a persuasively well-researched and often infuriating documentary about the American Indian Movement activist convicted nearly a half-century ago of killing two FBI agents, had its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 27, 2025 — precisely one week after Joe Biden, as one of his very last official acts as U.S. president, issued a commutation of Peltier’s life sentences.

The relatively brief final sequence in the film is obviously a last-minute addition to a completed feature, but never mind: Dramatically and emotionally satisfying, the scene is a welcome and fitting capper for a story that inarguably earns its happy ending.

It’s a story that has been brought to the screen twice before: Once as the factual inspiration for the fictions of “Thunderheart,” the 1992 drama directed by Michael Apted, starring Val Kilmer and Graham Greene; and again as “Incident at Oglala,...

There are several other movies and shows similar to Netflix's epic period Western series American Primeval. American Primeval was written by Mark L. Smith, who co-wrote the screenplay for The Revenant with Alejandro G. Iñárritu. Peter Berg directs all six episodes of American Primeval. Taylor Kitsch leads an ensemble cast as Isaac Reed, which features Betty Gilpin, Dane DeHaan, Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Shea Whigham, Lucas Neff, and Kim Coates as Brigham Young. In addition to Young, American Primeval alters several real-life historical details and figures.

American Primeval uniquely blends brutal and violent elements of the horror genre with the classic Western. Despite its 59% Rotten Tomatoes score, it earned an 86% audience score and has been in Netflix's Top 10 TV Shows in the United States since it was released on January 9, 2025. Kitsch previously starred in the Peter Berg film Lone Survivor alongside Mark Wahlberg and Berg's classic television series Friday Night Lights.

Ambition outstrips expertise in writer-director Phil Blattenberger’s “Laws of Man,” whose serpentine plot winds up seeming a wild goose chase — one whose execution should have been, well, wilder. Action and atmosphere are too poorly supplied for this stab at a noirish retro thriller to emerge as anything but talky, awkward and unconvincing. Set in 1963, it takes a big narrative leap toward the end that suggests an intent closer to such willfully over-the-top Cold War paranoia fantasias as “Dr. Strangelove” and “Winter Kills.” But the satirical edge which might’ve pulled off that gambit is absent throughout, making for a whole that’s peculiar without ever being very engaging. Saban is releasing the feature to U.S. theaters, digital and On Demand platforms Jan. 10.

Based in state capitol Carson City, Frank (Jacob Keohane) and Tommy (Jackson Rathbone) are U.S. marshals who’ve driven 15 hours into the remotest Nevada desert...

Phil Blattenberger's pre Cold War action thriller Laws of Man comes out tomorrow, Friday, January 10th, and we have an exclusive clip to share with you this morning.    The clips appears to be early goings in the story where our U.S. marshals Frank and Tommy meet Bonney and his sons (?) to issue a warrant for Bonney's arrest. Turns out though that the warrant has been dropped. Uh oh.   At the dawn of the Cold War, U.S. marshals Frank and Tommy pursue wanted murderer Benjamin Bonney in the deserts of Nevada and stumble upon a sinister plot that threatens to upend the very foundations of justice and peace.   Laws of Man stars Jacob Keohane, Jackson Rathbone, Keith Carradine, Graham Greene, Kelly Lynn...

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“Laws of Man” is a new live-action thriller, written and directed by Phil Blattenberger, starring Jacob Keohane, Jackson Rathbone, Graham Greene, Kelly Lynn Reiter, James Urbaniak, Forrie J. Smith, Richard Brake, Dermot Mulroney and Harvey Keitel, releasing January 10, 2025 in theaters:

“…at the dawn of the ‘Cold War’, two U.S. marshals ‘Frank’ and ‘Tommy’, starring pursue the wanted murderer ‘Bonney’ in the deserts of Nevada and stumble upon a sinister plot that threatens to upend the very foundations of justice and peace…”

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Spoilers for "Yellowstone" to follow.

"1883" predicted the ending of "Yellowstone" when tribal chief Spotted Eagle (Graham Greene) told James Dutton (Tim McGraw) that his family's land would return to the Native American people in seven generations. "Yellowstone" ultimately reveals that Tate Dutton (Brecken Merrill) is the family's seventh-generation son, and the prophecy comes true in the end.

While the aforementioned "1883" scene suggests that Tate will be at the center of a violent land dispute, it turns out to be a peaceful transaction. "Yellowstone" season 5 ends with Tate alive and well, though the same can't be said about other characters.

At the same time, the son of Monica (Kesley Asbille) and Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) had some close calls with death during his childhood, having come up against Mother Nature, hired assassins, and other nefarious threats. So, with that in mind, let's take a look at the times Tate stared...

In The Last of Us season 1, episode 6, "Kin", Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) finally find peace and sanctuary in the American West, but with that quietude comes time for Joel to consider if he's growing too close to his ward. The sixth episode of The Last of Us takes place three months after the tragic events in Kansas City, which includes two of the most impactful deaths in the series. The show looks different now, as Joel and Ellie emerge from the fire and chaos of the Eastern US, into the snowy tranquility of the West.

"Kin" is where The Last of Us makes a switch. This is the first episode where Joel and Ellie have a chance to gather themselves, after a journey that's taken them from tragic horror to tragic horror, barely escaping with their lives. Now, as they reach their goal, it's not external conflicts that get in their way,...

Gil Birmingham shares details about Wind River 2. Wind River is a 2017 contemporary Western whodunnit film about two people teaming up to solve the mystery of a murder of a young woman on a Wyoming Native American reservation. It is written and directed by Taylor Sheridan, who has become better known for his television career since creating the hit television series Yellowstone. Wind River features a leading cast including Birmingham, Elizabeth Olsen, Jeremy Renner, Kelsey Asbille, Graham Greene, Julia Jones, and Teo Briones. Since the film's release seven years ago, the development of Wind River 2 has been announced.

In an exclusive interview with ScreenRant for the Yellowstone finale, Birmingham explains the differences between Wind River and its sequel, Wind River: The Next Chapter. Birmingham mentioned several distinctions between the first Wind River film and its sequel, most notably mentioning that Sheridan is "not associated" with Wind River 2 at all. Birmingham described...

Spoiler Alert for 1883 & Yellowstone season 5, episode 14, "Life Is A Promise"

Yellowstone season 5 finale concludes its most significant stories with an ending that was previously revealed two years ago. Montana’s Indigenous people finally disrupt the Department of Interior’s pipeline when they successfully displace its pipe in the episode’s opening. Beth and Rip bid farewell to the Yellowstone cowboys, who all have exciting endeavors on the horizon. The finale also wraps up Kevin Costner’s John Dutton III's story, who died in the Yellowstone season 5, part 2 premiere.

Beth and Jamie’s war in Yellowstone wraps up as well, with the siblings engaging in an intense brawl. When Rip arrives, he holds Jamie for Beth to stab him in cold blood, with John’s daughter successfully avenging his death. However, none of those segments topped the fate of the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch, which Kayce sold to the Broken Rock Tribe.

The following contains spoilers for the "Yellowstone" season 5 finale.

With the head of the Dutton family now dead and the next generation left to pick up the pieces, there was only one direction "Yellowstone" could go with the land John (Kevin Costner) and his family had fought so hard to keep ahold of. For so many years and five tumultuous seasons, the future of "Yellowstone" was written in its past. All that was left was for Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) to make it happen -- for a suitable price.

As teased in the penultimate episode of "Yellowstone," Kayce had a plan to sell the ranch to Chief Thomas Rainwater (Gil Birmingham). The deal was all but done even before respects were paid to the late John Dutton, who had sworn he would never give even an inch of his property away. By the final episode, though, the ranch had been...

Well before Kevin Costner was known as John Dutton in Taylor Sheridan’s hit Yellowstone series, he starred in and directed the 1990 Western Dances with Wolves. The film, which went on to win Best Picture at the 1991 Academy Awards, will stream for free on Tubi starting Jan. 1, 2025.

In addition to its Best Picture Oscar, Dances with Wolves, the first film Costner ever directed, earned him the Best Director Award. The movie is based on the 1988 novel of the same title by Michael Blake, who also penned the screenplay for the film. Dances with Wolves stars Costner as Lieutenant John Dunbar, a member of the Union Army, who in the middle of the Civil War is injured, but manages to survive after a stand against the Confederates. Dunbar, after requesting a transfer, leads his own fort and befriends the Lakota tribe that is nearby.

The cast also includes Mary McDonnell (Battlestar Galactica), Graham Greene,...

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Carry-On is an action thriller film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra from a screenplay by T.J. Fixman. The must-watch Netflix film follows Ethan Kopek, a young Tsa agent who a mysterious passenger blackmails into letting an unchecked package slip onto a flight on Christmas Eve. If he doesn’t follow his orders, his blackmailer will kill his pregnant girlfriend. Carry-On stars Taron Egerton, Jason Bateman, Sofia Carson, Danielle Deadwyler, Logan Marshall-Green, and Theo Rossi. So, if you love the thrilling story, nail-biting drama, and compelling characters in Carry-On, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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Die Hard 2 is an action thriller film directed by Renny Harlin from a screenplay co-written by Steven E. de Souza and Doug Richardson. Based on the 1987 novel 58 Minutes by author Walter Wager,...

Spoiler Alert for 1883 and Yellowstone season 5, episode 13, "Give the World Away"

Taylor Sheridan may have already revealed how the hit Neo-Western show will end, and Yellowstone season 5, episode 13, just made the Dutton Ranch prophecy more likely. Before Beth (Kelly Reilly), Kayce (Luke Grimes), and even John Dutton III (Kevin Costner) lived on the Yellowstone Ranch, their ancestors made a Northwestern journey from Texas to Montana in search of a better life. The 1883 Yellowstone story follows James (Tim McGraw) and Margaret (Faith Hill) Dutton as they travel across the plains to Montana in covered wagons with their children, Elsa (Isabel May) and John (Audie Rick).

After Elsa's 1883 fate ends the Duttons' journey, James meets a Crow Elder named Spotted Eagle (Graham Greene), who tells him he can settle in the Paradise Valley, an old Crow hunting area. However, he tells James that in seven generations, his people will rise and take the land back,...

Spoilers ahead for "Yellowstone" season 5.

"Yellowstone" killing off Kevin Costner's John Dutton has left his loved ones dealing with some major problems. While Sarah Atwood's (Dawn Olivieri) season 5 death removed a major thorn from the family's side, the Duttons still must contend with financial woes, Uncle Sam, and the Market Equities nuisances who want to turn their ranch into an airport. John probably would have found a way to keep the property in the family, but his surviving children might give it back to its rightful owners before the series ends.

There's a scene in the "1883" prequel series where a tribal chief, Spotted Eagle (Graham Greene), tells James Dutton (Tim McGraw) that his people will reclaim the land in seven generations. The Dutton patriarch agrees, seemingly acknowledging that it's fair because it originally belonged to Native Americans. The "Yellowstone" family tree reveals that Tate Dutton (Brecken Merrill), the...

Movies like Sicario offer explosive action, thought-provoking political intrigue, and awards-pedigree acting talent. Released in 2015, Sicario is a slow-burning thriller about the nuances of drug cartel operations and the border between the U.S. and Mexico. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, the movie focuses on three perspectives: an FBI agent, played by Emily Blunt; a secretive government agent, played by Josh Brolin; and an even shadowier assassin, played by Benicio del Toro. The film was a critical and commercial success, and it got a sequel three years later, Sicario: Day of the Soldado.

Only the best action-thriller movies remain comparable to Sicario, with its stunning cinematography and deeply ugly subject matter. However, many fan-favorite films by director Denis Villeneuve and other acclaimed filmmakers hit the same spots. Several are also available for subscribers on major streaming platforms or even for free, making it easy to find movies like Sicario for fans...

“Laws of Man” is a new live-action thriller, written and directed by Phil Blattenberger, starring Jacob Keohane, Jackson Rathbone, Graham Greene, Kelly Lynn Reiter, James Urbaniak, Forrie J. Smith, Richard Brake, Dermot Mulroney and Harvey Keitel, releasing January 10, 2025 in theaters:

“…at the dawn of the ‘Cold War’, two U.S. marshals ‘Frank’ and ‘Tommy’, starring pursue the wanted murderer ‘Bonney’ in the deserts of Nevada and stumble upon a sinister plot that threatens to upend the very foundations of justice and peace…”

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"There's only one way this ends!" Saban Films has revealed an official trailer for an indie crime film called Laws of Man, the latest action thriller made by filmmaker Phil Blattenberger. He also made the two other films Point Man and Condor's Nest before this. It's debuting in early January 2025 including on VOD. At the dawn of the Cold War, two U.S. marshals pursue a wanted murderer in the deserts of Nevada. U.S. marshals, Frank and Tommy, have their hands full as they travel to the remote town of Gilead, Nevada, in pursuit of wanted murderer. Metaphorical roadblocks and peculiar events threaten to upend their quest for justice & send them on the wildest journey of their lives. Starring Jacob Keohane & Jackson Rathbone as Frank & Tommy, with Keith Carradine, Graham Greene, Kelly Lynn Reiter, James Urbaniak, Forrie J. Smith, Richard Brake, plus Dermot Mulroney and Harvey Keitel. A blast into the past.

Spoiler Alert for Yellowstone season 5, episode 12, "Counting Coup" and 1883

The namesake of Yellowstone season 5, episode 12, "Counting Coup," supports a prophecy embedded in Taylor Sheridan's neo-Western epic that predicts the end of the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch. Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) has struggled with his fate throughout Yellowstone's five seasons, with one foot in each of his worlds. However, John Dutton III's (Kevin Costner) youngest son is determined to protect his own family, informed by Kayce's four visions in Yellowstone season 4 that set up his story in season 5.

Kayce's visions urge him to choose between the ranch and his family, and as Yellowstone season 5, part 2 progresses, Kayce clarifies his stance on the Dutton Ranch. Kayce will prioritize Tate (Brecken Merrill) and Monica (Kelsey Asbille) and choose the Yellowstone characters over the well-being of his family's legacy. At the end of Yellowstone season 5, episode 12, Kayce makes a chilling threat to Grant (Matt Gerald...

A who’s who of Indigenous film talent — including Dallas Goldtooth (Reservation Dogs, Echo), Amber Midthunder (Prey, Legion), Wes Studi (Heat, The Last of the Mohicans) and Graham Greene (Dances With Wolves, Wind River) — are set to star in Brave, a new dramedy from writer/director Steven Paul Judd (Echo, Dark Winds), The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

The feature, currently in pre-production, will begin principal photography next summer on the Choctaw Nation Reservation in southeastern Oklahoma. It will be the first-ever feature film to be shot on Choctaw land. The project was developed in close cooperation with the Choctaw Nation, the third-largest Native tribe in the United States.

Brave tells the story of Uncle Jack (Goldtooth), a 15-year military vet with substance abuse issues who now works as the entertainment in his local Native casino. At the funeral of his estranged brother, Jack meets Jillian, his young niece, now an orphan.

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Peacock is ready with an entertainment-packed December this year. The upcoming month will see the release of the hilarious comedy series Laid, and also the streaming release of the brilliant horror film Speak No Evil. Just like every month, Peacock is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the 7 new movies and TV shows coming to Peacock in December 2024.

About a Boy Seasons 1-2 (December 2) Credit – NBC

About a Boy is a comedy series created by Jason Katims. Based on the 1998 novel of the same name by author Nick Hornby, the NBC series follows Will Freeman, a successful songwriter who loves living a carefree life as a bachelor in San Francisco, but his perfect life takes a turn when a single mother and her 11-year-old son move in next door.

It's nearly Thanksgiving, and if you're looking back on America's history during this time, we have the six-part miniseries for you. Back in 2005, Steven Spielberg teamed up with TNT to produce a twelve-hour event that chronicled the period of expansion within the American frontier between 1825 and 1890, covering some of the most important events of the 19th century. Along for the ride were a host of notable stars, including Josh Brolin, Keri Russell, Gil Birmingham, Zahn McClarnon, Rachael Leigh Cook, Will Patton, Graham Greene, and so many more, each of whom contributed to this grand story that spans generations. If you love Westerns and you're looking for a thoughtful and exciting binge this holiday season, give Into the West a try.

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I think it’s fair to say that if you poll any film critic or historian and asked them what were the five most notable films to have come out of this country last century, they would count Brief Encounter, A Matter of Life and Death, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Lawrence of Arabia and The Third Man. As such then, it is always a welcome opportunity to return to any one of the gilded quintet, particularly if they have been painstakingly restored to their former glory, as well as top-loaded with reams of informative and educational bonus material, of which the extras here are an embarrassment of riches. In short, released to celebrate the film’s 75th anniversary as part of StudioCanal’s Vintage Classics Collection, this 4K Uhd package is a gift to film buffs: the picture quality is so sharp you can...

Asif Kapadia’s future shocks drama 2073 will arrive before the year’s end, and a new trailer has arrived.

Asif Kapadia might be best known for his unforgettable documentaries but for his next project, the filmmaker is moving into less charted territory. He has directed 2073, a fictionalised dystopian thriller that made its world premiere today out of competition at the Venice Film Festival back in September.

We caught the film a month or two back, in fact, and reviewed it here.

The film stars Samantha Morton and Naomi Ackie and is said to be inspired by Chris Marker’s 1962 featurette La Jetée, a film about a time traveller who risks his life to change the course of history and save the future of humanity. A first trailer arrived a couple of months ago but it has been revealed today that the film will be releasing in the UK...

On Tulsa King Season 2 Episode 9, unlikely alliances and shifting loyalties set the stage for a battle against a greater threat.

Dwight Manfredi, ever the strategic thinker, partners with Bill Bevilaqua and Cal Thresher to tackle a new adversary — a move that’s as surprising as it is dangerous.

As these men come together, the cracks in their relationships deepen, and the episode takes us on a rollercoaster of trust and betrayal.

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The addition of Native American allies, led by the enigmatic Old Smoke, brings another layer of complexity to this unfolding drama. Known for his deep portrayals of Native American characters, Taylor Sheridan gives the episode a distinct feel that elevates the story.

With past tensions bubbling just below the surface, it’s clear this alliance is as fragile as it is powerful, making every interaction fraught with the potential for explosive outcomes.

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