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It’s the year 1996. Nicolas Cage has just won Best Actor for Leaving Las Vegas. The promotional circuit has put him on the grind and when all is said and done he has other movies to talk about. But it’s not one of his – no, it’s one starring Martin Short. While many of us have come to appreciate 1994’s Clifford – or were fans from the get-go – we wouldn’t necessarily have expected an Oscar winner to praise it. And yet, that’s just what Nicolas Cage did when he first met Martin Short.

Clifford star Martin Short recently shared an anecdote in Interview, saying he couldn’t wait to meet Nicolas Cage after his utterly brilliant turn as an alcoholic in Mike Figgis’ Leaving Las Vegas. But Cage – as he probably always does – had other things on the brain. Yes, we’re talking about Dinosaur World. As Short...

Whenever an actor decides to take on a role that seems outside their wheelhouse, audiences are always quick to judge. It's hard for them to believe a "good guy" actor can play a terrifying villain, or a character actor could shine in a blockbuster. However, to anyone familiar with the craft, it's no surprise that some of the best performances in cinema can come from an actor proving they contain multitudes.

People particularly like to commend comedians who excel at drama, like Adam Sandler in "Uncut Gems" or Seth Rogen in "Steve Jobs." But what about when a dramatic actor takes on a comedy? In some ways, this can be an even harder lift. After all, dying is easy. Comedy is hard. We've seen certain actors attempt to be funny alongside seasoned comedians, and, well, the results can be a mixed bag. But these performances we've assembled here prove that,...

When it comes to streaming services, most sites are an ever-changing pool of mystery. Disney+, on the other hand, is one site you can always count on to know what you're getting. Disney+ has pretty much every Walt Disney Studios staple, as well as the complete collections of iconic franchises such as "Star Wars" and Marvel.

When picking the best films on Disney+, the choices could be obvious. We could easily include "Beauty and the Beast," the first animated film to be nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. There's "The Empire Strikes Back," which many consider to be the best "Star Wars" entry. While including those films and fan-favorites like "The Lion King" and "Toy Story" would probably result in kinder reactions, we decided to mix it up a bit.

Even if your favorites are missing, every movie on this list is an absolute banger. If our choices don't...

“The Accountant 2” is a fun, charming action thriller. It may not be the sequel that fans of its 2016 parent film were expecting, but that is why it works. It doubles down on the electric chemistry between its stars, Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal, to deliver a sequel that has many of the same ingredients as the original “Accountant” but even more heart. As contradictory as it may seem to call a sequel original, “The Accountant 2” is, thanks to its combination of familial drama, intrigue and unsparing, pulse-pounding action, a unique concoction.

There are some films, however, that scratch the same itches as it. Case in point: Here are seven movies like “The Accountant 2” that you should watch next if you loved the film.

“Warrior” (Lionsgate) “Warrior” (2011)

“Warrior” has more in common with “The Accountant 2” than the fact that they were both directed by the same filmmaker,...

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Around twenty-two years ago, Leonardo DiCaprio gave a nice tribute to the legendary Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Robert De Niro at the 31st AFI Life Achievement Award. During his heartfelt speech, ‘The Revenant’ actor also revealed that the first time he ever saw Robert De Niro on screen was when he was thirteen years old. It was for a film DiCaprio watched with his father. It’s a criminally underrated and relatively lesser-known Robert De Niro movie. We are talking about the 1988 action-comedy flick ‘Midnight Run’. Read on to know more about the film and why we strongly recommend watching it on Ott. You can watch the AFI tribute clip here.

Midnight Run – Plot & Cast

Helmed by Martin Brest, the extremely underappreciated action-comedy film features Robert De Niro in the role of a bounty hunter, Jack Walsh. The fearless, no-nonsense...

Martin Short is one of the most beloved comedians in the world. Who doesn’t love characters like Jiminy Glick, Nathan Thurm and Ed Grimley? You know, other than that one guy.

But despite his comedy icon status, Short’s cinematic efforts haven’t always gone over too well with film critics. For example, Three Amigos was panned when it first came out. And Jiminy Glick in Lalawood was rated about as highly as a fungal infection – even though it features the best ever David Lynch performance by someone who isn’t actually David Lynch.

In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Short was asked about how it feels to make a movie that “did not necessarily hit in the moment.” Short explained that, while it may be “a drag” to get bad reviews, it’s “only really a drag if you think the film’s not very good. Then you feel (like), ‘Oh,...

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Robert De Niro has long established his status as one of Hollywood’s most legendary actors. He began his acting career in the early 1960s and has spent nearly six decades in the industry. He has been part of some of the most acclaimed films, earning critical acclaim and commercial success. More recently, he also received the prestigious Honorary Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

To celebrate legendary actor Robert De Niro and his decades of unforgettable performances, we’ve curated a list of his top-rated films that you can stream right now. This list includes only those titles where De Niro played a significant role and are currently available on Indian Ott platforms. We’ve ranked them based on their Rotten Tomatoes critics’ scores — so get ready to binge on some cinematic brilliance

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Cinema changed in the 1970s. After countless Westerns and studio-driven productions, the decade gave way to independent filmmaking and ushered in a handful of creative titans. Filmmakers like Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, and Brian De Palma laid the groundwork on which modern cinema was constructed, for better or worse. Stars such as Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Carrie Fisher, Sylvester Stallone, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Harrison Ford became household names, and the once tame cinematic landscape was tossed aside in favor of more complex character studies brought to life by naturalistic performances, raw visuals, and shocking violence.

Blockbuster films like "Star Wars" were just coming into existence and charted a unique course with enormous financial results, but smaller, more personal productions like "Rocky" and "Halloween" snuck between the larger tentpoles and captured the imagination of audiences.

Tickets are now officially on sale for The Accountant 2, the upcoming action sequel due in theaters on April 25. To celebrate seats going on sale, Collider is happy to partner with Alamo Drafthouse to unveil an exclusive clip of leading star Ben Affleck naming his five guest selects, or five of his favorite movies. Like most cinephiles, Affleck mentioned that it would be impossible to deliver his five favorite movies of all time because that list is always changing. However, that didn’t stop him from naming a few films he’s been enjoying recently, one of those being Conclave. The 2023 Oscar-winning epic stars Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci, and Affleck praised the performances, directing, and cinematography while also sharing his surprise that a story about electing the next pope could be so compelling.

Affleck then looked to another movie that was comparable to The Accountant 2, which has elements of action and comedy,...

The latest Robert De Niro movie to grace the big screen, The Alto Knights, understands one key rule: the more De Niro you can have in your movie, the better. Hence, it stars De Niro in two roles, as duelling mob bosses – a genre and milieu that he knows better than most, having starred in several of the greatest gangster movies ever made. But that’s just scratching the surface of De Niro – compelling whether he’s playing career criminals, comedians, cackling psychos, or champion boxers. Through his collaborations with Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Mann and beyond, he’s delivered some of the most mesmerising performances ever captured on celluloid – creating indelible characters along the way.

Team Empire gathered to vote for the 10 best Robert De Niro movies, totting up the ballots to deliver a list of legendary performances in must-see motion pictures. The result is a list of tortured heroes,...

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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.

Since 1975 nearly a thousand hosts have graced the stage at Studio 8H at Rockefeller Center for “Saturday Night Live.”

Actors, comedians, musicians and even politicians have taken the stage to make America laugh on Saturday night for 50 seasons. Twenty five of these hosts have been inducted into the “Five Timers Club.” The club was first introduced during Tom Hanks’ 1990 monologue, featuring Steve Martin, Elliott Gould and Paul Simon.

During Martin Short’s December 2024 appearance, several Five Timers Club members popped up on the show to welcome him into the club, including Emma Stone, Tina Fey, Paul Rudd, Kristen Wiig and more, to give him the ceremonial robe.

Alec Baldwin has hosted the show 17 times, the most in the series’ history, with Martin, Hanks, Buck Henry and John Goodman following close behind.

As the show celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, we have rounded up every person who has hosted the sketch show.

This is an excerpt of a piece published in Issue 6 of Notebook magazine as part of a broader exploration of the cinema of youth. The magazine is available via direct subscription or in select stores around the world.The Heartbreak KidIllustrations by Emi Ueoka.The leanest, loveliest ending. In a movie filled with good lines—“There’s no insincerity in those potatoes. There’s no deceit in the cauliflower”—Elaine May’s The Heartbreak Kid, written by Neil Simon, finishes honestly, undisguised and plain. Charles Grodin, who plays Lenny Cantrow, a sports equipment salesman stewing with self-starter anxieties and consequently sabotaging his life (and love life) and the lives of others, is sitting on a couch at his own wedding reception, having a conversation with a ten-year-old guest. In a room full of adults, champagne, the future, Lenny’s choice to seek refuge is unadorned and innocent, even if our anti-hero is far from innocent,...

Back in the 1980s, the buddy cop style of comedy and action blockbuster was a dominant force at the box office. Much of the appeal of this style of film was in teaming a stand-up comedian or tried-and-true comedy actor with a classically-trained "tough guy," basing a lot of the tension and laughs on the two characters butting heads. When director Martin Brest decided to make a similar style movie, this time about the tense banter between a bounty hunter and the man he has been hired to haul across the country, it seemed like he was following this formula by hiring comic-actor Charles Grodin and dramatic legend Robert De Niro.

However, much of the charm and surprise of Brest's 1988 movie Midnight Run comes from the fact that De Niro is just as in on the laughs as anyone else. His outstanding work in Midnight Run proved to audiences that...

Every single year since the dawn of cinema has had its fair share of instant classics. From the very beginning in the 1910s to modern-day 21st-century releases. The technological revolution has enabled filmmakers to tell the stories that they've always dreamed of telling, and the results are beautiful. During Hollywood's early years, there were around 2,000 movies produced a year, which is already an impossible total for any one person to keep up with. Studies show that as of 2024, an average of 10,000 films are produced each year from a wide variety of countries, studios, and filmmakers. The output has increased year after year and seemingly will continue to slowly rise with time.

Due to the constant hit parade of film releases, it is inevitable that some classics are going to be swept under the rug and forgotten. One of these forgotten gems came from Universal Pictures in 1993. Heart and Souls is...

Some heavy hitters are leaving Netflix at the end of the month. Jaws, 8 Mile, The Deer Hunter, and Psycho all sign off on December 31. That’s a combined nine Oscars and 18 nominations. If you haven’t seen any of them, I’d suggest you get them on your list Asap.

Jaws is simply one of the greatest American action films ever made. Many critics don’t even bother with the “one of the best” when referring to Psycho. It is often considered the very best American horror. 8 Mile is a standout musical biopic, unsurpassed in the world of hip-hop. And The Deer Hunter, though difficult, controversial, and ever so slightly dated by now, was still a vital Vietnam War movie that took Best Picture for 1978.

But there are also some minor gems saying goodbye. So, if you’ve already seen the above-mentioned titles, or if the prospect of...

Jessica Lange came to the forefront of modern pop culture fans thanks to her roles in American Horror Story, but she’s been acting long before she was cast in the Ryan Murphy show. Lange modeled before she was cast in her breakout role in the 1976 remake of King Kong. Since then, she’s had about four dozen projects on the screen, but she’s proven that she does not need to have hundreds of roles to her name to be seen as an accomplished actress.

Lange is one of the actresses to snag a win from every major acting award show. She has two Oscars, three Emmys, five Golden Globes, and a Tony award for her work on the stage. She’s been appearing in Broadway shows off and on since the 1990s in addition to her work on the screen. These, however, only count the best of Jessica...

Image Source: Sony Pictures Remember those classic romantic comedies that just don’t seem to get made anymore? Well, dust off your Vcr (or find your remote) because we’re taking a trip back to 1980 with Seems Like Old Times! This hilarious gem stars the always radiant Goldie Hawn and comedy legend Chevy Chase, reuniting after their smash hit Foul Play. Sparks fly when Chase’s character, a writer caught in a crazy bank robbery scheme, turns to his ex-wife (Hawn) for help. With the late Charles Grodin as the jealous husband and a supporting cast including the late Robert Guillaume, it’s a comedic dream team! And here’s where the movie magic gets really interesting (via IMDb): Not a play, but a film! Unlike many of Neil Simon’s other movies, this one wasn’t based on a play. He wrote it directly for the screen! Tailor-made...

On December 4, 1993, Charlton Heston hosted Saturday Night Live. While the show was solid overall, the start of the episode — including the cold open, opening montage and monologue — was something truly unique among SNL’s 900-plus episodes. Rather than try to describe it myself, however, I’ll leave it to the man who wrote and conceived of it: veteran TV writer David Mandel.

Mandel later worked on Seinfeld and Veep, but before that, he was a writer on Saturday Night Live where the opening of the Heston episode was his crowning achievement.

The Night ‘SNL’ Went to the Apes

I love format-breaking. I did the documentary episode of Veep, and I did the backwards episode of Seinfeld. Over the years, Saturday Night Live had done some very cool format-breaking that a lot of people had forgotten about. In the Charles Grodin episode, the concept is that Charles Grodin did all this...

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Netflix has the biggest content library of any streaming service, and for that reason, many movies from the past are available on it. So, we thought about all the fans of old brilliant movies that are now characterized as classics and decided to compile a list of the best classic movies on Netflix that you should check out right now.

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Scarface is a crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma from a screenplay by Oliver Stone. Based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Armitage Trail and its 1932 film adaptation, the 1983 film follows Tony Montana and his close friend Manny, who build a ruthless and successful drug empire in Miami. However as Tony’s power grows so do his enemies, but the biggest threat to his empire is his own paranoia. Scarface stars Al Pacino,...

Hollywood has boasted of many incredible on-screen pairs but Julia Roberts and Richard Gere are definitely near the top. The duo starred in two rom-coms in the ‘90s and became international sensations due to their chemistry. While 1999’s Runaway Bride was a moderate success, their first collaboration in Pretty Woman is a modern-day classic.

The film, which follows the blossoming love story between a business tycoon and a pr*stitute became a global success and a pop culture staple. Owing to the brilliant chemistry between the lead pair, the film was a box-office success. Gere mentioned that Roberts convinced him to come on board with just three words.

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Julia Roberts became one of Hollywood’s biggest stars in the ‘90s after starring in Pretty Woman. The actress was...

Presidents are typically chosen by an election, not by their physical features. That's true in most cases, but not in the 1993 film Dave, which depicts a hilarious attempt to hide a president's stroke by hiring an impersonator who looks so similar that he can pass as the president. Directed by comedy legend Ivan Reitman, Dave depicts government work humorously but also with care and detail.

The movie stars Kevin Kline, a few years after his Oscar win, as the titular Dave, as well as President Mitchell, the man Dave impersonates. Sigourney Weaver stars opposite Kline as President Mitchell's wife, Ellen Mitchell, who has a troubled relationship with her husband but warms up to Dave's kind heart. In addition to those two stars, Dave features a number of cameos from real-life government workers as part of the film's commitment to detail.

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Brothers is an action heist comedy adventure series directed by Max Barbakow from a screenplay by Macon Blair. The 2024 film follows the story of two twin criminal brothers and while one is trying to reform the other is trying to pull him in on a dangerous heist. With legal troubles, gunfights, and family drama they must reconcile their differences before they lose out on the score of a lifetime. Brothers stars Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage in the lead roles with Glenn Close, Brendan Fraser, Marisa Tomei, Jennifer Landon, M. Emmet Walsh, and Taylour Paige starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the hilarious comedy, dangerous thrills, and compelling characters in Brothers here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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Beloved character actor John Ashton has died at the age of 76, it has been confirmed. The prolific star of stage and screen, who made memorable turns in the likes of the Beverly Hills Cop franchise and Midnight Run during a career that spanned over half a century, passed away on Thursday in Fort Collins, Colorado after a short battle with cancer.

News of Ashton's passing was shared by a rep of the actor, who issued the following statement: “John was a loving husband, brother, father, and grandfather who will be deeply missed by all who knew him. John leaves behind a legacy of love, dedication, and service. His memory will forever be treasured by his wife, children, grandchildren, as well as his brother, sisters, his extended family and all who loved him. John’s impact on the world will be remembered and celebrated for generations to come.”

And it was certainly quite some impact.

John Ashton, the legendary character actor who played the curmudgeonly (but ultimately heroic) Taggart in the Beverly Hills Cop movies, has died. No news yet on the cause of death, but his passing was confirmed by his manager to Variety. In addition to his role as Taggart, Ashton had a long and distinguished career on screen, with him also playing a memorable foil to Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin in Midnight Run (directed by his Beverly Hills Cop director Martin Brest).

Ashton was also a favourite of the legendary John Hughes, who cast him in a small role in She’s Having a Baby before giving him a big part (as Eric Stoltz’s father) in Some Kind of Wonderful. He also showed up in Hughes’ Curly Sue. Ashton was one of those guys who was just everywhere, with him excellent in Ben Affleck’s Gone Baby Gone, the underrated George Gallo movie Middle Men,...

John Ashton has died. Ashton’s manager, Alan Somers, confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that the Beverly Hills Cop star died on Thursday. No official cause of death has been announced. He was 76.

Ashton was a prolific character actor who starred in over 200 productions on stage and screen. Perhaps best known as Sgt.

John Ashton, the veteran film actor known for roles in Beverly Hills Cop and Midnight Run, has died at the age of 76.

TMZ reports that Ashton died peacefully on Thursday, September 26th, in Ft. Collins, Colorado, following a battle with cancer. “John leaves behind a legacy of love, dedication, and service. His memory will forever be treasured by his wife, children, grandchildren, as well as his brother, sisters, his extended family and all who loved him. John’s impact on the world will be remembered and celebrated for generations to come,” his representative told TMZ in a statement.

Ashton is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Sergeant John Taggart in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise opposite Eddie Murray’s Axel Foley. He appeared in the original 1984 film, the 1987 sequel Beverly Hills Cop II, and recently reprised the role for the 2024 Netflix-funded sequel, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.

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Apartment 7A is a psychological horror thriller film directed by Natalie Erika James who also co-wrote the film with Christian White and Skylar James. Based on the 1967 novel titled Rosemary’s Baby by author Ira Levin, the Paramount+ film serves as a prequel to the iconic 1968 film by Roman Polanski. Apartment 7A is set in 1965 in New York City and it follows the story of a young dancer who rents a room from an elderly couple after suffering from a serious injury that ends her career. Apartment 7A stars Julia Garner, Dianne West, Kevin McNally, Jim Sturgess, Marli Siu, Rosy McEwen, Amy Leeson, Scott Hume, and Andrew Buchan. So, if you loved the psychological horror, edge-of-the-seat thrills, and compelling characters in Apartment 7A here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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Wolfs is a buddy action comedy thriller film written and directed by Jon Watts. The Apple TV+ film is inspired by a real-life Hollywood fixer Paul Barresi and it revolves around two professional fixers who like to work alone but both of them are hired individually for the same job, they must team up to avoid some deadly consequences. Wolfs stars George Clooney and Brad Pitt in the lead roles with Amy Ryan, Austin Abrams, Poorna Jagannathan, and Zlatko Burić starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the buddy comedies aspect, a bit of action, and two magnetic leads in Wolfs here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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The Nice Guys is a neo-noir buddy action comedy thriller directed by Shane Black who also...

High-concept movies, particularly those based on previous films or novels, often face an uphill battle to surpass their predecessors. The inevitable comparisons and ‘who did it better’ debates can overshadow the new iteration’s merits. However, every so often, a fresh take can breathe new life into a beloved character, defying expectations and captivating audiences anew.

Jeff Bridges, in particular, had a profound vision for a beloved character from the MonsterVerse. The King Kong (1976) actor had a potential sequel, which unfortunately never came to fruition due to the movie’s modest box office performance. Bridges’ vision for the future of the giant ape was quite intriguing and might have become a hit for the genre.

A Vision Unfulfilled: The scrapped sequel concept

The MonsterVerse, synonymous with the iconic Godzilla, had another storied member: Kong, the giant ape that has terrorized cities for generations. With numerous renovations and reboots, each film...

In its 50-year history, Saturday Night Live has seen all kinds of hosts. Some are absolute geniuses on the show, have huge hits with the audience, and come back multiple times. Others were “flash in the pan” stars whose gigs are mostly forgotten. And then there are hosts who were absolutely terrible and never invited back.

Some go the extra mile and are openly banned by SNL, although it’s sometimes tricky to figure that out. Contrary to opinion, Charles Grodin wasn’t banned, but it was his own choice not to return as he didn’t feel he worked on the show. Many bans are for the musical guests, but these stand out as the SNL hosts were so awful they were banned from returning, and some big names on this list.

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Image source: Paramount Pictures We love recommending movies that you may not have seen or thought of in a long time, and this week’s pick is a true classic: the 1978 comedy Heaven Can Wait. It’s the perfect choice for a cozy evening in, filled with laughter, heartwarming moments, and a touch of fantasy. Prepare to be charmed by the star-studded cast of Heaven Can Wait, led by the multi-talented Warren Beatty, who not only stars but also co-wrote and co-directed this gem. You’ll also enjoy the company of Julie Christie, James Mason, Jack Warden and comedy legends Charles Grodin and Buck Henry. The plot follows a Los Angeles Rams quarterback who is prematurely taken from his body, only to find himself reincarnated in the body of a millionaire. This hilarious and heartwarming film blends fantasy and romance, promising a delightful cinematic experience. Fun Facts: (Via IMDb) Believe it or not,...

If this year's entry in the Monsterverse, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, left you wanting more gorilla warfare, Paramount+ has you covered. This month, the streamer is adding the 1976 King Kong remake to its library. The film stars Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, and Jessica Lange. A remake of the 1933 original, King Kong was produced by legendary producer Dino De Laurentiis, who wanted his own monster movie to contend with the 1975 megahit Jaws. The film was directed by John Guillermin (The Towering Inferno) and penned by Lorenzo Semple, Jr. (Three Days of the Condor), and was expected to be the biggest hit of 1976, as it carried a then-Kong-sized $24 million budget.

In December 2021, Jon Watts found himself standing in the back of the Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard on the opening night of his last film, Spider-Man: No Way Home. The entry was one of the first major studio theatrical releases following the pandemic shutdown, and the audience was standing, screaming, crying and generally carrying on in a way that, even for the first showing of a fan-favorite superhero movie, was a spectacle all to itself.

“That was such a specific moment in time, and the reaction to that movie was just so unbelievable,” remembers Watts. It was at this point that the director came to the realization: “It’s never going to be like this, ever again.”

No Way Home went on to gross nearly $2 billion at the global box office, the sixth-highest-grossing film of all time and one of the top Marvel movies, trailing only the last two Avengers films.

This September, Netflix is bringing you a lot of entertainment with the highly anticipated Nicole Kidman drama series The Perfect Couple, a Netflix original drama film starring Elizabeth Olsen, and the brilliant new animated series Twilight of the Gods. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Netflix this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 5 best films that are coming to Netflix in September 2024 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Jaws (September 1)

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 97%

Jaws is a classic survival thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay co-written by Peter Benchley and Carl Gottlieb. Based on a 1974 novel of the same name by author Peter Benchley, the 1975 film revolves around Sheriff Martin Brody as he teams up with a marine biologist and a local fisherman to hunt down a giant white...

If you just recently watched Killer of the Flower Moon and are craving more Robert De Niro, we've got you covered. One of his earliest films, which premiered in 1988, has officially found a new streaming home. Midnight Run, the buddy comedy/crime thriller starring De Niro, Joe Pantoliano, and Charles Grodin, will begin streaming on Netflix starting September 1. Midnight Run tells the story of a bounty hunter who pursues a former mafia accountant on the run from the F.B.I., another bounty hunter and his old mob boss. The film also stars Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, and Dennis Farina, and currently sits at nearly perfect ratings of 95% from critics and 87% from general audiences on the aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes.

Ah, the fall. In the words of the great philosopher Calvin, "Bugs are dying by the truckload! Ha ha ha! Good riddance to 'em all!" We've still a few weeks left of summer on the calendar, but the days are already getting shorter and dead, crunchy leaves have suddenly begun turning up in my backyard. More relevant to this discussion, it's that time of year when Netflix's original slate typically becomes a whole lot more interesting. This is when the streamer starts rolling out the awards season hopefuls it acquired at film festivals earlier in the year, along with some of its more niche genre films and TV series.

Whatever you flavor is -- whether you're in the mood to traumatize yourself by viewing Studio Ghibli's harrowing animated masterpiece "Grave of the Fireflies" or hate-watch the second half of "Emily in Paris" season 4 or the new season of...

Clifford is an extraordinary movie, and no, I’m not talking about the one with the big red dog, but rather the one where a nearly forty-year-old Martin Short plays a psychotic ten-year-old. The film is a simple one, telling the story of a young boy who is forced to stay with his uncle while his parents are on a business trip in Honolulu, but it is positively weird, full of unhinged dark comedy, slapstick, and extremely quotable moments. I still pull out, “Look at me like a human boy!” on a semi-regular basis. The film certainly isn’t for everyone, but Martin Short always believed it would be appreciated.

“I never saw any of these things that didn’t work out with the public as failures. [1994 comedy co-starring Charles Grodin] Clifford is a perfect example,” Short told THR. “That was a film that the critics hated, and no one saw but I thought was fabulous.

In 1973, PBS aired a 12-episode documentary series called The American Family that followed a year in the life of the Loud family of Santa Barbara, California. At first blush the very image of postwar American prosperity and contentment, the Louds slowly unraveled over the course of the show, revealing fissures in the mother and father’s marriage and the tumult of teenage adolescence in a time of rapid social upheaval and growing pessimism.

Critics and academics continue to debate the extent to which the cameras’ presence throughout The American Family, which is widely referred to as the first example of an American reality TV show, merely captured the hidden side of an ostensibly happy family or engendered tension by virtue of the participants’ awareness of being filmed for public scrutiny. And it’s this angle that Albert Brooks explores in his feature-length directorial debut, Real Life, which begins as a...

My World Of Flops is Nathan Rabin’s survey of books, television shows, musical releases, or other forms of entertainment that were financial flops, critical failures, or lack a substantial cult following.In a 2022 interview with Vulture, Golden Raspberries co-founder Maureen Murphy addressed one of the odious organization’s most...

Robin Williams, who would have turned 73 over the weekend, loved making “strange films.” Out-of-the-box early choices like The World According to Garp and Moscow on the Hudson let Williams stretch his acting wings. But did their middling box-office success lower his status in the comedy hierarchy?

He was especially freaked out by the success of Trading Places, according to Dave Itzkoff’s biography, Robin. The odd couple/buddy comedy starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy went gangbusters in the summer of 1983, and by Williams’ math, that was a problem. In his eyes, one comedian coming up meant another had to come down.

While Williams had a hard time translating his Mork & Mindy TV success into a film career, at least at first, Murphy was making the SNL-to-the-movies transition look easy. “Eddie is ideal. He knows exactly what he does and how to get it out on film perfectly,” Robin said.

Beverly Hills Cop, directed by Martin Brest, became the highest-grossing R-rated film for nearly two decades. Martin Brest's career continued to great acclaim thanks to films like Midnight Run and Scent of a Woman. Unfortunately, Gigli became a costly box office disaster, leading to Brest departing Hollywood forever.

Beverly Hills Cop was the second studio film director Martin Brest ever made. It wasn't just the biggest hit of his career; it became the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time and held onto that title for nearly two decades before losing it to The Matrix in 1999. More importantly, after producing a moderate hit in the form of the crime caper Going In Style, the success of Beverly Hills Cop transformed Martin Brest into an A-list director.

Four years later, Martin Brest would do the impossible, capturing lightning in a bottle twice with Midnight Run, a cult classic starring Robert De Niro...

2024 has seen the long-awaited revival of Eddie Murphy's role as Axel Foley in the Beverly Hills Cop franchise through Netflix. One of the things viewers were keen to see was the return of the original film's stars. When the movie's trailer dropped, they were elated to see appearances by John Ashton and Judge Reinhold as Taggart and Rosewood. In the case of one of these stars, they also featured in one of the most iconic bounty hunter movies of all time.

Beverly Hills Cop was a true pop culture sensation when it was released back in 1984. From director Martin Brest (Scent of a Woman & Meet Joe Black), the film pulled together a slew of great actors of the comedy genre, with Eddie Murphy leading the cast. Telling the story of a Detroit street cop clashing with the luxurious and snobby culture of upscale Los Angeles, it was a great fish-out-of-water detective story.

Becoming an adult means realizing that Charles Grodin is a comedic genius, and not merely a cranky old sourpuss who hates adorable St. Bernards.

The late actor/comedian/writer’s knack for postmodern hijinks was evident in many of his late-night talk show appearances, such as when he brought his attorney with him to Late Night with David Letterman, out of concerns that the host had committed libel against him.

But the best example of Grodin turning a standard guest spot into a high-concept comedic bit occurred when he hosted Saturday Night Live for the first and only time.

Grodin’s 1977 episode began with Gilda Radner, John Belushi and Garrett Morris behind the scenes, getting ready for the show, and complaining that “this Chuck Grodin guy” had missed most of the rehearsals. ”He doesn’t smoke dope, he’s just not one of us,” Belushi argued.

When Grodin delivered his monologue shortly thereafter,...

While last month saw typically dramatic actor/writer/director Viggo Mortensen share his TCM picks in honor of the release of his western romance film “The Dead Don’t Hurt,” the beloved channel has recruited a filmmaker with a more comedic voice to spearhead its July slate. Having produced for film and television since the early ’90s, Judd Apatow made his directorial debut in 2005 with the critical and cultural smash hit, “The 40-Year-Old Virgin.” He’s helped build the careers of Seth Rogen, Ben Stiller, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Kristen Wiig, and many others, while also honoring the careers of those who’ve passed with HBO documentaries “The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling” and “George Carlin’s American Dream.”

Apatow’s first picks for the month harken back to his youth, with George Lucas’ coming-of-age hang-out flick “American Grafitti” (1973) airing on July 4 at 3:45am Et and Richard Brooks’ adaptation of Judith Rossner...

Carrie Courogan titled her new book about Elaine May, the legendary writer, director, and comic, “Miss May Does Not Exist.” But for some, it might feel like May’s feature films don’t necessarily either – particularly “The Heartbreak Kid.” The 1972 comedy – a box office hit upon its release and future Oscar nominee – is out of print on physical media, never cycles through the surfeit of available streaming platforms, and rarely screens at repertory theaters. So it was little surprise to find an enthusiastic crowd inside New York’s Metrograph theater on Wednesday night for a 35mm members-only showing of “The Heartbreak Kid” pegged to the recent release of Courogan’s book. (The print was loaned out by the Academy Film Archive.)

Based on the short story by Bruce Jay Friedman and written for the screen by Neil Simon, “The Heartbreak Kid” focuses on Lenny Cantrow (a sublime Charles Grodin), a...

For decades, Jim Henson’s Muppets have been tucked in and around the Disney Parks. Sometimes they are front-and-center, like Muppet*Vision 3D. Other times they can be hard to track down, like the Muppet Mobile Lab. But one thing is for sure – they never fail to pull a chuckle out of the audience.

The documentary Jim Henson: Idea Man, recently released on Disney+, chronicles the life and career of the Muppets’ creative visionary. But Henson’s life ended way too young, at age 53, just before the first Muppets moved into Walt Disney World. In honor of Henson’s life and in celebration of his beloved creatures, let’s take a look through their Muppetational history in the Disney Parks.

A Giant Among Puppets

Disney Legend James Maury Henson was born in 1936 in Greenville, Mississippi. Though he spent the early part of his childhood down south, he moved north...

The term wizard can be thrown around a lot. Wizards make magic, can create life from the ether, and conjure things that are beautiful and sometimes monstrous. There aren’t many wizards out in the world these days, but I know of one by name and that name is Rick Baker. Baker is a master of the monsters and a wizard of special effects. He’s an artist and a visionary who made some of the most memorable creatures and effects to grace movie and TV screens of the last few decades. He’s also an unabashed Monster Kid who has never lost his love and fascination for the classics. On todays episode of What Happened To This Horror Celebrity we’re meeting a wizard of the wicked and magician of monsters as we reveal what happened to Rick Baker.

Rick Baker was born in 1950 to Doris and Ralph Baker in New York.

Glen Powell is staying busy with upcoming projects, including a remake of Heaven Can Wait. The remake, under Paramount Pictures, will be penned by Stephen Gaghan, based on Harry Segall's play. The original film, starring Warren Beatty, was a critical and commercial success, grossing $81.6 million.

Glen Powell is continuing his upward trend of being one of the busiest leading men in Hollywood. Since his supporting turn in Top Gun: Maverick, Powell has stacked up roles in several major projects, and he's showing no signs of slowing down. Following his involvement in the reboot of The Running Man, the actor is adding another remake to his list of upcoming projects.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Powell is set to star in a remake of Heaven Can Wait, which is in the early development stages at Paramount Pictures. Stephen Gaghan, who won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for his 2000 crime film Traffic,...

Richard Foronjy, a character actor who grew up in the gangster world and went to prison before becoming an actor in movies including “Midnight Run,” “Prince of the City” and “Carlito’s Way,” died Sunday. He was 86.

Foronjy, born in Brooklyn, N.Y., saw his first small role as Corsaro in “Serpico,” the 1973 autobiographical crime drama that starred Al Pacino as a whistleblower whose work led to an investigation by the Knapp Commission into the department.

In the 1984 “Repo Man,” starring Harry Dean Stanton and Emilio Estevez, Foronjy played Arnold Plettschner, the rent-a-cop with the memorable speech, “You’re fuckin’ right I’m Plettschner! Arnold Plettschner! Three times decorated in two world wars! I was killing people while you were still swimming around in your father’s balls! You little scumbag! I worked five years in a slaughterhouse, and ten years as a prison guard in Attica!”

In the 1988 comedy action film “Midnight Run,...