The One Demand Idris Elba Had for Stringer Bell’s Ending on The Wire

Even almost two decades after The Wire aired its final episode, the show still regularly sits atop lists of the best TV series of all time. The HBO crime saga earned its reputation in part because of the gritty and complicated portrayal of the American War on Drugs as it played out in the city […]

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No Knives Out for J.J. Abrams and Rian Johnson as They Reunite With a Star Wars Joke

It looks like the persistent fan misconception that there’s a rift between Star Wars directors J.J. Abrams and Rian Johnson will finally be put to bed. The two reunited on stage for a Q&A about Johnson’s Knives Out threequel, Wake Up Dead Man, this week, and the man behind The Last Jedi immediately had a […]

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Kyle Gallner Is Still the Reigning Scream King

Move aside, Justin Long. Out of the way, Patrick Wilson. Ethan Hawke? How did you get here?! Look, we love you all, but it’s clear that Kyle Gallner is still horror’s reigning scream king. After news broke this week that Gallner will write and star in a new upcoming monster horror/survival thriller called Man Vs, […]

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Star Trek: Enterprise Creators Reveal Their Only Regret About the Divisive Finale

Twenty years after Star Trek: Enterprise ended in cancelation, co-creators Rick Berman and Brannon Braga have been looking back on the events of the series finale and getting real about the decisions they made. “These Are The Voyages” saw an uptick in viewers at the time, but it’s fair to say that the majority of […]

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Ryan Reynolds Takes Surprising Villain Role in Gilmore Girls Creator’s New Film

Ryan Reynolds is swapping heroics for wickedness for the first time in a while, as he’s set to play the villain in a new live-action film adaptation of the Eloise children’s books. It’s a surprising move from Reynolds. Feel free to correct us in the comments, but it seems the last time the Canadian-born actor […]

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Yorgos Lanthimos Defends Bugonia’s Strange Ending

This article contains spoilers for Bugonia. “What the heck just happened?” Honestly, that question applies to basically every movie that Yorgos Lanthimos makes. But it’s particularly relevant for his latest film Bugonia, not so much because the ending is unclear, but because it is so unexpected. For Lanthimos himself, what’s unexpected is the divisive response […]

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The Overlooked Sci-Fi Movie That Got Lost in The Matrix’s Shadow

1999 was a big year for movies. Fight Club, American Pie, and The Phantom Menace all proved popular for different reasons, while original sci-fi was still a booming genre. That year, two fascinating sci-fi films emerged, both determined to explore the idea that reality might not be what it seems. One was The Matrix (you’ve […]

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Anthony Hopkins Remembers Why He Stopped Reading The Silence of the Lambs Script

With another spooky season come and gone, there’s now been a whole new generation of people who have discovered The Silence of the Lambs for the first time. For more than 30 years, Jonathan Demme’s adaptation of the Thomas Harris novel has remained a favorite thanks to its incredible filmmaking and powerful performances by Anthony […]

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Star Trek: Voyager Drew Inspiration from a Forgotten ’60s Sitcom

Every Trekkie knows that Star Trek wouldn’t exist without ’60s sitcoms. I Love Lucy star Lucille Ball’s company Desilu produced the show, and she used her clout to help Gene Roddenberry get an unprecedented second pilot after CBS execs passed on the first. But a different ’60s sitcom helped continue the Star Trek legacy by […]

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