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Unpopular Opinion: Are These Directors Overrated?
Posted 5 days ago
Who are the most overrated directors working today? The controversial writer of our Unpopular Opinion column ranks them.
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Phantoms Revisited: A Forgotten Horror Adaptation Worth Talking About
Posted 1 month ago
How Phantoms went from box office disappointment to cult curiosity and why the book still reigns supreme
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Awesome Artist Spotlight And Interview: Bartos Gyorgy
Posted 2 months ago
Our monthly column features artwork from amateur, up and coming, or well-known artists. This month features the awesome artwork of Bartos Gyorgy!!!
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Check out the star-studded ads from Super Bowl LX
Posted 4 months ago
Super Bowl LX had its share of movie previews, but other commercials showcased some humorous celebrity endorsements.
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Joe Carnahan’s The Rip dominates Netflix for the second week in a row
Posted 5 months ago
With over 40 million views, Joe Carnahan's The Rip, starring Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, is #1 on Netflix for the second week in a row.
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Matt Damon & Ben Affleck’s The Rip gives Netflix one of its biggest openings
Posted 5 months ago
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are back with The Rip, and the action thriller has given Netflix one of its biggest openings.
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Ben Affleck delivers a surprisingly dead-on examination of AI’s influence in Hollywood
Posted 5 months ago
While visiting The Joe Rogan Experience podcast, The Rip star Ben Affleck deconstructs the pitfalls and benefits of using AI.
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Damon and Affleck say Netflix has writers constantly reiterate the plot
Posted 5 months ago
The Rip duo Matt Damon and Ben Affleck discuss the battle for people's attention at the movies, the pitfalls of streaming, and more.
Movie Reviews
The Rip Review: Ben Affleck and Matt Damon own this Joe Carnahan action flick
Posted 5 months ago
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck take on atypically gritty roles in a movie that serves as a companion piece to Joe Carnahan's own NARC.
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Why Ben Affleck & Matt Damon are embarrassed by their Good Will Hunting Oscar speech
Posted 5 months ago
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon won an Oscar for Good Will Hunting almost thirty years ago, but they're still embarrassed by their speech.
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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s The Rip gets a gallery of character posters before the action thriller’s January release
Posted 5 months ago
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck's new action thriller, The Rip, debuts new character posters that highlight the cast of Joe Carnahan's next film.
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When Batman met The Martian: Kevin Smith shares adorable video from Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s company
Posted 5 months ago
Kevin Smith recently visited the offices of Ben Affleck and Matt Damon and shared a little Batman/The Martian easter egg in the hallway.
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Netflix unveils 2026 film slate: Alan Ritchson’s War Machine gets a release date, Enola Holmes 3 and more
Posted 5 months ago
Netflix has unveiled their 2026 film slate, which includes Apex, Enola Holmes 3, Little Brother, Swapped, and War Machine
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Aaron Sorkin spent days trying to convince Jesse Eisenberg to reprise Zuckerberg for The Social Reckoning
Posted 18 hours ago
There's a pretty good reason why Jeremy Strong is replacing Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Reckoning,
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Rumor: Sebastian Stan is expected to play the serial killer Victor Zsasz in Matt Reeves’ The Batman: Part II
Posted 18 hours ago
A new rumor suggests that Sebastian Stan is playing the serial killer Victor Zsasz, not Harvey Dent, in The Batman: Part II.
Movie Reviews
Disclosure Day Review (A Second Opinion): Spielberg Still Knows How to Make Us Look Up
Posted 23 hours ago
We take a second look at Steven Spielberg's latest, Disclosure Day, starring Emily Blunt and maybe some aliens?
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Tom Cruise shares a Disclosure Day pic with Colin Farrell and Dakota Fanning; What did you think of Spielberg’s new film?
Posted 17 hours ago
Tom Cruise unites with Spielberg royalty at a Disclosure Day screening as we ask what you thought of the storied filmmaker's latest movie.
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Hope for The Wasteland? George Miller is trying to push the next Mad Max movie forward
Posted 22 hours ago
There may be hope for Mad Max: The Wasteland, as George Miller is reportedly trying to find a new studio for Max to call home
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The Top 5 Action Movie Match-Ups of the 90s
Posted 4 weeks ago
It's star vs star. We rank those movies that pit name actors against each other in devilishly fun, heated rivalries.
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The Best Sword-and-Sorcery Movies of the ’80s
Posted 7 days ago
The ’80s were a wonderful time for sword-and-sorcery movies, with flicks featuring evil sorcerers, enchanted blades, and oiled-up barbarians.
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The Top 10 Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Games Ranked
Posted 3 weeks ago
With video games on the rise in Hollywood, we decided to look back on old school systems and rank the Top 10 Games of the NES era!
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Top 10 Best Sylvester Stallone Movies Ranked
Posted 2 weeks ago
From Rocky to Rambo, discover the 10 best Sylvester Stallone movies and the performances that made him a Hollywood icon
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The 10 Best Direct-to-Video Action Stars of the 1990s
Posted 6 days ago
We take a deep dive into some of our favourite actors from the DTV (direct-to-video) era of the 90s.
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Top 10 Greatest Science Fiction Masterpieces of All Time
Posted 1 week ago
Explore our picks for the 10 greatest science fiction masterpieces ever made, from Blade Runner and 2001 to Children of Men and Moon