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The 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival kicked off Friday, March 7 in Austin with world and North American premieres of movies in 11 sections, TV shows in three sections and several short film and virtual reality programs.

This year’s festival kicks off with opening-night film Another Simple Favor reteaming Paul Feig, Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick, with other notable world premiere titles including Chad Hartigan’s The Threesome, Kate Mara‘s two entries The Astronaut and The Dutchman (the latter also starring André Holland), the Ben Affleck-Jon Bernthal sequel The Accountant 2, the Nicole Kidman-starring Holland and Death of a Unicorn starring Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega.

Check out Deadline’s reviews recaps below as films premiere at the fest, which runs through March 15, and click on the titles for the full reviews.

The Accountant 2 ‘The Accountant 2’

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Neca‘s latest wave of Ben Cooper Costume Kids action figures is a monster mash of beloved horror and sci-fi creatures.

Series 7 includes Godzilla, Planet of the Apes‘ Warrior, Jaws, Return of the Living Dead‘s Tarman, and The Fly trick-or-treaters in masks and soft good clothing styled after the vintage costumes from Ben Cooper, one of the largest Halloween costume manufacturers from the 1950s through the ’80s.

Each fully poseable toy stands approximately 6″ tall and comes with a trick-or-treat bag or bucket.

The figures are individually packaged in numbered, retro-style window boxes that pay homage to the original costume packaging.

Estimated to arrive in September, the set of five costs $104.99.

Neca’s previously wave of Ben Cooper Costume Kids — featuring Wolfman, Visible Man, Spooky Monster, Metaluna Mutant, and Clown — is due out this month.

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Although a film called Clown in a Cornfield might inspire little confidence in anything of substance, writer-director Eli Craig’s latest film offers much more than the title suggests.

Based on the 2020 novel of the same name by Adam Cesare, the satirical slasher stars Katie Douglas as Quinn Maybrook, a troubled teen girl who moves with her doctor dad (Aaron Abrams) to the small town of Kettle Springs, Missouri.

A once-booming town stuck in the ’90s, residents still gather to celebrate its Founders’ Day, as well as Frendo the clown, the mascot for the once-thriving Baypen corn syrup factory that has since caught fire and left many without work. After Quinn quickly befriends a group of troublemaking teens suspected of setting the blaze, the youths are picked off by the titular homicidal jester.

Beyond the absurdly dark humor and brutal kills, the movie emphasizes many Middle America struggles while playing...

Everyone has to start somewhere when they're breaking into Hollywood. These days, "starting somewhere" can mean making videos on YouTube, or serving as a production assistant on a?reality TV show, or anything else. The divide between television and film is now so blurred that to work in one medium is not seen as a black mark on a person's career when they want to move to a different medium. But there was a time when those who wanted to make movies would be strongly encouraged to steer clear of TV, because those who worked primarily on the small screen would have an awfully hard time making the jump to the big screen.?

But there are always exceptions to these?rules, even before the idea of new media came along to shake up the notion of transitioning from TV to film. The biggest possible exception to any such rule is Steven Spielberg.

You’re gonna need a bigger shelf because Neca has unveiled a set of new figures and toys for the 50th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws.

Up first for pre-order from Neca are two 7” scale action figures of Matt Hooper and Quint, two fan favorite Jaws heroes. The Hooper figure is designated as “Amity Arrival”, so the figure comes in his denim getup and gray t-shirt. But he has plenty of accessories as well, such as a fishing hook, scuba tank, shark dart, and duffel bag. With all of that (and a bonus sweater), it allows you to place Hooper in a number of famous scenes from the movie.

And then there’s Quint, who comes with a machete, rifle, harpoon gun, and a crushed beer can — because boy can crush it like Quint! Both Quint and Hooper have interchangeable heads and hands. Fans may note that these 50th...

Actors turn down roles for all kinds of reasons: scheduling conflicts, budgetary constraints, no internal nudity clauses, etc. When you’re successful enough, though, you can start having fun with it and turn them down for hilarious reasons. Such as…

5 Gene Hackman Didn’t Do Night Shoots

Hackman was the first actor David Fincher considered for the part of Seven’s Detective William Somerset, spending 40 minutes pitching the role to the then-65-year-old star. “It sounds like there’s a lot of night shoots,” he told Fincher. “And I said, ‘Yeah, there is.’ He said, ‘Count me out.’ So that was that.” You have to respect a man who sticks to his bedtime.

4 Lee Marvin Took Fishing Too Seriously for ‘Jaws’

Marvin also had a great “old man” reason for turning down a movie. During the casting of Jaws, Marvin was Spielberg’s first choice for the grizzled shark hunter Quint,...

The “Doctor Odyssey” crew will be rattled by a shark attack beginning with Thursday’s midseason premiere, entitled, appropriately enough, “Shark Attack!”

The shark storyline begins when First Officer Munroe (Marcus Emanuel Mitchell) is bitten after he goes surfing with Tristan (Sean Teale) and, as Teale told TheWrap about the two-parter storyline, “Shark attacks are brutal and it only gets worse as the episodes go on.”

Teale told TheWrap, “It’s pretty rough. I’m amazed at what we filmed, actually. I’m surprised that national television is going to receive what we filmed. It’s a big event.”

Teale, Joshua Jackson and Don Johnson (who costars as Captain Robert Massey) also talked about the upcoming “Ocean’s 11”-esque crossover that brings Athena Grant (Angela Bassett) from another Ryan Murphy series, “9-1-1,” to the Odyssey.

And, of course, one of the biggest cliffhangers we were left with in the midseason...

You’re gonna need a bigger set of colored pencils for The Official Jaws Coloring Book.

Dive into 90 pages of classic scenes from Steven Spielberg‘s 1975 masterpiece on April 1 from Scholastic.

All your favorite characters, moments, background patterns, boats, beach scenes, and more have been illustrated by Alvin Epps.

Jaws returns to theaters from August 29 to September 4, with additional screenings, events, and merchandise available throughout the year in celebration of its 50th anniversary.

Based on the novel by Peter Benchley, the original summer blockbuster stars Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, and Murray Hamilton.

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Fifty years after it scared the world out of the water and into movie theaters, Jaws will be the subject of a new exhibition at the Academy Museum.

Jaws: The Exhibition will be on view from Sept. 14, 2025 to July 26, 2026.

The first exhibition at the museum focused on a single film, Jaws: The Exhibition, will feature over 200 original objects from the set of Steven Spielberg’s legendary blockbuster — everything from concept drawings to costumes to mechanical shark schematics to a prop dorsal fin that appears in the film.

The exhibit will be curated with unprecedented access to Spielberg’s personal collection and The Amblin Hearth Archive and NBCUniversal Archives & Collections, and will feature “behind-the-scenes revelations and interactive moments,” according to an Academy Museum statement.

Since its 2021 opening, The Academy Museum has been home to the sole surviving full-scale model of the Jaws shark, known as “Bruce the Shark.” At 25-feet-long, it...

2025 will mark the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest movies ever made, director Steven Spielberg’s classic Jaws – and our friends at Bloody Disgusting have learned that the anniversary celebrations will include a theatrical re-release and a screening in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, where the film was made!

Jaws will be screened during the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, which is set to run from April 24th through the 27th. If you can’t attend that film festival, you’ll have another chance to catch Jaws on the big screen when it gets a theatrical release from August 29th through September 4th.

Bloody Disgusting goes on to note that Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will be celebrating Jaws all summer long, with the festivities beginning over Memorial Day weekend in May. There will be “screenings featuring a special menu and fun props along with limited-edition popcorn buckets and merchandise.”

That...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, Steven Spielberg‘s Jaws is returning to the big screen!

The TCM Classic Film Festival will host the first Jaws screening of the year with a special 50th anniversary presentation in April, followed by a nationwide theatrical re-release from August 29 through September 4 via Universal.

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema will kick off its summer-long Jaws celebration over Memorial Day weekend in May, hosting screenings featuring a special menu and fun props along with limited-edition popcorn buckets and merchandise.

A special Jaws on the Water screening will take place on June 21 as part of the Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, where the film was shot. Additional Jaws on the Water screenings will occur at Lake Travis in Austin, Texas, in June and July.

A 50th anniversary edition of Jaws will be released on physical media and...

Some people love to say that physical media is dying, but those people are toxic and should be cut out of your life. Physical media is more awesome than ever, and we're here to celebrate the new 4K UHDs, Blu-rays, and DVDs making their way into the world. Now join us as we explore... Arow Video's new 4K Uhd release of Renny Harlin's Deep Blue Sea! Everyone has their favorite shark attack movies, and while Steven Spielberg's Jaws usually (and rightfully) takes the top spot, that second position is something of a chum-filled free for all. Fans of good times might choose The Shallows or Bait, while those who favor cynicism and cruelty might instead go with Open Water or The Reef. And some of...

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50 years ago this summer, Steven Spielberg‘s now-classic adventure film “Jaws” opened and changed American cinema forever. The movie’s commercial success is credited with inaugurating the summer blockbuster era, and its style and narrative structure influenced several generations of young filmmakers. Quentin Tarantino has referred to it as the greatest movie ever made, Steven Soderbergh is so obsessed with it that he’s working on a book about its making, and Jordan Peele‘s “Nope” is unimaginable without “Jaws” as a reference point.

Now, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is preparing one of its most ambitious exhibits to date in honor of “Jaws” turning 50. As announced on this year’s Oscars, “Jaws: The Exhibition” will feature over 200 artifacts including concept illustrations by production designer Joe Alves, a costume worn by Roy Scheider as Brody, original shark design schematics by design engineer Frank Wurmser, and props like one of...

In addition to The Game of Jaws, Neca is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Jaws with Matt Hooper and Sam Quint ultimate action figures.

Featuring the likeness of Richard Dreyfuss, Hooper has four interchangeable heads, nine interchangeable hands (including gloved options), and two sets of interchangeable arms.

Fishing hook, scuba tank, cup, crushed cup, shark dart, and duffel bag are also included.

Featuring the likeness of Robert Shaw, Quint has three interchangeable heads, eight interchangeable hands (including gloved), and two sets of interchangeable arms.

He also comes with a machete, can, crushed can, rifle, and harpoon gun.

Each 7″ scale, fully articulated toy is packaged in a window box with opening front flap.

Expected to ship in June, they’re $36.99 a piece.

Unfortunately, Roy Scheider‘s Martin Brody will not be joining the line due to likeness rights.

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The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced during the 97th Oscars last night that it will present Jaws: The Exhibition, on view September 14, 2025–July 26, 2026.

The exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s film, a culture-defining thriller that continues to be a fixture in popular culture. This is the first-ever exhibition of this scale at the Academy Museum focused exclusively on a single film, and the largest mounted exhibition ever for Jaws (1975), the Oscar?-winning film from Universal Pictures.

The exhibition will feature over 200 original objects—including concept illustrations by production designer Joe Alves, a costume worn by Roy Scheider as Brody, original shark design schematics by design engineer Frank Wurmser, and a screen used prop dorsal fin—plus behind-the-scenes revelations and interactive moments. Jaws: The Exhibition will illustrate how the film became the first summer blockbuster that forever changed the motion picture industry. Tickets for Jaws: The Exhibition are available to purchase now.

Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance made history at the Academy Awards last night, securing the Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling—a rare achievement for the horror genre. The win marks a significant milestone, as genre films often struggle to gain recognition from the Academy, despite their technical and artistic achievements. The award was accepted by Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon, and Marilyne Scarselli, but the moment was overshadowed by behind-the-scenes controversy surrounding hairstylist Frédérique Arguello, whose contributions were left unacknowledged.

The film, starring Demi Moore as Elisabeth Sparkle, a fading Hollywood star who turns to an illicit drug to regain her youth, has been lauded for its unflinching body horror and pointed social commentary on aging in the entertainment industry. While The Substance was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay, its sole win came in a category where horror films rarely find recognition.

“Jaws” has returned.

For the 50th anniversary of the Steven Spielberg-directed classic, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is presenting “Jaws:” The Exhibition, beginning on September 14, 2025. The exhibition will run through July 26, 2026. And, yes, you’re going to need a bigger boat.

Described as “first-ever exhibition of this scale at the Academy Museum focused exclusively on a single film,” “Jaws:” The Exhibition is the largest mounted exhibition ever for the film. According to the official release, the exhibition will “feature over 200 original objects—including concept illustrations by production designer Joe Alves, a costume worn by Roy Scheider as Brody, original shark design schematics by design engineer Frank Wurmser, and a screen used prop dorsal fin—plus behind-the-scenes revelations and interactive moments.”

The exhibition was curated “with direct access to the collections from Steven Spielberg and The Amblin Hearth Archive, NBCUniversal Archives & Collections.”

“As an institution both devoted to...

There’s a reason the worst “Oscar Bait” exists, and it’s not because Felix Unger’s roommate loves fishing. Over the course of nearly 100 years the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has proven that they, like all specific audiences, have a particular sense of taste. The movies that win the Academy Award for Best Picture tend to be serious dramas, often historical pictures and biopics, with important social messages. (Bonus points if it’s about World War II.)

There have always been exceptions, and recent years have trended more surprising, but some genres have a harder time breaking into the Best Picture category than others. Horror movies have historically had a hard time of it, since the genre — on which the industry has often financially relied — has frequently been disregarded by critics and the public at large as “low art.” This has always been a lie and great...

In hindsight, the American cinema of the 1970s has two major legacies attached to it. On the one hand, there's the American New Wave aka the New Hollywood movement, in which "Five Easy Pieces," "Klute," "The French Connection," and other films like them eschewed the mainstream studio filmmaking formula in favor of telling stories that were creatively daring and heartfelt. On the other, there's the dawn of the blockbuster, a trend that continues to this day and whose beginning is most often attributed to Steven Spielberg's "Jaws" from 1975. But while "Jaws" gets the lion's share of the credit for birthing the blockbuster, a good dollop of credit must also go to the other populist trend in American cinema during the decade: the disaster movie.

The disaster film had been around before the '70s in one form or another, but it's the version that was popularized during that decade...

Remember Ideal Toy Company’s The Game of Jaws from back in 1975? In celebration of 50 years of Jaws, Neca brings the classic toy back to life with a modern day upgrade!

Neca’s The Game of Jaws: 50th Anniversary Edition was unveiled by the company during Toy Fair 2025 this weekend, and you can check out the official image gallery below.

Neca previews, “Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Jaws with a modern update to the classic 1975 game. Featuring state-of-the-art, detailed sculpting and paint applications, the infamous shark spans 15 inches in length and looks just like its movie counterpart. Get all the items out of the shark’s belly before the jaws snap down on the spear!

“Be sure to have a steady hand and not get too close to those deadly teeth! Includes over 15 different accessories to fish out of the beast’s belly, including an anchor, a boot, fish bones,...

From dubbed actors to jarring edits to terrible image quality, watching films on British TV was a minefield in the 80s and 90s…

Saturday the 5th August was a truly magical day on BBC One. Not just because Dale Winton – assisted by the ever-dependable Terry Nutkins – presented a vintage episode of Pets Win Prizes. Or because Tony Robinson presented Stay Tuned!, a thoroughly charming series about the history of animation.

No, the 5th August was particularly memorable because it featured an unusually early screening of shark attack sequel, Jaws The Revenge. Its 6pm air time was so early, in fact, that the BBC wound up cutting out roughly 10 minutes of its gore and toothsome mayhem to keep it friendly for a pre-watershed audience. Never a long film to begin with (roughly an hour and a half), the Jaws sequel which showed that summer evening ran for just 80 minutes.

This was...

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Movie lovers of the Eighties and Nineties, heads up! Uniqlo Ut has just launched a Universal Movies collection of t-shirts that’s sure to be a blast from the past.

The new collection is available now on Uniqlo.com, with graphic tees from four films to pick from starting at $24.90 (sizing from Xxs-3Xl). Featuring stylish poster art and title logos, this new line will takes from iconic...

The Academy Awards aren’t exactly an objective measure of cinematic quality, but it’s always gratifying to see hard-working artists be rewarded for their output – especially when those artists happen to work in the horror genre. And in honor of Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance being nominated for a whopping five Oscars this year, we’ve decided to look back on the small selection of horror movies that have managed to win Academy Awards.

Of course, the lines separating one genre from another can sometimes be hard to define, so don’t be surprised if we end up disagreeing on what does or doesn’t count as a proper horror picture. That being said, don’t forget to comment below with your own Oscar-winning favorites if you think we missed a particularly good one.

With that out of the way, onto the list…

14. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

Often cited as one...

The most Oscar-nominated film this season is Emilia Pérez, which is entirely in Spanish. It landed 13 noms — smashing the record for a non-English-language film (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Roma had 10 each) and just one shy of the record for any film — including best picture. And it’s not the only non-English-language film up for the top Oscar; so, too, is the Portuguese-language I’m Still Here. Until recently, such a scenario would have been unimaginable. Then came Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite. This is the inside story of how that off-the-wall Korean film made history at the Oscars five years ago.

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, founded in 1927, was originally called the International Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. But for most of its history, it wasn’t very worldly — the vast majority of its members were based in L.A., New York or London,...

Why Did Steven Spielberg Want Less Red On Set Of Jaws? (Photo Credit – Prime Video/Facebook)

Steven Spielberg’s Jaws (1975) is more than just a film. It’s a cinematic milestone that changed Hollywood forever. Often credited as the first-ever summer blockbuster, the movie not only terrified audiences worldwide but also redefined the thriller genre with its masterful suspense-building and groundbreaking special effects. Adapted from Peter Benchley’s novel, Jaws follows a small beach town terrorized by a great white shark, forcing Chief Brody (Roy Scheider), shark hunter Quint (Robert Shaw), and marine biologist Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) to take the battle to the sea.

Beyond its technical brilliance, Spielberg’s meticulous attention to detail was crucial in shaping the film’s atmosphere. From John Williams’ haunting score to the strategic use of color, every creative choice added to Jaws’ immersive horror. In fact, Spielberg made an unusual request to his production designer.

In 2025, the Halloweenies are celebrating the storied legacy of the Universal Monsters. Dracula, Wolf Man, Frankenstein, his Bride, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, the Invisible Man… all will be covered. In fact, each monster is getting their own month, giving the Halloweenies plenty of time to dig deep into their respective origins and chart their influence over the past century and some change.

Last month, the gang sank their fangs into Tod Browning‘s 1931 Dracula. Today, however, they’re leaping a decade forward to howl through George Waggner’s 1941 werewolf classic The Wolf Man starring Lon Chaney Jr.

Topics include: the etymology of the werewolf, a discussion of the first official Universal werewolf movie Werewolf of London, the tragic history of Lon Chaney, Jr. bringing his own pain and life experience to the role, Universal Pictures and the U.S. in the early 40’s, religious subtext, the rise of...

As the poet Tracy Jordan once told Kenneth the Page, "Here's some advice I wish I would have got when I was your age: Live every week like it's Shark Week." The "30?Rock" legend was referring to the Discovery Channel's yearly celebration of all things shark, a programming event where they fill every hour of airtime with nature specials about the terribly toothy monsters. There are enough fictional movies about sharks, however, that you can easily live every single day like it's Shark Day.

If we're being honest, though, many shark movies are pretty bad. That's what made SyFy's "Sharknado"?franchise so good -- at least for the first few movies. The franchise expertly skewered shark movies made on the cheap, celebrating questionable CGI as something to be cheered rather than jeered. Shark movie fans know that we have to put up with a garbage to find a gem.

The appeal of Jack Reacher lies in its simplicity. Here is a man who is stronger than you, smarter than you, better looking than you. Here is a man without any of the anxieties that make your life difficult, a man literally tied down to nothing, a man carved out of pure American mythology who has been claimed by every corner of the political spectrum. And most importantly, here is a man who uses his seemingly superhuman abilities to right the wrongs of strangers as he travels the country in obscurity, stumbling into situation after situation where a little bit of righteous justice can protect an ailing community. Jack Reacher isn't just a power fantasy — he is the power fantasy, an American riff on the unstoppable heroes of ancient myth, a figure whose one and only concern is doing the right thing, even when doing the right thing involves a...

When you've already taken to the skies and put the pedal to the metal for your craft, what comes next? Well, if you're Joseph Kosinski, the adrenalised director behind high flying legacy sequel Top Gun: Maverick and upcoming, asphalt chewing Brad Pitt vehicle F1, then the answer is... er... aliens. Naturally. Yes, THR are reporting that Kosinski is gearing up to reteam with his Maverick producer Jerry Bruckheimer on a UFO conspiracy thriller that's sparked major interest across Hollywood.

According to THR, Amazon, Apple, Lionsgate, Paramount, and Warner Bros. are all locked into a “quickly and aggressively” escalating bidding war for the project, a package that would see Kosinski calling the shots, Bruckheimer on deck as producer, and The Order and King Richardscribe Zach Baylin on script duty. Precious little is known about what the movie entails at this stage, or indeed who'd be in it, but the film has...

Universal has moved the release of Steven Spielberg’s untitled event film to June 12, 2026. It takes over a slot set for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s follow-up to their Oscar-winning “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” which is now undated and will have a new date announced in the future.

Details on the Spielberg plot are being kept secret, with longtime collaborator David Koepp writing the screenplay from a story by the famed “Jurassic Park” director. Josh O’Connor and Emily Blunt will star in the film alongside Oscar winner Colin Firth, two-time Oscar nominee Colman Domingo and Eve Hewson. Kristie Macosko Krieger will produce for Amblin Entertainment.

Spielberg’s film was previously set for release in May 2026, between two big Disney franchise films in Marvel’s “Avengers: Doomsday” and Lucasfilm’s “The Mandalorian & Grogu.” The change now gives the film some separation from those tentpoles as it is being...

Adam Sandler’s performance at Sunday night’s “SNL50: Anniversary Special” was one of the most memorable moments of the night — even before it began. The performance was introduced by Jack Nicholson, who received loud applause inside Studio 8H.

“Everyone in this room has something in common. All of our lives were changed by the show,” Sandler, who spent five years on “Saturday Night Live” from 1991 to 1995, began. His song highlighted many behind-the-scenes jokes, including calling out “Drunk Wally” for holding the cue cards upside down and thanking “Nurse Teresa” for the many doses of Pepto Bismol.

“50 years of writers seeing Spielberg at Lorne’s monitors, not laughing at one of their sketches that he obviously hated,” Sandler sang. “50 years of those same writers getting wasted at the after party and loudly telling everybody that ‘Jaws ‘was overrated.”

Sandler joked about how each cast feels they’re the best,...

The three-hour Saturday Night Live anniversary party on Sunday night not enough television for you?

Don’t worry, NBC has you covered. In the show’s regular time slot on Saturday night, the network will rebroadcast the very first episode from 50 years ago, hosted by comedian George Carlin. Because SNL was a topical show — and because this episode ran in the fall of 1975 — some of the jokes will not only be dated but incomprehensible thanks to long-forgotten cultural references.

Use this handy guide to get up to speed — only 55 miles per hour on the highway back then.

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That thing Michael O’Donoghue is reading in the cold open? That’s a print edition of a newspaper.

Carlin’s opening monologue describes football’s desire to eventually overtake baseball as our national pastime. Consider that goal mission accomplished.

Andy Kaufman’s musical ode to a childhood favorite is funny even if...

Gareth Edwards is all set to helm a new film in the Jurassic World franchise with Rebirth and the first trailer of the film promises plenty of thrills and dinos both familiar and new. The film, while set in a different site from the ones in Jurassic World, still has the after-effects of the events in the trilogy, just like the Jurassic Park films.

When Steven Spielberg began the franchise with 1993’s Jurassic Park, a whole new generation was introduced to the extinct animals. The films have explored multiple themes of humanity’s quest for achieving the impossible and capitalizing. Apart from the visions of both Jurassic World and Jurassic Park being led by different filmmakers, there are some differences between the two trilogies.

1. Jurassic Park is a horror/sci-fi thriller while Jurassic World is more of an adventure film A still from Jurassic Park | Credits: Universal Pictures

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We’re all ready for the return of the wild Doctor Odyssey, along with the rest of Tgit. There’s some bad news when it comes to the return of the series, though.

There are no new episodes of Doctor Odyssey in February 2025. We knew that this was going to be the case before the series went on its winter hiatus, though. The break was always going to be a long one, but like winter, we’re ready for it to be over!

When will Doctor Odyssey return with new episodes?

There is a light at the end of the winter hiatus tunnel, though. Doctor Odyssey will be back before spring begins. We’ll see episodes air on Thursday, March 6.

The entire Tgit lineup will return. Doctor Odyssey remains sandwiched between 911 and Grey’s Anatomy. Of course, as the series returns, all eyes will be on whether it will be renewed or not.

If you want to get a feel for what cinema was like in a given year, looking at that year's best picture nominees would seem to be a good place to start. After all, only between five and 10 movies have received such a distinction annually, and since people voting work in the entertainment industry themselves, it's understandable they'd choose the cream of the crop, right?

Wrong!

It shouldn't be hard to find at least five amazing films each year, yet every so often, the Academy honors something that wasn't a hit with critics or audiences. People are quick to point out the worst Oscar best picture winners ever, like "Crash" and "Green Book," but when you expand that to nominees, you really wind up with some dreck (with a couple even taking home the big prize). For this list, we took the worst 10 films ever nominated based on their critics' Rotten Tomatoes scores.

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For lifelong cinephiles, the kinds of folks determined to experience as many movies as the medium has to offer before they hit the soil, revisits are an extravagance. Sometimes, they're essential. Jean-Luc Godard's films are dense with ideas and, especially later in his career, visual information. You leave the first viewing with merely an impression of what he's saying, but the meat of his thesis doesn't completely shake out until a second or perhaps third go-round. Meanwhile, a film like "Memento," with its fractured narrative told from the perspective of an amnesiac, might not make total sense until you retrace Leonard Shelby's journey on a subsequent watch.

And then there are movies we return to over and over because they never fail to work their rare magic. Dating back to my early childhood, I've seen Steven Spielberg's "Jaws...

This month, the Halloweenies continue their sprawling Universal Monsters coverage with 1941’s The Wolf Man. In anticipation, the gang finds themselves in a rather hairy situation as they howl at the moon and share their favorite werewolf movies. Like their list of favorite vamps ahead of their Dracula episode, this list is as definitive as their voice in the Horror industry.

So, not very.

Stream the episode below or subscribe via Apple Podcasts , Stitcher , Spotify , RadioPublic , Acast , Google Podcasts , and RSS. New to the Halloweenies ? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, The Evil Dead, Chucky, and Alien!

You can also become a member of their Patreon, The Rewind , for hilariously irreverent commentaries, one-off deep dives on your favorite rentals, and even spinoffs like their recent run Fortune & Glory: An Indiana Jones...

When most people think of classical composers, images of people wearing powdered wigs, sitting at harpsicords, or conducting symphonies often are the first that come to mind. Along with the likes of Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Mozart, John Williams is practically a living legend.

Williams began his film career by composing for Daddy-o in 1959, but his abilities only blossomed as he went on to compose for directors like Steven Spielberg, Chris Columbus, and George Lucas. With decades of films under his belt, it's hard to narrow down his absolute best. But that doesn't mean we can't try!

"Main Title" from Jaws (1975)

It's one thing if a composer can work with a minimalist score, but it's another if he can make two notes into something unforgettably chilling. The theme from Jaws is pure suspense, and that's all there is to it.

Similar to the screeching strings from Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho, the...

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In terms of modern filmmaking, it's hard to do better than Christopher Nolan. Even dating back to his early works such as "The Prestige" and "Memento," it was clear that this man was something special. Everyone is going to have their favorites and yes, to an extent, film is a subjective medium. That said, Nolan's broad critical acclaim coupled with his ability to deliver a commercial hit makes him unrivaled in the 2000s. Rather quantifiably, he has proven himself to be the most consistently bankable director working in Hollywood today, and one pretty eye-popping stat proves it.

Nolan had a run from 2008 to 2017 that was, in a word, ridiculous. That run includes the $1 billion beloved blockbuster smash "The Dark Knight," his mind-bending thriller "Inception," DC's one-time highest-grossing movie ever "The Dark Knight Rises," the ambitious modern sci-fi classic "Interstellar," and...

“Heart Eyes,” in theaters this weekend, is a one-of-a-kind accomplishment.

It’s a slasher movie that is just as much a romantic comedy and vice versa. It’s not trying to be either of these things, it just is. Stars Mason Gooding and Olivia Holt have genuine chemistry, so when their meet-cute is interrupted by the Heart Eyes Killer, a serial murderer who has been stalking couples for years, you’re rooting for their continued survival, not the least of which because you want to see their relationship blossom. It’s odd to call a movie with this much arterial spray cute, but it really is cute.

And the movie feels like even more of an accomplishment because it maintains the quirks and charms of its director Josh Ruben, who is making his studio movie debut. Ruben is a veteran of CollegeHumor, the online comedy site, and his two features,...

An accidental supergroup emerged last week when the band Astropical released its debut single, the lush, Afrobeats-based “Me Pasa (Piscis.)” The voices harmonizing together here are easy to recognize: Li Saumet, vocalist with Colombia’s veteran tropical outfit Bomba Estéreo (and also featured on Bad Bunny’s 2022 classic “Ojitos Lindos”), joins Beto Montenegro, the velvety voiced frontman with Venezuela’s recent Grammy winners Rawayana.

The collaboration began spontaneously when Montenegro sent Saumet a demo of “Me Pasa.” Six hours later, she had added vocals and completed the track. A short...

Robert Downey Jr. is often commended for his star power and earning a fat paycheck for his work in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Upon his return to the franchise, this time as Doctor Doom, the actor is reported to earn yet another fat paycheck that is reported to be around $100 million. This not only makes him one of the highest-paid MCU stars but also one of the highest-paid actors as well.

Credits: Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park / Universal Pictures

While Rdj’s feat is commendable, here is a walk down memory lane to recall how much Steven Spielberg earned from the first-ever Jurassic Park movie, which makes Downey’s $100 payday look pretty small.

How much did Steven Spielberg make from the first Jurassic Park movie Credits: Steven Spielberg via The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Steven Spielberg is one of the most celebrated filmmakers of our times. Also one...

Scarlett Johansson and Jonathan Bailey are setting out to save the “Jurassic World” franchise.

Following the lackluster 2022 film “Jurassic World: Dominion,” “Jurassic World: Rebirth” is taking its title quite literally. The original “Jurassic Park” scribe David Koepp, who wrote Steven Spielberg’s 1993 classic, penned the script; “Rogue One” director Gareth Edwards is behind the camera.

The fourth “Jurassic World” film is set five years after the events of “Dominion,” with Johansson and Bailey’s respective characters tasked with securing DNA samples from three specific kinds of dinosaurs that span the air, land, and sea. Remember, after “Dominion,” the planet has become inhospitable to dinosaurs as a whole, with those that still exist have been isolated to environments that mimic the conditions in which they once thrived. Yet it turns out that the three biggest creatures in the tropical biosphere have materials for a drug that could save human lives. It...

Stephen King doesn’t miss. The author has penned many a story that have inspired movies, that on their part have inspired both fear and awe from the fans. The Monkey is no different.

While The Shining is considered one of the most well-known adaptations of King’s works, the 2025 release is no pushover either. The Monkey could very well be set to seal its place in the history books for breaching a record that not many Stephen King movies have managed to do.

The Monkey seems to have set the bar high The Monkey is the latest in the line of Stephen King adaptations out to scare fans left, right, and center || Image by Kevin Payravi, licensed under Cc By-sa 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

It all began in 1976 with Carrie. That was the first Stephen King story to be adapted into a live-action film. And there was no turning back...

Composer John Williams is one of the most beloved creative figures in Hollywood as evidenced by his 54 Oscar nominations, which make him the second most nominated individual in the history of the awards, behind Walt Disney with 59. But even though he constantly racks up nominations, you might be surprised how rarely he wins. We’ve compiled every single one of his career nominations. Scroll down to see every single one of them, many directed or produced by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.

Williams’ Oscar wins were for Best Score Adaptation/Original Song Score for “Fiddler on the Roof” (1971) and then four for Best Original Score: “Jaws” (1975), “Star Wars” (1977), “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” (1982) and “Schindler’s List” (1993). After “Schindler’s” he racked up more than 20 additional noms but didn’t win any of them.

To be fair, most artists in any discipline would be the envy of their field if they had that many Oscars.

Nick Nolte was born in the Midwest, finding his place in high school and college as a star football player. After being kicked out of his last college because of poor grades, he decided to try his hand at acting and one of film’s most successful performers was born.

Nolte moved to Los Angeles and began studying acting at the Pasadena Playhouse and the Stella Adler Institute. He then proceeded to start working in guest star roles on television. His big break came when he was cast in one of the lead roles in the miniseries “Rich Man, Poor Man.” The series received a huge 23 Emmy nominations and 11 of its actors were nominated in various categories, including Nolte.

That success launched Nolte into a movie career, with his first film being “The Deep,” which was a high profile expected hit since it was based on a novel by Peter Benchley,...

Physical media culture is alive and thriving thanks to the home video tastemakers hailing everywhere from The Criterion Collection to Kino Lorber and the Warner Archive Collection. Each month, IndieWire highlights the best recent and upcoming Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K releases for cinephiles to own now — and to bring ballast and permanence to your moviegoing at a time when streaming windows on classic movies close just as soon as they open.

2025 is starting off strong, with an abundance of new releases both popular and obscure. Contemporary auteurs like Robert Zemeckis and Quentin Tarantino are represented with releases both new (“Here”) and from their catalog (“Inglourious Basterds”), while a pair of masters from Hollywood’s past — Anthony Mann and George Stevens — have gorgeous new editions of two of their most idiosyncratic works arriving on physical media.

January also sees Criterion giving Richard Pryor’s “Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life is Calling” a long overdue Blu-ray release,...

For a long time, the going rate of commercial box office success has dictated the career trajectory of directors in Hollywood. But for an icon like Steven Spielberg, greatness is an inherent quality that has defined his creative streak ever since he learned how to hold a camera as a teenage boy.

Jaws (1975) [Credit: Universal Pictures]

Starting from his 20s, Spielberg went on to deliver hit after hit every single time he picked a project. His career birthed such classics as Jaws, E.T., Raiders of the Lost Ark, Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, and Saving Private Ryan. Without the magic that Spielberg brings to cinema, Hollywood would have never achieved its true potential.

Steven Spielberg was a victim of self-doubt Jaws feat. Steven Spielberg and Bruce the Shark [Picture Credits: Bill Butler and Louis Goldman, Courtesy of Universal Pictures]

While starting off in the industry, a wide-eyed 20-something Steven Spielberg was ready to take any job,...

Veteran director Steven Spielberg is many things but a lover of criticism, he can never be. Although there are some who would accept some constructive criticism, for Steven Spielberg’s 1998 war movie, the case seems different.

A still from Saving Private Ryan | Credits: Amblin Entertainment

Starring Tom Hanks and Matt Damon in leading roles, Saving Private Ryan was a heartbreaking and patriotic reminder of what war can do to people. However, critics hated the fact that Spielberg mixed cultures and ethnicities in places where they allegedly shouldn’t be.

Why critics slammed Saving Private Ryan?

Although the film received great reviews and critical acclaim, a minority of fans and critics pointed out that there were people from different ethnicities and cultures fighting with the U.S. soldiers.

Steven Spielberg on the sets of Saving Private Ryan with Tom Hanks | Credit: Paramount Pictures

It could be stated that Spielberg wanted to...

While Steven Spielberg had worked on a plethora of short films by the time he was 18, in ’68, the director joined forces with Universal to write and direct Amblin, whose success earned him a seven-year contract with the media giant. In the following years, the Et filmmaker would become synonymous with his television works, including Columbo‘s Murder by the Book‘.

Steven Spielberg | Credit: Gage Skidmore, licensed under Cc By-sa 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Although it was Jaws that would push Spielberg to stardom, before helming the iconic thriller, the Et creator pushed for another project, which would become his first official movie.

Steven Spielberg lobbied hard for his first TV movie Duel | Credit: Universal

Steven Spielberg‘s first movie Duel was a major critical hit for Universal, thanks to its Hitchcockian story. And its success upon its TV debut would eventually earn the movie a theatrical release. But getting the reins...