Hollywood has undergone a fundamental transformation over the past 45 years, evolving from a industry where 75% of top films were original in 1984 to one where 70% of top-grossing films are now adaptations. This shift represents one of the most significant strategic changes in entertainment history, driven by mathematical certainty, risk management, and economic … Read more
A blast from Ben’s past returns to do double the damage on Team Tennyson and planet Earth itself, forcing Ben to go interstellar to save the day. Based on the 2016 reboot. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Ben Tennyson / Glitch (voice): Tara Strong Gwen Tennyson (voice): Montse Hernandez Grandpa Ken / Max Tennyson / Azmuth … Read more
Bette Midler & Barbara Hershey as besties CC & Hillary in 1988’s “Beaches.” The 1985 beach read bestseller Beaches became a chick flick favorite upon its 1988 release. Beaches was buoyed at the box office with its hit soundtrack. Bette Midler was at the height of her movie star success in the last half of … Read more
Ironheart reintroduces an upstart Marvel hero to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a cast drawn out of Marvel Comics. The key supporting character (and villain?) is the Hood, played by Anthony Ramos, a really interesting recent addition to Marvel’s comic-universe. And even some of the side characters are drawn from comics. Did you know Eric Andre is … Read more
It’s been three days since Hwang Dong-hyuk completely wrapped up post-production work on the final season of Squid Game, a global phenomenon that has occupied the last six years of his life, and he’s ready to relax. “It’s not sinking in yet, the fact that I’m now done,” he tells MovieMaker in early March on … Read more
Andrea Ellsworth This month Filmmaker is publishing diaries from writers and directors who attended the 2025 Sundance Institute Directors Lab. First up is Andrea Ellsworth, who traveled to the Lab with The Dispute, co-written with Kasey Elise Walker (whose diary can be found here). Here’s the description: “Down on their luck and desperate for more, two … Read more
A broken clock is right twice a day, but even at its funniest, “M3GAN 2.0” feels like it’s here too soon and too late. Filmmaker Gerard Johnstone returns with a frustrating and tedious follow-up to Blumhouse’s smash-hit horror movie about a killer robot from 2023. The director reunites with original “M3GAN” stars Allison Williams and Violet … Read more
Nick Offerman & Jacob Tremblay vs Government in ‘Sovereign’ Trailer by Alex Billington June 25, 2025Source: YouTube “At some point, you have to let them know that you won’t be pushed any further…” Uh oh. Briarcliff Ent. has launched the full official trailer for the movie titled Sovereign, an American thriller which marks the feature … Read more
How to Train Your Dragon is a faithful adaptation of the original animated film from the same director, Dean DeBlois. It captures the same story and does a fairly good job of recreating the stylized look of the animated characters for the big screen. Which begs the question, what’s the point? Disney has spent the … Read more
Dir/scr: Gerard Johnstone. US. 2025. 119mins Two years on from the events of megahit M3GAN, robotics engineer Gemma (Allison Williams) has moved on from designing homicidal dolls to become an advocate for responsible technology. But when it emerges her AI programme has been used to create the ultimate weapon – which has, of course, gone … Read more