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Wicked: For Good is coming to Blu-ray after it finishes its box office run, and fans can look forward to multiple limited-edition versions, along with standard Blu-ray and DVD versions, all of which are available to preorder now. The most extravagant release is the Amazon-exclusive Wicked: For Good Gift Set, available for $230, which includes the film on 4K Blu-ray and a selection of exclusive collectibles.

Released earlier this year, Tron: Ares was a box office bomb. The movie grossed only $142 million worldwide and received lukewarm critical reception at best. Audience reviews have been kinder, and while the film may not have reached the same heights as the original Tron or 2010's Tron: Legacy, there is still appreciation for how it pushes the franchise's concepts further and for its hard-hitting Nine Inch Nails soundtrack.

Great cinema has never died, but there's something particularly heartening about the fact that it survived 2025. Looking back at this turbulent year, rife with the usual industry concerns over the viability of the theatrical experience, young people's slipping attention spans, and Hollywood's overreliance on franchises, unearths a diverse crop of gems. Many of my favorite films were major studio releases-blockbusters, even-that challenged audiences in innovative, surprising ways.

A casual disregard for human life contrasts with a colorful, hard-partyin' atmosphere of 1977 Carnaval in Brazil in The Secret Agent, director Kleber Mendonca Filho's momentous epic, a mercurial adventure in filmmaking that reminds us of how dangerous but important it can be to resist an unjust system. Secret Agent also urges us to be aware of the swath of corruption that settles in places high and low and to respect and embrace the bloodlines that flow through us.

Fresh out of juvenile prison, 18-year-old Wellington (Joao Pedro Mariano) finds himself at a crossroads; abandoned by his parents, the wide-eyed young man finds solace in the arms of others. On an evening out with his rowdy group of queer and non-binary friends, Wellington crosses paths with Ronaldo (Ricardo Teodoro), a hunky, charismatic hustler more than twice his age. Bathed in the flickering glow of a neon-lit porn cinema, their first meeting is sensuous and erotic, with an edge of danger.

There are so many memories I have from growing up with two incredible grannies - baking pies, gardening, going on long walks - but nothing gives me those ultra-cozy vibes like rewatching the movies and shows I watched with my grannies. From big technicolor musicals to old black-and-white comedies and a whole lot of super cheesy, wholesome television shows, this brand of entertainment is peak Granny-core.

Directed by Jay Duplass, this microbudget dramedy follows an improv comic named Cliff (Michael Strassner, who co-wrote the script) a few months after a failed suicide attempt. Now sober and adjusting to a loving but controlled relationship with his fiancée, Brittany, Cliff's Christmas Eve dental emergency leads him to the office of Didi (Liz Larsen), a dentist distracted by the idea that her ex-husband just got remarried that morning.

Originally scheduled to start March 9, 2026, the It Ends With Us trial now starts on May 18, per . Judge Lewis J. Liman of the Southern District of New York explained that two criminal trials that "take precedent" over a civil trial. The next hearing is on January 22, and Judge Liman reportedly told the parties at a post-discovery hearing on December 9 to talk about settlements, if needed.

Something has happened to Netflix's Christmas movies this year. Historically, they've unfolded like lucid dreams one might have when waking up from general anesthesia in an Arizona strip mall. They're like Twin Peaks for people who have been locked out of their Facebook for too many incorrect password attempts. Their plots make little to no sense, they're lit like a Soviet prison, their characters speak to one another like they've been bonked on the head by falling pianos.

With the fallout from the war in Syria as a backdrop, director Nour Alkheder longs for her father through memories, imagination and the fragments of a life uprooted by conflict. As Alkheder reflects on what was lost and what remains, she confronts the emotional weight of nostalgia and the love that binds her to her father and her homeland. I Love You More explores what it means to long for someone,

I found a tiny shepherd's hut in the middle of nowhere, right by a forest. My driver was driving me up, and he was like, 'Are you going to be OK here?' I was like, 'Absolutely, this is totally my happy [place]. So I stayed there on my own.'

Tyler Wu takes the top spot as the most watched PornhubGay performer for the first time ever, up one spot from last year. It's quite a jump from his position as the seventh most watched gay porn star in 2023, so big congrats to him. Interestingly, Tyler Wu is the top porn star searched by women compared to by men, with a 915 per cent difference between the number of women who watch him and men who do.

"In cinema, three elements can move: objects, the camera itself and the audience's point of attention," Drew McClellan says to the crowd before showing an example on the projector screen. The clip is a memorable scene from Jordan's Peele's 2017 film, "Get Out," when the protagonist (Daniel Kaluuya) goes out for a late-night smoke and sees the groundskeeper sprinting toward him - in the direction of the camera and the viewer - before abruptly changing direction at the last second.

"The video in particular had to match the intensity and dynamic shifts of the song, with frenetic hypersonic chaos as the general pace, later opening up into these epic breakdowns," Zev says. The fast-paced chaos required a chopped approach. Right from the start, Zev cut up the video into many pieces, working backwards to piece the video into clear visual narratives.

David Ellison's ascent to the summit of Hollywood power traces an unconventional flight path. At 13, the Oracle founder's son received an extraordinary gift from his father: his own airplane. By 17, he was performing aerial acrobatics in professional airshows. Two decades later, he has traded the cockpit for the boardroom, steering his company through a $8 billion merger that placed him atop Paramount, with hopes of adding Warner Bros. to his trophy case.

After Way of Water came out, I started to reevaluate and change things a little bit to answer kind of what the audience was responding to," Cameron told . "Who are they interested in? What parts of it are they interested in? I even wrote some new scenes, and we went back, and we redid some stuff.

Raine and Dumas, 24 and 26 respectively, share an Instagram account - @bigupsofficial - where they posted a reel of highlights from their time together already on Sunday (7 December). Captioned, "From day one.. to everything time can't erase," the reel is set to Charli XCX's "Everything is romantic feat. Caroline Polachek." The video sees the two sharing many a sweet moment including kisses, dinners, beach days, and the two attending a London screening of Johnson's latest film, The Smashing Machine, in September.

How Did This Get Made?, the long-running movie podcast hosted by Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas and June Diane Raphael, will be celebrating the season with a special livestream episode on December 10. They'll be discussing the 2015 Hallmark Channel holiday romcom Merry Kissmas, and joining them will be frequent guest and occasional co-host Jessica St Clair. You can tune in live to the HDTGM holiday livestream episode via VEEPS on Wednesday (12/10) at 9 PM Eastern.

What we create needs to come from the things that we want. We need to design our own desire instead of being told how the fuck to feel by movies that are never changing and always the same. I have figuratively broken teeth learning that shoving into fear instead of backing away from it is key. I try to let this seep into how I spend literally all my time.

There is a point during Tamara Stepanyan's My Armenian Phantoms when the documentary cuts to the final scene of the 1980 Soviet film, A Piece of Sky, in which the orphaned lead character, joyfully rides a horse and cart through the town that had long shunned him and the sex worker he married as social outcasts. A flock of birds are then framed gliding through the pristine blue sky above.

The sweet video post, which was set to Olivia Dean's "So Easy (To Fall In Love)", featured photos of the couple kissing, followed by a photo of their first child Royce Lillian - who was born via surrogacy in November 2022 - and then a photo of the trio at Wilson and Agruma's wedding in September 2024. The video ended with Agruma holding a pregnancy test and showing her pregnant stomach.

There's an argument to be made that " the real monster is trauma" has become an overused trope in modern horror. Hereditary, The Babadook, and, much less effectively, Smile, are just a few higher-profile examples. But, if you ask me, few films have deployed this trope quite as effectively as the 2020 film His House. The film follows Bol and Rial, refugees from South Sudan, played by Sope Dirisu and Wunmi Mosaku.

The opening sequence of Bring It On is in a word unapologetic. A dozen cheerleaders scream I'm sexy, I'm cute, I'm popular to boot in synchronicity and I have yet to meet anyone (and I have tried) who has the willpower to look away. It's certainly not an exaggeration to say I wanted to be one of them that is, one of the Toros, Rancho Carne high school's premier cheer squad.

A 13-year-old aspiring journalist investigates his father's death in one of Kenya's largest wildlife conservation parks. Simon Ali, 13, finds himself in a world of mystery when his father, a respected conservation guide, is found dead under suspicious circumstances. Armed with his video camera and an unwavering desire for truth, Simon and his best friend Haron embark on a perilous journey to uncover the secrets behind his father's death.

Where do you go after you've reached the top? It's a question more than 70 filmmakers have had a noodle on over the past century after winning a best director Oscar. I mean, how do you follow that up? Some want to astound us even more with their next act. Think of Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu who followed up his first Oscar for the backstage satire "Birdman" with the historical epic "The Revenant."