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fromEsquire
3 days ago

The Best Action Movies of 2026 (So Far)

In the new film, he plays a hit man named Mike who is attempting to leave the business when he's framed for murder. He's sleeping with loan shark Nick's wife Alice, so Nick tricks him into pulling off one last job.
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fromInverse
3 days ago

70 Years Ago, Steve Martin Brought Godzilla To The US

Godzilla: King of the Monsters! was an American edit that went beyond dubbing the film into English, adding scenes and a new protagonist, an American reporter who served as a point-of-view character for '50s audiences watching this foreign flick.
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fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

That was a fun movie. But where are the bloopers nowadays?

Bloopers are declining in cinema due to dramatic post-credit scenes and the rise of streaming platforms.
fromRaymondcamden
1 week ago

Checking if a Movie has a Post or Mid Credit Scene

The app is incredibly simple. I made use of the wonderful SimpleCSS for my design and then made use of the TMDB API. The TMDB APIs are pretty easy to use, but finding out how to get this information did take a bit of digging.
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fromKqed
1 week ago

That Was a Fun Movie. But Where are the Bloopers These Days?

Jackie Chan popularized blooper reels in the 1990s, which have evolved into post-credit scenes in modern films.
fromSherdog
1 week ago

Hollywood treatment: Biopic to chronicle story of UFC legend Georges St. Pierre

"We have been considering telling my story for a moment now, and when we found this team it was clear to us that we wanted this to be told in a new creative way."
MMA
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fromArtnet News
1 week ago

Labubu Gets a Star Turn on the Big Screen-Plus a Rundown of the Latest in Asia's Art World | Artnet News

Asia's art markets are experiencing significant developments with major sales and new art fairs emerging amidst cautious buyer sentiment.
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fromThe Atlantic
2 weeks ago

Chuck Norris Was the Avatar of Manly Hyperbole

Chuck Norris became an internet meme due to his tough persona and iconic fight with Bruce Lee in 1972, evolving into a cultural symbol over decades.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Hook, line and cinema: why boxing films are still a knockout

Boxing has been a prominent subject in film, showcasing its emotional and physical intensity while reflecting societal themes.
Independent films
fromInverse
1 week ago

5 Years Ago, A Silly Sci-Fi Movie Sneakily Saved Hollywood

Godzilla vs. Kong marked a pivotal moment for movie theaters' recovery post-COVID-19, testing audience willingness to return to cinemas.
Marketing tech
fromVariety
2 weeks ago

Directable AI Set to Disrupt Film and TV Biz: 'It's Going to Help Small Film Industries in Asia Compete'

Generative AI tools with advanced directability are transforming film and TV production workflows, enabling filmmakers to achieve results three to four times faster than traditional methods.
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fromEsquire
2 weeks ago

A24 Is Bringing Back One of Donald Trump's Favorite Movies: 'Bloodsport'

Michaela Coel will write and direct a Bloodsport remake for A24, reimagining the 1988 Jean-Claude Van Damme martial arts classic for contemporary audiences.
Independent films
fromThe Independent
2 weeks ago

The box-office juggernaut that shows hypermasculine nationalism still sells in India

Dhurandhar became a record-breaking Hindi film by blending fictional espionage with real terrorist attacks, reigniting debate about nationalism and political messaging in Bollywood.
LA real estate
fromLos Angeles Times
11 years ago

Jackie Chan haunt looking for action in Beverly Hills

Jackie Chan's former Beverly Hills mansion, purchased for $3 million in 1998, returns to market at $12.25 million after multiple ownership changes and appreciation.
Independent films
fromABC7 Los Angeles
3 weeks ago

Oscar nominee Jerry Bruckheimer reflects on his love of providing joy to moviegoers

Jerry Bruckheimer, a legendary producer with over 50 years of experience, is nominated for Best Picture with 'F1' at the 98th Academy Awards, alongside four other nominations.
Arts
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

This quiet epic is the top-grossing Japanese live action film of all time

Kokuho depicts a decades-long journey through Kabuki theater, exploring friendship, artistic perfection, and the struggle to achieve living national treasure status within Japan's rigid theatrical tradition.
fromKotaku
4 weeks ago

Arnie's Back As Conan, With Mission Impossible's Director

It's a great story where Conan was 40 years king...and he gets complacent, and he gets forced out of the kingdom, slowly. Then there's conflict, of course, and then he somehow comes back, and then there's all kinds of madness and violence and magic and creatures.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

The Killer review John Woo's gun-filled melodrama remains a blood-soaked classic

John Woo's The Killer combines extreme violence with emotional depth, following an assassin's redemption through guilt and love after accidentally blinding a singer.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Hard Boiled review John Woo's outrageously explosive 1992 cop thriller is pure action mayhem

Hard Boiled irresistibly combined two of the most compellingly beautiful men in Hong Kong cinema: Tony Leung and Chow Yun-fat. As Inspector Tequila Yuen, Chow became legendary in this film for the scenes in which he has to carry around an adorable baby during the final, entirely bizarre shootout in a hospital.
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fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

Hollywood Is Dead: We Must Fight to Save the True Magic

Technological advancement in filmmaking has eliminated scarcity and bottlenecks that once created awe, diminishing the magic of cinema through abundance rather than enhancing it.
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fromEsquire
3 weeks ago

Do Original Movies Have Any Hope Left? I Went on a Journey to Find Out.

Theaters must create unique event experiences to compete with home entertainment, driving elaborate marketing stunts and premium screen innovations.
Artificial intelligence
fromAxios
1 month ago

China's AI rise rattles Hollywood

Chinese AI models like Seedance threaten high-cost industries by offering lower cost, faster performance and weaker safety guardrails, sparking copyright and likeness-rights conflicts.
Film
fromEntrepreneur
4 weeks ago

This Cult Filmmaker Learned Something About Audiences Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know'Make Them Feel Something'

Kevin Smith built a personal brand by connecting directly with fans, which created lasting career opportunities beyond individual film projects in an unpredictable industry.
US politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Park Chan Wook: The Korean film industry is in a state of great danger'

The Independent funds on-the-ground, paywall-free journalism covering reproductive rights, climate change, Big Tech, while noting Park Chan-wook's films were marketed as extreme.
fromIndieWire
1 month ago

Legendary Stuntman Buddy Joe Hooker on Defying Death for 70 Years, from Setting the Cannon Roll Record to Burt Reynolds' Movie About His Life

As the man who served as Kurt Russell's stunt driving double on Quentin Tarantino's 'Death Proof,' Buddy Joe Hooker deserves Hollywood canonization. There are few modern films featuring car stunts as impressive as those he choreographed and performed in Tarantino's imaginative, high-octane exploitation tribute.
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fromIndieWire
1 month ago

Who Would Win a 2026 Best Stunt Design Oscar, According to IndieWire

The 2026 Actor Awards will recognize stunt ensemble work, raising questions about what defines excellence in stunt performance: extreme physical feats, artistic beauty, or narrative integration.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The Guide #231: How the hunt for the next James Bond became the franchise's best marketing tool

And don't forget the succession of other dead cert Bonds now banished to the back of the odds market: the long-rumoured likes of Tom Hardy and Idris Elba (both now likely to have aged out of the role); Theo James; James Norton; Josh O'Connor; Harris Dickinson; Bridgerton's Rege-Jean Page; and approximately 5,000 other predominately British actors who have enjoyed box office success/led a successful TV drama/look good in a tuxedo.
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fromEsquire
2 months ago

The 16 Most Anticipated Action Movies of 2026

2026 centers on massive action epics, sequels, reboots, and a few mid-budget originals, with video-game and nostalgic-cartoon IPs heavily mined for box office.
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

A Valentine's Day homage to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

There are multiple clashes between our main characters, most notably Jen battling Shu Lien, and a famous sequence where Mu Bai pursues Jen across the treetops of a bamboo forest, deftly balancing on the swaying branches and easily evading Jen's increasingly undisciplined sword thrusts. It's truly impressive wire work (all the actors performed their own stunts), in fine wuxia tradition.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

I haven't mellowed my violence': Park Chan-wook on cultural dominance, the capitalist endgame and why we can't beat AI

No Other Choice satirizes capitalism, portraying modern South Korea as industrially declining—downsizing, unemployment and male fragility—exacerbated by AI and precarious entertainment industries.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The Guide #229: How an indie movie distributed by a lone gamer broke the US box office

Two unusual releases contrasted a costly, widely distributed first-lady documentary with a self-financed YouTuber-made indie horror that achieved notable box-office success.
fromInverse
1 month ago

38 Years Later, A Legendary Hong Kong Director's Cult Crime Thriller Just Got A Huge Upgrade

For a director so celebrated for his masterful urban crime thrillers, in which contemplations on brotherhood and fate are inextricable from violent cop-versus-crook setpieces, it's a surprise to discover that Johnnie To wasn't all that interested in making action films to begin with. "It was [producer] Tsui Hark's fault," To said of The Big Heat (1988), the first of his many films in that genre. "He told me to do it."
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fromAnOther
2 months ago

Park Chan-wook on His "Bitter" Black Comedy, No Other Choice

At the narrative midpoint, pathetic protagonist Yoo Man-su ( Lee Byung-hun) - also a hobbying horticulturist with a bonsai mag subscription - arrives at the home of a man he deems a rival for one of the only paper jobs on the market. He wields a pistol concealed inside several oven gloves, intending to kill vinyl enthusiast Goo Beom-mo (Lee Sung-min) as a means of levelling the playing field.
fromInsideHook
2 months ago

"Rambo" Prequel Cast Adds "Sinners" and "The White Lotus" Alumni

John Rambo's cast will include Yao, who played Bo Chow in Sinners; Quincy Isaiah, who played Magic Johnson in Winning Time and Tayme Thapthimthong, who played Gaitong on the third season of The White Lotus.Those actors will join Noah Centineo, who is set to play the title character. Centineo's filmography includes a leading role in the Netflix series The Recruit, along with supporting roles in everything from Black Adam to Warfare.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Shelter review super-soldier Jason Statham does the business as he takes on Bill Nighy in action thriller

Jason Statham returns as a haunted ex-special-forces operative in formulaic action thriller 'Shelter' featuring familiar tropes, predictable plot, and clichéd setpieces.
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