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12 Forgotten Movie Prequels
Prequels are having a moment. 2024 sees the release of The First Omen…
Detroit Institute of Arts works to return Indigenous remains and sacred objects amid federal law updates
During a visit to the Detroit Institute of Arts in February, I…
What’s the Difference Between a Remake and a Reboot?
Webster’s Dictionary defines a reboot as “the act or an instance of…
The Best and Worst Oscar Best Picture Winners Ever
The Oscars are the unofficial conclusion to a year of movies. Yes, a…
Carl Weathers’ Best Performances: His Greatest Films and Shows
Movie and TV fans were shocked today by the news that Carl…
The Most Meta Movies Ever Made
Sometimes, watching a normal movie isn’t enough. Sometimes we want something weirder,…
The Worst Prequels Ever Made
Scholars believe that the very first prequel in history may be the Cypria,…
The Best Movie Musicals For People Who Hate Musicals
“To start off saying ‘musical, musical, musical,’ you have the potential to…
Someone Used AI To Rewrite My Book. It’s So Much Worse Than I Could Have Imagined.
April 1994 was not an especially memorable time for movies — or an…
50 Movies Turning 50 in 2024
1974 was quite a year for movies. Several of the most famous…
The Worst Superhero Movies Ever, According to Letterboxd
The only thing more fun than watching movies is obsessively rating and…
The Worst Movies of 2023
2023 was a great year for movies; easily the best year for movies…
The Worst Marvel Moments of 2023
For basically the entirety of the 2010s, Marvel seemed nigh-invulnerable — like…
‘The Iron Claw’ True Story: How Accurate Is the Von Erich Movie?
The following post contains SPOILERS for The Iron Claw — but really they’re…
The Worst Movie Every Year Since 1980
Cinema is a perpetual state of change. Everything about movies is in…
I Am Eating Everything on IHOP’s ‘Wonka’ Menu
The original Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory ends with one of my…
The Original Mickey Mouse Is About to Enter the Public Domain
For years, one of the laws passed in Congress to extend the…
Wait, Is the New 'Hunger Games' Movie Just the 'Star Wars' Prequels?
According to a viral TikTok, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds…
Lessons For Film Critics From J. Hoberman
Out of the dozens of questions I got doing interviews for my Siskel…