TikTok bans Musk documentary account
Just ahead of the wider release of Alex Gibney's Musk documentary, TikTok has banned the film's social media account from its platform. TikTok did n…
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The tech backlash is now in theaters
Though movies about disruptive tech founders are nothing new, 2026 has been unusually stacked with features that take a much more critical look at h…
Vurt wants you to look at vertical videos as a genre of their own
From Disney Plus to HBO Max, almost every major established streaming service is experimenting with ways to get into vertical content. It's clear th…
Horror is big business
This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on how pervasive horror has become, follow…
Paramount is making a Cyberpunk 2077 film
Cyberpunk 2077 is heading to the big screen. Deadline reports that CD Projekt Red's popular sci-fi video game franchise is being adapted into a live…
Artificial is a wicked satire that also sticks to the facts
At the New York Film Festival premiere of Artificial, Luca Guadagnino's satirical Sam Altman biopic, the director said onstage that "[when] someone…
Xbox is launching a new film and TV division
Xbox is launching a new division, called "XP," that's dedicated to Xbox experiences that aren't video games, including films and TV adaptations, con…
Netflix is pivoting away from prestige
Many of Netflix's biggest critically acclaimed hits have been the products of its multiyear production deals with noted directors like David Fincher…
Paramount’s Warner Bros. megamerger will just be called Skydance
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison has announced that the company will just be called Skydance when it completes its $110 billion merger with Warn…
Star Wars: Galactic Racer is my childhood podracing dream come true
The podracing scene in The Phantom Menace is one of my favorite movie sequences ever. It's just so dang cool: The futuristic racers tear over treach…
What even is a ‘microdrama’?
On Monday, Variety reported that RoseBerry Media is recutting episodes of the Australian soap opera Neighbours "into microdramas." These clips will…
Paramount settles lawsuit blocking $110 billion Warner Bros. merger
Paramount has reached a settlement with California and the 11 other states that sued to block its planned $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. D…
The streamers are fighting over Halloween
The Toronto International Film Festival is a place to go to see the future of film, but this year it also provided a glimpse at what is coming very…
The 2.5-hour AI-generated Odyssey movie is 2.5 hours too long
Christopher Nolan's engrossing take on The Odyssey dominated at the box office and spurred a newfound interest in classic literature among filmgoers…
Resident Evil is a comedy first and a thrilling nightmare second
When Paul W.S. Anderson's Resident Evil hit theaters in 2002, video game movies were largely seen as a niche. Films like Mortal Kombat and Tomb Raid…
TIFF 2026: the latest movie reviews from Toronto
If you want an idea of what’s next in film, the Toronto International Film Festival is a good place to start. Every year TIFF features a huge…
Netflix is making a Crazy Taxi movie and a Sonic show with ‘edge’
Netflix has announced three new adaptations of Sega games: a Crazy Taxi film, a Sonic animated series "built for kids who want to feel a little edge…
Amazon seemingly leaked Jason Statham’s entire Mutiny movie
Jason Statham's upcoming film Mutiny is set to hit theaters on August 21st, but it can already be streamed in full on the US version of Amazon's Pri…
Robin Williams’ Instagram account brought back to fight ‘AI abuse’
Robin Williams' children are taking over their father's Instagram account after his daughter spoke out against the use of his AI likeness, as report…
Coyote vs. Acme is even funnier because Warner Bros. Discovery tried to kill it
There's an argument to be made that people wouldn't be all that interested in Coyote vs. Acme if it weren't for the way David Zaslav tried to kill i…
Marvel reveals the new X-Men cast, including Inde Navarrette and Adam Driver
With Spider-Man: Brand New Day behind us, and its reveal of Sadie Sink as Jean Grey, Marvel is finally ready to officially welcome the X-Men into th…
I looked inside an AI generated movie, and the best parts were all human
Imagine a trio of bumbling, English lads who fantasize about becoming megastars while knocking back a few pints in a grimy pub somewhere in London.…
Don’t screw this up, Marvel
In less than a week, Spider-Man: Brand New Day raked in $1 billion worldwide and had the biggest box office opening weekend in Hollywood history. Th…
Our favorite memories at the movies
It's a great time to go back to theaters! The Odyssey is currently making believers in IMAX. And combined with the power of Spider-Man, it's also br…
Spider-Man and The Odyssey are splitting up IMAX screens after a record-breaking weekend
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is joining The Odyssey in IMAX theaters after both movies led the biggest weekend in box office history. On Monday, IMAX a…
Spider-Man: Brand New Day leak racks up millions of views
A bootleg of Spider-Man: Brand New Day was up on X for over seven hours before eventually being pulled. During that time, it reached over 5.9 millio…
SDCC 2026’s best trailers are heavy on cyberpunk and sci-fi
San Diego Comic-Con took place over the weekend, and as per usual it was full of tidbits of news across film, TV, and gaming. Marvel revealed the ne…
Marvel announces Ryan Gosling as Ghost Rider, a new Black Panther, and more
While perhaps less dramatic than in years past, Marvel nonetheless had some big reveals lined up for Comic-Con. The highest profile was certainly th…
The sci-fi movie that imagines AI isn’t so dystopian after all
Imagine you are the parent of an inquisitive seven-year-old who loves his family, playing baseball, and hanging out with his friends. It's the life…
AI slop movies are the new direct-to-video cash grabs
This weekend, cinephiles across the world will march to their local theaters to feast their eyes on Christopher Nolan's new adaptation of The Odysse…