A Star Is Born Asks: What Constitutes a Sellout?

This article contains some spoilers for A Star Is Born. Lady Gaga does some great acting in A Star Is Born, but her performance extends beyond film.

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The Most Satisfying Twist in 'The Last Jedi'

The great mystery of Star Wars: The Force Awakens could be boiled down into one question: who are Rey’s parents? The scavenger from Jakku seemed to come from unremarkable stock, but her way with the Force was almost unprecedented.

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The Best New Character in Star Wars: The Last Jedi Dies in the First Scene

Warning: incredibly sad Star Wars: The Last Jedi spoilers below. Resistance gunner Paige Tico is barely on screen in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. She has very few lines and a sliver of backstory, and she dies mere minutes after being introduced.

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Mark Hamill’s return as Luke Skywalker in ‘The Last Jedi’ is a revelation

NOT MANY actors get the privilege of reprising a role after a three-decade hiatus. In the case of Mark Hamill, though, who returns in full as Luke Skywalker this weekend in “The Last Jedi,” the true privilege belongs to the filmgoer.

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How The Last Jedi Lands So Many Big Twists

Rian Johnson’s sensational Star Wars film recognizes that to keep an old franchise vital, you have to break its rules. This story contains spoilers for all of The Last Jedi.

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Black Superheroes Matter: Why a 'Black Panther' Movie Is Revolutionary

Standing in the bay of a speeding Wakandan jet, a member of the African nation's special forces unit – the Dora Milaje – advises their king, T'Challa: "Don't freeze." Calmly, the leader replies "I never freeze." He's assured, regal, radiating a near subzero-temperature sense of cool.

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How 'The Dark Tower' and 'It' Fit into Stephen King's Multiverse

Two movies and one TV show based on Stephen King novels will premiere in 2017: The Dark Tower, starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, Spike’s The Mist and It, starring a ragtag group of child actors, including Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things).

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All the 'Star Trek Beyond' Easter Eggs You Could Ever Want Are Right Here

Today, Star Trek Beyond hits movie theaters around the world. It’s the thirteenth Star Trek film ever and if that wasn’t pressure enough, it’s also releasing during a year that serves as the 50th anniversary for the entire shebang.

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Why 'Doctor Strange' Is Key To Marvel's Future

Marvel’s highly successful franchise is about to seriously expand. And no, I’m not talking about the MacGuffin stones or the final battle with purple-faced Thanos. I’m talking about Doctor Strange. Doctor Strange is a fairly bizarre character to introduce to the Marvel cinematic universe.

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Why Luke Cage Is The Hero The African American Community Needs

Luke Cage is a 13-episode Marvel Netflix series releasing late September. The show is based off Marvel Comics' African American superhero Power Man (played by Mike Colter), marking the first black superhero film or series to date from Marvel Studios.

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How Captain America: Civil War used Xhosa to create a language for the Black Panther

I think we can all agree that Captain America: Civil War is a kickass movie. Balanced action, a huge cast of heroes engaging in a massive battle royale and a story that manages to be both epic and personal. A really, really fantastic film.

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Star Trek Lawsuit Now Explores What Vulcans and Vampires Have in Common

The lawsuit brought by Paramount and CBS over Axanar, a crowdfunded Star Trek film, continues to chart a course for exploration of the intellectual property galaxy.

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Star Trek Lawsuit Now Explores What Vulcans and Vampires Have in Common

The lawsuit brought by Paramount and CBS over Axanar, a crowdfunded Star Trek film, continues to chart a course for exploration of the intellectual property galaxy.

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'Silence of the Lambs' at 25: The Complete Buffalo Bill Story

You never know what's going to happen with an audition," actor Ted Levine remembers of the first time he portrayed Jame Gumb, The Silence of the Lambs villain also known as "Buffalo Bill." "I just pulled something out. It was scary. It felt kind of magical."

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How Sylvester Stallone Faced His Fears for ‘Creed’

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — There are downsides to being a longtime action-movie hero, as Sylvester Stallone has found out: He’s had four back operations, two shoulder surgeries and a spinal fusion, that one after he fractured his neck filming “The Expendables.

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Super Bowl 50’s Movie Trailers: The Winners And The Losers

As Super Bowls go, last night’s showdown between the Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers was not exactly the stuff of legend. The low-scoring game didn’t quite deliver any of the electrifying moments or clutch plays for which the Super Bowl is known.

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Everything we know about the first Star Wars movie spinoff, 'Rogue One,' so far

DisneyWe're still 11 months away from the premiere of "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," but that hasn't stopped fans from breathlessly sleuthing for details about the next movie in the franchise.

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Everything We Pieced Together From the Frenetic Suicide Squad Trailer

You’ve undoubtedly already seen last night’s jaw-dropping Suicide Squad trailer (if not, get to it), but there was so much awesomeness packed into it, that it was hard to catch every important detail.

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The 10 Best Opening Scenes in Movie History

What’s your favorite type of opening shot for a movie? Is it when they drop you in the middle of their world and expect you to catch up immediately? Is it when they slyly insert a spoiler that you don’t realize is important yet? Or maybe it’s when they neatly bookend the film with the beginn

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How historically accurate is The Revenant?

This article contains spoilers. Hugh Glass was a frontiersman working in the upper Missouri river area in the early years of the 19th century. On a fur trapping expedition in 1823, he was attacked and mauled by a grizzly bear.

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