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One cinematic medium that has continued far-reaching appeal spanning age groups and cultures is animated movies. Animation consistently performs well worldwide, often buoyed by its family-friendly sense of humor, universal messaging, and visually impressive art design. In addition to being a hit with critics, animated films regularly find themselves as the highest-earning movies of a given year, particularly when produced and marketed by larger studios. This has led to lucrative box office runs, sometimes breaking records set by their live-action counterparts.

Many of the highest-grossing films of all time are animated, and many of these major earners were released within the past decade, at least in nominal earnings. With that in mind, we've assembled over a dozen of the highest-earning animated films to date. To clarify, this list includes earners without adjusting for inflation and drawing from cumulative global box office grosses.

Here are the 15 highest-grossing animated movies of all time,...

Sisu 2 and Ella McKay are both with us in 2025, with a new The Thomas Crown Affair due in 2027. More here.

No matter what your preferred genre might be, there’s likely to be something in this new crop of newly announced release dates to interest you.

Firstly, Screen Gems is releasing the sequel to Finnish filmmaker Jalmari Helander’s violent World War II action thriller, Sisu. The first film saw an ex-commando getting rather irked when Nazis stole his gold and some thrillingly-shot revenge ensued.

Jorma Tommila returns in the lead role and the sequel is getting a 21st November theatrical release date in the US and hopefully here in the UK as well. If you haven’t caught the first film yet, click here to get a taste of the movie via its (rather violent) trailer.

If grisly thrills aren’t quite your cup of tea, then what about...

Disney pushed the opening of “Elio,” the studio’s upcoming Pixar film, by a week, while unveiling the release dates of Sam Raimi’s “Send Help” and James L. Brooks’ “Ella McCay.”

“Ella McCay,” which marks Brooks’ return to the director’s chair after 2010’s “How Do You Know,” has been bumped to a Dec. 12 release date. It had initially been slated for a Sep. 19 bow. Both dates come on different ends of the fall festival season and could signal an awards season push.

Brooks, an Oscar-winner who made classics like “As Good as it Gets,” “Broadcast News” and “Terms of Endearment,” also wrote the script for the comedy. It stars Emma Mackey as the title character, with an ensemble that includes Woody Harrelson, Ayo Edebiri, Kumail Nanjiani, Jack Lowden, Rebecca Hall, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Albert Brooks. The film is about a young politician who becomes governor and her...

Seth Rogen has mainly been known as that pot-smokin' fella with a peculiar laugh, despite his immense talent and hard work (and impressive efforts for Alzheimer's awareness). His public perception is beginning to change a bit, though, ever since his Apple TV+ series The Studio was released to massive acclaim. In fact, Rogen is being accepted as an all-out auteur, thanks to the brilliance of that show and its deep knowledge of cinema. Perhaps that's why he and Goldberg were invited into the Criterion Closet, the small, coveted room lined wall-to-wall with perfect films.

If you're not a cinephile, The Criterion Collection is a home media distribution company that is massively respected among film fans for its reverent restorations and celebration of the greatest movies ever made. Along with a remastering, each release comes with beautiful art, a booklet of writing, and a treasure trove of special features, with the...

Monument Releasing has acquired Eugene Kotlyarenko’s “The Code,” and is planning a theatrical release in the English-speaking world. The film premiered at the Fantasia Intl. Film Festival in Montreal and has gone on to have a strong festival run.

“The Code” will be opening at the Roxy Cinema in New York on April 23, and will be followed by a theatrical run at the Lumiere Cinema May 9 in Los Angeles. Key additional cities include Miami, Montreal, Toronto and San Francisco, with more to be added.

“The Code” is an absurd, high-concept comedy, following a sexless couple, paranoid about the status of their relationship, who embrace surveillance, spying and performance as a means to fall in love again.

The film stars Dasha Nekrasova, Peter Vack, Ivy Wolk (“Anora”) and Vish Velandy (“Wobble Palace”).

It was produced by Spacemaker Productions and lensed by Bart Cortright.

Kotlyarenko’s debut features, “0s & 1s” and “Skydiver,...

Two of the stars of the upcoming 20th Century Studios film Ella McCay, Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis and title star Emma Mackey, turned up at CinemaCon to honor their legendary director James L. Brooks with a Cinema Verité trophy and introduce the first ever look at the comedy.

The first order of business upon taking to the Colosseum stage inside Caesars Palace was to detail the plot of the film and who they play in the story. Set for release from 20th Century Studios on Sept. 19, the comedy, written and directed by Brooks, follows the complicated politics that arise when a young woman’s stressful career clashes with a chaotic family life. It stars Mackey in the title role opposite a cast that includes Curtis, Woody Harrelson, Kumail Nanjiani, Spike Fearn, Ayo Edebiri, Rebecca Hall, Julie Kavner, Jack Lowden, Becky Ann Baker, Joey Brooks with Albert Brooks.

Curtis praised...

Walt Disney Studios is taking over the main stage at CinemaCon 2025, and things are getting freaky! The highly anticipated panel included a presentation for Freakier Friday, the sequel to Disney’s 2003 comedy smash starring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis! Before CinemaCon, Disney unveiled an adorable teaser trailer for the upcoming bodyswap tale, and now the con crowd is learning more details.

Lohan and Curtis took the CinemaCon stage to introduce the film. They explained that instead of switching bodies with each other, their characters exchange places with Lohan’s kids, so Curtis gets to act like a teenager again. Chad Michael Murray returns, and the preview includes a funny scene of Lindsay aggressively flirting with him. Murray is actually into Curtis, which could cause some delicious drama among the group. Freakier Friday looks like a crowd-pleaser, and we’re excited to see more when the movie comes to theaters...

It’s Sunday in New Orleans, and James L. Brooks has manners on the mind. The 84-year-old, who has maxed out his multihyphenate talents over the course of a legendary career that’s still firing on all cylinders six decades later, is in the Big Easy for reshoots on Ella McCay, the 20th Century Studios comedy that marks his return to the director’s chair after 15 years, and he’s thinking about how people respond to him in public.

“The thing about New Orleans is that when you make eye contact with somebody, that person is going to smile at you and say something pleasant,” he says with a grin of his own over Zoom. “That’s how the manners are here, and it’s amazing to be around. I’m going to try and make that happen in Los Angeles when I go home. I’ll let you know how the experiment works out.

The core cast of "The Simpsons" includes Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith (who gets the best episodes), Julie Kavner, Hank Azaria, Maggie Roswell, Pamela Hayden, Russi Taylor, and Harry Shearer. Marcia Wallace was also part of the cast until her death in 2013, playing Bart Simpson's cantankerous teacher Mrs. Krabappel. Albert Brooks frequently guest-starred in the show's early years. There was some controversy in recent years about how several Black characters on "The Simpsons" were played by white actors, so Kevin Michael Richardson now plays Dr. Hibbert (previously voiced by Shearer), and Alex Désert now plays Carl (previously voiced by Azaria). 

Each member of the core cast, however, plays multiple roles throughout "The Simpsons," including single lines from background characters. Yes, this list will include every single role that "Simpsons" actors play, no matter how small. The numbers are culled from various sourced, mostly fan-run wikis, and analyzed through...

Kogonada’s A Big Bold Beautiful Journey got a big and bold debut in Las Vegas on Monday.

Sony used its CinemaCon presentation to bring out the filmmaker, who introduced exclusive footage from the upcoming film starring Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell from studio label Columbia Pictures.

Kogonada said he was inspired to make the movie “because it’s the kind of film that I would want to watch in a packed theater.” He used a string of adjectives to describe it, including “original,” “surprising,” “romantic,” “and, I hope, moving.” He revealed a few more specifics by saying that he considers it a film about two people reckoning with their pasts to find love in the present. Kogonada also praised his Oscar nominated actors as “two extraordinary stars at the peak of their craft.” He added: “They light up the screen together.”

The emotionally resonate trailer showed the pair of...

James L. Brooks is heading to Las Vegas.

The veteran creative, who has maxed out his multihyphenate talents during a career that spans six decades, will be adding another honor to his long list of accolades when CinemaCon presents him with a Cinema Vérité trophy for his big-screen accomplishments.

The special honor will be presented during the Walt Disney Studios presentation inside the Colosseum at Caesars Palace on April 3. It comes ahead of the release of his newest film, Ella McCay, set for release from 20th Century Studios on Sept. 19. Written and directed by Brooks, the comedy follows the complicated politics that arise when a young woman’s stressful career clashes with a chaotic family life.

It stars Emma Mackey in the title role opposite a cast that includes Woody Harrelson, Kumail Nanjiani, Spike Fearn, Ayo Edebiri, Rebecca Hall, Julie Kavner, Jack Lowden, Becky Ann Baker, Joey Brooks with Albert Brooks and Jamie Lee Curtis.

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This April, Tubi is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the thrilling crime action film Play Dirty to the beloved animated series The Looney Tunes Show. However, for this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Tubi in the next month and have an 80% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the thirteen best movies coming to Tubi in April 2025 with an 80% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Kill Bill: Volumes 1 & 2 (April 1) Rotten Tomatoes Scores: 85% & 84% Credit – Miramax Films

Kill Bill is a two-part martial arts action film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The 2003 and 2004 films follow an assassin known as the Bride who wakes up from a coma and swears revenge against the people who tried to kill her and her unborn child. Kill Bill stars Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox,...

"The Simpsons" debuted shortly before Christmas in 1989, which means anyone under the age of 35 has never known a world without it. "The Simpsons" wasn't just a hit, but a cultural fulcrum point. Matt Groening's cynical worldview, filtered through an animated takedown of traditional American sitcoms, came to define the prevailing attitudes of the nation in the 1990s. We were over-educated, embittered by the excesses of the Reagan years, and ready to see television mutate into something punky and deconstructionist. "The Simpsons" was at the heart of that. 

And then, even as the 1990s ended, "The Simpsons" never dipped in quality, turning out a full decade of invaluable TV comedy. While public attitudes shifted in the early 2000s ("shock" humor and post-9/11 despair came to define the era), "The Simpsons" persisted. The makers of the show found they could simply keep on working for as long as audiences were interested.

Fans have fallen in love with Oscar Isaac in blockbuster franchises like Star Wars and Dune, but the versatile actor turned in one of his best performances in an underrated A24 gangster film from 2014. In A Most Violent Year, the leading man plays an ambitious immigrant who clings to his moral compass while breaking into a mob-infested industry. This dark, harrowing drama is a hidden gem of the gangster genre — and there could be sequels in the future.

J.C. Chandor's name may be familiar to MCU fans for his recent Kraven the Hunter movie, but he previously made award-winning dramas like A Most Violent Year. This gangster film is a masterpiece of simmering tension and moral turmoil that foregoes gory gunfights in favor of blistering suspense and intrigue. If rumors from Oscar Isaac's costar Jessica Chastain prove true, the story may expand into a trilogy.

This Gritty Gangster Drama...

The Log Lady was a beloved part of “Twin Peaks.” But Catherine Coulson was much more than that. She was a fan favorite who made time to speak with series enthusiasts and helped perpetuate its lore, as well as a longtime actor with Ashland’s Oregon Shakespeare Festival and a camera assistant who pulled focus for David Lynch, John Cassavetes and Albert Brooks.

Coulson made “everyone who was close to her feel like they were her best friend,” says Richard Green, director of “I Know Catherine, The Log Lady,” a feature-length documentary that screens at Ojai’s Playhouse Theatre Saturday with a Q&a from “Twin Peaks” co-creator Mark Frost.

Several of those friends were involved in making the doc, which ends with the dramatic story of the last few days of Coulson’s life, as Lynch and company raced against her rapidly progressing lung cancer to include her in...

Things get freaky for Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis in Disney‘s teaser trailer for Freakier Friday, the long-anticipated sequel to the acting duo’s 2003 comedy smash. The upcoming cinematic romp brings the bodyswap mechanic back with style as the switcharoo magic extends to other members of the Coleman family. In addition to the Freakier Friday teaser trailer, Disney dropped a new poster for the film featuring Lohan and Curtis in panic as chaos returns to haunt their best-laid plans.

In Freakier Friday, Lohan’s Anna has a daughter and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. They, too, get caught up in the switcharoo shenanigans, doubling the confusion and consequences of tampering with unknown forces.

The film also stars Julia Butters, Sophia Hammons, Manny Jacinto, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Rosalind Chao, Chad Michael Murray, Vanessa Bayer, and Mark Harmon.

Nisha Ganatra directs Freakier Friday, based on the book Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers. Freakier Friday...

It's been just over 40 years since the rock-and-roll mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap altered the trajectory of comedy forever, and it's coming back in a big way. Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to the 1984 cult classic and is planning a nationwide U.S. theatrical release of a newly restored editionthis summer. It's a perfect compliment to the newly titled sequel, Spinal Tap II: The End Continues, which has an actual release date — Sep. 12, 2025. There's a new video teaser for it, and it looks like director Rob Reiner is ready to turn it up to 11, and beyond.

Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer reprise their iconic roles as the legendary heavy metal band Spinal Tap. Reiner returns as documentarian Martin “Marty” Dibergi, with cameos from music legends Elton John, Paul McCartney, and Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood. Also appearing will be Paul Shaffer, Fran Drescher, Don Lake,...

March 6 is going to be a great day for Ryan Gosling fans, with one of his best movies landing a new streaming home. Drive debuts on Prime Video on March 6.

Drive stars Gosling as an unnamed Hollywood stunt driver who works at night as a getaway driver. Over the course of the film, he forms a bond with his neighbor Irene (Carey Mulligan) and her young son Benicio (Kaden Leos). After Irene's husband (Oscar Isaac) is released from prison,the two men team up for a million-dollar heist that ends up going wrong, putting everyone's lives in terrible danger.

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Animated films are some of the first pieces of fictional storytelling that young audiences are exposed to, having a deep impact on new generations' understanding of how narratives can impact them. The best animated movies, the ones that resonate with children and adults alike, are the ones that are able to entertain audiences young and old with stories that hide deeper meaning under the surface.

A few animated films were able to appear on Roger Ebert's coveted Great Movies list, a collection of a few hundred films that he felt stood the test of time and would remain important pieces of movie history. These animated films are the ones that best capture the human experience and deep emotional truths through one of the oldest mediums in the history of film.

Finding Nemo Is an Early Pixar Classic

After the boom of the Disney Renaissance, the powerhouse animation studio that...

It seems that some of the older titles in Pixar Animation Studio's impressive library are finding a resurgence in popularity on streaming. Three of the studio's films have hit the top 10 movies chart on Hulu, with Finding Nemo (#2), Ratatouille (#3), and The Incredibles (#4) all having found strong viewership on the streaming service this week. Combining the libraries of Disney+ and Hulu has made an array of titles available to people who previously had just one or the other service, leading to many old classics now suddenly finding relevance again. In Pixar's case, it is a testament to the timelessness of their animated masterpieces.

Finding Nemo was released in 2003 and was the fifth Pixar film ever made. Its number two spot on Hulu more than two decades after its release further cements it as an animated classic; the Oscar-winning animated film also holds the very special record of being the highest-selling DVD of all time.

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At the very top of the Hollywood leading actors tree, where the A-listers spend their time, the levels of star power, dedication to the craft, and raw talent usually rise considerably. It's in those upper echelons of movie stardom that one can find those actors who don't just take on roles but fully immerse themselves in them as they inhabit their characters in unique and brilliant ways. For many years now, there's been no doubt that Ryan Gosling belongs among this exclusive crowd.

Over the years, the now 44-year-old Canadian-born actor has become a proper superstar of film. From his early days as a child actor with the famous Mickey Mouse Club, he quickly went on to...

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live, NBC will re-air its very first episode on Feb 15, 2025 at 11:30 p.m. Et/Pt. The landmark sketch comedy variety show premiered on Oct. 11, 1975, then titled NBC's Saturday Night. Created by Lorne Michaels, the show was imagined as a hip, late-night comedy hour for young people. 2024's film Saturday Night, directed by Jason Reitman, covers the chaotic minutes leading up to the historic premiere, and would make a great complementary watch with the re-aired premiere. The series would officially be named Saturday Night Live in September 1977 after the network acquired the rights, which were previously owned by ABC for Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell.

The series would star an ensemble cast of up-and-coming writers and performers from the comedy scene, known for the first three seasons as the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players." The first performers in the show included head writer,...

The latest in our series of writers highlighting their favourite feelgood watches is a tribute to Albert Brooks’s 1991 fantasy

In a world where we venerate the actor-writer-director, the great Albert Brooks still feels widely underappreciated. His voice work in Finding Nemo and his Oscar-nominated turn in Broadcast News gave him a respectable level of recognition and acclaim. However, he remains immensely underrated, especially compared with his comedic contemporaries like Steve Martin or Bill Murray. As a writer-director-leading man, he produced some of the funniest, most insightful comedies of the 80s and 90s, often with biting social commentary. But when I need the January blues lifted, I turn to his wonderfully sentimental and uplifting 1991 film Defending Your Life.

Brooks plays Daniel Miller, a divorced, lonely adman with little in his life besides a new BMW. When he is killed in a bus collision, he is transported to Judgment City, a Disneyland-like depiction of purgatory.

Martin Scorsese's legendary neo-noir thriller film Taxi Driver will find itself a new streaming home next month.

The legendary director's 1976 film Taxi Driver will land on Max on February 1st. The film was also made available to watch on Tubi earlier this month and is additionally available to stream on both Netflix and Prime Video. Written by Paul Shrader, the film stands as one of Scorsese's biggest films as both a box office and critical success with an 89% critical score on Rotten Tomatoes.

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The neo-noir classic stars Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle, a Vietnam War veteran who becomes a taxi driver in the hope it will help his insomnia. The film details his mental deterioration...

One of the remarkable things about "The Simpsons" was how quickly the show built enough cultural cache to attract big-name guest stars. As early as its first season, Albert Brooks was playing French bowling instructor Jacques in "Life on the Fast Lane." Since then, celebrities have continued to flock to the series, to the extent that the best guest stars on "The Simpsons" include some of the most well-known and influential cultural figures of the last three decades.

From A-list actors such as Michelle Pfeiffer and Dustin Hoffman to musical legends such as Johnny Cash, the show has drawn talent from across the cultural sphere — though Bruce Springsteen still refuses to cameo in "The Simpsons." But even Bruce Springsteen isn't as tough to get as two of producer Al Jean's dream cameos. These two figures are just as prestigious as anyone else who's appeared on "The Simpsons," but there...

Despite having famous comedians as parents — Anne Meara and Jerry Stiller were regulars on The Ed Sullivan Show — Ben Stiller didn’t want to follow in their footsteps. “I wanted to be a serious director,” he told The New York Times. “It was more just wanting to individuate from my father, wanting to be my own person, not being into their comedy.”

Young Stiller wasn’t into that Ed Sullivan stuff — he favored Saturday Night Live. But when Stiller found himself an actual cast member on SNL, he discovered he wasn’t cut out for live sketch comedy after all. In fact, he lasted only four episodes before he called it quits. “I knew that I couldn’t do well there because I wasn’t great at live performing,” Stiller said. “My mom would have been better on that show. I got too nervous, I didn’t enjoy it, and...

Megyn Kelly ripped into ABC News’ David Muir on Thursday for showing his “abject vanity” when he decided to cinch his “fake fireman’s jacket” he wore while reporting on the devastating Los Angeles wildfires.

“Ladies and gentlemen, he’s first of all wearing a fake fireman’s jacket, and what you’re seeing on the close-up as he turns to reference the scene behind him and shows us his back, which clearly he wasn’t anticipating would make it on cam, his clothes pins pulling his jacket in — cinching it, if you will, my ladies — so that his waist looks morse svelte on camera,” Kelly said of Muir’s attire during her latest installment of “The Megyn Kelly Show.”

“The abject vanity of this man,” she further noted.

Kelly’s shade towards Muir came after viewers spotted clothespins attached to the longtime journalist’s bright yellow jacket. At the time,...

Starting in 1996, the cartoon showcase TV Funhouse became a regular fixture on Saturday Night Live. The brainchild of veteran SNL writer — and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog creator — Robert Smigel, TV Funhouse is best remembered as the home for Ace and Gary, “The Ambiguously Gay Duo,” who would defeat the forces of evil in the most suggestive ways possible.

But there was more to TV Funhouse than just Ace and Gary. Other recurring segments included “The X-Presidents,” — in which (then) ex-presidents Reagan, Ford, Bush Sr. and Carter (Rip) would make America safe with their variety of superpowers, and “Fun with Real Audio,” where real news audio from political figures would be used over hilariously humiliating animation. There were also dozens of one-off cartoons featuring Smigel’s signature brand of twisted humor.

Sadly, TV Funhouse ended in 2008, and but for a one-segment revival in 2011, it hasn’t been heard from since.

One of the most celebrated actors of any generation is Meryl Streep, a titan of stage and screen for the past 50 years. She holds the distinction of being nominated for more Academy Awards than any other actor (21 times), and winning three Oscars. Similarly, Streep has been nominated for the Golden Globe more than any other actor (30 times), and winning eight Golden Globes. Simply put, whenever Streep is on-screen, it's a surefire masterclass in acting, with Streep always delivering transformative magic across her numerous performances.

Throughout Streep's extensive career, she has also ventured into virtually every major genre in her work in film and television. From big-budget musicals and romantic comedies to searing personal dramas and intimate period pieces, Streep has built up an impressive filmography of varied roles. Here are the 15 best Meryl Streep movies ranked, spanning the acclaimed actor's entire film career to date.

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The Simpsons boast some very impressive villains over the years, with the best ones juggling the show's sense of comedy with genuine thrills and threats. The Simpsons always works best when it's somewhere between grounded family dramedy and absurd silliness, which is reflected in the show's main characters. That extends to the characters who find themselves serving as antagonists, going up against the Simpsons in plenty of ways.

Many characters can easily slot into brief villain roles like Agnes Skinner, Snake Jailbird, and Luann Van Houten, but the show has always afforded them some extra depth to keep them more complex and adaptable. However, some characters in The Simpsons have been established primarily as antagonists, actively endangering the world and threatening the Simpsons in their plans. Some have only made one appearance, while others have been constants of the show since the earliest seasons. Here are the best ten villains...

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The Lion King's upcoming prequel, Mufasa: The Lion King, is already in movie theaters, reminding fans of one of the saddest Disney deaths ever. Disney has told many stories over the years, providing audiences with characters to love and learn from. Sometimes, for an emotional gut punch, the audience is forced to say goodbye to their beloved characters.

Whether a hero or a villain, every Disney character seems to get the death they deserve, no matter how sad. From Gurgi's heartfelt sacrifice in The Black Cauldron to the tragedy of Mufasa's murder in The Lion King, Disney knows how to tug at the emotional heartstrings of its audience. Fans worldwide mourn the lives of these beloved Disney characters.

Updated on December 18, 2024, by Andrea Sandoval: While aimed at children, Disney movies contain some of the most harrowing deaths in the industry. Orphaned characters...

For Christmas one year, I gave my grandpa a DVD box set of the early "Seinfeld" seasons. My dad thought it was a silly gift because a now-classic show like "Seinfeld" would probably have reruns until the end of time. So far, my dad has been right. Even as streaming has transformed the television landscape, the availability and appeal of "Seinfeld" shows no signs of fading. In fact, it's this ongoing popularity that helped turn director Rob Reiner's production company, Castle Rock Entertainment, into a cash cow.

Named after Stephen King's famous setting on the Maine coast, Castle Rock Entertainment is an American independent film and television production company founded in 1987 by Rob Reiner, Martin Shafer, Andrew Scheinman, Glenn Padnick, and Alan Horn. The company produced numerous acclaimed independent films, including Richard Linklater's "Before" trilogy, several Stephen King adaptations such as "The Green Mile" and "The Shawshank Redemption,...

One of the biggest hits of Martin Scorsese's distinguished career is set to premiere this holiday season for free. The beloved neo-noir psychological drama, Taxi Driver, parks its way onto Tubi to kick off the New Year.

Tubi recently confirmed Taxi Driver will debut on its free-to-watch platform on Jan. 1, 2025. The film is currently available to watch with a subscription on Netflix or to rent/purchase via Prime Video.

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Written by Paul Schrader, Taxi Driver is set in a morally decaying New York City after the Vietnam War. The film chronicles Robert De Niro's Travis Bickle, a veteran Marine who took on a taxi driving job to cure his loneliness and chronic insomnia.

With a show like "The Simpsons," which has an undeniably perfect run of early seasons, It's impossible to pick a best episode. We at /Film have had a go at ranking the best seasons of "The Simpsons," and even ranking the best "Simpsons" episodes, but even then the process of trying to pick between unimpeachably brilliant installments reveals the futility of it all.

As almost everyone knows, the show lost its way as it went on, though the exact point at which it jumped the proverbial shark remains a hotly debated topic among fans. Even taking the most conservative view, i.e. that "The Simpsons" was only really good from seasons 4 to 8, that's still five seasons of 22 to 24 episodes each to pick from — all of them classic entries.

For those with a Comic Book Guy disposition, however, getting a final and resolute answer to this conundrum of the single best...

Outlasting its predecessors Tales of Tomorrow, Out There, and Science Fiction Theatre, The Twilight Zone endures as a benchmark of the modern sci-fi horror series. The TV franchise became part of film history when four celebrated directors collaborated to release an anthology.

Prime Video has a special treat in store for sci-fi horror fans this December; the platform adds 1983's Twilight Zone: The Movie to its streaming library. The film featured an ensemble cast starring in a four-segment anthology directed by John Landis, Steven Spielberg, George Miller, and Joe Dante. Three segments were remakes of episodes from the TV series, while Landis's segment was his original story. Twilight Zone: The Movie was a commercial success despite mixed reviews and behind-the-scenes controversy; the directors were fully onboard the project until a filming accident almost shut down the project.

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It's the most wonderful time of the year! /Film has again put together the ultimate 2024 gift guide for pop culture fanatics. For everyone who loves movies and TV shows as much as we do, we've put together a massive list of media, toys, collectibles, books, soundtracks, and various pieces of geeky gear for the biggest nerds in your life. Whether you're buying gifts for friends and family or trying to get some ideas for your own Christmas list, we've got so much packed into this gift guide! 

So what are you waiting for? Get scrolling, and if you need even more ideas, don't forget to check out last year's SlashFilm gift guide!

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As of this moment, the biggest movies of 2024 are Pixar Animation's "Inside Out 2" and Marvel's "Deadpool & Wolverine," giving Disney the top two spots at the domestic box office.

Dear Santa follows a dyslexic 6th grader named Liam who accidentally sends a letter to Satan instead of Santa. This causes Satan to appear at his door, delighted by his first-ever fan letter. He is Satan though, so he has more sinister plans in mind.

Dear Santa director Bobby Farrelly and writer Peter Farrelly are well known in the entertainment industry, having worked on many films together, including the hilarious Dumb & Dumber. They reunite with Jack Black for this film, whom they previously worked with on 2001's Shallow Hal. Dear Santa streams on Paramount+ and releases on digital November 25.

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ScreenRant interviewed Peter and Bobby Farrelly about their new holiday comedy, Dear Santa. The two discuss what made Jack Black the perfect choice for the lead role,...

"The Simpsons" has been running for thirty-six seasons, and even longer if you count the "Tracey Ullman" years, which means their list of celebrity guest stars has grown long. From Dustin Hoffman in season 2's "Lisa's Substitute" to John Cena in the season 36 premiere, the "Simpsons" writers have never shied from letting an A-lister stop by for the day. Most guest stars only perform for the show once or twice, often to play themselves, but sometimes, the guest star plays a character so memorable that keep coming back even thirty years later, like Kelsey Grammer with Sideshow Bob. 

For the show's creator Matt Groening, there are a few celebrities that have managed to stick out from the pack. When asked to name his three favorite guest stars in a 2021 interview, he named Albert Brooks, Werner Herzog, and Anne Hathaway. 

Of the three, Brooks is the least surprising. He played Hank Scorpio,...

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I might have hated “Wicked.”

I say “might” not because I’m unsure of my general feelings toward the film, but rather because I’m unsure of what it means for me to hate a piece of art at a time when hair-trigger hostility is so deeply suffused into the air we breathe.

Sure, “piece of art” might be a generous way of describing the hideous first half of an $145 million studio musical adapted from a Broadway show that still feels like a Times Square tourist attraction even though it’s staged on 51st Street,...

Emma MacKay is set to star alongside Glen Powell (The Running Man) and Jenna Ortega (Wednesday) in the new mystery box movie from J.J. Abrams. The actress is best known for starring in Netflix’s Sex Education, which wrapped up its four-season run last year.

Plot details are being kept under wraps (big surprise). It was previously speculated that the film would involve time travel, but sources have said that’s not the case. Damn you, mystery box! The project is expected to kick off production next year with Abrams directing from a script he wrote. He will also produce through his Bad Robot banner. This will mark Abrams’ first feature film since Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which was released in 2019.

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Emma Mackey is getting put in a mystery box.

The “Sex Education” and “Barbie” breakout is joining Glen Powell and Jenna Ortega in lead roles in J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Warner Bros. feature, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Details of Abrams’ first film since “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” are being kept mysterious — all we really know about it is that it won’t involve time travel. It will be the box-office-dominating writer-director-producer’s first film not based on I.P. since 2011’s “Super 8.” Abrams’ company Bad Robot is producing.

Mackey is a rising star who made her debut in Netflix’s comedy series “Sex Education” in 2019. She earned a BAFTA nomination for her performance as entrepreneurial high school student Maeve Wiley in the hit series. She also appeared in “Barbie,” the biggest film of 2023, as Physicist Barbie, a role that played up her physical resemblance to Margot Robbie.

Tom Cruise is one of the biggest stars in Hollywood, with the actor working with some of the most acclaimed filmmakers, especially during the earlier stages of his career. As a result, Cruise appeared in some truly unique films. One of these was helmed by the legendary Stanley Kubrick and emerged as the most explicit movie in Cruise’s career.

Tom Cruise starred in 1999’s Eyes Wide Shut (Credit: Paramount Pictures).

However, Cruise wasn’t the first choice for the lead role in Kubrick’s 1999 film Eyes Wide Shut. Instead, Woody Allen and Tom Hanks were the favored choices among Kubrick’s wishlist of potential leading men for what turned out to be his final film as a director. Here is everything you need to know about the original choice for Eyes Wide Shut.

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The original "Twilight Zone" is one of those rare shows that serve as the yardstick for the entire medium of television, which is especially impressive when you remember how all over the place its stories can be. The most notable episodes of "The Twilight Zone" alone range from "Time Enough at Last" to "Eye of the Beholder" (a legendary take on body horror). The only reliable throughlines here are the inventive speculative premises, wild plot twists, and clever parables. Apart from them, anything and everything is possible in the "Zone."

Because of the original show's sheer impact on popular culture, it's no surprise that "The Twilight Zone" at large has grown into a loose franchise that spans over six decades and numerous movies and TV shows. Academy Award winners and visionaries have given their best shot at the property over the years, but how have they succeeded? Let's find out...

Netflix is well known for its original content, and many of those titles are geared toward families. In November 2024, the streamer has a massive list of new releases, including several family favorites, including a new fantasy Spellbound, The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish, Pokémon Horizons: The Series part 4, and more.

Check out some of the best family movies to watch on Netflix this month as the holiday season nears, beginning below with the new animated fantasy film Spellbound.

Spellbound

Spellbound is a new Netflix original family adventure fantasy film with the voice talents of Rachel Zegler, John Lithgow, Jenifer Lewis, Tituss Burgess, Nathan Lane, Javier Bardem, and Nicole Kidman.

The movie comes from the creators of Toy Story, the co-director of Shrek, Vicky Jenson, and The Little Mermaid Egot-winning composer Alan Menken. Set in the magic world of Lumbria, where a magical spell has been cast over a kingdom, Princess...

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When Finding Nemo first premiered in 2003, it struck a chord with both children and parents. Though this film is set underwater, these humble fish express true emotion, proving that Pixar has the ability to make everything appear human. As such, the film not only exemplifies the true power of animation but also showcases the exceptional level of Pixar's storytelling techniques.

Marlin is the ultimate father, and although he struggles to find an adequate balance between firm and fair, his love for his son resonates with a lot of dads. Although Marlin is a tiny fish with very little movement, he communicates with other characters and the audience with his powerful voice. But, many viewers are unaware that he was meant to be...

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Paramount+ is ready with an entertainment-packed November this year. The upcoming month will see the premiere of some of the best Paramount+ original shows including Landman and The Agency. Just like every month, Paramount+ is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the 10 best movies and TV shows coming to Paramount+ in November 2024.

Hacksaw Ridge (November 1)

Hacksaw Ridge is a biographical epic war drama film directed by Mel Gibson from a screenplay co-written by Robert Schenkkan and Andrew Knight. Based on the 2004 documentary The Conscientious Objector by Terry Benedict, the 2016 film follows the story of Desmond Doss, who joins the army after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour but refuses to handle weapons and engage in war instead he chooses to serve as a combat medic in the American army.

Jason Reitman's new movie Saturday Night is a hilarious and fascinating recounting of the 90 minutes ahead of the very first episode of NBC's Saturday Night Live. As such, several references are made to the sketches and performances that ended up being featured in this premiere that aired back in 1975. While not every sketch landed as well as intended, others would instantly become crucial parts of SNL's 50-year history.

The first episode of NBC's Saturday Night aired on the evening of October 11th, 1975. Featuring two musical acts, a short film by Albert Brooks, and multiple monologues from host George Carlin, each sketch only lasted an average of about 2 minutes (with a few notable exceptions). However, there are some truly great jokes and bits that are just as funny now as they were 50 years ago. To that end, here's every sketch from the very first episode of SNL, ranked from worst to best.

The Simpsons has some of the most devious characters on television. Springfield is packed with residents who commit several atrocities or are rather nasty to their neighbors. While the titular family are still the most iconic people featured in the sitcom, there are still many other individuals who fans fondly remember. The latest Disney Plus Simpsons short, "The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year," celebrates The Simpsons' villains, opting fans to share their favorite evil characters who they believe should return.

These antagonists have plenty of potential for a comeback, because of their magnetic personalities. The Simpsons boast many larger-than-life baddies who steal the show in the episodes that they feature in. Bringing these Springfield citizens back would delight many longtime fans of the show, who are craving to see them terrorize Springfield once more.

Russell Cargill Would Be A Particularly Topical Return Considering The Current Climate Crisis

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Jason Reitman's new Saturday Night movie convinced me to watch the first episode of Saturday Night Live for the first time, and the experience was quite unexpected. The new movie depicts the 90 minutes before the first episode of SNL back in 1975, revealing what it took to get such an iconic show to air. As such, I felt as though it would be good to watch the actual episode itself before heading to the theater.

NBC's solution to an ongoing dispute with Johnny Carson about weekend programming, NBC's Saturday Night (as it was then called) was certainly unique as a rare variety show featuring new weekly guests, musical performances, and a regular cast of young comedians who at the time were relative unknowns. On the whole, it's not so surprising that the debut episode isn't perfect, as the show was clearly still finding its feet. However, I was quite...

Christopher Reeve as Superman in the documentary feature ‘Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story’ (Photo © 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc)

The top Ninth Annual Critics Choice Documentary Awards (Ccda) nominees include Sugarcane, Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story, Daughters, and Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story. Sugarcane leads the list with eight nominations, including Best Documentary Feature, Best Director, Best New Documentary Filmmakers, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Historical Documentary, Best Political Documentary, and Best True Crime Documentary.

Billy & Molly: An Otter Love Story, Daughters, and Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story followed close behind with six each. Winners will be announced on Sunday, November 10, 2024 in a ceremony hosted by Erich Bergen. The awards gala will be live-streamed on YouTube, X, Facebook, and the Critics Choice Association website.

“This year’s nominated films and series offered us new ways to see the world, celebrate our heroes, and better understand difficult histories,” said Christopher Campbell,...