Niki Caro to Direct Beautiful Ruins Movie from Producer Sam Mendes

MulanfilmmakerNiki Carohas signed on to directBeautiful RuinsforSam Mendes' Neal Street banner andSteven Spielberg’s Amblin Partners, the studio announced Tuesday. The film is based onJess Walter’s bestselling novel, and will be adapted by scribesMark HammerandChiara Atik, working off an earlier draft fromMicah Fitzerman-BlueandNoah Harpster.Varietybroke the news. Set in an Italian seaside village in 1962, the story follows a charming young man who runs a hotel with no guests – that is, until an American starlet –Elizabeth Taylor, I presume – arrives fresh from the set of Cleopatra and captures his heart....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 370 words · April Black

Not One Man on 'Vanderpump Rules' Is a Good Guy

Vanderpump Rulesbecame the talk of the internetin Season 10 with Scandoval. A cheating scandal betweenTom SandovalandRaquel Levissshook the series to its core and reminded audiences of one simple fact: No man onVanderpump Rulescan be trusted. Every single one of the main cast members at some point or another has cheated on their partner, has made comments about the women and their bodies, and has just flat-out been gross in ways that are forgotten because of some other drama they’ve stirred up....

August 18, 2025 · 8 min · 1535 words · John Hernandez

Ophelia Review: Here's Some Bad Hamlet Fanfiction

Shakespeare is not holy writ. If people want to set his plays to different time periods or use the plot as the inspiration for another story (likeThrone of Bloodor10 Things I Hate About You), that’s fine. Even something likeRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are DeadusesHamletas a springboard to reach ideas that go beyond Shakespeare’s original play. But it takes some balls to look atHamlet, and I think, “I can fix this.” And yet that’s exactly whatClaire McCarthy’s adaptation ofLisa Klein’s novelOphelia....

August 18, 2025 · 4 min · 724 words · Darius Horton

Pose: FX Orders Ryan Murphy TV Series with Largest Trans Cast

In a surprise to absolutely no one, FX has orderedRyan Murphy’s new pilotPoseto series. The dance musical series was hatched by Murphy,Brad Falchuk, andSteven Canalsand features the largest cast of transgender actors in series regular roles, and the largest recurring LGBTQ cast, ever for a scripted series. The story takes place in 1980s New York and juxtaposes several segments of life and society, from the rise of the luxury Trump-era universe to the downtown social and literary scene to the ball culture world....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 415 words · Isaac Mueller

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World Cast, Edgar Wright Reuniting for Virtual Read

Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Worldis a film that, beyond its video game-inspired narrative and beyond-stylish visual language, harbors a simple coming-of-age lesson. To paraphrase the movie itself, it’s about earning the power of self-respect. As such, the latest news related toEdgar Wright’s cult classic feels like the logical next level in relationship to this goal: A virtual readthrough for charity (viaEntertainment Weekly)! On July 20 at 1pm EST, Wright will be virtually reuniting with cast members likeMichael Cera,Mary Elizabeth Winstead,Chris Evans,Aubrey Plaza,Ellen Wong,Kieran Culkin,Mark Webber,Johnny Simmons,Alison Pill,Satya Bhabha,Mae Whitman,Brandon Routh, andJason Schwartzman....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 309 words · Tara Blackwell

Scream Queens Opening Credits Revealed

We’re just about three weeks away from theScream Queenspremiere on Fox soRyan Murphyopted to unveil the “super-sized” main title sequence on his YouTube channel. We know that the show is a horror comedy and I thought I had a firm handle on the tone, but based on this, it looks like Murphy is taking the satire much further than I thought. I dig the song, but the repetitive screaming is a bit much....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 365 words · Brent Key

SNL: Selena Gomez and Chris Redd Listen to Bad Advice in Intuition Sketch

Selena Gomezhad a stellar debut onSaturday Night Livethis past weekend. There were so many memorable sketches and one of the funniest of the episode was Intuition. This was an all too relatable scenario that goes down the hilariously dark rabbit hole of trying to trust your significant other. In the sketch Gomez andSNLcast memberChris Reddplay a couple trying to enjoy a night in, but once Redd goes out to get some paper towels that is when the humorous chaos begins....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 421 words · Katie Scott

Sorry, But I Think the 'Love Is Blind' Producers Should Be Fired

Okay, for starters, let me just say that I don’t come for someone’s job lightly. But the producers of the Netflix seriesLove Is Blindbroke a major promise to the viewers following casting issues after Season 6 ofthe reality dating series, and at the very least, it seems like an overhaul of some kind is needed to correct course.Because the series is failing to deliver on its premise, which is that it is possible to not only fall in love on a reality series, but to fall in love enough to want to rush down the aisle with the partner they met on the series, sight unseen....

August 18, 2025 · 6 min · 1104 words · Elizabeth Long

Spider-Man: Far from Home Villains Revealed; Mysterio Is a Good Guy

Not much is known about theSpider-Man: HomecomingsequelSpider-Man: Far from Home, and that’s exactly how Marvel Studios wants it. However, given thatFar from Homeis a Sony Pictures release, Marvel doesn’t exactly get to decide how the film is marketed or even when it’s released—no doubt Marvel would rather have let the whole “Spider-Man is dead afterInfinity War” thing linger a little while longer before set photos ofTom Hollandalive and well shootingFar from Homehit the interwebs....

August 18, 2025 · 3 min · 496 words · Jose Bryan

Steven Soderbergh Was Approached to Direct James Bond

WhenSteven Soderberghquit filmmaking for (approximately) two and a half years, he made an interesting comment about wanting to direct big-budget projects. Soderbergh, a proven box-office draw with hisOcean’s Elevenfranchise, has often been called in to discuss big action spectacles and sci-fi adventures, but he’s never been handed the reins, largely because of the control over creative decisions and editing which producers and studios require for all big-budget projects. This wouldn’t be such a problem if it wasn’t clear that many producers and higher-ups at studios have absolutely no interest in genuine creativity, artistic ambition, or even movies in general....

August 18, 2025 · 3 min · 492 words · Nicholas Pruitt

Suspiria Footage Earns Shock and Acclaim at CinemaCon

Amazon Studios just debuted the first footage for their upcomingSuspiriaremake at CinemaCon, and the social media reactions are the kind of crazy intense and profusely praising responses that drive hype and curiosity levels through the roof.Suspiriais one of my favorite movies of all time andLuca Guadagninodirected myfavorite movie of 2017, so you would think my hype for the Guadagnino’s remake couldn’t have been higher, but you would be wrong. From the sound of it, this movie is going to be absolutely brutal and very definitely fucked up in a way that honors the shocking experience of watchingDario Argento’s classic, even if Guadagnino has no intention of mimicking its iconic style....

August 18, 2025 · 2 min · 382 words · Dawn Tran

The 10 Best Action Movie Characters of 2022, Ranked

2022 was a fantastic year for movies, and the action genre got quite a few gems bound to go down as modern cult classics. FromTop Gun: MavericktoEverything Everywhere All At Once, it was an incredible time for adrenaline-filled thrill fests. RELATED:The Best Action Movies of 2022, Based on Their Rotten Tomatoes Score It wasn’t just action movies that had a great year, though, but also action characters. From heroes with hearts of gold, to nuanced and morally grey antiheroes, to layered villains with complex motivations, audiences got to see many fascinating characters with as much personality as they had fun fighting abilities....

August 18, 2025 · 6 min · 1185 words · Taylor Rodriguez

The 10 Best Netflix Original Nature Documentaries, Ranked

Back in the day, nature documentaries used to feel like classroom field trips: voiceover, facts, rinse, repeat. But something shifted. Now, Netflix and other companies are building them like cinematic epics: stranger, more intimate, more emotionally alive.These movies and shows wind up being not just films about the planet but portraits of wonder, grief, and survival. Some feel like dreams. Others hit like eulogies. A few are strikingly dramatic. But they usually hint at the same question: look at what we have....

August 18, 2025 · 9 min · 1740 words · Kimberly King