Written with Clint Eastwood in mind, this story of a loner Texas Ranger going up against David Carradine’s drug lord and gun runner Rawley Wilkes saw Norris play against type. Director Steve Carver pushed Norris to grow his beard out and present a more disheveled, less pristine, persona. That, along with the film’s El Paso […]

Sun, May 31, 2026 at 2:00 PM UTC Photo Credit: Lionsgate New movie and TV releases on HBO Max from June 1 to June 7, 2026, include a Bruce Willis action movie. Directed by Brett Donowho, Acts of Violence follows a military veteran going on a mission to save his future sister-in-law from human traffickers. The film […]

A suburban family confronts prehistoric beasts in the new trailer for The End of Oak Street, formerly known as Flowervale Street. Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor star in the new action thriller, which is the latest from the writer and director of the cult horror hit It Follows. The film will be released in theaters […]

The Criterion Collection is known for taking the greatest films from around the world and restoring them to their greatest quality. Thus, cinematic works are preserved for future generations — and enjoyed by those who can afford to splurge on a physical box set. While there are plenty of excellent works that have already received […]

The Raid 2 picks up right where The Raid: Redemption left off and it’s Uwais’ tour de force. Gritty, bloody, and visceral, its fights include hammers, baseball bats, pickaxes, broken bottles, metal pipes, shanks, machetes, shotguns to the face, and pistols to the forehead. It’s sanguineous with gratuitous use of digital blood splattering everywhere. The […]

Action movies get disrespected by people who think noise and greatness are the same thing. They are not. The greatest action film of all time is not just the one with the biggest explosions or the coolest star or the most famous set piece. It is the one that understands motion as meaning. A chase […]

Most people scrolling through Robert Redford’s filmography probably pause at Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, nod respectfully at All the President’s Men, maybe throw The Sting on during a lazy Sunday afternoon, then completely glide past The Great Waldo Pepper like it does not exist. Which is understandable, honestly. The title sounds less like […]

An ending can make or break a movie. Audiences will forgive clunky dialogue, ridiculous action, or paper-thin villains as long as the finale delivers a satisfying payoff. There are subpar movies with great endings that make audiences walk away feeling high, but there are also entertaining movies that plunge themselves into ridicule because they fail […]

While each blockbuster film tries its best to be a compelling piece of art that makes the most of out of the medium of cinema, they more often than not find themselves chained to the goal of being as big a financial success as possible, with the films that make the most money looked up […]

From a low-budget CBS pilot in 1977 to the Nicolas Cage noir detective Spider-Noir in 2026, Spider-Man has been around in live-action for nearly 50 years, although not all releases are of equal quality. Spider-Man is one of the longest-running superhero franchises in history, debuting with Nicholas Hammond’s CBS series in 1977 before becoming a […]