Why Practical Effects Still Win β and Always Will
Forty-four years after a shapeshifting alien terrified audiences with latex and foam rubber, Hollywood is quietly admitting what Casey Throwback Mills has been saying all along: pixels can't replace the real thing.
The Week of May 5 Has a Sequel Everyone's Been Waiting 20 Years For
The Devil Wears Prada 2 finally struts into theaters, Daredevil: Born Again wraps its second season with what might be Marvel's best TV finale yet, and Netflix drops a bestseller adaptation starring Sally Field and an octopus. Yeah, this week is stacked.
We Analyzed 53,000 Thrillers β The Genre Is Quietly Getting Better
Everyone says movies are getting worse. The data disagrees β at least for thrillers. We dug into 53,000 thriller movies in the spameri.cz database and found a surprising trend: after a decade-long dip, thriller ratings have been climbing since 2019.
Stop Pretending Fast & Furious Is Still Good
Fast Forever just got announced for 2028 and everyone's acting like this is exciting news. It's not. The Fast & Furious franchise peaked over a decade ago and has been coasting on nostalgia fumes and Dom Toretto's unearned gravitas ever since.
April 2026 Box Office Check-In: Mario Is About to Break Everything
March belonged to Project Hail Mary. April belongs to a plumber in space. Here's your full breakdown of what's coming, what's still earning, and why April 2026 might be the most stacked month at the movies this year.
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This Week's Biggest Releases: Super Mario Galaxy Takes Off, Star Wars Goes Dark, and Beef Gets a Second Helping
The first week of April 2026 is stacked. Nintendo's animated juggernaut returns to theaters, Disney+ drops its most ambitious Star Wars series yet, and Netflix brings back one of the best shows of the decade. Here's everything you need on your radar.
We Crunched 1.1 Million Movies β Here Are the 8 Hidden Gems Almost Nobody Has Seen
Out of 1,132,666 movies in the spameri.cz database, only 479 score above 7.5 on Trakt while having fewer than 1,000 votes. We dug through them all. These are the 8 that deserve your attention right now.
Reminders of Him Is the Movie Nobody Needed β But Everyone's Watching Anyway
Another Colleen Hoover adaptation, another round of manufactured tears. Reminders of Him opened to $18 million, critics are split at 55%, and audiences are eating it up at 89%. Here's why both sides are wrong.

Children of Men at 20: The Film That Saw Everything Coming
Twenty years ago, Alfonso CuarΓ³n made a movie about a world falling apart β refugee camps, government crackdowns, a population too exhausted to hope. In 2026, it doesn't feel like science fiction anymore. It feels like a documentary from next year.
Oscar 2026 by the Numbers: 16 Nominations, 6 Wins, and 1 Historic First
The 98th Academy Awards gave us records, firsts, and a few curveballs. Jordan Blake digs into the data behind the golden statues β from Sinners' record-shattering 16 nominations to the birth of an entirely new Oscar category.
Oscars 2026: The Academy Got It Wrong and We Need to Talk About It
Marty Supreme went home empty-handed after nine nominations. Sinners broke records but still lost Best Picture. And Sean Penn couldn't even be bothered to show up. The 98th Academy Awards were a mess β and I loved every second of it.