10 Iconic Directors That Have Never Won an Oscar for Directing, but Should Have

The Academy Awards, also known as The Oscars is presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to present awards that recognize cinematic excellence that is determined by their voters. The Oscars are the oldest awards ceremony for entertainment, having started in 1929 which would be why they’re so pompous, pretentious, and hardheaded. Though it is an honor to win an Oscar, let alone win one, the Academy is an archaic institution that is not plugged into what people are watching....

August 2, 2025 · 9 min · 1917 words · Maria Mason

2017's Worst Movies According to Rotten Tomatoes

2017 was one heck of a year for the box office and though there were many bright spots, 2017 just wasn’t able to pull it together, and it’s quite possibly because of a handful of titles on this list of theworst movies of the yearaccording to Rotten Tomatoes. It’s important to note that these are all according to the metrics over at Rotten Tomatoes and not our perspective on movies that took a lot of work and money to get made....

August 2, 2025 · 7 min · 1468 words · Jack Morgan

24: Legacy Trailer Follows in Jack Bauer's Footsteps

Next year, the pulse-pounding action of24returns to the Fox airwaves, with a whole new cast of characters when24: Legacydebuts.Kiefer Sutherlandwill return to serve as an executive producer on the series, and while he will not be starring in the show, the actor himself teased that he may return at some point as Jack Bauer. We may not know for quite some time whether or not he is coming back. But today, Fox debuted the first trailer and photo for24: Legacy, which introduces a new hero, U....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 527 words · Lori Ramirez

Adam Sandler and Family to Star in Netflix's You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah

It’s a family affair—Adam Sandleris bringing coming-of-age comedyYou Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvahfor Netflix, and he’s bringing his entire family with him. Variety reports thatSandler is set to star in the film, adapted from the Fiona Rosenbloom novel by the same name, alongside wife Jackie and teenage daughters Sunny and Sadie. Set in the early 2000s,You are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvahfollows Stacey Friedman as she prepares for one of the biggest events of her young life: her bat mitzvah....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 436 words · Morgan David

Alien: Descent VR Experience Is Arriving for Alien Day

With the highly-anticipatedAlienDay coming up later this month on April 26, fans of the sci-fi/horror franchise will get a chance to experience this universe in virtual reality. FoxNext Destinations is teaming up with Pure Imagination Studios for Alien: Descent, a “cutting-edge, free-roaming virtual reality experience” at The Outlets in Orange County, California. For those who don’t reside in Southern California, there will be additional locations announced soon. Here’s what Joshua Wexler, co-founder of Pure Imagination Studios, had to say in a statement....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 464 words · Autumn Diaz

Amazon Buys MGM for $8.45 Billion

Well, it’s happened, Amazon has merged with MGM in a deal that has seen the company pay a reported $8.45 billion for the struggling studio, giving them the rights to several iconic franchise includingRockyandJames Bond. Talks have been escalating between Amazon and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. for the last few weeks which has concluded in a billion-dollar deal, meaning that the likes of 007 will now fall under the Amazon umbrella....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 598 words · Cheryl Bradley

American Gods Season 2 Faces Trouble, Neil Gaiman Clarifies Showrunner Role

American Godswowed audiences when it first hit Starz earlier this year, but the show hasn’t been without its problems. And it’s facing some major hurtles as Season 2 grows nearer. The show’s top executive has been pretty open about the troubles the fantasy series, based on the works of Neil Gaiman, is facing. Of which include Gaiman’s own role as a producer on the drama. In just the past few months,showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Greenhave both bailed on the series....

August 2, 2025 · 4 min · 825 words · Debra Miller

BB-8 Gives a Thumbs-Up in New Star Wars: The Force Awakens TV Spot

Star Wars: The Force Awakensis undoubtedly a major success, breakingbox officerecords at a break-neck pace. It has already surpassedAvataras the highest-grossing domestic movie of all time, and it may have the longevity to break that film’s all-time global record of $2.7 billion. While we wait to see what box office records it can break next, a new TV spot has arrived, which features one of the most beloved moments of the movie: BB-8’s “thumbs up....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 374 words · Patricia Stark

Best LGBTQ+ Movies of the 2000s

TheLGBTQ+community has sought representation in film ever since the industry began over 100 years ago. However, Hollywood’s depictions of the LGBTQ+ community have not always been flattering. The introduction of the Hays Code in 1934, for example, prohibited movie studios from producing favorable LGBTQ+ content. According to the code, one was not allowed to portray “perverse” or “immoral” subjects such as queerness. Furthermore, any queer-coded characters could not be portrayed positively....

August 2, 2025 · 7 min · 1401 words · Joseph Williams

Best Original TV Series Coming to Hulu in March 2023

Read more about every television series coming to Disney+ in March 2023 Read more about every television series coming to Prime Video in March 2023 Hulu keeps expanding and brings a variety of shows. Sitcoms and adventures, documentaries, and reality TV try to lure in viewers of every taste. Someone could characterize them as ‘’Jack of all trades, master of none,'' but this is just an opinion, and opinions are like tastes; everyone has many of them, different from others, and many timesconflicting with themselves....

August 2, 2025 · 4 min · 837 words · Gary Wood

BH90210 Trailer #2 Brings Back the Classic Beverly Hills, 90210 Theme Song

Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, Ian Ziering, Gabrielle Carteris, Brian Austin Green and Tori Spelling, the original stars ofBeverly Hills, 90210the groundbreaking teen drama that defined Southern California life, return to FOX, the network they called home for the entire decade of the 1990s, in an all-new event series the takes the concept of a series reboot to a whole new meta-level. When the cast gets back together, it will come with a big twist: the seven former teen idols will be playing heightened versions of themselves in the brand-new serialized drama - with a healthy dose of irreverence - that is inspired by their real lives and relationships with each other....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 358 words · Robert Ortiz

Cannonball Run Remake Moves Forward with Get Hard Director

After several years in development, Warner Bros. is finally moving forward on a new incarnation ofThe Cannonball Run.Deadlinereports that the studio has secured the rights to the original 1981 classic, hiringEtan Cohento write the script and direct. This report claims the studio doesn’t consider this project a “remake,” but rather a “relaunch” of the franchise. Back in 2011, we reported that Warner Bros. was in discussions to team up with auto manufacturer General Motors for aCannonball Runremake....

August 2, 2025 · 2 min · 329 words · Stacey Richards

Captain America's Chris Evans Sets Sight on Fantasy Cinema, Earns Support from LOTR Alum

At the recent Emerald City Comic Con,Chris Evans, better known for his role as Captain America in the MCU, shared his aspirations to delve into the fantasy genre. The actor expressed his admiration for classic fantasy films such asLord of the RingsandThe Neverending Story, which sparked interest among fantasy film lovers. During his panel discussion (viaComicBook), Evans reflected on the current state of superhero movies and his desire to explore new cinematic territories....

August 2, 2025 · 3 min · 571 words · Justin Rodriguez