The Accountant Takes Netflix #1 Spot as Audiences Get Excited for Long-Awaited Sequel

A lesser-known action thriller led by Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal has seen a surge in popularity onNetflix, as 2016’sThe Accountantclimbs the streamer’s ‘Top 10.’ The movie was added to the platform earlier this week, and on Thursday saw huge viewership, withThe Accountantreaching the #1 spot. No doubt some of this success comes amid the news that the long-awaited sequel,The Accountant 2, is now filming. AlongsideThe Accountant, other movies that have reached the heights of the Netflix Top 10 include the dramaMending the Linestarring Succession’s Brian Cox, the Lindsay Lohan romantic comedyIrish Wish, the thrillerOn the Linestarring Mel Gibson, the fantasy adventureDamselled by Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown, and thebox office behemothThe Super Mario Bros....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 508 words · Olivia Avery

The Best Movies About Classical Music, Ranked

Movies lend themselves to artistic visions. The camera lens follows, captures, releases, and follows a story again and again. Moving pictures are poetry in motion that keeps our attention throughtheir dreamscape and hellscape. Awake for the life flashing before our eyes, we become engrossed in a second life and can live many lives through cinema. The slice of life found in films can take many forms, but directors are apt at seeing beyond audiences' disbelief....

June 5, 2025 · 6 min · 1203 words · Jamie Garcia

The Best Olivier Assayas Movies, Ranked

Olivier Assayasis one of the most talented French filmmakers nowadays. He started his career in the movie industry by helping his father, French director and screenwriter Raymond Assayas. Then Olivier Assayas studied painting and literature, wrote film criticism at iconic French magazineCahiers du Cinéma(Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, and many other film artists worked here), and made his debut as a director with 1986 psychological thrillerDisorder. His follow-up films made him a prominent force in cinema....

June 5, 2025 · 5 min · 922 words · Angela Brown

The Conners Gets Renewed for Season 5 at ABC

The Connersare sticking around for a while longer at ABC. It has beenofficially announcedthat theRoseannespinoff series has been renewed for its fifth season on the network, guaranteeing Dan and family will be on the air through the 2022-23 season. ABC also renewed fellow comediesHome EconomicsandThe Wonder Yearswhile dramasBig SkyandA Million Little Thingswere also given renewal orders. Ratings forThe Connersare far from they were in the first season, though the show remains the second-highest Wednesday comedy just behindThe Goldbergs, which was also renewed....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 538 words · Cynthia Hood

The Crow Director Shares Sequel Plans That Will Likely Never Happen

DirectorRupert Sandersalready has plans for a sequel to this year’s comic book movie reimagining,The Crow. But are we likely to ever see them? Speaking withVarietyrecently, the filmmaker revealed that he does have some big ideas for whatThe Crow 2and beyond could look like, with Sanders hoping to one day use some of the “cool” ideas that went unused in the first outing. “It’s a hard one because it was such a love story between two people....

June 5, 2025 · 4 min · 665 words · Kevin Bolton

The Mandalorian Season 2 Wraps Production, Set Photos Revealed

That’s a wrap!The Mandalorianseason 2 has officially wrapped production on its sophomore season ahead of its return on Disney+ this fall. While much remains mysterious about the upcoming batch of episodes, whatever lies ahead for a galaxy far, far away is in the can and heading into the editing room. For now, we have a couple of new set photos to look at that give us a couple of clues as to what to expect from the new season....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 458 words · Tim Ritter

The Walking Dead Season 9 Midseason Trailer Reveals the Whisperers

We have a new trailer for The Walking Dead season 9, highlighting what’s to come on the show’s mid-season premiere. Even though the hit series will be away for several months following the mid-season finale, AMC didn’t make fans wait for a preview of what’s in store during the back half of this landmark season. There’s a new enemy in town in the form of The Whisperers and they’re set toshake things up for the survivorsin a big, bad way....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 487 words · Robert Lewis

To Catch a Predator Host Chris Hansen Arrested for Writing Bad Checks

For many years, investigative journalist Chris Hansen has been established as someone who’s tough on crime. He became famous for his stint hosting the NBC seriesTo Catch a Predator, which documented the arrests of online sex predators through sting operations. Hansen would later host the investigative news seriesCrime Watch Daily, which concluded its run in 2018. Also the host of the Investigation Discovery seriesKiller Instinct, it seemed rather clear Hansen was not keen on criminals....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 483 words · Dustin Hartman

Treehouse of Horror XXXI Sneak Peek Images Give The Simpsons a Pixar Makeover

The Simpsonsis getting a Pixar-style makeover for a segment in this year’s annualTreehouse of Horror XXXIepisode, as seen in some early sneak peek images. For decades, the long-running animated series has been spoofing popular movies and shows with their Halloween episodes. This year, the show will be tacklingToy Storywith one of its parodies, and the segment has even been brought to life with CGI animation reminiscent of Pixar movies. In theToy Story spoof, Bart basically assumes the role of Sid from the original, taking delight in brutally maiming his toys....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 486 words · Natalie Spencer

Underworld: Blood Wars Trailer #3: Selene Is a Hero Reborn

Just a few weeks after thenew posterforUnderworld: Blood Warsdebuted, Sony Pictures has unveiled the third trailer, packed with brand new footage from this action sequel, arriving in theaters early next year. The war between vampires and the lycans (werewolves) continues in this fifth installment of theUnderworldfranchise, which is shaping up to be its most explosive entry yet. As you can see in this trailer, while this war has been waged for quite some time, it’s still just getting started....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 369 words · Michael Gordon

Us Scares Up 3rd Biggest Horror Debut of All Time with $70M

Jordan Peele’sUsdominated this weekend’s box office with a record breaking $70.3 million domestic opening. The debut was enough to earn theGet Outfollow up the third highest grossing debut for a horror movie in history. Only Steven Muschietti’s big screen adaptation of Stephen King’sIT($123.4 million) and last year’s Halloween sequel ($76.2 million) are ahead ofUs. Peele’s latest project has been a hit with fans and critics and many recommend seeing the movie twice to fully digest everything that is going on in it....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 429 words · Holly Sanchez

Walking Dead Season 7, Episode 4 Preview Video: Negan Enters Alexandria

Following last night’s episode ofThe Walking Dead, AMC released two new sneak peeks at this week’s all-new episode,Service, airing Sunday, November 13 at 9 PM ET on AMC. This video shows that the nefariousNegan(Jeffrey Dean Morgan) has come to Alexandria, with Rick (Andrew Lincoln) explaining to his group that he’s no longer in charge. Negan is. We also see that another member of Rick’s group, Eugene (Josh McDermitt), has regressed to his cowardly ways....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 399 words · Samuel Huber

What It's Like to Collaborate with John Carpenter on a New Halloween Movie

It’s almost time forHalloweento hit theaters and David Gordon Green set aside some time to talk about working with horror legendJohn Carpenteron the film. Carpenter is back to the franchise as an executive producer on the new movie and is composing the score as well, which was teased earlier this week. Carpenter is taking some ambient pieces of music that he has created with his son Cody, and Daniel Davies along with different variations of the iconicHalloweentheme to create something new....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 568 words · Katherine Thomas