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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt may have bad blood flowing for each other to this very day, but that doesn’t mean that she’s got a completely bad reputation when it comes to her relations with exes.

Yes, the eight-year-long divorce battle came to a conclusion at the end of 2024 when Pitt and Jolie reached a settlement, but they’re not exactly completely done when it comes to their legal issues.

You know the one ex-husband that’s not dragging the ‘Eternals’ actress to court? Johnny Lee Miller.

Angelina Jolie Gives Rare Insight Into Her Relationship With Ex Johnny Lee Miller

Let me introduce you to Jolie’s little known ex: Johnny Lee Miller. The actors co-starred in the 1995 film ‘Hackers’ and promptly tied the knot in 1996. Barely three years later, they divorced, but luckily, it was as amicable as the word gets.

Jolie opened up about this little-known...

Original Scream star Matthew Lillard was on hand at MegaCon in Orlando, Florida this past weekend to not only confirm his return to the beloved horror franchise, but to joke about how his seemingly deceased character will return in Scream 7. Lillard played Stu Macher in Wes Craven's 1996 classic, one half of the Ghostface killer alongside Skeet Ulrich's Billy Loomis. He was presumed dead after being stabbed numerous times and having a TV dropped on his head, but in the world of Scream, not everything is as it seems.

Per People, Lillard and Ulrich appeared on a panel together this past weekend at the Orange County Convention Center to discuss their time in the franchise and Lillard's return. Fans have been clamoring for years for the star to come back to the series that helped make him famous, and to drive that point home, Lillard commented: "I've been asked...

Angelina Jolie & Jonny Lee Miller’s bond (Photo Credit – Instagram)

While Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s marriage ended with a brutal eight-year divorce battle, the actress shares a wonderful equation with her former husband, Jonny Lee Miller. She has been open about how they got married when she was young and not serious about relationships or responsibilities.

Regardless, the Salt star has often praised her former partner and shared how they still have deep respect, appreciation, and care for one another. Recently, Angelina spoke about her current relationship with Jonny 26 years after their divorce. Here’s what the star revealed about it.

Angelina Jolie On Relationship With Former Husband Jonny Lee Miller 26 Years After Their Divorce

During her appearance at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, she was honored for her work. The event featured a compilation of her projects, including Hackers, which co-starred Miller. It was also the...

Angelina Jolie opened up about where she stands with her famous ex, Johnny Lee Miller.

If you were unaware, the 49-year-old actress and humanitarian was married to 52-year-old The Crown actor between 1996 and 1999. Before they tied the knot, they shared the screen in 1995′s Hackers.

While being honored during the Santa Barbara International Film Festival this week, Angelina revisited a scene from their movie in front of an audience.

She revealed that they still have a “wonderful relationship” all these years later and had more to say about their time together.

Keep reading to find out more…

Angelina told the audience that she and Jonny are still in contact.

“I just talked to him. I love that — I get to see my ex-husband with 2,000 people,” she said, via People.

She continued, saying, “Actually, it’s funny, I don’t really watch my own films, and so I [don't] think I’ve seen it since the premiere.

When the sci-fi action flick “Virtuosity” was first released in the summer of 1995, it opened to mixed reviews and modest box office. It was the kind of mid-range studio programmer (it came from Paramount under the Sherry Lansing regime) that came out with dependable frequency in those days, a movie enjoyed by some but quickly forgotten by most before it left theaters to make way for other genre films like “Desperado,” “The Tie That Binds,” and “Hackers.”

Looking back now, studio slates like the ones Lansing oversaw — release schedules that made room for an abundance of medium-budget comedies (“Clueless”), thrillers (“Primal Fear”), sci-fi films (“The Relic”) and adult dramas (“Nobody’s Fool”) in between large-scale blockbusters like “Mission: Impossible,” “Braveheart,” and “Titanic” — seem far more varied and artistically fruitful than they did at the time, when we never knew such range was in any danger of disappearing. It was easy at...

Hackers is one of the most underrated movies of the 1990s, and while it is popular with audiences, its Rotten Tomatoes score is surprisingly low. Hackers was not an immediate success, but it has become a cult hit over time. Many of the best-known 1990s movies contain a cast that was already famous at the time, but Hackers is unusual as it features several early-career appearances of actors who went on to become major stars. Hackers is often considered one of Angelia Jolie's best 1990s movies and also stars Jonny Lee Miller, Laurence Mason, and Matthew Lillard.

Hackers is about a group of high school students who use their tech skills to stop an evil corporation from taking over the world using a computer virus. It is one of the earliest movies to explore the potential behind modern computers, for better or worse. While Hackers contains many examples of things movies get wrong about hacking,...

Movies are one of the best ways to get a feel of what life was like during the years they were released, and many from the 1990s sum up the aesthetics, worries, and changes seen throughout society during the decade. Much of the decade is captured in films reflecting the rise in grunge music and aesthetics, the increase in internet activity and technological advancements, and the fear and rebellious attitudes that formed as a result of the two. The latter can be seen in films like The Matrix and Existenz.

Other films represent the '90s through their wardrobe, soundtrack selections, and encapsulation of young adult life, such as the films Clerks and Singles. While many of these films can be enjoyed today, some '90s movies don't work with modern audiences. This is because their themes and aesthetics are dated snapshots of society at the time and don't fully...

Actress Angelina Jolie (“Maria”) poses for the December 2024 issue of “Vogue” (Mexico) magazine, photographed by Dan Martensen:

Jolie was a child actress, via her father Jon Voight, before appearing in the feature “Cyborg 2” (1993), followed by her first leading role in “Hackers” (1995).

After starring in the television films “George Wallace” (1997) and “Gia” (1998), Jolie won the ‘Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress’ for the 1999 drama “Girl, Interrupted”.

Her portrayal as the main character in the feature “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” (2001) established her as an ‘action movie’ star, followed by roles in “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” (2005), “Wanted” (2008) and “Salt” (2010).

She then starred in the fantasy feature “Maleficent” (2014) and its 2019 sequel. She also received acclaim for her performances in the dramas A “Mighty Heart” (2007), “Changeling” (2008), "Eternals” (2021) and “Maria” (2024).

As a filmmaker, Jolie wrote and directed the war dramas “In the Land of Blood and Honey” (2011), “Unbroken” (2014), “First They Killed My Father” (2017) and “Without Blood...

Angelina Jolie is one of the most celebrated actors of her generation, and one of Hollywood's most notable humanitarians. She's done vitally important work on behalf of refugees for the United Nations, and has also taken up for women's rights in the third world. She's an extraordinary person, but it all started with acting -- and overcoming the potential stigma of being what the kids nowadays call a "nepo-baby."

Yes, Angelina Jolie is the daughter of actors Jon Voight and Marcheline Bertrand. Her father was a pivotal actor in the New Hollywood movement of the 1960s and '70s, starring in such trailblazing films as "Midnight Cowboy," "Deliverance," and "Coming Home" (for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor). Jolie got her first film role alongside her father in Hal Ashby's ill-fated comedy "Lookin' to Get Out" in 1982, but didn't return to movies until 1993 as the lead...

Two years after being released from the 30 Rockefeller basement, and nearly eight years since co-writing his first feature, Kyle Mooney has made his long-awaited directorial debut with Y2K. Mooney’s hilarious comedic sensibility, first demonstrated at the Good Neighbor YouTube channel where he made skits with fellow SNL player...

Dancing With the Stars has opened the door for new opportunities for some celebrities who have competed on the show. In Season 33, The Bachelor's Joey Graziadei and his fiance Kelsey Anderson went from reality TV stars to popular influencers. Model Brooks Nader and Gleb Savchenko's showmance made constant headlines. Even former mirrorball trophy winner and 90s actor, Alfonso Ribeiro, found himself with a brand-new career as the show's co-host.

However, not every celebrity who gets approached to be on DWTS finds it a great opportunity for their career. A certain Hollywood actor turned down the chance to be a contestant for fears that he wouldn't be able to land any more serious acting roles. For this actor, the thought of competing on the beloved reality TV show would just do the opposite for his career.

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In the 1990s -- back when the internet was new and smartphones didn't yet exist -- there was a healthy amount of skepticism about new technology. "Cyberspace," a term coined by sci-fi author William Gibson, was a terrifying new concept for some, and many Luddites feared it. A stationary network of millions of unknown users? And they're all tapping into the same ineffable, electric realm of information that's Not inside my personal computer? It's like someone peeled back a layer of reality and revealed a whole new dimension. Indeed, Brett Leonard's 1992 sci-fi/horror film "The Lawnmower Man" refers to the 'net in those exact terms. That film also posited that Virtual Reality would come to replace real reality.

Throughout the decade, audiences were treated to numerous paranoid cyberthrillers that alternately vaunted the possibilities of the internet while also pointing out its potential for destruction. This was the age that...

Timothée Chalamet’s ping pong movie is adding a few more players.

Odessa A’zion has joined the cast of “Marty Supreme,” from A24 and director Josh Safdie. Rounding out the cast are magician Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller), investor and “Shark Tank” personality Kevin O’Leary (aka Mr. Wonderful) and “Bad Lieutenant” filmmaker Abel Ferrara.

Specifics about their roles are kept under wraps, but this motley crew joins previously announced cast members Gwyneth Paltrow and Tyler, the Creator in the film, which is said to be about a professional table tennis player. Plot details are unknown, but A24 posted an image of a ping pong ball with the words “coming soon” after Variety broke news of the project in July.

Safdie and Ronald Bronstein wrote the original screenplay for “Marty Supreme” and produce alongside Eli Bush, Anthony Katagas, Chalamet and A24. Production kicks off in the fall.

A’zion’s...

As I’m sure you wonderful gore-hounds know by now, we love every weird and wonderful sub genre the twisted world of horror has thrown our way over the years. Sit this particular horror fan down to watch the latest splatterfest, zombie massacre, creature feature or slasher flick, to name but a few, and I’d be happy as a pig in shit. Happier in fact. Folk horror and witchcraft is one subgenre that I’ve grown to increasingly appreciate over the years, and most recently the work of Robert Eggers, for example, has had me enthralled. It was his 2015 folk horror, The Witch, that first introduced me to his nuanced, macabre yet beautifully crafted movies, and everything he’s produced since has been a must see. The trailer for his take on Nosferatu has just dropped at the time of writing this video and it looks immense. However, with...

Angelina Jolie's action movies have solidified her legacy as a true action movie star, despite her recent shift towards drama. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Mr. and Mrs. Smith have left a lasting impact in the action movie genre, leading to reboots and adaptations. Although Jolie's upcoming projects seem focused on drama, the potential spy thriller Maude v Maude may offer a chance for her action side to shine once again.

Two years ago, I thought Angelina Jolie was making an action movie comeback, but now I fear that her movies will no longer be part of the genre. Jolie first established her career in the 1990s, picking up roles in movies like Hackers and Gia. However, her big break came in 1999 when she played Lisa Rowe in Girl, Interrupted. From there, Jolie catapulted to international fame, taking on iconic roles in varying genres, such as Lara Croft, Mrs.

Exclusive: Director Brad Furman has rounded out the cast for his indie drama People Not Places, scripted by his mother Ellen Brown Furman, with seven additions. They are Mercedes Ruehl (The Fisher King), Yul Vazquez (The Lost Bus), Laurence Mason (Tin Soldier), Obba Babatundé (S.W.A.T.), Joey Bicicchi (Tin Soldier), Colleen Camp (Amsterdam) and Olivia Jude.

Others rounding out the cast include Sam Jay (You People), Duke George, Wass Stevens (Lansky), Gregg Bello (Crown Vic) and Matthew J. Perry. As previously announced, Shirley MacLaine, Stephen Dorff, Julia Mayorga and Allegra Leguizamo also star.

People Not Places watches as Clare (MacLaine), an elderly widow living in Atlantic City, meets an erratic homeless man (Dorff) who sleeps in cars. Their shared loneliness causes them to bond, as they find the courage to face his regrettable past and her shortened future.

Furman and Jess Fuerst are producing the film...

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures is launching two marquee exhibitions for Fall 2024.

AMPAS’ Los Angeles Museum will host both the “Color in Motion: Chromatic Explorations of Cinema” and “Cyberpunk: Envisioning Possible Futures Through Cinema” to celebrate the aesthetics of famed features.

“Color in Motion” includes technologies from Technicolor and Eastman Color, and displays objects such as the iconic ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” (1939), as designed by Gilbert Adrian; the eponymous ballet slippers from “The Red Shoes” (1948) designed by Hein Heckroth; Kim Novak’s green dress from “Vertigo” (1958), designed by Edith Head; a Wonka chocolate bar from “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” (1971); and a blue ensemble worn by Jaime Foxx as Django in “Django Unchained” (2012).

“Color in Motion” spans 130 years, from 1894 to 2024, and is organized into six main themes: Choreographing Color, Technologies and Spectacles, Monochrome Film Installation, Color as Character, Experimentation, and Color Arcade. A recreation of...

David Duchovny claims to have "discovered" Angelina Jolie in 1997's Playing God. Jolie's career took off after her role in Playing God, with notable films like Pushing Tin, The Bone Collector, and Girl, Interrupted. Duchovny played a part in Jolie's casting in the movie, recognizing her potential as a star.

David Duchovny has made a bold statement in a recent interview when sharing his feelings about discovering Angelina Jolie while working with the actress back in his 1997 movie Playing God. Although Jolie had made several appearances by the time she worked with Duchovny on the Andy Wilson movie, The X-Files star explained how he played a pivotal role in Jolies casting in the movie.

Playing God was written by Mark Haskell Smith, and centers on a disgraced surgeon who reinvents himself as a "gunshot doctor" in the criminal underworld. Along with Duchovny and Jolie, the film also starred Timothy Hutton,...

David Duchovny says he feels like he “discovered” Angelina Jolie, his Playing God co-star.

The X-Files alum recently revealed in a new interview that he was part of the casting for the 1997 film directed by Andy Wilson.

“I feel like I discovered Angelina Jolie,” Duchovny said on SiriusXM’s Radio Andy when asked what he thought about his former co-stars.

Host Andy Cohen asked Duchovny to explain, with the actor saying, “Yeah, cause I was casting, I was part of the casting. I didn’t discover her, but… she came in, and I just knew she was a movie star, and I told everybody [that] we’ve gotta cast her.”

The Touchstone Pictures film written by Mark Haskell Smith revolved around “a disgraced surgeon [who] leaves his former life and reinvents himself as a gunshot doctor in the criminal underworld.” According to IMDb, the film’s casting directors were Elaine J. Huzzar and Johanna Ray.

Guy Ritchie‘s Young Sherlock series adds more players to the television project, focusing on the early days of Arthus Conan Doyle’s legendary detective, Sherlock Holmes, with Joseph Fiennes and Natascha McElhone. The duo joins the series as Sherlock’s parents. Fiennes plays Sherlock’s father, Silas, while Elhone plays the protagonist’s mother, Cordelia. Hero Fiennes Tiffin stars as the young Sherlock Holmes.

Sherlock’s father is a scientist, explorer, and self-made businessman. His mother is an artist and the matriarch of the Holmes family unit. Ritchie’s Young Sherlock takes inspiration from Andy Lane’s novels. Prime Video’s eight-episode series follows a nineteen-year-old Sherlock, known as a disgraced, raw, unfiltered, and unformed genius. When he finds himself caught up in a murder mystery at Oxford University that threatens his freedom, Sherlock feels compelled to solve the case. Young Sherlock joins the investigator when he’s at his most undisciplined.

If there was a decade that truly helped to shape the future of the crime thriller genre, it was undoubtedly the 1990s. The era churned out numerous movies that have become the benchmark for how to craft a movie about the hunt for a serial killer, or flashing femme fatales with a penchant for murder. Movies such as The Silence of the Lambs, Misery, Se7en and Basic Instinct set a benchmark for not only quality in the crime flick, but also by delivering iconic sequences that are synonymous within the genre. Lambs had Anthony Hopkins’ wonderful Chianti sipping performance, Misery gleefully smashed ankles, Se7en had the tragic head in a box scene, while Basic Instinct allowed Sharon Stone to show more than just her acting ability. The point is, by the time the movie we’re focusing on in this episode was released in 1999, audiences had preconceived expectations, thanks...

Oi there, listen up! Amazon Prime Video’s list of new releases for June 2024 includes another season of its biggest, bloodiest hit.

The Boys season 4 premieres its first three episodes on Thursday, June 13. Based on the trailers, The Boys is really leaning into the political side of its social satire with a presidential election underway and Homelander on trial for the small matter of killing a guy last season. The season will continue to air on Thursdays, culminating with the finale on July 18.

Amazon is really leaning into its sports offerings this month as well. Fans will get to watch the New York Yankees, the WNBA, and the Nwsl several times throughout June. That’s in addition to a couple of sports docs: Power of the Dream on June 18 and Federer: Twelve Final Days on June 20.

But if you’re looking for something even more explosive than Homelander and Roger Federer,...

The tragic passing of Ray Chan recently made news around the world. A highly respected Hollywood artist, Chan was best known for being an art director in the production design department at Marvel Studios. Some of his most memorable credits include Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Infinity War, and Doctor Strange.

A host of people who had worked with Chan in the past took to social media to express their sorrow at his passing. This includes Ryan Reynolds, who was collaborating with Chan on the upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine at the time of the latter’s passing. Reynolds took to X (formerly Twitter) to share his feelings over Chan’s demise in a heartfelt note that is being appreciated by fans of the actor and of the MCU.

Becoming A Part Of The MCU Chris Hemsworth and Anthony Hopkins in Thor: The Dark World

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Ray Chan, the art director and production designer for Marvel Studios who contributed to Guardians of the Galaxy, three Avengers movies, the upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine and more, has died. He was 56.

Chan died Tuesday near his home in Wales, his family announced. No cause of death was divulged.

“Ray truly was one of the best, in so many ways,” they said. “He had an exuberance for life, which was tragically cut short and will be sorely missed. He loved his career and lived a rich and wonderful life, and his memory will live on through all those he knew and the films he helped make happen.”

Chan served as supervising art director on Thor: The Dark World (2013), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Doctor Strange (2016) and the Avengers films Age of Ultron (2015), Infinity War (2018) and Endgame (2019).

He also was an art director on Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) and production designer on the...

Deadline reports a new sports documentary is being planned for kickboxing champion and martial arts movie star Benny “The Jet” Urquidez. The names associated with the production almost seems like a bingo announcer called out randomly drawn names from my favorite childhood movies. Keanu Reeves, who himself is no stranger to the martial arts world and action genre, has partnered with Fisher Stevens, who is known for projects like Short Circuit 1 & 2 and Hackers, to produce the documentary on Urquidez, whom I’ve talked about before on my Dragons Forever retrospective.

The documentary, which is titled The Jet, is currently in production with the Emmy-nominated sports documentary editor turned filmmaker, Jennifer Tiexiera, directing the film. Tiexiera has most recently also directed a three-part series for HBO called Unveiled: Surviving La Luz del Mundo, which has also recently been nominated for an Emmy in the catagory of Outstanding Crime and Justice Documentary.

Talk To Me breakout star Sophie Wilde is set to appear in Watch Dogs, a long-in-gestation adaptation of Ubisoft’s hacking-based videogame series.

As such Hollywood films as Blackhat and Hackers have taught us, only the coolest and most photogenic people engage in cybercrime. The cool-and-trendy-hacker theme was continued in Watch Dogs, a series of sandbox action adventure videogames first published by Ubisoft in 2014.

Spawning a hit franchise comprising two sequels and counting, Watch Dogs sees high-tech outlaws cause all kinds of digital mischief in cities around the world, with each game taking in stealth, driving, fisticuffs, shooting and tinkering with electronic devices.

A film adaptation based on the series was first floated by Ubisoft Motion Pictures back in 2013, before the original game was even released. The division’s plans for a multitude of movies based on its games took something of a body blow, however, when 2016’s Assassin’s Creed,...

Actress Angelina Jolie is known for starring in films such as Girl, Interrupted, Maleficent, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and more. The actress has also graduated to directing with the films Unbroken and First They Killed My Father. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Girl, Interrupted, and has won three Golden Globe Awards.

Jolie has also done voice roles in films such as Shark Tales and the Kung Fu Panda franchise. Her appearance as Master Tigress in the Kung Fu Panda films was received well all over and she reprised her role for three films. The actress has previously mentioned that she preferred looking at her animated films over her live-action films.

Angelina Jolie Prefers To Watch Her Animated Films Over Live-Action Angelina Jolie in Girl, Interrupted

Angelina Jolie has starred in many films over the years and has established herself as a commercially viable star. She has...

Matthew Lillard has been voicing Shaggy in Scooby-Doo movies and TV series since the first live-action theatrical film in 2002. After replacing original voice actor Casey Kasem, Lillard has lent his voice to Shaggy in every Scooby-Doo animated TV series since 2010, except in the 2023 HBO spinoff Velma. Warner Bros. produced 25 direct-to-video animated Scooby-Doo movies from 2010-2023, all featuring Lillard as Shaggy.

An upcoming installment in the Scooby-Doo franchise will see Matthew Lillard returning as the voice of Shaggy, a role he's been playing in movies and TV shows for the past 22 years. After starring in films like Hackers, Scream, and She's All That, Matthew Lillard took on the role of the snack-loving and easily spooked Shaggy Rogers in the 2002 live-action Scooby-Doo film. He later reprised this role in the 2004 sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. Years later, when longtime Shaggy voice actor Casey Kasem announced his retirement due to health problems, Lillard...

Jonny Lee Miller is sharing some very rare comments about his ex-wife Angelina Jolie!

If you didn’t know, the 51-year-old Elementary actor and the 48-year-old Maleficent actress were married from 1996 to 2000 after meeting on set of the 1995 movie Hackers.

In a new interview on Radio X, Jonny recalled going on a parachuting date with a “fearless” Angelina.

Keep reading to find out more…“How have you ever tried to impress the object of your affection?” host Johnny Vaughan asked.

After taking a moment to think, Jonny started laughing and said, “I jumped out of an airplane…Well, it wasn’t my idea.”

When asked why he would do such a thing, Jonny answered, “I was dating a young lady called Angelina. And she she said, ‘Let’s do something exciting this weekend.’”

Angelina was able to convince Jonny to travel to Hemet, a city just outside of Los Angeles,...

Now a week into the new year, Max is, like many of us, cleaning house. The streamer is ushering in a new month of library additions and new originals, and, like usual, we have to give to get.

While the streamer has lost a few titles already this month, including 2018’s “The Nun,” nearly all of Max’s departures will make their exit during the final week of the month, including “Birdman,” “Barbarian,” and more!

Before January comes to an end, check out The Streamable’s top picks of what to watch before they’re gone, and see the full list of what’s leaving Max throughout the rest of the month!

7-Day Free Trial $9.99+ / month Max via amazon.com What are the 5 Best Shows and Movies Leaving Max in January 2024? “Barbarian” | Wednesday, Jan. 24

Georgina Campbell leads the horror-thriller as Tess, a young woman who books a rental home only to...

"Five Nights at Freddy's" may not have been universally praised when it came out last month, but at least nobody had many bad things to say about Matthew Lillard's performance. "The casting of Matthew Lillard as Mike's career counselor becomes a perfect ode to a beloved scream king of an entire generation," writes /Film's own Jeremy Mathai in his review of the movie. It may have been nearly 27 years since "Scream" came out, but people still remember and love Lillard's role as deranged killer Stu Macher, and any reminiscent role is always a delight to watch. "Scream" fans might never get their questionable desire for Stu's return fulfilled, but "Five Nights At Freddy's" gave them the next big thing.

For Lillard, one of the best parts of this movie was simply that it brought him back into theaters. Despite his major roles in both the "Scream" and "Scooby Doo" franchises,...

With the actor’s strike finally over, Matthew Lillard can finally talk about the plum role he has in Five Nights at Freddy’s. In a recent THR interview, Lillard mentioned being thrilled about how fans have reacted to the film, noting:

“Being 53 years old — and being around the block a couple times — I have a much deeper sense of appreciation in this moment than I probably have ever had because I didn’t expect it. I realize that these opportunities don’t come around that often. It’s been a really rich, joyful moment because I can sort of sit back and appreciate it on a deeper level.”

Lillard’s character, who has a rich mythology in the game, could well wind-up being a recurring presence in the Five Nights at Freddy’s world, especially with the film such a huge hit in theaters and on Peacock. But, it turns...

Five Nights at Freddy’s has several notable characters from the video games that have made it into the new movie. Not all of Five Nights at Freddy’s characters are human, and it's no secret that the animatronics have become the stars of the show. The cast of Fnaf is equally iconic with names like Matthew Lillard and Josh Hutcherson leading a wildly talented cast.

This article contains spoilers for Five Nights at Freddy's, now streaming on Peacock.

Video game adaptations are an increasingly popular trend, with movies like Super Mario Bros and Tetris stealing the show. While they're not the best rated, especially by critics, movies that adapt video games are always promising. The latest video game adaptation only solidifies that with Five Nights at Freddy's.

Five Nights at Freddy's is a highly beloved video game franchise, bringing a horror twist to children's entertainment places like Chuck E. Cheese. The...

Lionsgate is pouncing on the rights to distribute Guy Ritchie’s next action movie in the United States as part of a big-ticket deal. The untitled project wraps principal photography in Spain this week, with Henry Cavill, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Eiza González leading the cast.

All of the actors mentioned above have worked with Ritchie on previous projects, including Gyllenhaal for The Covenant, with Cavill and González starring alongside one another in the upcoming war drama The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. Plot details for Ritchie’s untitled action movie remain a mystery, though whispers indicate the film could have Expendables-style elements. Carlos Bardem and Fisher Stevens also star as primary cast members.

“We are thrilled to once again be partnering with the entire Lionsgate team, whose passion and ambition for the film are very clear,” said Guy Ritchie. “We are excited to extend and build on our relationship with Joe,...

"All I wanted was to come home to spend Christmas with you." Disney has unveiled an official trailer for a short film called The Shepherd, based on the book about a Raf pilot's miraculous flight. This project is co-produced by none other than fellow filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón, who's enthusiastic about adapting this story. On Christmas Eve in 1957, a fighter pilot on his way home from a distant mission gets lost mid-flight over water and needs a miracle to land safely. It will, of course, be streaming this December just in time for the holidays. Cuarón explains: "I was a long-time admirer of this story and, being old friends with Iain, he was the perfect match to bring this beloved narrative to life on film for the first time." I'm nice to hear this kind of support. He was inspired by the success of last year's short Le Pupille, which we've also added below.

Fandoms everywhere can now rejoice, for in October Our Flag Means Death finally returns to our screens for its second season. Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi will be romancing the high seas once more thanks to an enormous outpouring of love and support from the show’s fans. The safety of the cult favorite is not yet known beyond season two, but if this one is as good as the first, it certainly won’t be for lack of trying.

Talking of little shows that could, Doom Patrol is back for its last ever block of episodes, having long outlasted the many of the other ill-fated DC streaming series. Season two of The Gilded Age is also streaming this month, with Bertha challenging both Mrs. Astor and the old system in this new run.

And if none of that is up your street, there’s always Jason Statham punching sharks in the face,...

Angelina Jolie has been a part of numerous films throughout her career, including popular titles like Maleficent and Tomb Raider. After joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Jolie has not participated in any new projects except for a voice role in Kung Fu Panda 4. Jolie has shifted her focus to behind-the-scenes roles, including directing, producing, and writing, with several successful films under her belt. She has an upcoming project called Without Blood.

It's been over two years since Angelina Jolie last appeared on the big screen playing Thena in Eternals. But there is a good reason for the actress to stay away from the spotlight.

Although she got her first role at the young age of seven in the film Lookin' to Get Out, Jolie began to become a star in 1993, the year she participated in Cyborg 2. From that moment on, she practically did not stop working, being part of...

Rhys Darby in ‘Our Flag Means Death’ season 2 (Photograph by Nicola Dove/Max)

Max’s 2023 October lineup of series includes new seasons of Our Flag Means Death, The Gilded Age, and 30 Coins, as well as the second half of Doom Patrol season four (the final season). A documentary focusing on the notorious Bling Ring premieres on October 1st, along with all five Final Destination films.

In addition to a batch of horror films joining the network’s lineup, Max is celebrating Halloween with new seasons of Ghost Adventures and The Haunted Museum.

Series & Films Arriving On Max In October 2023:

October 1

3 Godfathers (1948)

The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)

All About the Benjamins (2002)

The Amazing Panda Adventure (1995)

Angels in the Outfield (1951)

The Answer Man (2009)

Anthropoid (2016)

Appaloosa (2008)

The Apparition (2012)

The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

Badlands (1973)

Be Cool (2005)

Bee Season (2005)

Beetlejuice (1988)

The Benchwarmers (2006)

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Blindspotting (2018)

Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012)

Cesar Chavez (2014)

Charlie Wilson’s War...

In 1993, author Irvine Welsh released his first novel Trainspotting into the world. The novel centered around the lives of heroin users Renton, Spud, Sickboy and their friends Begbie and Tommy. It was met with universal success and eventually adapted into a film. Trainspotting was directed by the mastermind Danny Boyle and has been captivating audiences for over two decades!

Released in the United Kingdom in 1995, and later released to America in 1996, the movie would also depict heroin addicts in Edinburgh, Scotland as they deal with life, drugs and their consequences as well as their various exploits. This wasn’t just some run of the mill movie adaptation…this is Trainspotting we’re talking about! Join us on Revisited as we look back on one of the best movies the 90’s had to offer.

In December of 1993, Andrew Macdonald, who would eventually become the producer of the film, was midflight reading...

While Matthew Lillard is best known for his turns in the movies Scream and Scooby-Doo, he also played a memorable character on the police procedural Criminal Minds. First rising to prominence in the mid-1990s in such films as Serial Mom and Hackers, Lillard quickly became one of the most versatile young stars in Hollywood. With his deceptively wide range and affable demeanor, he set himself apart from his youthful contemporaries through the sheer number of characters he could play. Even as he stopped starring in blockbuster movies, Lillard found a new niche for himself as a brilliant character actor, and shows like Criminal Minds were a perfect fit.

Running for 15 seasons during its initial stint on the air, Criminal Minds was a change of pace from the usual police procedural because it called on the real science of criminal profiling. Set within the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, the series...

The best thing about Hackers is its sense of style. And, if you know much about computer nerds, that should tell you everything you need to know. Flashy and complex, this Angelina Jolie-led 1995 tech-crime thriller attempts to fictionalize a very real phenomenon with mixed results. Improbable situations and technobabble tip you off early — this movie is going to be a cartoonish parody of hacking, a trip for '90s teens who wanted to believe in the transformative power of taking matters into their own hands. But just as real hacking isn't typing furiously while numbers fall down a screen, Hackers isn't just a bad tech movie. It's risen from the ashes as a cult classic, even received warmly upon release by some critics for its distinctive visual style. Though the actual hacking in Hackers is inaccurate, the world of the film is entertaining as hell. For many fans, that's more than enough.

Warning: spoilers from True Lies season 1, episode 4 ahead! Matthew Lillard guest starred on True Lies, and he may be just what the show needs to get a second season. The CBS series shares the same name as the 1994 Blockbuster hit starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis, but other than the pilot, and some character names, it’s pretty different from the movie. For example, Harry and Helen start going on missions in the credit scene in the film, but the series gets to that point in the first episode and becomes a spy procedural. In addition, the True Lies show fixes many of the movie's problems.

The promo for True Lies featured Scream actor Matthew Lillard, so everyone knew this was coming. Besides Scream, Lillard has also been in the Scooby-Doo films, Hackers and She’s All That. While his bigger movies were in the 90s and early 2000s, he...

Phenomena is a substantially different movie depending on how you first saw it. Audiences in its native Italy were able to see the original 116-minute film as director Dario Argento intended for its initial release in 1985. That cut was pruned down to 110 minutes for international release. In America, however, New Line Cinema cut the picture to 83 minutes before putting it out under the title Creepers in 1986. Finding its audience in the VHS rental market, this was the only version available in the US until DVD came around.

Each version has its advantages and disadvantages. The original integral cut contains everything, but it drags a bit in the middle and there are a few moments that were never dubbed into English. The international version is a bit tighter, mostly trimming frames and sacrificing only a few lines of dialogue. Those who grew up with the Creepers cut may prefer its punchier pace,...

Even in 1995, it was easy to snicker at Iain Softley's computer-centric cyber-thriller "Hackers." Firstly, because computer technology is so complex, and develops so quickly, any mention of modern cyber-gear would definitely be dated only a year later. Actual computer experts saw right through Softley's and screenwriter Rafael Moreu's attempts at being cutting edge. 

Additionally, Softley was presented with an interesting problem. While computer hackers occupied an exciting new technological subculture in 1995, people sitting at keyboards weren't very cinematically dynamic. Softley solved this problem by turning computer usage into something a little more abstract, using glowing animations, swirling cameras, and projecting images onto his actors' faces to make his film visually interesting. 

Softley also had to more or less create his own version of hacker culture from the ground up. He dressed his teen protagonists in complex neo-punk garb and invented their own patois. He assembled a glorious three-volume...

"The Skeleton Key" is a strange movie. For about 90 minutes, it's a routine supernatural thriller with all the usual mysteries and scares, something that seems instantly forgettable. Then it unloads a nasty little twist that suddenly throws everything that went before into a ghoulish light, making you re-evaluate all the clues threaded through the story. 

The film has its fans, but I still can't quite decide whether it is a clever ploy from screenwriter Ehren Kruger ("Scream 3," "The Ring") and Iain Softley or just bad filmmaking. After all, what is the point of constructing a puzzle box of a film if it only becomes interesting after the credits roll?

For the bulk of its running time, "The Skeleton Key" is a glossy slice of Southern Gothic that feels at once oddly timeless and deeply derivative. It got lost in the mix at the time of release among the emerging...

In the 1990s, the internet was scary. A lot of new communication technology had opened up to the public, and Hollywood responded by making a slew of paranoid cyber-thrillers, each one positing a near-future world where one's personal information was no longer private, and where wealthy, corrupt international companies paid top-dollar to get said information for their own nefarious purposes. It was a future where the human consciousness had been damaged by prolonged consumption to increasingly truncated information nuggets. I know -- crazy, right? 

Movies like Brett Leonard's "The Lawnmower Man" envisioned V.R. technology as capable of forcibly evolving the human brain. Iain Softley's "Hackers" (1995) uncovered a neo-punk subculture of computer-savvy teens who would access anything and do anything their prankish minds desired. Irwin Winkler's "The Net" (1995) was the most daring of all, suggesting that future people might spend all their time in online chat rooms...

Angelina Jolie will be starring in a new opera biopic from director Pablo Larraín. Larraín is a Chilean filmmaker who has been working regularly since the mid-2000s, though he didn't make his English-language feature debut until 2016 with Jackie, which starred Natalie Portman as former First Lady Jackie Kennedy in the days and years following the assassination of her husband, John F. Kennedy. After taking a brief detour to helm the Spanish-language adoption drama Ema in 2019 and the Stephen King miniseries adaptation Lisey's Story in 2021, he returned to English filmmaking with another major biopic: 2021's Spencer, which starred Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana.

Jolie has been a major figure in the industry for even longer, beginning her career as a child actress in the early 1980s, though she didn't get her major breakout role until taking the lead in Hackers in 1995. From then she went on to become one of Hollywood's premiere A-list stars,...

Amazon Prime Video has a host of new offerings to sift through in October. New to the streaming service this month is a brand new film from writer/director Lena Dunham, “Catherine Called Birdy” (available Oct. 7), as well as a pair of new release films from 2022 making their debut on the streaming service.

“The Northman,” the Alexander Skarsgard-fronted Viking saga, comes to Prime Video on Oct. 11 after first streaming on Peacock, and “Downton Abbey: A New Era” arrives on Oct. 28 (after also streaming first on Peacock).

In terms of new Prime Video TV shows, “Westworld” creators Lisa Joy and Jonah Nolan present “The Peripheral” on Oct. 21. The futuristic series stars Chloe Grace Moretz and Jack Reynor and is based on the novel of the same name by William Gibson.

Check out the full list of what’s new on Amazon Prime Video in October below.

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With its list of new releases for October 2022, Amazon Prime Video isn’t fully aboard the spooky season train but it is at least spooky adjacent.

The biggest release this month is Prime Video original series The Peripheral on Oct. 21. While not outright horror, it does sound more than a little unnerving. Based on a 2014 sci-fi novel by William Gibson, The Peripheral stars Chloë Grace Moretz as a woman in a near-future society who may have just discovered an alternate reality. Fittingly, Westworld‘s Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy serve as executive producers.

The other TV series of note in October is The Devil’s Hour on Oct. 28. This British thriller comes form Steven Moffat and tells the story of a woman who wakes up at 3:33 a.m. (the devil’s hour) each night to receive a disturbing vision.

October is home to a couple of Amazon movies of note as well.

After dropping the epic “Lord of the Rings” television series on Prime Video last month, it’s no surprise the streaming giant is taking it easy this October. They still have plenty of new shows and movies coming out, though none quite on the scale of their journey to Middle Earth.

That being said, they’re transitioning from the world of fantasy to science fiction with their new series “The Peripheral.” Touted as being from the creators of HBO’s “Westworld,” Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan, the time-traveling series is based on author William Gibson’s bestselling sci-fi novel.

Per an official synopsis: “The Peripheral” centers on Flynne Fisher (Moretz), a woman trying to hold together the pieces of her broken family in a forgotten corner of tomorrow’s America. Flynne is smart, ambitious, and doomed. She has no future; until the future comes calling for her. “The Peripheral” is...