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Cole/Dylan Sprouse and Adam Sandler in ‘Big Daddy.’ Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Twenty-five years ago, Adam Sandler‘s Big Daddy wiped the floor with the competition. Sony released the comedy feature from director Dennis Dugan (Happy Gilmore) on June 25, 1999. The film opened to $41…

CNN  —  Yorgos Lanthimos — the movie director behind award season darlings “The Favourite” and “Poor Things” — is hailed as a genius by fans of his often strange and unsettling oeuvre. He’s made his name by courting the…

Superman must step aside and let his civilian alter-ego save the day in DC's new comics this week. In My Adventures With Superman #2, the Man of Steel realizes that he is in over his head. He must infiltrate a military squad whose members are more than ready to take down a Kryptonian and…

At the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Dreamworks Animation’s The Wild Robot was among the most anticipated sneak peeks, and audiences who attended the event were well rewarded with emotionally resonant footage from the film. Written and directed by the three-time Oscar-nominated Chris Sanders (Lilo & Stitch, How to Train…

A sixth installment in Legendary’s 10-years-strong Monsterverse is in the works, and Warner Bros. has provided us with a release date this afternoon: March 26, 2027. Yes, 2027. The wait is long. But have no fear, as the television series “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters” has been renewed for a second season, so that will likely come…

Tina Rowden/Netflix Nicole Kidman, Joey King and Zac Efron in the Netflix rom-com "A Family Affair."…

Now, the original joke about meeting for Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money isn’t funny. How could it be when now it’s just a line telling you what’s going to happen? It’s like if you told someone the old “How do you keep an idiot in suspense?” joke and then immediately answered with, “by not answering properly so the idiot in question is…

With the permanent closure of Buzz Lightyear’s Astro Blasters at Tokyo Disneyland just weeks away, the Oriental Land Company has announced that the special overlay of the ride will return for a limited time. “Astro Hero Time!” is set to return from July 2 to September 18, 2024. However, there is much more to the celebration and it will continue…

Stephen King created a number of fictional towns in his home state of Maine, where he set many of his most important stories. They include Castle Rock (which is something of an unofficial capital for King's universe) and Jerusalem's Lot, which served as the title of his second novel. Fans of It, however, will always…

While some movies bet on overlapping storylines featuring ensemble casts or numerous supporting casts, others are able to create powerful narratives with surprisingly small casts. The minimal cast movies are often able to make two characters form a deep bond or conflict throughout the feature film, since they share all or…