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Rock legend Neil Young is ripping Donald Trump with a new song that explicitly blasts the president. “There’s big crime in D.C. at the White House,” Young sings in the chorus of “Big Crime,” which he released Thursday on YouTube with his backing band, the Chrome Hearts. Other lyrics also swipe at Trump, including “don’t need no fascist rules, don’t …

A tight, twisty script, meaningful stakes, a top director (Darren Aronofsky), and an A-plus cast have delivered a satisfyingly sharp thriller, “Caught Stealing.” It is also the most powerful PSA for wearing your seatbelt than any movie since the one they showed us in high school Driver’s Ed. Austin Butler, continuing to impress, plays Hank, a sweet bartender and the …

Good afternoon Insiders, Max Goldbart here bringing you a dose of news and analysis from around the world. Read on, and sign up here. ‘KPop Demon Hunters‘ Are “Golden” Netflix Ready for the “Takedown”?: Around 250 million of us around the world will by now have heard the ridiculously catchy hooks of KPop Demon Hunters, which has taken the world …

We have not been conditioned to have fun during a Darren Aronofsky movie — or, at least, not the traditional kind of fun. No one would describe watching the handful of addicts in “Requiem for a Dream” descend to a new circle of unimaginable, dopesick Hell as a “romp.” Even a film like “Black Swan,” which lives at the center …

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros and New Line’s Mortal Kombat 2 will now fight toward the start of next summer on May 15, 2026 instead of Oct. 24 this year. What the? Why is a highly anticipated sequel moving to next year after notching record views for a red-band trailer (107M global views). Precisely that: the Simon McQuoid-directed sequel is bound to …

Taylor Swift wore a metallic green manicure while debuting her engagement ring at a college football game at Arrowhead Stadium. The maximalist manicure came after she wore “soap nails” to announce her engagement on Instagram. Swift and Kelce announced their engagement in coordinated Ralph Lauren outfits in a flower-filled post on August 26. As Swifties know all too well, Taylor …

For those who like their murder a little on the quaint side, then Netflix’s new mystery movie could be for you. Then again, judging by its audience reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, that may not be the case at all. Based on the novel by Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club seemed to be making a killing with its early critics’ …

Macon Blair has had a charmed run since 2013’s Cannes Film Festival.  That’s when he and childhood best friend Jeremy Saulnier turned heads with their micro-budget revenge thriller, Blue Ruin. In 2015, Saulnier directed Blair in yet another critically acclaimed thriller known as Green Room. The following year, Blair moved into the director’s chair on I Don’t Feel at Home …

Mortal Kombat II was not yet finished with selecting its ideal release date. Warner Bros. is now set to release director Simon McQuoid’s sequel movie in theaters May 15, 2026, after it was previously slated for release in two months on Oct. 24. The film will now be part of the launch of next year’s summer season and avoids the crowded …

A NOTE FROM SCOTT Labor Day weekend is upon us, which means that the race to the 98th Oscars on Sunday, March 15, 2026, is truly, if unofficially, on. A host of highly-anticipated contenders will be unveiled over the next few days on the Lido and/or in the Rockies — among them Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Jay Kelly, Frankenstein, …