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Three major blockbusters all arrive on streaming this week, as does one of the year’s most acclaimed low-budget independent films. James Gunn’s highly anticipated follow-up to “Superman” makes its long-awaited premiere on HBO Max this week as well, while Netflix and Hulu subscribers have a trio of promising new TV shows to look forward to. You should not, in other …

Summer is running out, but streaming never will. More new movies and shows to watch this weekend are arriving on Netflix, Prime Video and other streaming services. For an action-packed movie night, you could pair two blockbuster summer movies that have hit premium video-on-demand: the high-octane excitement of “F1,: The Movie” with Tom Cruise’s (possibly final) global spy run in …

Ethan Coen has revealed why he and his brother, director Joel Coen, no longer direct movies together. Known as the Coen Brothers, they are widely known as some of the greatest directors of all time, making some of the most beloved and critically acclaimed films, including Blood Simple, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, No Country for Old Men, and the remake …

At their core, most of the Alien movies are about corporate greed. The lengths a company, mainly Weyland-Yutani, will go to harness and exploit a power from the deepest reaches of space. Whether that means sacrificing a whole ship of employees, a platoon of soldiers, families, criminals, or cloning dead people, almost every story in the Alien saga is about …

Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty aren’t the only ones looking for a prince. Leadership at Walt Disney Studios has been pressing Hollywood creatives in recent months, multiple sources tell Variety, for movies that will bring young men back to the brand in a meaningful way. “Young men” is defined here by sources as ages 13-28, aka Gen Z. First, duh. Every …

7. He kept dead mice in his freezer David Lynch was an artist first, and a film-maker second (later, he’d also be a photographer, a songwriter and musician, a furniture designer and many other things). He would create works of visual art right up to his final days, but the most infamous would remain his “kits” – a pair of …

If you have spent any time on a dating app in hetero-world, you’ve probably encountered the type: enthusiastic, communicative, “partnered” with someone but “open” and very eager to talk about it. Or, rather, explain it – how it works, what the rules are, why it’s right for them. There is, of course, nothing inherently wrong with ethical non-monogamy – actually, …

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The actor Sharon Stone has expressed scepticism about the Basic Instinct reboot currently being scripted by the original film’s writer Joe Eszterhas. Speaking on US TV’s Today programme, Stone made reference to the unsuccessful 2006 sequel, in which she reprised her role of murderous novelist Catherine Tramell. That film earned dreadful reviews, poor audience feedback and just $38m (£28m) at …

Welcome to the celluloid jungle. Guitar legend and Guns N’ Roses axeman Slash is getting into movies, producing a “requel” of the 1983 cult Roger Corman trash classic Deathstalker. The film has its world premiere at the Locarno film festival in Switzerland, where Slash – aka Saul Hudson – is talking up this new addition to his CV. It turns …