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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Paused

States argue the merger would violate federal antitrust law, leading to higher prices and fewer movies and TV shows.

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‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Trailer

Doctor Doom battles the Avengers, X-Men and Fantastic Four in the first trailer.

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‘Afterlife With Archie’ Series From ‘Riverdale’ Team Greenlit at Disney+

Disney+ has ordered the series version of the “Afterlife With Archie” comics, Variety has learned. The show was originally reported to be in development at the…

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TIFF Gala Lineup Led by ‘Rocky’ Biopic and Chris Rock

On Monday, the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival announced its hotly anticipated Gala and Special Presentations programs, showcasing feature films from close to…

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'The Odyssey': Ranking Every Performance in Christopher Nolan's Film From Worst to Best

See where Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway and Robert Pattinson rank.

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Matt Damon is Odysseus in THE ODYSSEY, written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan.

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5 Reasons ‘The Odyssey’ Defied Box Office Expectations

"The Odyssey" delivered a sensational $124.5 million domestically and $264.1 million globally.

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‘The Odyssey’

There's nary a dull moment in Christopher Nolan's vast, thrilling, slightly aloof epic, but despite a fine, bone-weary turn from Matt Damon as Odysseus, it's more sensually than emotionally felt.
‘Moana’

The first live-action Disney remake that works 100%. It helps that half the film IS animated, that Dwayne Johnson goes full Maui, and that Catherine Laga'aia portrays Moana with a beaming rapture.
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‘The Invite’

Olivia Wilde directs a bravura dinner-party dramedy that's like 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' redone as vintage Woody Allen. The movie keeps you laughing, and it never stops surprising.
‘Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass’

In David Wain's antically funny satire of high-concept films, Zoey Deutch is a naïf traipsing through big bad L.A. trying to score with Jon Hamm. It's laced with Wain's dunked-in-media lunacy.

‘Young Sherlock’

Guy Ritchie delivers a perfect origin story for Sherlock Holmes.
‘Marshals’

The 'Yellowstone' spinoff turns the Taylor Sheridan franchise into a workman-like CBS procedural.
‘DTF St. Louis’

The HBO series is a perversely hilarious spin on an erotic thriller.
‘The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins’

The NBC sitcom Tracy Morgan's best star vehicle since '30 Rock.'

‘The Romantic’

Bruno Mars makes a leisure suit of a record, doubling down on Silk Sonic's hermetically sealed '70s revivalism.
‘Icon’

Brent Faiyaz uncorks an instant-vintage serving of sultry R&B.
‘To Whom This May Concern’

Jill Scott pulls from all directions, yet centers the sound on her triumphant album.
‘Don’t Be Dumb’

A$AP Rocky steps back into the arena, all the wiser, on his ambitious album.

‘Amadeus’

Jefferson Mays shines as a funny and frothing Salieri in a gorgeously mounted, essential revival.
‘Bug’

Carrie Coon's gutting performance elevates this horror thriller.
‘Paddington’

A furry, funny, fantastic musical comedy.
‘Paranormal Activity’

Only nominally related to the Blumhouse horror franchise, the haunted-house show ditches hidden cameras for live scares.