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Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos: Disney, Focus Features, New Line Cinema, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Studio Canal, Touchstone Pictures, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros, The Weinstein Company This article was originally published in 2017 and has been updated to include Cate Blanchett’s latest release, Rumours. Cate Blanchett has been a star since the very first second we met her. Her first-ever movie role, after just a few years in the theater, was supporting Glenn Close and Frances McDormand — two formidable actresses in their own right — in Paradise Road, but that was the last time (even when she was playing smaller roles)…

There are more types of vampires than there are types of blood. Vampires, creatures of myth and legend that have become iconic pop culture monsters, endure not just because of the unholy curse that animates them but because they are so versatile. These bloodsuckers terrify us, but they also entice us. They’re a grotesque other, and they’re an alluring image of our uninhibited selves. They’re sexy, they’re diseased, they’re the ruling class and the repressed victims. No other monster has their range, and it’s only fitting that vampires have left their distinctive fanged mark on the movies in so many…

Mario Party games are often criticized for being light on content, but the latest installment in the series, Super Mario Party Jamboree, aims to address this issue. The third installment of the MP series on Nintendo Switch, this title was recently released on October 17, 2024. Super Mario Party Jamboree is touted by Nintendo to be the “biggest Mario Party game ever” and judging by its price tag, this statement is probably true as it packs in a lot of features. Possibly. For example, the game has a roster of 22 playable characters, the most of any previous entry in…

“Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting?” asks the popular jazz standard, and the answer is pretty straightforward—the weather here is either stiflingly hot or bracingly cold, except for a few short weeks in late September and early October. Anyone visiting outside of this window will surely think the 8 million of us that haven’t yet packed up our belongings and said farewell to the rats are out of our minds. Autumn in New York and its fancy events and high profile guests unofficially begins with the U.S. Open (in which contestants bat a spinning ball around…

Ian McKellen excited Lord of the Rings fans earlier this year when he hinted that his new film, The Hunt for Gollum, would actually be a two-parter. Not so fast. Screenwriter Philippa Boyen, who worked on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, confirmed to Empire that The Hunt for Gollum is one movie. But beyond that, there could be more live-action “Ring” movies in the works. “I can tell you it’s not two movies!” Boyens said. “It was a pure misunderstanding that happened because we started working on two conceptually different live-action films. The first…

Gary Oldman “Slow Horses” Apple TV+Slow and steady doesn’t always win the race. After releasing four seasons in just over two years, Slow Horses has already been renewed for a sixth season on Apple TV+. Slough House wins again! In fact, many shows received early renewals this month. The Diplomat will return for a second season on October 31st, but has been renewed for a third season. Prime Video’s Reacher has been renewed for a fourth season ahead of the third season’s premiere. And Netflix’s The Night Agent was renewed for season 3 before season 2 was released. October is…

October is shaping up to be a great month for Netflix TV fans. This week, The Lincoln Lawyer is back for its third season of legal thrills, while the NBA documentary series Starting 5 has staked out a place among the most popular shows on Netflix. If Netflix was a broadcast network, that combination would have made for some interesting cross-promotional ads. Netflix is still riding high from the fourth season of Outer Banks, which returned last week and shot up to the top of Netflix’s show rankings. Additionally, Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft has been a fun…

Clockwise from top: We live in time. Smile 2; That’s a great pumpkin, Charlie Brown. And it shrinks. Photo illustration: Vulture. Photo: Everett Collection (Peter Mountain/A24, Barbara Nicke/Paramount Pictures), Apple TV+ Sigh, the summer blockbusters are long gone and it’s time to consider the dreaded fall release calendar. All these new indie movies and award nominees are meant to piss us all off with constantly changing dates. What does it mean that Anora is now in limited theaters when it seems like everyone with Letterboxd has already seen it? That means it’s tough to keep to a schedule . This…

Thursday, December 5th “Season’s Greetings from Cherry Lane” Hallmark+Starring: Jonathan Bennett, Annabelle Burke, Corey Cott, Sarah Dugdale, Shannon Cooke, Vincent Rodriguez III “Dance in the Snow,” Hallmark Mystery, 8 p.m.Cast: Erica Serra, Mark Ganime, Vanessa Burkhardt, Dorian Giordano “Brewster’s Millions: Christmas”, BET+Starring: China Anne McClain, Romeo Miller, Richard Pryor Jr., Lane Pryor, Thelma Hopkins, Tequan Richmond, Sierra McClain Friday, December 6th “Private Princess Christmas,” Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m.Cast: Ari Skovby, Derek Klena, Erica Durance Saturday, December 7th “Sugar Plumbed,” Hallmark Channel, 8 p.m.Cast: Maggie Lawson, Janel Parrish “Very Fun Beauty Salon” Lifetime, 8 p.m.Starring: Tia Mowry, Ronrico Lee, Donna Biscoe,…

A full-scale model of the Colosseum, which was flooded and filled with longboats. The two-ton, eight-wheeled, life-sized rhinoceros can spin, roar, shake its head, and run up to 40 miles per hour. Ground beef, sweet potatoes, and personal training are all Paul Mescal can handle. Gladiator II, which opens in theaters next month 24 years after Ridley Scott’s blockbuster original, cost such a huge amount of money to make.You might think such conspicuous spending would make studio executives sweat, especially after the disastrous run of another recent sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux, directed by Todd Phillippe. Considering the box office…