Forty years later, Cronenberg's version remains the rare horror remake nobody holds up as a cautionary tale — here's why it still works.

Michael Mann introduced Hannibal Lecter five years before Anthony Hopkins did — then watched Manhunter bomb at the box office. Forty years to the day...

David Robert Mitchell's first foray into a big-budget Hollywood blockbuster may have been heavily flawed, but still delivers the goods: Anne Hathaway with a shotgun,...

The last Lethal Weapon movie was 28 years ago, and after the on-and-off development hell surrounding the fifth entry, Mel Gibson finally gives us a...

Years after making a name in martial arts action cinema, Van Damme took on the challenge of playing the roles of identical twins for the...

Andy Serkis brought Caesar to life with barely any dialogue — here's how his physical performance carried the franchise's most pivotal role.

What if Fatal Attraction is remade into an erotic thriller with a sci-fi angle

Destin Daniel Cretton forgoes the usual bigger-and-bolder sequel formula in favor of a more emotional and psychologically driven fourth Spider-Man movie that emphasizes personal stakes.

Director Destin Daniel Cretton and fight coordinator Peng Zhang bring in the team behind Jackie Chan's biggest stunts for practical action that barely touches CGI.

If only the shark-focused action within the freshwater cave system is as visibly engrossing as the toxic relationship between Kathryn Newton's Sara and Lana Condor's...

The director of The Mask, Eraser and The Scorpion King has died at 74, with Jim Carrey among those paying tribute to his four-decade Hollywood...

Potsy Ponciroli’s propulsive but uneven 1970s-set action thriller embraces almost no-dialogue novelty to bring out the best in Alan Ritchson’s commanding stolidity.

Once upon a time, nobody would have thought that Chris Evans ended up playing the Steve Rogers/Captain America role.

David F. Sandberg's viral short became a $148.9M horror hit — and the long-stuck sequel just moved forward.

Joe Johnston had five weeks to save Jurassic Park III after Steven Spielberg killed the script — and the movie almost didn't survive the rewrite.

A three-year lawsuit, a nervous studio, and an $18.5 million gamble — the risky road that turned Aliens into one of the greatest sequels ever...

In a classic example of what not to do with a legacy franchise like Ghostbusters, Paul Feig's 2016 reboot was a hard lesson that it's...

25 years after The Score paired Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando for the only time on screen, on-set tension nearly derailed Brando's final film...

The 1981 animated film is far from your garden-variety Disney movie, as the story hits hard on the honest perspective of societal expectations and the...

Kurt Russell almost lost the role to Charles Bronson — here's how Escape From New York turned a modest budget into a box office and...

Dwayne Johnson returns as Maui, but the live-action Moana doesn't add anything new — it just copies the original beat-for-beat, minus the magic.

Sébastien Vaniček trades Raimi's slapstick for New French Extremity dread — and somehow makes it work.

From blowing up the White House to defeating an alien armada with a computer virus, Roland Emmerich's 1996 blockbuster remains untouched.

Kane Parsons built a viral horror universe at 16 using free software. Here's why A24 betting on him might be the smartest move in horror...

Stanley Kubrick’s long-gestating passion project of reframing the Pinocchio story in a sci-fi mold ironically mirrors David’s wish-fulfilment journey of becoming a real boy.

Instead of rehashing the first movie's formula, this 1986 sequel went to great lengths by raising the stakes and expanding the character arcs.

Director Chuck Russell's new interview reveals the behind-the-scenes chaos that almost derailed Schwarzenegger's last great R-rated action film.

The first Superman in 1978 set the benchmark — but 45 years later, the sequel has never stopped surpassing it.

Thirty years on, The Cable Guy has gone from misunderstood misfire to one of the most prophetic films of the '90s.

The big-budget 2001 sci-fi comedy nearly became a John Carpenter horror film. Twenty-five years later, it deserves a reappraisal.

Paramount spent $45 million and got nothing back. Here's why The Phantom failed — and why it's getting another shot.

Nicolas Cage wasn't the first choice. Arnold Schwarzenegger passed. Thirty years later, the film nobody expected to work remains the one Michael Bay film nobody...

Fifteen years on, Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class remains one of the most carefully crafted comic book films ever made — and it's never been...

Alice Eve tries her best, but Chum is a shark movie that mistakes chaos for tension — and sinks under the weight of its own...

Before Superman Lives, there was Superman Reborn — the lost Christopher Reeve sequel with one of the strangest scripts in superhero movie history.

How Fox's rushed production, Bryan Singer's departure, and Brett Ratner's eight chaotic weeks created the superhero sequel that nearly killed the X-Men franchise for good.

Jun Ji-hyun’s big-screen comeback excels in her charismatic lead performance in Yeon Sang-ho’s confined-setting zombie movie.

André Øvredal's first movie in three years since The Last Voyage of Demeter, is one hell of a scary ride.

The time when the then-thirtysomething Tom Cruise took a huge gamble in producing his first movie, and successfully turned the old ‘60s TV series into...

Ron Howard's 1991 thriller used real flame, real danger, and no CGI safety net — and 35 years later, it still hasn't been matched.