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Snake prattle: ‘Anaconda’ flawed but meta fun reboot of snaky 1997 cult comedy

By Dann Gire
Dec 23, 2025 11:06 am - Why do studio killjoys sadistically ruin our entertainment experience by revealing a film’s key surprises and plot twists in commercials? Tom Gormican’s meta-comic “Anaconda” contains two key shockeroonie surprises, both revealed in the trailers.
Oscar contender ‘The Secret Agent’ capitalizes on the rise of Brazilian cinema

By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA
Dec 22, 2025 3:45 pm - Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho, “The Secret Agent” has been hailed by critics as one of the year’s best films and arrives amid a renewed international interest in Brazilian cinema. The film is backed by major wins at the Cannes Film Festival for both Mendonça Filho (best director) and Wagner Moura (best actor).
What to stream: ‘Stranger Things,’ Jennifer Lawrence, ‘Ne Zha II’ and Kate Winslet

Dec 22, 2025 8:31 am - Jennifer Lawrence playing a new mother whose behavior becomes increasingly erratic in “Die My Love” and three more “Stranger Things” episodes are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
‘Cool when it’s recognized’: Rom-com filmmakers return to Libertyville

By Mick Zawislak
Dec 21, 2025 8:45 pm - The team that created the romantic-comedy “The Exes of Christmas Past” have returned to Libertyville for its latest feature, “Christmas at the Zoo.”
‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ launches with $88M domestically, $345M worldwide

By JAKE COYLE
Dec 21, 2025 4:41 pm - “Avatar: Fire and Ash” opened with $345 million in worldwide sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, notching the second-best global debut of the year and potentially putting James Cameron on course to set yet more blockbuster records.
Harrison Ford to receive SAG-AFTRA Life Achievement Award for his career and humanitarian work

Dec 18, 2025 12:47 pm - Harrison Ford will receive a lifetime achievement award in March from the actors union SAG-AFTRA.
Wagner Moura is on the run in 1977 Brazil in ‘The Secret Agent’

By LINDSEY BAHR
Dec 18, 2025 7:19 am - You can almost smell the sweat in “The Secret Agent,” a stylish, slow burn thriller about radicals and mercenaries in 1977 Brazil. Filmmaker Kleber Mendonça Filho begins his film with the note that it was “a time of mischief.”
SpongeBob is back in madcap ‘Search for SquarePants’

By LINDSEY BAHR
Dec 17, 2025 1:44 pm - SpongeBob SquarePants just wants to be a big guy. For our bubble-blowing, Bikini Bottom resident, that means reaching the coveted height of 36 clams tall so that he can finally ride the big roller coaster at Captain Booty Beard’s Fun Park in “The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants.”
The Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029, leaving longtime home of ABC

By JAKE COYLE
Dec 17, 2025 1:38 pm - In a seismic shift for one of television’s marquee events, the Academy Awards will depart ABC and begin streaming on YouTube beginning in 2029, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Wednesday.
Naughty and nice: Paul Feig’s ‘The Housemaid’ is a twisty horror-thriller

By MARK KENNEDY
Dec 16, 2025 1:19 pm - Santa left us a present this holiday season and it is exactly what we didn’t know we needed: “The Housemaid,” a twisty, psychological horror-thriller that’s all wrapped up in an empowerment message.

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