One of the central conflicts throughout the Harry Potter series is the racial elitism that permeates the wizarding world. Many families with purely magical ancestry feel superior to other wizards and, more importantly, non-magical people. Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) and his countless zealous crusaders, the Death Eaters, incite two wars because of their self-proclaimed blood purity […]
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All The New Movies Coming to Streaming This Week: ‘The Little Mermaid,’ ‘The Banshees of Inisherin,’ and More
Whether you want one of the year’s best horror films, an offbeat science fiction satire, or a remastered classic revenge story getting a long overdue release, this week in the world of streaming has it all. COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT RELATED: 7 Best New Movies on Amazon Prime Video […]
Nothing Influenced ’60s Westerns Like Akira Kurosawa’s Samurai Movies
The ’60s were an age that saw Hollywood running dry on Western ideas, so they turned elsewhere for influence and found gold in samurai movies. Up until this point, the genre had dominated a large part of moviegoers’ diets. Classic Westerns were being cranked out of Hollywood left and right in the ’50s, with most […]
This Jake Gyllenhaal Neo-Noir Had the Most Horror Movie Ending
In many ways, Denis Villeneuve‘s 2013 psychological thriller Enemy defies interpretation – even by its own creators. Based on Portuguese novelist José Saramago’s The Double (O Homem Duplicado, literally, “The Duplicated Man”), the film follows Adam Bell (Jake Gyllenhaal), who happens to discover a man who looks identical to him. Filled with bizarre dream sequences […]
‘The Twilight Zone’s Rod Serling Has a Surprising Connection to ‘Planet of the Apes’
Everyone thinks of Rod Serling as the voice (and brain) behind The Twilight Zone, but he actually has a way wider range of credits to his name than people realize. Aside from Night Gallery, he was also one of the main minds behind the original Planet of the Apes movie. Serling wrote the screenplay for […]