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How 'War Room' Defeated 'Compton' at the Box Office
It's pretty rare for a movie to rise from second place to first at the box office in its second week of release. It's pretty rare for such a movie to defeat a summer smash that's topped the chart for...
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What's Behind the Crazy Box Office Success of 'The Perfect Guy' and 'The Visit'?
The fall box office season wasn't supposed to kick into gear until next week. No one expected much from either "The Visit" or "The Perfect Guy," two low-budget films with little or no star power that...
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'Goodfellas': 25 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Scorsese's Masterpiece
"I want people to get infuriated by it," Martin Scorsese said of his initial impulse in making "Goodfellas." "I wanted to seduce everyone into the movie and into the style. And then just take them...
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'Almost Famous': 15 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Cameron Crowe's...
Fifteen years later, that tour bus group singalong of Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" still rings in our ears. "Almost Famous" may not have been a hit when it first opened on September 15, 2000, but over...
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The 16 Best True-Crime Movies, Ranked
Sure, they may be a bunch of lowlifes, thieves, and murderers, but we owe the criminals who inspired our favorite true-crime movies a twisted debt of gratitude. After all, it was the true-crime genre...
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The Last 20 Emmys Hosts, Ranked From Worst to Best
Andy Samberg knows he has his work cut out for him. Describing his duties as host of the upcoming 67th Emmys to reporters a few weeks ago, he said, "You don't want to overstay your welcome, but don't...
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9 Things to Watch For During the 2015 Emmys
You can expect the Emmy telecast, hosted by Andy Samberg and airing Sept. 20 on Fox, to stick with what's worked in the past. As 13-time Emmy show producer Don Mischer told TV critics last month,...
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11 Best Martin Scorsese Movies Ever, Ranked
One thing that the 25th anniversary of "Goodfellas" (released September 19, 1990) reminds us of is how vividly alive Martin Scorsese's movies are. You can watch them over and over and still enjoy the...
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Box Office: Did Moviegoers Get Lost on the Way to 'Maze Runner'?
This was supposed to be the big fall kickoff weekend at the multiplex. There was the sequel in a successful young-adult fantasy/sci-fi franchise and an A-lister starring in the first major Oscar...
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Emmys 2015: The 13 Most Memorable Moments
There were so many random, inexplicable things going on during Sunday night's Emmys. Why was Bradley Whitford wearing a fedora? Why was Amy Poehler wearing a hoodie that looked like Pennsatucky's from...
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'Seven': 20 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About David Fincher's Classic
Two decades later, we're still totally creeped out by "Seven." The seven-deadly-sins-inspired serial killer thriller, which opened 20 years ago this week (on September 22, 1995), helped put director...
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'Heroes' Cast: Where Are They Now?
Once again, it's time for a motley band of mutants to save the world. At least, they'd better, in "Heroes Reborn," the NBC limited series that debuts Sept. 24. Picking up where the 2006-10 series...
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5 Reasons for the Huge Box Office Success of 'Hotel Transylvania 2'
Has the box office gone batty? "Hotel Transylvania 2" was widely expected to top this weekend's chart, but pundits predicted an opening near $35 million, lower than the $42.5 million debut of the first...
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The 9 Best Emergency Room TV Shows, Ranked
In real life, the emergency room may be a place where you wait and wait and wait for treatment until your arm falls off, but on TV, it's the most exciting place there is. Every week, life-and-death...
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Every David Fincher Film, Ranked From Worst to Best
It's been five years since the release of "The Social Network" (on October 1, 2010), and it still feels like David Fincher was robbed of the Oscar. His account of the birth pangs of Facebook was a...
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'Beverly Hills, 90210' Cast: Where Are They Now?
Want to make a Gen Xer feel old? Tell 'em that this weekend's Lifetime movie "The Unauthorized Beverly Hills 90210 Story," premiering October 3, is airing one day shy of the 25th anniversary of the...
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Why 'The Martian' Stomped All Over 'The Walk' at the Box Office
On the surface, things played out as expected at the weekend box office. As analysts predicted, "The Martian" won the top spot with an estimated $55 million, coming within spitting distance of the...
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'Melrose Place' Cast: Where Are They Now?
Sure, you like "Scandal" and "Empire" now, but the drama that made primetime safe for jaw-dropping, over-the-top plot twists was "Melrose Place." Anything could happen on the 1992-99 spinoff of...
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7 Reasons Why 'Pan' Bombed at the Box Office
"Pan" was supposed to be a treasure chest for Warner Bros. A year ago, the $150 million reboot of the familiar children's tale, with a cast led by Hugh Jackman, looked like the launch of a new summer...
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13 Best Steven Spielberg Movies, Ranked
Steven Spielberg's movies, including the upcoming "Bridge of Spies" (opening October 16), so routinely receive rave reviews that it's easy to forget that critics once dismissed the director as a maker...
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