With Philip Barantini’s “Adolescence,” and Seth Rogen’s “The Studio,” two of the most acclaimed shows of 2025, mainstreaming the long take, it’s time to go back to the roots.

Wan, who reshaped mainstream horror with “Saw,” “The Conjuring,” and “Insidious,” is now a free man following the tumultuous production of “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.”

The Callum Turner as Bond rumors have quickly spread, to the point where Esquire is now saying the actor will “probably” play 007 in Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming film.

Joe Carnahan’s new crime thriller has set up a January 16, 2026 streaming date. The film will be skipping theaters entirely, opting instead for a straight-to-streaming launch this month. Sounds about right.

Due to demand, I’ll start a thread updating the Critics’ Choice Awards winners at 7 PM Eastern

I saw so many compelling, sometimes strange, and always thoughtful films in 2025. Some arrived to acclaim, others slipped out quietly; many landed on streaming platforms and disappeared without much notice at all.

I’m late to this one, as I’ve been looking into some of the hints Steven Soderbergh has sprinkled inside his annual “Seen, Read 2025.”

Gunn seems measured but hopeful about the potential of having his DCU working under the leadership of Netflix.

The more risk-taking a film is, the more divided the reaction will be. Two years ago, film critics were dunking on Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon”; they could not stand the excess.

“One Battle After Another” is only the fourth film in history to win the NYFCC, LAFCA, NBR, and NSFC. The other three films are “Schindler’s List,” “L.A. Confidential,” and “The Social Network.”

How about “The Housemaid”? What a sleeper hit this one has become. It’s set not to dip at all in its third weekend. No, really — it earned $15M last weekend, and it’s set to earn $15M again.

Abrams’ film, which previously went by the working title “Ghostwriter,” and is set up at Warner Bros., now has an official title.

This will be an open thread where our readers can post their top 10 films of 2025 in the comments section below.

On Letterboxd, there’s been a recent surge in the trend of logging as many movies as possible, often called “rate-everything” or “list completion” behavior.

Chevy Chase’s current PR tour has been further proof of why the man is so widely disliked by people who have had the misfortune of working with him.

During the 2010s, Mann went as far as to select “Avatar” as one of his picks for BFI’s Sight and Sound poll of The Greatest Films of All Time. 

Just my opinion, but I find Mescal to be an overhyped actor—much like Pedro Pascal—whose popularity seems driven more by social media buzz than by genuine acting clout.

Netflix reportedly only wants to keep movies in theaters for 17 days after it buys Warner Bros, a move that would “steamroll the theatrical business.”

Scot Teller, who plays Burt Young/Paulie, has posted that Peter Farrelly’s “I Play Rocky” will be released in November 2026. That’s a major fall slot, which indicates Amazon/MGM has positioned the film for awards contention.

So, the audience for these ‘Avatar’ movies is indeed shrinking, but we expected that. Still, in the current state of theatrical—and with many proclaiming $800M as the new $1 billion for movie success—Disney will take the W