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She tried a strange new opening - then her mom refused to blunder

Anna tests the Alien Gambit after Witty Alien teaches her the strange opening, hoping that if it works against her ...

'Independence Day' at 30, White House explosion explained, interviews

Volker Engel and Douglas Smith revisit the signature scene from Roland Emmerich's 1996 summer blockbuster.

Ryan Gosling Plays A Sixth-Grade Science Teacher Who Has To Save The World — And It's Incredible

Ryan Gosling stars as Ryland Grace in "Project Hail Mary." Jonathan Olley/Amazon MGM Studios In “Project Hail Mary,” the new ...

The making of Independence Day at 30: ‘I panicked and raced to set to rewrite’

The makers of the blockbusting sci-fi thriller reveal how they made a hit, why Kevin Spacey was almost involved and what went wrong with the sequel ...

10 Most Perfect Opening Shots of the 20th Century, Ranked

Classic movies like Touch of Evil, Apocalypse Now, and Back to the Future begin with some of the greatest opening shots in ...

Only 10 Movies From the '70s Are Truly Perfect From Start to Finish

From game-changing blockbusters like Star Wars to horror juggernauts like Alien, these '70s sensations are the equivalent of ...
Inverse

30 Years Ago, I Saw Independence Day In The Theater, And You Had To Be There

Thanks to the speech delivered by Bill Pullman as fictional U.S. President Thomas J. Whitmore, the Fourth of July, at least among movie fans and sci-fi buffs, has a meaning beyond the obvious ...
Dread Central

Fantasia 2026 Unveils Massive Final Wave With ‘Buddy’, ‘Colony’, ‘Freaks Part II’, and More [Images]

The Fantasia Film Festival has revealed its complete 2026 lineup, featuring Buddy, Colony, Freaks Part II, Nicolas Winding ...

How many of the worst action movies of all time have you actually sat through?

To find the lowest-rated action offerings in film history, Stacker compiled data on the 1,500 lowest-rated action movies on IMDb to come up with a Stacker score—a weighted index split evenly between ...
Lifehacker

30 Absurdly Patriotic Movies to Stream for the Fourth of July

Ross Johnson writes about television, film, and literature for Lifehacker. He has a degree in political science from the University of Rochester and has previously been a legal writer and editor for ...