By Chad Langen
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Ryan Gosling is making a big splash with his most recent big-budget blockbuster, Project Hail Mary. However, his lesser-known projects, like the romantic crime thriller All Good Things, are always worth a look. Even though the movie didn’t make a lot of noise when it was released in 2010, its presence on Netflix could introduce it to a fresh audience, giving it the attention it deserves.

A Unique Blend Of True Crime And Fiction

All Good Things grips viewers with its intriguing story that blends real-life events with creative interpretation. Gosling, known for his versatility, gives a commendable performance in the film, portraying Robert Durst, a wealthy heir to a real estate empire in New York. Kristen Dunst turns in a remarkable performance as Goslin’s on-screen wife, Katie.

The plot of All Good Things is based on the life of Robert Durst, effectively portrayed by Ryan Gosling, whose privileged life takes a dramatic turn due to his complicated personal relationships. Gosling’s character is seen struggling with family pressures, an abusive childhood, and the mysterious disappearance of his wife. The narrative skillfully intertwines these elements, creating a captivating portrayal of Durst’s life that is both tense and tragic.

The cast of All Good Things includes Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, and Frank Langella, who portrays Gosling’s powerful and intimidating father, Sanford. Additional standout performances come from Lily Rabe, Philip Baker Hall, Michael Esper, Nick Offerman, and Kristen Wiig. Each actor enriches the film with compelling performances that bring their respective characters to life.

All Good Things, produced by Marc Smerling and Andrew Jarecki, delivers a riveting exploration of a notorious crime, striking a balance between stark reality and cinematic allure. By filming primarily in New York, where the real events took place, the film’s authenticity is heightened, which deepens viewers’ engagement with Ryan Gosling’s depiction of Durst. Each component, from cinematography to production design, aligns with the director’s vision to adhere closely to the real-life narrative.

Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction

All Good Things, despite director Andrew Jarecki’s dedication to presenting Robert Durst’s true story, was met with mixed reviews upon its release. Ryan Gosling and Kirsten Dunst’s performances received praise from many critics, though some critiqued the film’s narrative pacing. However, amidst these diverse opinions, the film succeeded in amassing a loyal cult following over the years.

Interestingly, Robert Durst, the real-life figure that Ryan Gosling’s character is based on, actually cooperated with the movie’s production. Despite the film’s rather unflattering portrayal, Durst admitted that the movie accurately represented his life. In fact, he spent more than 20 hours talking with Andrew Jarecki over a multi-year period.

The impact of All Good Things is perhaps best exemplified by its connection to the true crime documentary, The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst. Andrew Jarecki, the director of both, leveraged the narrative elements and Ryan Gosling’s haunting performance in the film to create an even more compelling exploration of Durst’s life. This documentary was instrumental in Durst’s eventual arrest, as it brought fresh attention to the decades-old crimes associated with him.

The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, which came out in 2015, was sparked by Durst’s expressed admiration for All Good Things. After the film’s release, Durst reached out to Andrew Jarecki, offering himself for an interview, a departure from his history of refusing to collaborate with journalists. This phone conversation was recorded and later integrated into the documentary.

All Good Things is a gripping film that makes a deep impression on its audience. Its riveting storyline, potent performances, and correlation with actual events create a distinctive cinematic experience that remains with viewers long after the credits roll. Notably, the film’s significance extends beyond entertainment as its influence on The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, and its consequential role in Durst’s arrest highlight the undeniable cultural importance and impact this film holds within society.

All Good Things is currently available to stream on Netflix.

The Western is particularly popular right now, and, in recent memory, few faces are as synonymous with the genre as Kevin Costner. As John Dutton in Taylor Sheridan‘s hugely popular Yellowstone, Costner helped revitalize the Western for a new audience, with the years since packed with big streaming hits, often from other Sheridan projects. However, in May 2023, it was announced that Costner would hang up his cowboy hat and leave Paramount’s flagship series, instead opting to apply his entire focus to a long-time passion project.

Not satisfied with directing, co-writing, producing, and starring in his supposed four-part Western epic Horizon: An American Saga, Costner would also largely self-fund the project that reportedly took him 35 years to make. All the hype surrounding the opening chapter, released in theaters in June 2024, quickly dissipated, as the movie became one of the year’s most high-profile box office flops by earning just $38 million against a supposed $50 million production budget. Following this disaster, the wheels quickly came off the Horizon wagon, as the future of the whole saga was put into doubt.

Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2, which was filmed at the same time as Chapter 1, was then quickly put back on the shelf, despite being screened at the Venice Film Festival in 2024. The public still awaits the next installment of the epic Western saga, although Costner remains adamant it will see the light of day, telling the Savannah Film Festival that they were looking for “the right distribution partner.” Truthfully, the dramatic Western saga we’ve all been glued to has been happening off-screen, as the many twists and turns in the Horizon story look likely to entice a greater audience to the release of the sequel.

‘Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1’ Is a Streaming Hit

The fascinating story of Horizon behind-the-scenes has helped encourage viewers to check out what all the fuss is about. After its arrival on the streamer recently, Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 has officially placed as one of the ten most-streamed movies on Prime Video in the U.S., at the time of writing. This is despite facing some tough competition from other popular movies, including Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Despicable Me 4, the Oscar-winning One Battle After Another, and the brand-new Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War.

Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 is streaming now on Prime Video. Stay tuned to Collider for more streaming stories.

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June 28, 2024

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182 minutes

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Howard Kaplan, Mark Gillard

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Jack Ryan is a character whose creation felt like a novelty, as he was highly distinct among the other heroes that emerged in the 1980s. Based on the first novel in Tom Clancy’s popular series of “Ryanverse” novels, The Hunt for Red October introduced Ryan as a fiercely intelligent, deeply honorable CIA agent who later became the lead character in several films, portrayed by acclaimed actors such as Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, and Chris Pine. However, modern interpretations struggled to remain relevant because Clancy’s politics were grounded in the Cold War, and espionage looked much different in a post-9/11 era. Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan is a great adaptation because it retains the spirit of the author’s original stories yet applies Clancy’s approach to modern issues.

‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’ Isn’t a Traditional Origin Story

As was the case with the original films, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan turned the character into an unlikely hero because he was an analyst, not someone with any fieldwork experience. John Krasinski’s version of Ryan is the CIA’s sharpest expert on international relations and initially teams up with station chief James Greer (Wendell Pierce) to track down a series of irregular bank transfers linked to Middle Eastern terrorists. It would have been easy to pick out different international groups and make them each a “villain of the week,” but Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan doesn’t have the same reverence for American exceptionalism as some of its predecessors did. The most interesting update the series made to the source material is its depiction of Ryan as someone deeply conflicted about his work with the CIA; while he knows that institutional corruption clouds all his actions, it also provides him with an opportunity to do some good.

Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan doesn’t need to delve deeply into Ryan’s backstory because he begins to pick up skills and develop his worldview as he gains more experience. Krasinski’s performance works because he embodies the best traits of his predecessors; he has the quiet intelligence of Baldwin, the moral impeccability of Ford, the sense of humor of Affleck, and even the undeniable charisma of Pine. Krasinski’s Ryan ends up getting into a lot more of the action than the character ever did in the original Clancy books, and it’s not just because a fast-paced television series needed a star who would be willing to do their own stunts. In a modern world where decisions are made from behind a desk or in a secret meeting, Ryan is best able to assess a situation by being there personally. Most international conflicts are a lot more complicated than they are framed as being by Western media, and Ryan frequently comes to the defense of marginalized groups who have been scapegoated.

Although Krasinski’s performance is what helped to bring the show into existence, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan isn’t just a star vehicle, as it does a great job of developing some of the supporting figures in the “Ryanverse.” Pierce’s performance as Greer is interesting because he has a deeper connection to America’s intelligence community and must fight a different battle to ensure that Ryan’s investigations don’t cause international incidents. Michael Kelly is also a great addition to the show as Mike November, a complex character who left the CIA for ethical reasons to become a private contractor. Since Ryan, Greer, and November have distinct perspectives on justice, the show reaches its peak when the characters work as a triumvirate.

‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’ Is a Modern Spy Thriller

Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan feels most indebted to its cinematic predecessors because each season feels like a standalone adventure, even if it isn’t directly based on one of Clancy’s books. Season 1 explored a terrorist threat to the United States, while also showing the efforts by peaceful Muslims to take down the extremists within their culture; Season 2 looked at the combustible situation in Venezuela in an intelligent way that actually preceded developments in the real world. Season 3 was perhaps the show’s most politically outspoken installment because it called out the failure of democratic nations to stop Russia from amassing significant military power and becoming a dictatorship, while Season 4 ventured even further by showing how vulnerable the United States was to internal threats.

Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan managed to develop Ryan into the type of character who would fit into the later installments in the novel series, and the franchise continued with the sequel Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War, which set the stage for further adventures. Beyond helping to reintroduce Clancy’s writing to a new generation of fans, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan was highly influential on the subgenre of military and espionage-themed action shows that Prime Video would begin churning out, including Reacher, Cross, The Terminal List, and Citadel. Although it’s likely that Krasinski will reprise his role as Ryan in some other project in the near future, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan has played a significant role in redefining the franchise’s legacy.

Love Island USA‘s Beatriz Hatz made some revelations about her dating history — including the significant age difference between her and her ex.

During the Monday, June 8, episode of the Peacock series, Beatriz, now 25, spoke with Gabriel Vasconcelos about the relationships she had in the past and mentioned an ex-boyfriend, saying, “I had two adult relationships. I dated this guy for three years but we would break up and get back together. It wasn’t healthy. He was a lot older than me.”

Gabriel asked the exact difference and Beatriz mentioned a 20-year age gap. In response, Gabriel said he had an ex who was 18 years older than him.

Beatriz isn’t the only one to share a surprising story in the villa. Earlier in the week, the Islanders had to read out sex facts and figure out which of them it was about. One of the revelations was that an Islander slept with someone in their 50s.

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“I was out and I was having a good time with my friends. She started talking to me and she was hot as f*** for her age,” Gabriel, who is 26 years old, said about his encounter with the 52-year-old. “We had a good night together. She had a lot of experience.”

Gabriel’s sexual history was then joked about when narrator Iain Stirling compared him to a “reverse Leonardo DiCaprio” due to the actor’s dating history. In addition to Gabriel and Beatriz, season 8 of Love Island USA features Aniya Harvey, Bryce Alakai Dettloff, KC Chandler, Mackenzie “Kenzie” Annis, Melanie Moreno, Sincere Rhea, Sean Reifel, Trinity, Corbin Mims, Kayda Bosse and Zach Georgiou.

The Peacock show was also meant to feature Vasana Montgomery, who was cut from season 8 of Love Island USA after resurfaced social media posts showed her using a slur. Vasana was removed from the show before she got a chance to enter the villa. Both clips were leaked from her private social media, which meant producers weren’t privy to the posts while casting the season.

“I want to address a couple videos from my teen years that have recently resurfaced,” she wrote via her Instagram Story this month. “In those videos, I used a racial slur. I am embarrassed and disappointed by my words.”

Vasana noted that she wanted to take accountability for her actions.

“I take full responsibility for what I said and understand why it has hurt and upset people,” she continued. “Since then, I have grown a lot as a person and taken the time to educate myself, listen, learn, and better understand the impact that language can have.”

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She added, “That growth does not erase my mistake, and 1am not asking anyone to excuse it. I believe people should be held accountable for their actions, but I also believe in growth, learning, and becoming better. To anyone I hurt or disappointed, I am truly sorry.”

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By Chris Snellgrove
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Right now, there’s a lot of buzz about Hollywood box office earnings. Some movies thought to be surefire hits are floundering, like The Mandalorian & Grogu: despite being the first Star Wars film in seven years, it had the poorest opening weekend of any live-action film in the franchise. When you factor in the costs of marketing, it’s possible it still won’t make enough (reportedly, at least $500 million) to break even. Meanwhile, the horror genre is cleaning up: with Backrooms, 20-year-old Kane Parsons became the youngest director to reach number one at the box office. Meanwhile, Obsession has earned over $224 million and was made for only $750,000. 

With these movies making so many headlines, you might have overlooked another movie making surprising box office history. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie just quietly became the first film of 2026 to make over a billion dollars. This was the sequel to The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which went on to earn a jaw-dropping $1.4 billion. The sequel may yet hit that mark, and it’s already proven to be the most successful film of the year. That’s good news for superfans of this plucky plumber. But it’s bad news for everyone else, because the success of this subpar sequel ensures that cinematic slop is here to stay.

(Good) Mario Is Missing

To get this started, I need to rip the band-aid off with a harsh truth: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is bad. Like, really, really bad. On Rotten Tomatoes, it currently has a critical score of 42 percent. Generally speaking, critics griped about everything feeling weightless and meaningless in this movie, and that the threadbare story was practically tacked onto the animation as an afterthought. This is significantly lower than The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which had a critical score of 59 percent. Fans were also disappointed: while the first film had a fan rating of 95 percent, the second one had a lower rating of 88 percent.

Why does the success of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie bum me out? For one thing, it always sucks to see crappy movies rake in money left and right because it’s a reminder that genuinely good films usually suffer at the box office. For example, Masters of the Universe was an attempt to revive He-Man (Mario’s fellow traveler from the ‘80s) for modern moviegoers. It’s a movie that critics liked better than either of the Mario films (it has a 67 percent critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes), but it earned less than $30 million in its opening weekend. Considering that its budget was $170 million, chances are high that this fan-favorite film won’t be getting a sequel.

A Failed Cinematic Universe

That’s a shame because, while He-Man isn’t exactly a new property, it’s a revival of a franchise that hasn’t had a film in nearly 40 years. Accordingly, it felt like a fresh-but-faithful labor of love from truly passionate creators. Now that The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has earned over $1 billion worldwide, we’re almost certainly going to get more movies exactly like it: rushed sequels that lack all of the charm and originality of the earlier movie. Obsession and Backrooms may be proving the viability of original, low-budget horror movies, but studios chasing billion-dollar box office are going to crank out their own sequel slop as bad (or worse) than The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

While the success of this subpar movie is bad enough for other IPs, it’s arguably even worse for its own. While not perfect, The Super Mario Bros. Movie laid the groundwork for an entire cinematic universe with its cool characters, engaging plot, and memeworthy moments (like Jack Black’s demented “Peaches” song). By comparison, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has tired characters (with the exception of Star Fox), a paint-by-numbers plot, and few memorable moments. Worse, the few memorable moments we do get are tied to forgettable action sequences. Be honest, now: if this is how bad the second Mario movie is, can you imagine how awful the third and fourth ones will be?

Slop In, Slop Out

It’s hard to say without sounding like an old man yelling at clouds (to be fair, one of those clouds was throwing spiky dudes at me), but The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is symbolic of everything wrong with Hollywood. It’s not a terrible movie, but it just never even comes close to its full potential. Nonetheless, it made so much money that the studio (and countless other studios chasing fortune and glory) will put in as little effort as possible into more crappy sequels than anything original. Why should they put in any more effort, though? We vote with our dollars, and when people pay top dollar for low-tier slop, they just get more of the same.

Slop in, slop out. Sorry, movie lovers: thanks to The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, your good films are in another castle!

Before Netflix had Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) going viral for her dark, gothic dance in Wednesday, Archie Comics had already given the world a character with the same vibes, and Netflix’s live-action took her to the next level. Although that series got cancelled on Netflix, the character is now making a fresh return with a new release this year.

The return comes because Archie Comics is celebrating its 85th anniversary, and the publisher is releasing a new line of comics from October through November. The last time fans heard from the character played by Kiernan Shipka was back when Netflix dragged the character into candlelight, covens, blood rituals, infernal politics, and Greendale horror. That version ended on Netflix in 2020 after four seasons, and the cancellation left fans with the usual bitter feeling that the world still had more story to tell.

Now, Sabrina officially returns in Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1, launching from Oni Press and Archie Comics in October 2026 as part of a new line that also includes Archie #1 in September and Archie in Hell #1 in November. Sabrina Spellman has been away from the mainstream spotlight since Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina ended in 2020. The new comic book is written by Corinna Bechko with art by Kano, and early details place Sabrina back in teenage-witch territory, where she’s balancing high school, Halloween, Salem, and her newly discovered magical birthright.

Audiences Have Always Been Exposed to Different Versions of Sabrina​​​​​​

Sabrina Spellman has had one of the strangest second lives in modern teen fantasy. For one generation, she was the sunny sitcom (Sabrina the Teenage Witch) witch, played by Melissa Joan Hart, with a talking black cat, two aunts, school crushes, and spells that usually ended in sitcom cleanup. Then, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina turned the Archie Comics icon into a darker fantasy heroine for viewers who wanted their coming-of-age stories with demons in the walls.

Since then, Sabrina’s place inside the Archie universe has been present, but not as cleanly defined as it was during the Netflix run. The comics side has had its own horror material, scattered specials, and different attempts to keep the character active, but there has not been one obvious “this is Sabrina’s next big era” moment for fans to latch onto. That is why Archie’s 85th-anniversary celebration feels like the cleanest reset point in years.

Sabrina the Teenage Witch from Archie Comics and Oni Press officially returns in October 2026, followed by Archie in September and Archie in Hell in November. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.

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2018 – 2020-00-00

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Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

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Rob Seidenglanz, Alex Pillai, Kevin Rodney Sullivan

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