Pirate movies are one of those ideas that should be huge in theory but are actually rather disappointing in execution. For most of the second half of the 20th century, few swashbuckling movies made a dent with audiences, and some infamous failures like Cutthroat Island all but sank the genre to the depths of the cinematic ocean. Then, in 2003, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl came out and revitalized the genre for the next decade or so.
The film was a certified hit that proved pirates could still sell movie tickets, and there was indeed room for some weirdness in mainstream filmmaking. It spawned a highly successful franchise, including three movies that practically defined blockbuster cinema in the 2000s, and two subsequent efforts that undid all the goodwill its predecessors had achieved. But which Pirates of the Caribbean movie is the best? Nostalgia will certainly play a significant part in this ranking, but there should be a consensus on which the best and worst entries are. We might all love the first three movies, but we can also tell when the franchise started going downhill and why.
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‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’ (2017)
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is the latest entry into the franchise as of 2026. The plot sees a down-on-his-luck Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) on a race to get the Trident of Poseidon while pursued by the ghostly Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem), who recently escaped from the Devil’s Triangle alongside his crew. Joining Sparrow on his quest are Carina Smyth (Kaya Scodelario), an astronomer accused of being a witch, and Henry Turner (Brenton Thwaites), the son of Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), who seeks a way to break his father’s curse.
There are very few redeeming qualities to Dead Men Tell No Tales. There’s some witty humor, Bardem brings a ton of panache to what is otherwise a very simple role, and a few action set pieces manage to impress — at the very least, the franchise remained explosive until the very end. However, everything else is terribly tiresome: the love story between Henry and Carina is as bland as plain oatmeal, and the plot is somehow an uninspired retread of the franchise’s previous stories and an overly convoluted mess of ideas, none of which ever amount to anything coherent. Worst of all is Johnny Depp’s buffoonish, exhausting performance as Sparrow; what was once a wildly original and unpredictable character becomes a proper mockery of itself, a joke without a punchline. By this point, it was clear the franchise was way past its prime, and the box office reflected that, with the film becoming the lowest-grossing entry since the 2003 original. Talks of a sixth film are still ongoing, but judging by this last entry, the Pirates saga is best left at the bottom of the sea.
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‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ (2011)
Penelope Cruz and Al Pacino in Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger TidesImage via Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is the fourth film in the saga, and the first attempt to start a new story away from the overarching narrative of the original trilogy. Here, Sparrow encounters an old fling from his past, Angelica (Penélope Cruz), and the two board the legendary Blackbeard’s (Ian McShane) ship in search of the Fountain of Youth. Meanwhile, Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), now a privateer in command of the HMS Providence, is also in search of the Fountain, putting him into conflict with Sparrow once again.
On Stranger Tides is all noise, no substance. Depp’s performance isn’t as exhausting as it is in the follow-up, but Sparrow was already starting to wear out his welcome. His romance with Cruz’s Angelica is nothing particularly special, even though the chemistry is actually strong. McShane and Rush are just going through the motions, putting little to no pizzaz into their performances, and the supporting cast is not much better (there’s a Judi Dench cameo that’s pretty fun, though). As for the plot, it’s more contrived than ever, only coming across as sillier considering how unambitious it is. Overall, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is a completely forgettable movie, the equivalent of children playing with wooden ships, clashing them against each other and accompanying the action with louds “Booms” and “Bangs.”
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Collider Exclusive · Action Hero Quiz Which Action Hero Would Be Your Perfect Partner? Rambo · James Bond · Indiana Jones · John McClane · Ethan Hunt
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Five legends. Five completely different ways of getting out alive — with style, with muscle, with charm, with luck, or with a plan so intricate it probably shouldn’t work. Ten questions will reveal which action hero was built to have your back.
🎖️Rambo
🍸James Bond
🏺Indiana Jones
🔧John McClane
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🎭Ethan Hunt
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You’re dropped into a dangerous situation with no warning. What do you need most from a partner? The first few seconds tell you everything about who belongs beside you.
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You have to get somewhere dangerous, fast. How do you travel? How you get there is half the mission.
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You’re pinned down and outnumbered. What does your ideal partner do? This is when you find out what someone is really made of.
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The mission is paused. You have one evening to decompress. What does your partner suggest? Who someone is when the pressure drops is who they actually are.
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How do you prefer your partner to communicate mid-mission? Good communication is the difference between partners and a liability.
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Your enemy is powerful, well-resourced, and has the upper hand. How should your partner approach them? The approach to the enemy defines the partnership.
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Things go badly wrong and you’re captured. What do you trust your partner to do? Who someone is when you need them most is the only thing that matters.
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What does your ideal partner bring to the table that you couldn’t replace? A great partner fills the gap you didn’t know you had.
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Every partnership has a cost. Which of these can you live with? No one comes without baggage. The question is whether you can carry it together.
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It’s the final moment. Everything is on the line. What do you need from your partner right now? The last question is the most honest one.
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Your Partner Has Been Assigned Your Perfect Partner Is…
Your answers have pointed to one action hero above all others. This is the person built to have your back — for better or considerably, spectacularly worse.
Rambo
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Your partner doesn’t talk much, doesn’t need to, and will have assessed every threat in your immediate environment before you’ve finished your first sentence. John Rambo is not a man of plans or politics — he is a force of nature shaped by survival, loyalty, and a capacity for endurance that goes beyond anything training can produce. He will not leave you behind. He has never left anyone behind who deserved to come home. What you get with Rambo is the most capable, most quietly ferocious partner imaginable — one who has been through things that would have broken anyone else, and who chose to keep going anyway. You’ll never need to ask if he has your back. You’ll just know.
James Bond
Your partner will arrive perfectly dressed, perfectly briefed, and with a cover story so convincing it’ll take you a moment to remember what’s actually true. James Bond is the most professionally dangerous person in any room he enters — and the most disarmingly charming, which is the point. He operates in a world of layers, where nothing is what it appears and every advantage is used without apology. You’ll never be bored. You’ll occasionally be furious. But when it matters — when the mission is genuinely on the line and the margin for error has collapsed to nothing — Bond is exactly the partner you want. He has survived things that have no business being survivable. He does it with style. That is not nothing.
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Indiana Jones
Your partner will know the history, the language, the cultural context, and exactly why the thing everyone else is ignoring is actually the most important thing in the room. Indiana Jones is brilliant, reckless, and occasionally impossible — but he is also one of the most resourceful, most genuinely knowledgeable partners you could find yourself beside. He approaches every situation with a scholar’s eye and a brawler’s instinct, which is an unusual combination and a remarkably effective one. He hates snakes and gets personally attached to objects of historical significance, both of which will slow you down at least once. It doesn’t matter. What Indy brings is irreplaceable — and the adventures you’ll have together will be the kind people write books about. Assuming you survive them.
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John McClane
Your partner was not supposed to be here. He does not have the right equipment, the right information, or anything approaching the right odds. He has a sarcastic remark and an absolute refusal to accept that the situation is as bad as it looks. John McClane is the greatest accidental hero in the history of action cinema — a man whose superpower is stubbornness, whose contingency plan is improvisation, and whose capacity to absorb punishment and keep moving would be alarming if it weren’t so useful. He will complain the entire time. He will make it significantly more chaotic than it needed to be. And he will absolutely, unconditionally, without question come through when it counts. Yippee-ki-yay.
Ethan Hunt
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Your partner has already run seventeen scenarios by the time you’ve finished reading the briefing, and the plan he’s settled on involves at least two things that should be physically impossible. Ethan Hunt operates at the absolute edge of human capability — technically, physically, and intellectually — and he brings the same relentless precision to protecting his partners that he brings to dismantling organisations that shouldn’t exist. He is not easy to know and he will never fully tell you everything. But he will carry the weight of the mission so completely, so absolutely, that your job is simply to trust him — and the remarkable thing is that trusting him always turns out to be the right call. The mission will be impossible. He will complete it anyway.
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‘Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End’ (2007)
The conclusion of the original trilogy, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End is a strong contender for the defining movie event of the 2000s. Picking up where its predecessor left off, the film sees a crew of pirates, including Will Turner, Elizabeth Swann, and Barbossa, heading towards Davy Jones’ Locker to rescue Jack Sparrow. Meanwhile, Davy Jones (Billy Nighy) himself is under the control of Lord Cutler Beckett (Tom Hollander), wreaking havoc across the seven seas. The pirates prepare to gather the Brethren Court and launch one final stand against the East India Trading Company to secure the future of pirates and their way of life.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End is far from a perfect movie; in fact, it’s terribly flawed. The plot is needlessly convoluted and makes little to no sense, trying to do too many things at once and failing to provide a satisfying payoff to most of its narrative points. The movie also lags in the middle, to the point where you might start to wonder what you’re watching. However, the climax is so exhilarating that it almost makes up for the larger missteps—almost being the keyword. The climactic battle aboard the Black Pearl and the Flying Dutchman is one of the most thrilling sequences in Disney history, enhanced by incredible visual effects and Hans Zimmer‘s thunderous score. It has many moving parts, too many things happening at once, but the sheer spectacle of it all is more than enough to fully immerse you in the action. Davy Jones’ tragic ending and the conclusion to Will’s story with his father, Bootstrap Bill (Stellan Skarsgård), further elevate the ending and the film overall.
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‘Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl’ (2003)
Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightley look in the same direction as soldiers in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.Image via Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
As previously mentioned, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl started it all. The plot centers on blacksmith Will Turner, who joins forces with the eccentric but surprisingly capable Captain Jack Sparrow to rescue Elizabeth Swann, the governor’s daughter who has been kidnapped by a band of pirates. As it turns out, the pirates, led by Captain Barbossa, are actually an undead crew looking to break their curse by reuniting the pieces of the cursed Aztec treasure behind their misery.
Hardly anyone expected anything from a movie based on a theme park attraction, which is why The Curse of the Black Pearl was such a pleasant surprise. The film is quirky, delightful, and action-packed, featuring a near-perfect balance of humor and thrilling action, the likes of which we seldom see anymore. The romance story between Will and Elizabeth is charming and perfectly utilized, bolstered by the strong chemistry between Keira Knightley and Orlando Bloom. For his part, Rush is having the time of his life as the undead Barbossa, a villain equal parts compelling and off-putting. The highlight of the movie, however, is Depp’s Oscar-nominated performance as Jack Sparrow, a truly original creation unlike anything fans had seen before. Sparrow was like a breath of fresh air, a complete subversion of what people expected a pirate to look and sound like. Over twenty years later, The Curse of the Black Pearl is still a perfect adventure movie and the peak of the swashbuckling genre.
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‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest’ (2006)
Davy Jones plays the organ in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s ChestImage via Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
The Curse of the Black Pearl is pretty perfect as a standalone adventure, but the film that truly represents the franchise at its best and most ambitious is Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. Picking up a year after its predecessor, the film sees Jack Sparrow hunted by the ruthless Davy Jones, the captain of the Flying Dutchman, to whom he owes a blood debt. Meanwhile, the wedding of Will and Elizabeth is interrupted by Lord Cutler Beckett, who arrests the latter while forcing the former to locate Sparrow’s magic compass, meaning to use it to locate the legendary Dead Man’s Chest.
Dead Man’s Chest features a lot of the franchise’s overall flaws: it’s overly long, needlessly convoluted, messy, and bombastic. Yet, it’s also ambitious, unrestrained, bold, and creative, a larger-than-life effort that perfectly encapsulates the true meaning of cinematic spectacle. The main trio is in fine shape, and the unexpected flirtation between Elizabeth and Jack is a welcome change. However, it’s Davy Jones who’s the real star of this show. Played by an Oscar-worthy Bill Nighy, Davy Jones is among the best cinematic villains of the noughties and a strong contender for the best and most original character of the decade as a whole. Visually, Jones is striking and incredibly realistic, marking a new peak of visual effects that has rarely been matched, let alone surpassed. In terms of performance, Nighy devours the scenery whole, actors and all, becoming a literal acting kraken. The result is an incredible, timeless villain in an incredible, timeless movie. Is it flawless? No. But Dead Man’s Chest is the best Pirates of the Caribbean movie, the epitome of everything the franchise ever hoped to be.
Spy movies have always been some level of popular, but it feels like that particular genre had an especially good run throughout the 1960s. The Cold War probably had something to do with that, because there weren’t soldiers fighting in the traditional way, but there were fears about agents, spies, and other espionage-related people operating within all that Cold War conflict behind the scenes.
So, spy movies were a way to explore things that were interesting to people at the time, and either show things happening behind the scenes, so to speak, or make espionage-related things more exciting and cinematic… maybe even a bit escapist, too. There are a particularly large number of great spy movies from the 1960s, including the ones below (though it should also be noted that plenty of good spy movies have been made on either side of this decade, too).
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‘Thunderball’ (1966)
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To take things out of order a bit here, here’s Thunderball, which was the fourth James Bond movie overall, and the fourth with Sean Connery. As far as the 1960s went, he did appear in one more, in 1967, called You Only Live Twice, but the other four are all a little stronger, so they’re going here. Yes, spoilers, for the rest of the ranking. Thunderball and some of its older brothers are all going to appear.
The shark isn’t fully jumped in Thunderball, but things do get a little silly at times, and there are sharks involved, with Thunderball being identifiable as the “very aquatic,” or maybe the particularly tropical, Sean Connery James Bond movie. It does what all the early James Bond movies do. It’s got the good and the bad, and an unembarrassed willingness to keep to that good old formula.
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‘Funeral in Berlin’ (1966)
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One of the first big leading roles for Michael Caine came in 1965, with The Ipcress File. In contrast to someone like 007, the protagonist in the movie, Harry Palmer, found himself wrapped up in more grounded and less explosive espionage-related stories. The Ipcress File marked the first time Caine played Palmer, but it was a role he returned to surprisingly often; four more times, to be exact.
Of those sequels to The Ipcress File, the best is probably Funeral in Berlin, which was released one year after its predecessor. It’s a very direct spy movie, and the kind that probably won’t surprise too many people (especially anyone familiar with the genre)… but it gives Caine another opportunity to shine in one of his best early roles, and at least contains enough style and narrative intrigue to be a more than solid viewing experience.
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‘Dr. No’ (1962)
Beginning what would become an immensely long-running film series in style, Dr. No was the first time movie audiences ever got to see James Bond, and perhaps the first time many were introduced to Sean Connery as an actor. It’s not an instance where the first film was the very best in the series, but Dr. No is still very good for its time, an admirable start to the series, and one of the better (albeit not the greatest) 007 films Connery starred in.
The titular character is the villain Bond goes up against here, with his evil plan involving the destruction of the U.S. space program. Many staples of the series that would become beloved as the years went on got their start here in Dr. No, and Connery himself was instantly magnetic in the role he seemed born to play… though there were so many movies of his post-Dr. No that showed he was much more than just James Bond (see Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Man Who Would Be King, and The Untouchables).
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‘The Ipcress File’ (1965)
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Michael Caine never played the most well-known of all cinematic British spies (you know, that guy who was in the previously mentioned Thunderball and Dr. No), but he did portray Harry Palmer, who’s a character you might know if you really like spy novels and/or movies. Caine played Palmer a total of five times, but the first movie in what became a series, The Ipcress File, is the best of the bunch.
It’s also a more low-key sort of spy story, compared to that other one whose first movies came out in the 1960s, and came to redefine what spies were, in pop culture. But if you’re willing to have a bit more of a slow-burn kind of thing, and a spy film that emphasizes thrills and suspense over action, then The Ipcress File satisfies, with Caine being especially good here (and probably the main reason to watch this one).
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‘From Russia With Love’ (1963)
Sean Connery on the phone as James Bond in From Russia with LoveImage via United Artists
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For anyone who thought 1962’s Dr. No was a good, though not great, 007 film, 1963 thankfully saw the release of its largely improved sequel, From Russia with Love. It’s another entertaining blast of thrills, adventuring, and action, all following everyone’s favorite charismatic spy who can get out of seemingly any situation, no matter how dangerous, with both the series and the main character feeling more confident in their shared second cinematic outing.
The organization of SPECTRE takes center stage in From Russia with Love, leading Bond on another high-risk mission where the eventually revealed villains prove even more deadly than anyone he’d faced before. It’s got some of the minor flaws and uncomfortable moments one has to grit their teeth and deal with when it comes to early James Bond, but as far as action movies that are over six decades old go, From Russia with Love is a largely impressive and entertaining one. If you want to complain about certain things aging, sure, but the movie is just aged, like, objectively. 1963 was a long time ago.
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‘The Manchurian Candidate’ (1962)
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1962 was even longer ago, than 1963. Not by much, but still. Here, you’ve got a murky, bleak, and anxiety-inducing movie about some very bad people doing very bad things, The Manchurian Candidate is the kind of classic that’s remained feeling paranoid across decades now. The plot concerns Korean War veterans, and the strange things that happen to one in particular after he returns home, with certain nightmares and events potentially suggesting he might be the victim of brainwashing.
He’s intended to be a vital part of a vast conspiracy, basically made into an unwilling spy/assassin of sorts, or so he comes to fear. To put it mildly, The Manchurian Candidate is extremely intense and psychologically dizzying, and it does a scarily good job at putting you in the mind of its disoriented and hopeless main character… and some other characters, too, considering the psychological torment and brainwashing doesn’t just stop with him. And maybe it goes without saying, but The Manchurian Candidate is not really concerned with action, since it’s more of a dark psychological drama (with some thriller elements, too).
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‘Charade’ (1963)
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Released in a pretty strong year for cinema, Charade is one of the most Hitchcockian films not actually directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Also, yes, like with Mr. Bond, some of Hitchcock’s spy movies will get mentioned here, but not just yet. For now, Charade deserves some praise, especially because it’s a genuinely great comedy – and has a perfect lead actor pairing in Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn – on top of being a fun spy thriller.
In the film, Grant and Hepburn play characters who fall for each other, but then get swept up in a madcap series of events involving dangerous associates of the latter’s dead husband. The pair kind of have to become isolated and amateur sleuths to get to the bottom of whatever’s going on, and everything becomes worth questioning, since everyone’s hard to read. Charade is almost farcical, but not to the point where the thrills get undermined, nor to the point where it genuinely feels like an all-out parody of the spy genre, so it’s an exceptionally well-balanced film, all things considered.
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‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ (1969)
George Lazenby as James Bond sitting with Joanna Lumley’s The English Girl in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service Image via MGM
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The first time George Lazenby played James Bond also happened to be the final time, and he is, to date, the only actor in the official Eon Films series to play 007 just once. Thankfully, though, the one he appeared in was On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, which is a high point of the entire series, and – for better or worse – is often the cool person’s pick for the crown of “Best James Bond Movie.”
It is a very good film, and one that was able to go into slightly darker and more tragic territory than James Bond movies had up until that point.
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Like, Christopher Nolan is a pretty cool person, right? Well, this one’s his favorite James Bond movie, so that’s something. It is a very good film, and one that was able to go into slightly darker and more tragic territory than James Bond movies had up until that point. In On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Bond was still cool and capable, but he also felt more vulnerable and human, and that adds to the drama of this film immensely, as does the action, which was a little grittier and more intense than had been seen in the series before.
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‘Army of Shadows’ (1969)
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Set during World War II, Army of Shadows concerns a resistance fighter/agent who gets betrayed by someone and subsequently locked up. After he escapes, he sets about trying to get revenge on whoever gave him up, but then that leads to further conflict, even more so than most people are dealing with at a time in history when the whole world was at war and all. But he plunges into a whole web of people and connections that can’t ever really be exited from.
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While Army of Shadows is complex, and it wants to unpack quite a bit thematically, it also works well as a thriller, and has a constant sort of reserved suspense throughout. Army of Shadows also looks fantastic, with muted colors adding a lot by way of atmosphere, furthering the sense that things are dark and hopeless, and that conflict/violence might well be eternal, regardless of how proficient you are, as an agent, or a spy, or a person fighting for what you believe is right. It’s a miserable watch, but in a good way, or at least the right way. And it is tonally quite different from the other spy movies being mentioned here, with more despair (and a greater emphasis on realism) than you might find in the 007 films.
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‘Goldfinger’ (1964)
Felix Leiter (Cec Linder) and James Bond (Sean Connery) in ‘Goldfinger’Image via MGM
The third of all the James Bond movies, Goldfinger, might well remain the very best of the bunch, and that’s saying a lot, considering how many films there are in this decades-spanning series. It’s the best one that stars Sean Connery (though not his only great outing in the lead role), and since Connery was the first and perhaps most iconic big-screen 007, then you kind of have to consider Goldfinger top spot-worthy.
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Narratively, it’s not too dissimilar to what you’d expect from most 007 movies, with Bond having to do his usual spy thing in an effort to prevent an ambitious criminal from pulling off a massive heist, with such an operation intended to destabilize the world economy. After Dr. No was good, and From Russia with Love was great, Goldfinger represented another step up in quality, and it feels like classic James Bond in every sense. All the ingredients fell into their right place, and the series never really looked back after this.
Never-before-seen photographs are providing a closer look at Liam Payne’s final hours inside the Buenos Aires hotel where he died. The new images reportedly show the former One Direction singer drinking, moving through the CasaSur Palermo Hotel, and interacting with two women before his fatal fall on October 16, 2024. Payne was 31 when he fell from the balcony of his third-floor room.
The photographs are among more than 3,000 documents and images obtained from the police investigation by the Daily Mail.
One newly surfaced photograph reportedly shows Payne swinging around a pole inside the hotel on the night before his death. The materials also include photographs of Payne’s damaged room, where the television screen had been broken. Images reportedly show hotel workers delivering alcohol and capture Payne moving throughout the property as his condition deteriorated.
New Photos Capture Liam Payne Meeting Two Key Witnesses
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Other images allegedly capture employees delivering alcohol to his room and Payne meeting two sex workers in the lobby. The women, identified in witness statements as Aldana Serrano and Lucila Goitea, reportedly arrived at the CasaSur Palermo at approximately 11:30 a.m. after Payne contacted Serrano through an escort website. The hotel collected their identification before allowing them to enter room 310, making it possible for investigators to locate and question them quickly after Payne’s death.
Serrano recalled that communicating with Payne was challenging because of the language barrier. “He was alone in his room. He greeted us warmly and I asked him for payment. We tried to communicate, but it was difficult because he only spoke English and I only Spanish,” she said.
Witnesses Claim The Singer Requested Cocaine
Inside Liam Payne hotel before his fall: drugs, powders, liquor bottles, squalor and more. Some new footage and photos from his fateful night were released. He sang for his escorts and requested crack at one point. pic.twitter.com/PQLDOsdR4N
The women reportedly told investigators that Payne sang for them and shared music he had been developing. Their statements also included allegations about his substance use. They claimed that Payne asked for help obtaining cocaine and discussed making crack.
According to the women, Payne ordered champagne for them and two bottles of Johnnie Walker Black Label whisky for himself. Goitea alleged that she observed him handling an unidentified substance alongside pieces of tinfoil.
She also described the hotel room as being in severe disorder, with clothing and suspected drug paraphernalia spread across the space. “It was a mess. There was tinfoil everywhere with traces of drugs. A drawer was full of it, there was more burned tinfoil on the couch… a lot of clothes thrown around… he smelled of alcohol,” she said.
Her account appears consistent with the newly released photographs of Payne’s room, which show a broken television screen, scattered papers and overturned furniture.
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Toxicology Testing Confirmed Drugs And Alcohol
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Toxicology testing later confirmed that Payne had consumed alcohol, cocaine and prescription medication before his death. Clonazepam, the medication sold under the brand name Klonopin, was also discovered among the items in his room.
An initial autopsy concluded that Payne died from the traumatic injuries caused by the fall. Investigators found no evidence of a physical altercation and determined that he was alone at the time. The Associated Press reported that prosecutors believed he may have fallen while in a state of “semi or total unconsciousness.”
Hotel Workers Carried Liam Payne Back To His Room
Surveillance images obtained earlier reportedly showed three hotel employees carrying Payne from the lobby back to room 310 shortly before his death. Although he appeared impaired, Payne was reportedly conscious and holding his head upright while being carried. He had been standing in the lobby only minutes earlier.
When employees reached the room, Payne allegedly resisted being placed inside. Staff nevertheless used a master key to enter and left him in the room. According to a police report, they also removed a mirror from the hallway outside, apparently out of concern that it could be damaged.
A hotel employee then contacted emergency services and expressed fear that Payne could hurt himself because the room had a balcony. “I don’t know whether his life may be in danger. He is in a room with a balcony, and, well, we’re a little afraid …” the employee said during the call. Payne fell shortly afterward.
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Queen Naija and ClarenceNYC’s relationship has remained a topic of public discussion for years. The couple has faced ongoing speculation about their relationship, including questions about when Clarence would propose. Now that the couple is engaged, social media users continue to dissect their relationship and share opinions about their dynamic online. But it looks like both Queen and ClarenceNYC have had enough and are clapping back at commenters online.
Queen Naija Sings A Message To Those Invested In Her Relationship
More recently, Queen Naija and Clarence have drawn attention after both began documenting more of their lives on streaming platforms. The couple sparked conversation during their week at Streamer University and again following their recent trip to Turks and Caicos.
After a series of clips and comments about their relationship circulated online, Queen appeared to address the ongoing commentary. On Saturday, Aug. 8, Queen took to TikTok with a message for social media users she believes have become too invested in her relationship. In the video, she sang about being tired of the speculation and encouraged people to “go get some money and quit worrying about me and mine.” She also called the behavior “parasocial” while addressing what she described as false narratives about her relationship.
Social Media Reacts & Queen Naija Reacts
Queen didn’t stop at the video. She also responded to several commenters who shared their opinions about her relationship with Clarence.
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One commenter wrote, “tell him stop ignoring you on stream tho,” prompting Queen to respond, “okay you one of ’em got it.”
Another commenter wrote, “the clips are there though Queen 😭 she’s in denial y’all.” Queen replied, “you just proved my point thanks.”
A third commenter referenced a clip in which Clarence allegedly discussed trying to end their relationship before it progressed further. Queen responded, “no, I’m not explaining anything about a man who’s not yours.”
Another user wrote, “Queen you are a queen! But we see it in his face he wanna BE YOU!” Queen responded with “parasocial 🎶,” referencing the song she sang in her original video.
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One more commenter wrote, “girl ppl just saying don’t ignore the signs 😌.” Queen responded, “and I’m saying let me live my life.”
ClarenceNYC Previously Defended Their Relationship
Just days before Queen addressed the commentary, ClarenceNYC also appeared to clap back at social media users discussing their relationship.
The exchange came after a funny moment from the couple’s Turks and Caicos trip made its way online. In the clip, Queen was seen on a boat when saltwater got into her eyes. She then started singing along to Tems’ “Burnin’.” Clarence was seated beside her during that moment.
After The Shade Room Teens shared the clip, one social media user commented, “he do not like her.”
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Clarence responded directly, writing, “you right, I love her you got a gun to ya head in ya profile pic you don’t like ya self 😂😂.”
Odysseus and his crew in ‘The Odyssey’Image via Universal Pictures
Three weeks into its global box-office run and despite losing IMAX screens to Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the epic hit The Odyssey has now passed the coveted $1 billion mark worldwide. It has also emerged as the highest-grossing film of director Christopher Nolan‘s illustrious career. Nolan’s previous release, the epic biographical thriller Oppenheimer, fell tragically short of the $1 billion mark in 2023, grossing $975 million at the global box office and going on to win the Best Director and Best Picture awards at the Oscars. The Odyssey is a shoo-in for awards success as well, but it’ll compete as a record-breaking box-office success.
The movie opened worldwide on July 17. It received excellent reviews and is now sitting at a “Certified Fresh” 94% critics’ score and a “Verified Hot” 97% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. The aggregator website’s consensus reads, “Reinvigorating an ancient adventure with majestic sweep and sterling work by its colossal ensemble, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey imbues myth with primal human feeling.” Headlined by Matt Damon, the movie also features Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, and Robert Pattinson in prominent supporting roles, with Jon Bernthal and Charlize Theron appearing in standout smaller parts. Produced on a reported budget of $250 million, The Odyssey was touted as Nolan’s most ambitious project yet, having been shot entirely on IMAX film.
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Collider Exclusive · Action Hero Quiz Which Action Hero Would Be Your Perfect Partner? Rambo · James Bond · Indiana Jones · John McClane · Ethan Hunt
Five legends. Five completely different ways of getting out alive — with style, with muscle, with charm, with luck, or with a plan so intricate it probably shouldn’t work. Ten questions will reveal which action hero was built to have your back.
🎖️Rambo
🍸James Bond
🏺Indiana Jones
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🔧John McClane
🎭Ethan Hunt
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You’re dropped into a dangerous situation with no warning. What do you need most from a partner? The first few seconds tell you everything about who belongs beside you.
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You have to get somewhere dangerous, fast. How do you travel? How you get there is half the mission.
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You’re pinned down and outnumbered. What does your ideal partner do? This is when you find out what someone is really made of.
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The mission is paused. You have one evening to decompress. What does your partner suggest? Who someone is when the pressure drops is who they actually are.
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How do you prefer your partner to communicate mid-mission? Good communication is the difference between partners and a liability.
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Your enemy is powerful, well-resourced, and has the upper hand. How should your partner approach them? The approach to the enemy defines the partnership.
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Things go badly wrong and you’re captured. What do you trust your partner to do? Who someone is when you need them most is the only thing that matters.
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What does your ideal partner bring to the table that you couldn’t replace? A great partner fills the gap you didn’t know you had.
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Every partnership has a cost. Which of these can you live with? No one comes without baggage. The question is whether you can carry it together.
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It’s the final moment. Everything is on the line. What do you need from your partner right now? The last question is the most honest one.
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Your Partner Has Been Assigned Your Perfect Partner Is…
Your answers have pointed to one action hero above all others. This is the person built to have your back — for better or considerably, spectacularly worse.
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Rambo
Your partner doesn’t talk much, doesn’t need to, and will have assessed every threat in your immediate environment before you’ve finished your first sentence. John Rambo is not a man of plans or politics — he is a force of nature shaped by survival, loyalty, and a capacity for endurance that goes beyond anything training can produce. He will not leave you behind. He has never left anyone behind who deserved to come home. What you get with Rambo is the most capable, most quietly ferocious partner imaginable — one who has been through things that would have broken anyone else, and who chose to keep going anyway. You’ll never need to ask if he has your back. You’ll just know.
James Bond
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Your partner will arrive perfectly dressed, perfectly briefed, and with a cover story so convincing it’ll take you a moment to remember what’s actually true. James Bond is the most professionally dangerous person in any room he enters — and the most disarmingly charming, which is the point. He operates in a world of layers, where nothing is what it appears and every advantage is used without apology. You’ll never be bored. You’ll occasionally be furious. But when it matters — when the mission is genuinely on the line and the margin for error has collapsed to nothing — Bond is exactly the partner you want. He has survived things that have no business being survivable. He does it with style. That is not nothing.
Indiana Jones
Your partner will know the history, the language, the cultural context, and exactly why the thing everyone else is ignoring is actually the most important thing in the room. Indiana Jones is brilliant, reckless, and occasionally impossible — but he is also one of the most resourceful, most genuinely knowledgeable partners you could find yourself beside. He approaches every situation with a scholar’s eye and a brawler’s instinct, which is an unusual combination and a remarkably effective one. He hates snakes and gets personally attached to objects of historical significance, both of which will slow you down at least once. It doesn’t matter. What Indy brings is irreplaceable — and the adventures you’ll have together will be the kind people write books about. Assuming you survive them.
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John McClane
Your partner was not supposed to be here. He does not have the right equipment, the right information, or anything approaching the right odds. He has a sarcastic remark and an absolute refusal to accept that the situation is as bad as it looks. John McClane is the greatest accidental hero in the history of action cinema — a man whose superpower is stubbornness, whose contingency plan is improvisation, and whose capacity to absorb punishment and keep moving would be alarming if it weren’t so useful. He will complain the entire time. He will make it significantly more chaotic than it needed to be. And he will absolutely, unconditionally, without question come through when it counts. Yippee-ki-yay.
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Ethan Hunt
Your partner has already run seventeen scenarios by the time you’ve finished reading the briefing, and the plan he’s settled on involves at least two things that should be physically impossible. Ethan Hunt operates at the absolute edge of human capability — technically, physically, and intellectually — and he brings the same relentless precision to protecting his partners that he brings to dismantling organisations that shouldn’t exist. He is not easy to know and he will never fully tell you everything. But he will carry the weight of the mission so completely, so absolutely, that your job is simply to trust him — and the remarkable thing is that trusting him always turns out to be the right call. The mission will be impossible. He will complete it anyway.
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Here’s How Much ‘The Odyssey’ Has Grossed at the Global Box Office So Far
With $460 million domestically and another $643 million from international markets, The Odyssey‘s worldwide haul now stands at more than $1.1 billion. This puts it ahead of The Dark Knight and The Dark Knight Rises, the two other Nolan movies to surpass the $1 billion mark. It has also surpassed the lifetime global hauls of hits such as Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, and Finding Dory. On the all-time global rankings, The Odyssey is now among the 50 highest-grossing movies ever made, and the second-biggest R-rated hit in history behind Deadpool & Wolverine. Domestically, The Odyssey is now among the 30 highest-grossing films of all time, and will likely climb several more spots before the end of its run. Oppenheimer ran for more than 500 days; The Odyssey has been in theaters for only 24 days so far. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
With Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos recently expressing his regret over the fact that they couldn’t make a third season of Mindhunter — executive producer David Fincher cited budgetary reasons while Sarandos blamed Fincher’s tight schedule — fans of investigative thrillers have been looking for alternatives. A handful of titles stand out: Black Bird, starring Taron Egerton and Paul Walter Hauser, received excellent reviews on Apple TV, while Des, starring David Tennant, offered a decidedly British take on the genre. Now, a new series is taking on the mantle with terrific reviews and early viewership success.
Created by Elizabeth Meriwether, the show stars Emmy Rossum as an FBI investigator tracking a female serial killer, played by Lola Petticrew. The series also features Scoot McNairy, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, and Jake Lacy in supporting parts, with Rob Delaney, Campbell Scott, and Hope Davis appearing in guest roles. The series premiered with three episodes on Hulu on July 27 and will conclude its eight-episode first season on August 31. For a few days following its debut, the series held a perfect 100% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, which is exactly the kind of stamp of approval that attracts viewers these days. And people certainly showed up, with the show jumping to the top of the Disney+ and Hulu viewership charts. It was only recently replaced by Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis‘ The Shards.
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Collider Exclusive · Horror Survival Quiz Which Horror Villain Do You Have the Best Chance of Surviving? Jason Voorhees · Michael Myers · Freddy Krueger · Pennywise · Chucky
Five killers. Five completely different ways to die — if you’re not smart enough, fast enough, or self-aware enough to avoid it. Only one of them is the villain your particular set of instincts gives you a fighting chance against. Eight questions will figure out which one.
🏕️Jason
🔪Michael
💤Freddy
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🎈Pennywise
🪆Chucky
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Something feels wrong. You can’t explain it — you just know. What do you do? First instincts are the difference between the survivor and the first act casualty.
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Where are you most likely to find yourself when things go wrong? Setting is everything in horror. Where you are determines which rules apply.
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What is your most reliable survival asset? Every survivor has a quality the villain didn’t account for. What’s yours?
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What kind of fear is hardest for you to fight through? Knowing your weakness is the first step to not dying because of it.
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You’re with a group when things start going wrong. What’s your role? Horror movies are brutally clear about who survives group situations and who doesn’t.
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What’s the horror movie mistake you’re most likely to make? Honest self-assessment is a survival skill. Denial is not.
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What’s your best weapon against something that can’t be stopped by conventional means? Every horror villain has a weakness. The survivors are always the ones who find it.
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It’s the final scene. You’re the last one standing. How did you make it? The final survivor always has a reason. What’s yours?
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Your Survival Odds Have Been Calculated Your Best Chance Is Against…
Your instincts, your strengths, and your particular way of thinking under pressure point to one villain you actually have a fighting chance against. Everyone else — good luck.
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Camp Crystal Lake · Friday the 13th
Jason Voorhees
Jason is relentless, but he is also predictable — and that is the gap you would exploit.
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He moves in straight lines toward his target. He doesn’t strategise, doesn’t adapt, doesn’t outsmart. He simply pursues.
Your ability to keep moving, use the environment, and resist the panic that freezes most victims gives you a genuine edge.
The Crystal Lake survivors were always the ones who stopped running in circles and started thinking about terrain, water, and distance.
You think like that. Which means Jason, for all his indestructibility, would face someone who simply refused to be where he expected.
Haddonfield, Illinois · Halloween
Michael Myers
Michael watches before he moves. He is patient, methodical, and almost impossible to detect — until it’s too late for anyone who isn’t paying close enough attention.
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But you are paying attention. You notice the shape in the window, the car parked slightly wrong, the silence where there should be sound.
Michael’s power lies in the invisibility of ordinary suburbia — the fact that nothing ever looks wrong until it already is.
Your spatial awareness and instinct to map every room, every exit, and every shadow before you need them is precisely the quality Laurie Strode had.
You are not a victim waiting to happen. You are someone who already suspects something is wrong — and acts on it.
Elm Street · A Nightmare on Elm Street
Freddy Krueger
Freddy wins by getting inside your head — using your own fears, your own memories, your own subconscious as weapons against you. That strategy requires a target who can be destabilised.
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You are harder to destabilise than most. You’ve faced uncomfortable truths about yourself and you haven’t looked away.
The survivors on Elm Street were always the ones who understood what was happening and chose to face it rather than flee from it.
Freddy’s greatest weakness is that his power evaporates in the presence of someone who refuses to give him the fear he feeds on.
Your psychological resilience — the ability to stay grounded when reality itself becomes unreliable — is exactly the quality that keeps you alive here.
Derry, Maine · It
Pennywise
Pennywise is ancient, shapeshifting, and feeds on terror — but it has one critical vulnerability: it cannot function against someone who genuinely stops being afraid of it.
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The Losers Club didn’t survive because they were braver than everyone else. They survived because they faced their fears together, and faced them honestly.
You ask the questions others avoid. You look directly at what frightens you rather than turning away.
That directness — the refusal to let fear fester in the dark — is Pennywise’s worst nightmare.
It chose the wrong target when it chose you. You are exactly the kind of person whose fear tastes like nothing at all.
Chicago · Child’s Play
Chucky
Chucky’s greatest advantage is that nobody takes him seriously until it’s already too late. He exploits the gap between how something looks and what it actually is.
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You don’t have that gap. You take threats seriously regardless of how they present — and you never make the mistake of underestimating something because of its size or appearance.
Chucky relies on surprise, on the delay between recognition and response. You close that delay faster than almost anyone.
Your instinct to treat every unfamiliar thing with appropriate scepticism — rather than dismissing it because it seems absurd — is the exact quality that keeps you breathing.
Against Chucky, not laughing is already winning. You are very good at not laughing.
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The Latest ‘Mindhunter’ Replacement Has a Higher Rotten Tomatoes Score than David Fincher’s Masterpiece
The two shows will no doubt continue facing off over the course of the next few weeks. According to FlixPatrol, The Shards is currently the number-one title on the global Disney+ chart, having replaced the show we’re talking about, Furious. The new crime drama no longer holds a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes, but it seems to have settled at an extraordinary 98% score. The website’s consensus reads, “A tense thrill ride spearheaded by a blazing Emmy Rossum, this striking crime drama serves its stars and audiences Furious justice.” In her review, Collider’s Carly Lane wrote, “It might not be the clear-cut cat-and-mouse thriller that marketing has made it out to be, but that only makes more room for what Furious best embodies at its most successful: a barely contained scream of female rage.” Furious will return with a new episode on August 10. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
To this day, The X-Files is one of the most popular and beloved sci-fi shows ever created, and for good reason. The various adventures of Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) have stood the test of time as not only one of the most influential shows in an era long before streaming, but also one of its most boundary-pushing. It’s a more than fitting legacy considering one of the many big names to work on the series is none other than the legendary Vince Gilligan, who worked on the series as a writer, director, and producer. Gilligan, of course, is now known as the creator of some of the best shows ever made, including Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and, most recently, Pluribus.
After producing 128 episodes of The X-Files, the series is easily what put Gilligan on the map as a major force in the television space, but that’s not to say the series was always smooth sailing. A number of X-Files episodes in its long-running career faced a fair amount of controversy and backlash, with one of the most controversial examples being Season 4’s second episode, “Home.” The infamous episode goes full Texas Chainsaw Massacre as Mulder and Scully go toe-to-toe with inbred farmers, and it’s a story that certainly pushes the limit of what can and can’t be on network television.
In a new conversation with Jenelle Riley hosted by The Paley Center for Media attended by Collider, Gilligan is also dumbfounded by “Home” as an episode, saying he “can’t believe it was on network TV.” However, Gilligan also admits that another episode proved to be even more controversial behind-the-scenes, and the team found a surprisingly simple way to get the story past the censors. Referring to Season 2, Episode 13, titled “Irresistible,” Gilligan said that broadcast standards and practices described the episode with the single note of “This episode is absolutely unacceptable for broadcast.” While that would be a sign to many to just toss the episode outright, creator Chris Carter found a novel solution to the problem:
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“Chris Carter, who is this everlasting genius, went through the computer file, and every time the word ‘necrophiliac’ was there, changed it to ‘death fetishist,’ and turned in the same exact script, and they were like ‘yeah okay, this one’s fine.”
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
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🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
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Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
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The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
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You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
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You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
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You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
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Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
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You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
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The Truth Is Still Out There in Ryan Coogler’s Upcoming ‘X-Files’ Reboot
The X-Files‘ historic TV run is truly something to be studied, but it’s also a story that isn’t over quite yet. Ryan Coogler, the visionary filmmaker behind Creed, Sinners, and the Black Panther movies (including the upcoming third chapter that stars David Jonsson and will be shot on film), is set to reboot the beloved series with a brand-new duo played by Danielle Deadwyler (Rooster) and Himesh Patel (The Odyssey). No word yet on how or if the new show will connect to the original series, but original star Gillian Anderson confirmed she has read a script from the project and has repeatedly praised Coogler as the perfect person for the job, even if she stopped short of confirming a return as Scully.
Ryan Coogler’s X-Files reboot will stream on Hulu at a later date, which is where the original series is currently available. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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1993 – 2018-00-00
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FOX
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Rob Bowman, David Nutter, R. W. Goodwin, Michael W. Watkins, Tony Wharmby, Daniel Sackheim, Michael Lange, Cliff Bole, David Duchovny, Jim Charleston, James Wong, Peter Markle, Rod Hardy, Thomas J. Wright, William A. Graham, Jerrold Freedman, Joe Napolitano, Kevin Hooks, Larry Shaw, Richard Compton, Tucker Gates, Allen Coulter, Barry K. Thomas, Brett Dowler
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jeffrey bell, Frank Spotnitz, Howard Gordon, David Amann, Darin Morgan, Steven Maeda, Greg Walker, Chris Ruppenthal, Kim Newton, Paul Brown, Sara B. Cooper, Thomas Schnauz, Tim Minear, William Gibson, Jeff Vlaming, Charles Grant Craig, Chip Johannessen, Chris Brancato, Daniel Arkin, Gillian Anderson, Jessica Scott, Jim Guttridge, Kenneth Biller, Larry Barber
Roomies, sometimes the love story you least expect to make it all the way from middle school ends up becoming the one you never forget. Marcus Scribner and Gracie Globerman have officially taken their longtime romance to the next level, turning years of history, reconnecting, and growing together into a trip down the aisle.
The ‘Black-ish’ and ‘Grown-ish’ star, 26, and his childhood sweetheart tied the knot on May 9, 2026, during an intimate dinner-party ceremony at République in Los Angeles. The couple later shared the news publicly through Vogue’s August weddings issue, giving fans a closer look at the relationship that began when they were just kids.
Scribner and Globerman first met in sixth grade at Emerson Middle School in Los Angeles. Scribner recalled spotting her during lunch and immediately wondering, “Who is that?” Although he was too shy to make a move at the time, the pair continued crossing paths through mutual friends. Globerman said they look back fondly on those middle school years, joking that their “archive” includes everything from trick-or-treating together to Scribner’s Halloween parties and their graduation day.
How They Went From “Yes” To “I Do”
Years later, Scribner popped the question on August 30, 2025, during a trip to Davis, California, where Globerman attended college. He planned a 48-hour anniversary getaway and arranged a picnic at an arboretum surrounded by friends. After grabbing deep-fried corn dogs at a local farmers market, Scribner got down on one knee and asked Globerman to marry him — and she said yes.
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When it came time to choose their wedding location, the couple said Los Angeles was especially meaningful because it was their hometown. They also wanted their living grandparents to be there to witness their first grandchild getting married. République ultimately became the perfect setting for the celebration, giving the couple the restaurant-style dinner party they envisioned without having to worry about arranging a traditional venue setup. Now, after years of friendship, romance, and a proposal that brought their story full circle, Marcus Scribner and Gracie Globerman are officially husband and wife.
Folks Turned The Comments Into A Whole Party
One Instagram user @luigi_muah commented, “Congrats to them 👏❤️”
This Instagram user @_baeoftheday_ said, “That should be me 😭😂”
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And, Instagram user @itsyannniiii added, “🥳🥳🥳”
Meanwhile, Instagram user @90scherrieday wrote, “Why they lowkey look alike 😂😂”
While Instagram user @rollinwit_alexis said, “that’s not very blackish of you🫣! jk jk i’m glad he found love”
Then Instagram user @just_zerah shared, “Congratulations to them 👏🎉🎉”
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Finally, Instagram user @slayby2ella added, “😍im so happy for them”
Among the most surprising takeaways from the recently revealed Emmy nominations was that All’s Fair, the critically panned legal drama series featuring Kim Kardashian, had received two nods. The show, executive-produced by the prolific hitmaker Ryan Murphy, currently holds a 6% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. Most viewers were seemingly of the opinion that the show was too camp even by Murphy’s standards. But the television mogul has made a career out of over-the-top dramas, several of which have received significant backlash. Collider’s review of the Murphy-produced Netflix series Monster: The Ed Gein Story ran with the headline, “It’s 2025, Ryan Murphy, Please Stop Making These Serial Killer Sob Stories.” But Murphy remains as prolific as ever, and going by the reception for his latest offering, just as polarizing.
The show is Murphy’s third new release of 2026, following the sci-fi horror series The Beauty, and the period romance hit Love Story. All three titles premiered on FX and are available to stream on Hulu. The new series is headlined by Igby Rigney and Kaia Gerber, and is based on celebrated author Bret Easton Ellis‘ autofictional novel. The story is inspired by Easton Ellis’ semi-autobiographical youth at an elite prep school, but it takes a turn into genre territory with a murder subplot. As with most Murphy shows, this one, too, has benefited from divisive reviews. According to FlixPatrol, it jumped to the top of the global Disney+ viewership charts immediately after its two-episode premiere on August 5.
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Collider Exclusive · TV Medicine Quiz Which Fictional Hospital Would You Work Best In? The Pitt · ER · Grey’s Anatomy · House · Scrubs
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Five hospitals. Five completely different ways medicine goes sideways on television — brutal, chaotic, romantic, brilliant, and ridiculous. Only one of them is the ward your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out exactly where you belong.
🚨The Pitt
🏥ER
💉Grey’s
🔬House
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🩺Scrubs
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A critical patient comes through the door. What’s your first instinct? Medicine under pressure reveals who you actually are.
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Why did you go into medicine in the first place? The honest answer says more about you than the one you’d give in an interview.
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What do you actually want from the people you work with? Who you want beside you under pressure is who you are.
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You lose a patient you fought hard to save. How do you carry it? Every doctor who’s worked a long shift has had to answer this question.
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How would your colleagues describe the way you work? Your reputation on the floor is usually more accurate than your self-image.
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How do you feel about hospital protocol and procedure? Every institution has rules. What you do with them is a choice.
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What does this job cost you personally? Nobody works in medicine without paying a price. What’s yours?
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At the end of a long shift, what keeps you coming back? The answer to this question is the most honest thing about you.
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Your Assignment Has Been Made You Belong In…
Your answers have pointed to one fictional hospital above all others. This is the ward your instincts, your temperament, and your particular brand of dysfunction were built for.
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Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center
The Pitt
You are built for the most unsparing version of emergency medicine television has ever shown — one that puts you inside a single fifteen-hour shift and doesn’t let you look away.
You need your work to be real, not romanticised — meaning over drama, honesty over aesthetics.
You find purpose inside the work itself, not in the chaos surrounding it.
You’ve made peace with the fact that this job takes from you constantly, and gives back in ways that are harder to name.
Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center demands exactly that kind of person — and you would not want to be anywhere else.
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County General Hospital, Chicago
ER
You are the person who keeps the whole floor running — not the most brilliant in the room, but possibly the most essential.
You show up, do the work, absorb the losses, and come back the next day without needing the job to be anything other than what it is.
You care about patients as individual human beings, not as cases to solve or dramas to live through.
You believe in the system even when it fails you — and you understand that emergency medicine is about holding the line just long enough.
ER is television about endurance. You have it.
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Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, Seattle
Grey’s Anatomy
You came to medicine with your whole self — your ambition, your emotions, your relationships, your history — and you have never quite managed to leave any of it at the door.
You feel things fully and form deep attachments to the people you work with.
Your personal and professional lives are permanently, chaotically entangled — and that entanglement drives both your greatest disasters and your most remarkable saves.
You understand that extraordinary medicine often happens at the intersection of clinical skill and profound human connection.
It’s messy at Grey Sloan. You would not have it any other way.
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Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital, NJ
House
You are drawn to the problem above everything else — the symptom that doesn’t fit, the diagnosis hiding underneath the obvious one.
You’re not primarily motivated by the patient as a person — though you are capable of caring, even if you’d deny it.
You work best when the stakes are highest and the standard answer is wrong.
Princeton-Plainsboro exists to house one extraordinary, impossible mind — and everyone around that mind is there because they’re smart enough to keep up.
The only way forward here is to think harder than everyone else in the room. That is exactly what you do.
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Sacred Heart Hospital, California
Scrubs
You understand that medicine is tragic and absurd in almost equal measure — and that the only sane response is to hold both of those things at the same time.
You are warm, self-aware, and funnier than most people in your field.
You use humour to get through terrible moments — and at Sacred Heart, that’s not a flaw, it’s a survival strategy.
You lean on the people around you and let them lean back. The laughter and the grief are genuinely inseparable here.
Scrubs is a show about learning to become someone worthy of the job. You are still very much in the middle of that process — which is exactly right.
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Ryan Murphy’s New Show Is Dividing Audiences and Critics
We’re talking, of course, about The Shards. The show currently holds a 55% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “The combination of Ryan Murphy and Bret Easton Ellis should elicit magnanimously pulpy TV, but instead The Shards relegates itself to obtuse style with mildly entertaining substance.” In her review for Collider, Garbrielle Moss wrote, “This is a Ryan Murphy show, so, of course, there are some problematic moments: an unnamed disability is handled with a true minimum of sensitivity, and while the show’s running theme of teenagers being targeted by sexually predatory adults is sometimes handled with depth, care, and thoughtfulness, there are also moments when it’s played for laughs.” The Shards will return with two new episodes on August 12. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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August 5, 2026
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Directors
Max Minghella, Crystle Roberson Dorsey, Michael Uppendahl, Ryan Murphy
Writers
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Juli Weiner, Charles Rogers, Bret Easton Ellis, Ryan Murphy, Lenore Zion
Kylie Jenner celebrated her upcoming 29th birthday surrounded by famous friends and family, but her boyfriend, Timothée Chalamet, was not photographed among the guests arriving at her Beverly Hills mansion. The Kylie Cosmetics founder hosted an intimate “princess kitty”-themed party Friday evening ahead of officially turning 29 on Monday.
Kim Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian and Hailey Bieber were among those joining the festivities, while Kylie documented her bold pink outfit, playful decorations and three elaborate birthday cakes on Instagram. Chalamet’s absence from the arrival photographs does not confirm that he skipped the party, and neither he nor Kylie has publicly addressed whether he attended privately.
Khloé Kardashian, Hailey & Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian, Tristan Thompson, Devon Lee Carlson, Sydney Lee Carlson, Duke Nicholson & Kelsey Calemine at Kylie Jenner’s birthday party last night in Beverly Hills pic.twitter.com/mxFpuMWZVi
While several members of Kylie’s inner circle were seen heading into her multimillion-dollar home, Chalamet was not pictured making an entrance. The 30-year-old actor and reality star were last publicly seen together approximately one month ago at the World Cup final. During that outing, the couple appeared affectionate as they kissed while watching the game.
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Their relationship has frequently been kept away from social media, meaning Chalamet’s absence from Kylie’s posts does not necessarily indicate anything about their status. Kylie also did not share photographs of every person who attended Friday’s celebration.
Kylie Jenner Embraces Her ‘Princess Kitty’ Theme
Kylie fully committed to the party’s hot-pink aesthetic. The mother of two wore a fitted pink latex minidress with matching sandals covered in feathers and fringe. She completed the look with a bright-pink manicure and posed for a closet selfie in front of her extensive collection of Hermès Birkin bags. Her party accessories included a pink feather boa, rhinestone tiara, and a bedazzled drinking cup.
Before her guests arrived, Kylie shared glimpses of her decorations and documented the pampering session that helped her prepare for the evening.
Hailey Bieber Mixes Drinks For The Party Guests
Hailey helped celebrate her close friend by mixing drinks for those attending. The Rhode founder wore fitted tan pants, keeping the foundation of her outfit understated before adding accessories that matched Kylie’s theme. Hailey completed her party look with a pink feather boa and rhinestone tiara similar to the ones Kylie wore.
Khloé and Kim were also photographed heading to their younger sister’s mansion. Kim brought her youngest daughter, Chicago, eight, who may have spent time with Kylie’s daughter Stormi. The cousins are the same age and have grown up closely together.
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Kylie Jenner Shows Off Three Custom Birthday Cakes
Kylie revealed that her friends had three different cakes custom-made for the celebration. The first featured white frosting covered with colorful gemstone decorations, coordinating with her sparkling cup and rhinestone party accessories.
Another cake was designed to resemble Kylie’s famous hourglass figure wearing a pink bikini. The word “meow” was written across the playful creation.
Her third cake continued the cat-inspired concept with decorations created specifically for “Kitty Kylie’s” birthday celebration.
Kylie’s Previous Birthday Had A More Elegant Theme
Kylie’s latest party looked dramatically different from the sophisticated dinner Kendall Jenner organized for her 28th birthday last year. That celebration featured a long dining table positioned on a gravel path in the front lawn.
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The tablescape included red and white flowers, lit candles, raspberries, tomatoes and red floral-painted plates and napkins. “I have the best sister @kendalljenner,” Kylie wrote while sharing a photograph of the arrangement.
The reality star wore a black lace Bardot top for the meal and showed off a large birthday cake covered with raspberries and daisies.
Hailey also attended that celebration and filmed Kylie blowing out her candles while seated beside her.
Kylie Jenner Celebrates With Her Closest Circle
Kylie’s early birthday bash brought together several of the women closest to her, including her sisters and Hailey.
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While Chalamet was noticeably missing from the available arrival photographs and Kylie’s social media updates, there is no confirmation that he was absent from the mansion for the entire evening. The couple’s limited public visibility has generated questions about them before, but their affectionate World Cup appearance last month remains their most recent confirmed outing.
For now, Kylie appears focused on celebrating her birthday with her family, friends and three extravagant cakes, while Chalamet’s whereabouts during the party remain unclear.
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