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Ranking The 25 Best Space Movies Of All-Time
By Joshua Tyler
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When most people think science fiction, they first think of outer space. But space movies are hard to make, and most SF filmmakers instead opt for something easier and more budget-friendly, like time travel or robots.
When a creator takes a risk and gets space sci-fi right, they become a legend. It’s why names like Kubrick, Lucas, Cameron, and Scott will live on long after the men who made them famous are gone.
I’ve spent my entire life watching, reading, and writing about space science fiction. That lifetime of love and obsession is paying off, for all of you, right now in one perfect, as unbiased as possible, ranking of space movies.
For the purposes of this list, I’m defining space movies as any movie that is not primarily set on Earth. So, for example, even though Avatar is largely set on one alien planet and very little of it takes place in outer space, it’s eligible for this list. Will Avatar make the cut? Stick around and find out.
Full power to engines, these are the best space movies of all time.
25. 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
2001: A Space Odyssey is one of the most groundbreaking movies of all time. How do you follow that up? If you’re MGM, you wait 16 years and then release a sequel that’s the exact opposite.
That sequel is 2010: The Year We Make Contact, and while the script was written by Arthur C. Clark, the sci-fi master behind the books, Stanley Kubrick, the auteur who made 2001, wanted nothing to do with it. So 2010 leans hard into over-explaining its plot as a way to compensate for the vague approach of 2001. That hampers what is otherwise a fascinating story of exploration and mystery against the backdrop of worsening political tensions between the USA and USSR.
The cast is one of the best ever assembled, with Roy Schneider and John Lithgow hitchhiking with a crew of Russians led by Helen Mirren. The production design leans into the gritty 80s space aesthetic, and while it’s not as impressive as 2001’s look, it establishes its own distinct style while also revisiting Hal 9000 and the abandoned Discovery.
24. Pitch Black (2000)
Director David Twohy’s little indie movie about a transport ship crashed on an alien planet is probably best remembered now as the thing that launched the career of Vin Diesel. With all due respect to the Fast and Furious movies, Pitch Black is so much better than anything Diesel has done since.
Diesel’s character anchors it, but a one-of-a-kind premise involving hordes of killer aliens that emerge when it’s dark. And oh by the way, the planet is headed for a total eclipse. Pitch Black is a wild ride and a ton of fun, effective both as horror and sci-fi all at once. And that’s something few other movies can pull off.
23. Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
There’s no denying that Star Trek: First Contact is heavily inspired by the movie Alien, but if it’s a ripoff, it’s a really good one. Many have tried to copy what Ridley did with his space-horror movie, but none have done it better than First Contact.
Captain Picard and the Enterprise must chase his old foes The Borg back in time to prevent them from changing Earth’s history. Along the way, they meet the inventor of Warp drive, a drunken weirdo living in the woods of Montana, and engage in a life-or-death struggle as the Borg terrorize and murder everyone aboard their ship.
22. Event Horizon (1997)
Event Horizon recently topped our list of the most extremely graphic space movies, and it earned that spot. In addition to being super gory and crazy scary, it’s also just a really good space movie.
It begins when the crew of a search-and-rescue vessel finds a missing ship adrift in space. Her name is the Event Horizon, and her mission was to test humanity’s first faster-than-light drive.
The interior of the ship is the stuff of nightmares. What they find inside the Event Horizon will make them question everything. And in the end, it all goes straight to hell… literally.
21. The Martian (2015)
The Martian, based on an acclaimed novel by Andy Weir, strands astronaut Mark Watney on Mars after a storm forces his crew to bail out without him.
NASA thinks he’s dead, but he wakes up and immediately starts solving problems using math, swearing, and improvised plumbing. He grows potatoes in Martian dirt, hacks a way to talk to Earth, and turns survival into an engineering marathon.
Meanwhile, NASA scrambles to mount a rescue that won’t get anyone else killed. The movie becomes a tribute to stubbornness and human ingenuity: one man refusing to let Mars make him a casualty.
20. The Fifth Element (1997)
In The Fifth Element, Parisian writer/director Luc Besson took us into the future and beyond, following the story of a girl wrapped in white straps and destiny.
Like some brilliant Blade Runner meets Galaxy Quest mashup, the movie starts with Bruce Willis as a futuristic flying taxi driver embroiled in some mystery surrounding a priest and a half-naked girl. Before long, he’s launched into space alongside squeaky-voiced Chris Tucker, fighting alien bounty hunters and protecting the girl, Leeloo (Milla Jovovich), as she’s drawn inexorably to her destiny.
The special effects are glitzy and eye-popping, and the movie was a career-maker for Jovovich and Tucker. And Luc Besson, if he knows anything, it’s how to shoot action.
19. The Last Starfighter (1984)
In the 80s, it seemed like video games were only a step or two away from reality, giving birth to movies like Tron and, in this case, The Last Starfighter. A video game-addicted teen beats his local coin-op, only to discover the machine is actually a recruitment program for an alien defense force. Whisked up into the stars and teamed up with an alien pilot named Grig (Dan O’Herlihy), he’s the galaxy’s last hope to save us all from a malevolent invading force.
The film’s special effects are dated, but the plot is universal, hero stuff, and that’s the kind of thing space operas do better than almost anything else. It’s all the little details that make this one so special: Beta Alex, the earthly robot replacement for our hero, the strange background of Grig’s family, and most of all, Robert Preston as the enigmatic Centauri.
Ok, The Last Starfighter is not perfect. That whole Death Blossom thing is kind of a copout. But even that seems pretty cool in the moment.
18. Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
I know what you’re thinking: Isn’t this a superhero movie? Sure, technically, Thor: Ragnarok is one of Marvel’s superhero movies. All the Thor solo movies contain some element of taking place in a fantasy version of outer space, though, and this one is not only the best Thor movie, it’s the spaciest.
Where the other Thor movies are largely confined to one planet besides Earth, Thor: Ragnarok is a Galaxy-hopping tale. It sees both Thor and Hulk leaping through space on a wild and incredibly funny adventure.
17. Passengers (2016)
In Passengers, Chris Pratt plays a mechanic who wakes up 90 years too early on the spaceship Avalon. He’s alone.
After a year, he stumbles across the sleeping pod of Aurora Lane, played by Jennifer Lawrence. He contemplates suicide, and he resists the temptation to wake her for months, until one day he snaps, and he wakes her up. So now Aurora’s stuck on a gigantic, empty ship with no one to spend time with, except the guy who ruined her life, only she has no idea what he’s done.
The ship on which it happens is a triumph of set design, and the story is risky, complex, and thought-provoking in the best traditions of great sci-fi. Passengers deserves more credit.
16. Starship Troopers (1997)
In theory, Starship Troopers is based on the brilliant Robert A. Heinlein book of the same name, but in practice, you’ll enjoy Paul Verhoeven’s film a lot more if you ignore the fact that Heinlein’s novel exists. Veerhoven’s vision of this world is completely different from Heinlein’s, and even if it’s not quite as good, it’s still really, really good.
Starship Troopers follows a group of soldiers in a far-off future where humanity is at war with a vicious group of alien insectoids. Violent and completely messed up at every turn, Veerhoven was trying to make a complex social commentary. Along the way, he ended up with a viciously R-rated, completely crazed, and a little ridiculous, in a good way, space-faring war movie.
15. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
It’d be easy to dismiss the Guardians films as just another entry in the Marvel universe, but since they don’t take place on Earth, they’re more of a galaxy-spanning adventure. The movie follows Peter Quill, a human boy taken into space by aliens and raised there. He’s grown up to become a space-faring Indiana Jones-style character, and this first Guardians movie follows his adventures to save the galaxy and build a family with his crew.
The banter between the film’s characters carries the story, and the movie’s stunning visual effects turn its fantasy version of outer space into a feast for the eyes. Guardians of the Galaxy, even more than its also good sequel, is the most absolute fun you’ll have with any movie on this list.
14. Dune (2020)
There have been many attempts to turn Frank Herbert’s classic Dune novels into a movie. It wasn’t until 2021 that filmmaker Denis Villeneuve got it right.
His movies capture the essence of Frank Herbert’s novels and distill them into a stunning, creative, visual feast unlike anything else seen on screen. He does it with virtually no dialogue. A necessity when adapting a book in which much of the narrative is propelled by characters’ thoughts.
There’s a sequel, which is really part two of the same story, and so I’m lumping both of them together as one entry.
13. Stargate (1994)
Stargate is now best known as a multi-media science fiction franchise, but the movie that started it all was always great, original science fiction.
Humans uncover an ancient piece of alien tech buried in Egypt that, when activated, opens a gateway to another world. Kurt Russell leads a team of explorers through that Stargate and discovers an alien planet where humans are kept as slave laborers in service of an alien masquerading as an ancient Egyptian God.
Worst of all, now that they’re through the stargate, they have no way of getting back, unless they can crack the code to gate travel and defeat an alien god in a flying pyramid.
12. Aliens (1986)
Directed by James Cameron, Aliens takes the terrifying premise of Alien and amps it up into a full-on space marine action movie. The ensemble cast, led by Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, and Bill Paxton, is brilliant, and the Xenomorphs are both more plentiful and much bigger.
It’s this movie that cemented Ripley as a total badass, and that proved the concept of Alien could be an entire universe, not just a one-off horror film.
11. Star Trek III: The Search For Spock (1984)
Unfairly maligned in its time for being the middle in one of the all-time great movie trilogies, The Search for Spock has aged like fine Romulan Ale. It gets better with every viewing.
The first half is a perfect heist movie, with Kirk and the crew plotting to steal their own ship. Starfleet’s finest officer goes against them to save his friend, and our space friends are all on board. Watch Shatner’s reaction to the death of Kirk’s son if you’re looking for proof of his acting talent.
The death of the Enterprise is incredible and wrenching; it fits perfectly into the movie’s theme of life, death, and rebirth. McCoy sums it up best as the crew stands there on the surface of a dying planet, watching the hulk of the Enterprise blaze a trail of fire across the sky.
There, McCoy tells Kirk it was, “What you had to do, what you always do. Turned death into a fighting chance to live.”
10. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
In 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick invented the modern space sci-fi genre. Based on Arthur C. Clarke’s work, it starts with apes learning murder from a black monolith and ends with an astronaut drifting into a psychedelic extradimensional waiting room designed by something that absolutely isn’t human.
The plot is minimal, relying on imagery, geometry, silence, and the uncomfortable suggestion that humanity only advances when something smarter shoves us forward.
Its special effects haven’t aged at all, but the movie’s pacing has, which means it may not be as enjoyable to watch for modern audiences as it once was. If this were a list of the most important space movies, I’d have it higher, but being the best must be about more than that, so 2001 sits comfortably right here.
9. WALL-E (2008)
WALL-E isn’t Pixar’s best movie, but with all due respect to Titan A.E., it’s the only animated movie outside of anime to get space opera right. It starts in a garbage heap, the humblest of beginnings, and ends up in a massive journey to bring mankind back home from the stars.
It’s incredible that a story this big centers entirely around a tiny robot who can’t even talk. WALL-E doesn’t need words to connect with the audience, and the story of a little robot who refuses to give up is a universal way to connect with anyone.
I’ve never found WALL-E’s vision of the future in which all people ride around in floaty chairs getting fat as terrifying as it’s supposed to be. It seems relaxing. Maybe WALL-E should have left humanity out there, hanging around in space. Making them get up may not have been the right move. The ship’s captain sure doesn’t seem to be having much fun.
8. Dark City (1998)
Putting Dark City on this list at all is an automatic spoiler, but if you haven’t seen it, click away and go watch now. Dark City has to be on here.
Dark City is the ultimate in sci-fi noir. It’s a mystery, sort of, and the story of a man without a memory looking for clues to explain what’s happened to him.
It takes place in a city where it’s always night, and strange beings with psychokinetic powers stalk the streets between slinky music sets performed by peak Jennifer Connelly. It’s not until the end that our main character, John Murdock, learns he’s actually in outer space, and once he discovers the truth sets to work on re-creating a world he only thinks he remembers.
7. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
As an allegory for the Cold War, The Undiscovered Country felt edgy and topical, being released shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1991. Today, it’s only a great story well told, with elements of relevance woven in as beloved characters grapple with their own personal prejudice in the face of a new world.
Star Trek VI follows Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise on their last mission before retirement, tasked with leading hated rivals to a peace conference. There’s a murder, a mystery to solve it, and a race against the clock to engage an enemy starship with a secret weapon before it can destroy the last, best hope for peace.
6. Apollo 13 (1995)
If you believe in the moon landing, then Apollo 13 is meticulously based on the true story of what happened to the Apollo 13 astronauts as they tried to orbit the moon. If you think the landing was faked, then Apollo 13 is a great piece of fiction. Either way, it belongs high on this list of movies set off planet.
Directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton, the film recounts the harrowing story of NASA’s third planned lunar landing, as it turned into a desperate survival mission after an oxygen tank explosion crippled the spacecraft.
Every malfunction, every improvised solution, from repurposing CO₂ scrubbers to calculating burn times manually, builds in tension. Apollo 13 proves that you don’t need aliens or lasers, just math, duct tape, and calm under pressure to make space terrifyingly compelling
5. Serenity (2005)
It’s amazing that this movie managed to get made at all and that it’s also really good, which makes Serenity an achievement of an entirely different level. Based on the canceled television series Firefly, the movie works by creating an entire world to play around in and populating it with fantastically well-drawn and performed characters.
Writer/director Joss Whedon’s sharp, witty banter quickly develops a sort of group personality for them, and best of all, he does it in the midst of the action. There’s no mood-killing stop-down for a moment of character development. Han kissed Leia for the first time in the middle of trying not to get blown up, not while taking a break to ride a cow, and that’s the sort of perfect character development you’ll see in Serenity. We get to know these people intimately while on the run, as it should be in anything resembling a good adventure movie.
Serenity’s so good, consistently, through and through, that picking out any one great moment seems impossible. Is it Chiwetel Ejiofor as one of the best villains on screen since Khan, that’s worth remembering most? Are you in love with Mal Reynolds (who isn’t)? Wash’s heart-wrenching death scene? It’s all perfect. Re-watch Serenity right now. I aim to misbehave.
4. Interstellar (2014)
Writer/director Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is not a perfect movie, but it’s so ambitious you can forgive its minor missteps. The movie takes place in a near future where Earth has been blighted, and man needs to escape the planet. Efforts to construct a ship that could take us somewhere else are underway, but first, we need a place to go. Interstellar follows the crew sent to find our new home.
What they find along the way is both more and less than they expected. Wrapped around the event horizon of a black hole, it’ll test the very limits of human endurance and nature.
Capped by epic performances, incredible cinematography, and one of the best scores of all time, Interstellar is a work of art. There’s nothing else quite like it, and I hope you saw it on the big screen. Because, like all grand space stories, that’s where it thrives most.
3. Alien (1979)
I’d always preferred James Cameron’s sequel Aliens to Ridley Scott’s original movie… until I finally saw Alien in an actual movie theater, during the movie’s re-release a few years ago. Wow. The inky depths of space don’t feel as big or as terrifying stuck at home on your couch.
Most of the film takes place aboard a starship, with a group of humans struggling to survive while being stalked by an alien creature of malevolence beyond their comprehension. More than the sheer scare factor of it, Scott creates an entire universe in his film, one which ended up being so much fun to run around in that we’re still making movies set it in now. None of those subsequent movies captures the deep, dark of space the way Scott’s did.
What’s more terrifying than being stuck in space with a creature bent on your destruction? A creature bent on your destruction through creative pro-creation:
2. Star Wars: Original Trilogy (1977 – 1983)
Look up the definition of what a space opera is, and you’ll see the original Star Wars trilogy. All three original movies, of course, belong on this list. Everyone has their own way of ranking them. Personally, I’d single out Return of the Jedi as my favorite, Ewoks and all. Most people seem to lean towards Empire. It doesn’t matter.
Star Wars has to be here because it’s Star Wars. Modern space operas wouldn’t exist without it. That doesn’t, however, mean it has to be number one.
1. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Not just the greatest space movie ever produced, but also the greatest submarine movie ever made, Wrath of Khan substitutes the dark of space for the watery deep in telling the tale of two ship commanders locked in a battle to the death.
In Khan Noonien Singh, actor Ricardo Montalbán creates one of the greatest villains ever to appear on the screen. His presence echoes throughout every movie that’s followed. Even now, you’ll hear filmmakers talk about wanting to make the villain of their new movie equal to Montalbán’s. But Khan has no equal.
With or without him, Wrath of Khan would deserve its place at the top of this list, with gripping performances from everyone in the cast and one of the most wrenching, unforgettable deaths in movie history. The words “I have been, and always shall be, your friend” still echo in my head, and that moment at the end of the film when Kirk starts to fall apart at Spock’s funeral as he pronounces him “human” is utterly heartbreaking.
For decades now, Star Trek has defined what it is to be a space franchise, leaving its mark on our culture in a way unmatched by almost anything else.
Hey, why’d you leave off my favorite space movie?
If you’ve stuck with this list til the end, congratulations, you win a tribble.
If I could change anything about this list, I’d put Galaxy Quest on it. But the copyright gods demonetize our videos whenever we show Galaxy Quest footage, so I left it off.
If I were adding one more entry, it’d probably be Total Recall. Or maybe Forbidden Planet.
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Virgin River fans have watched the beloved cast change on and off screen for years and ahead of the show’s series finale.
Based on Robyn Carr’s book series, Virgin River follows the lives of residents living in a small town in Northern California, including Mel (Alexandra Breckenridge) and Jack (Martin Henderson). The hit series, which premiered in 2019, also stars Colin Lawrence, Annette O’Toole, Tim Matheson, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Sarah Dugdale, Zibby Allen, Marco Grazzini and Kai Bradbury.
Netflix’s hit series is seven seasons in – but it seems like much less time has passed for the residents of Virgin River.
“It’s been [around] six months,” Hollingsworth exclusively told Us Weekly in March 2026 of the time jump between seasons. “It was what everyone figured out it was, which is nuts.”
Grazzini had a different theory, however, sharing with Us in a separate interview, “It’s been about a year and a half, right? Because, if you think about it, it’s been about a year and a half from season 1 because that’s when Charmaine got pregnant.”
He continued, “Now her twins are a couple months old so let’s call it nine months plus five months. Just over a year.”
Allen’s suggestion regarding the amount of time between seasons fell somewhere in the middle. “I think it’s been a year and a half — like a year and three months,” she noted to Us. “I know the writers told us once and I just forgot.”
Scroll down to see then-and-now photos of Virgin River stars:
Alexandra Breckenridge
Since bringing the lead role of Mel to life, Alexandra Breckenridge has appeared on Cast Away Sorta, My Secret Santa and Love in Store.
Martin Henderson
Martin Henderson has scored roles in X, The Gloaming, My Life is Murder and Madam since joining Virgin River as Jack.
Colin Lawrence
In addition to playing Preacher, Colin Lawrence has appeared in Christmas in Evergreen: Bells are Ringing, Morning Show Mysteries, Dancing Through the Snow and Napa Ever After.
Lauren Hammersley
Lauren Hammersley pulled double duty as Charmaine on Virgin River and Connie on Sullivan’s Crossing. She also appeared in Hallmark’s Christmas Island.
Annette O’Toole
After scoring the role of Hope, Annette O’Toole has also been in The Good Doctor, Kidding and Search Party.
Tim Matheson
Annette O’Toole’s onscreen love interest Tim Matheson, meanwhile, has appeared on This Is Us, Evil, Quantum Leap and 9-1-1: Nashville while playing Doc.
While Virgin River is Netflix’s longest-running scripted series, viewers have been left confused about how much time has actually passed on the show. Based on Robyn Carr’s book series, Virgin River follows the lives of residents living in a small town in Northern California, including Mel (Alexandra Breckenridge) and Jack (Martin Henderson). The hit series, […]
Benjamin Hollingsworth
Ben Hollingsworth won Us over in the role of Brady, but he has also appeared on A Godwink Christmas: Meant for Love, Love Under the Olive Tree, Debris and Joe Pickett. He has also scored roles in A Splash of Love, Romance in Style, So Help Me Todd, Deck the Halls on Cherry Lane and The Christmas Ring.
Sarah Dugdale
After booking the role of Lizzy, Sarah Dugdale has appeared on Dial S for Santa, Season’s Greetings from Cherry Lane and Allegiance.
Zibby Allen
Zibby Allen has appeared on Nancy Drew, The Good Doctor, The Vows We Keep, Lies Between Friends and more while also filming scenes as Brie for Virgin River.
Marco Grazzini
Marco Grazzini can be seen in Close Up, Right in Front of Me, Designing Christmas, Hearts in the Game and Haunted Harmony Mysteries: Murder in G Major after playing Mike.
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Prehistoric Planet, simply defined, is a 15-episode documentary series about dinosaurs told across three seasons, from the Late Cretaceous period 66 million years ago through to the Ice Age. But the way the series approaches dinosaurs is unlike anything else, simply by being exactly like something else: a nature documentary. It remembers that dinosaurs were animals first, monsters second, stepping away from the conventional eat-or-be-eaten that most dinosaur fare falls into, including The Dinosaurs. As such, it creates a relatability that others lack: no one understands being eaten by a T. Rex (except lawyers), but the frantic search for your baby, as befalls a Triceratops mother in Season 1’s “Forests,” connects.
Prehistoric Planet began over a decade ago with BBC Studios creative director Michael Gunton, who came up with the idea of doing a natural history documentary like the BBC’s Planet Earth, only with dinosaurs: how did they live, migrate, mate, raise their offspring, and so on. Great idea, wrong time. The technology available then simply wasn’t up to the project’s requirements, and with no actual dinosaurs to film, that was problematic. Enter Jon Favreau, who met with Gunton and showrunner Tim Walker in London years later. As Walker recalls: “Jon came in and sat down; we got chatting and he flipped his iPad open and said, ‘Let me show you some of the stuff we’ve been doing.’ It was The Lion King.“
Just like that, the company behind the stunningly life-like effects behind The Lion King, MPC, were tasked with creating the dinosaurs, two-time Oscar winner Hans Zimmer was brought in to compose the score, and nature documentary veteran Sir Richard Attenborough came in to narrate, replaced by Tom Hiddleston for the third season’s focus on the Ice Age. But what truly puts Prehistoric Planet “above anything else like it” are top-to-bottom commitments, both to the latest in palaeontological research, under the watchful eye of chief scientific consultant and palaeozoologist Darren Naish, and to its focus on dinosaur life, refreshingly keeping away from the catastrophic event that ended it.
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It could be argued that Prehistoric Planet is as good as it is, in large part, thanks to being on Apple TV in the first place. Apple TV thrives when it leans into science, creating a host of exceptional documentaries that range from biographies and politics to nature and society. The documentaries matter, and the high-end production quality – advanced CGI, customized cameras, cinematic-level scores and editing – is testament to it. Seasoned vets like Attenborough, Paul Rudd, and Hugh Bonneville exude an air of authenticity with their narrations. Not to mention, Apple TV is the best streamer for sci-fi, with exceptional series like Severance, Pluribus, Foundation, and For All Mankind.
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Prehistoric Planet fits right in to that Apple TV formula, and while the everyday actions of dinosaurs that it showcases are speculative, it rings true. The series also goes beyond the fan-favorite dinosaurs to include the likes of Kaikaifilu, a seagoing lizard with flippers and a tail fin, and Qianzhousaurus, an Asian-tyrannosaur whose long snout earned it the moniker “Pinocchio Rex.” Prehistoric Planet takes the route of its Apple TV relations, while The Dinosaurs has the markings of Spielberg’s cinematic touch. The two complement each other in conventional and unconventional ways, making Prehistoric Planet the perfect replacement for The Dinosaurs, and vice-versa.
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Well, that’s exactly what happened in late October last year, when it was confirmed that the pair would tackle the long-awaited Viva La Madness, a new action-thriller based on J.J. Connolly’s 2011 novel, the follow-up to Layer Cake. Billed as a stand-alone feature that won’t directly follow Matthew Vaughn’s 2004 cult hit, Viva La Madness already boasts a star-studded line-up, with Statham joined by the likes of Vinnie Jones (The Gentlemen), Jason Isaacs of The White Lotus fame, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds star Babs Olusanmokun, Camila Mendes (Masters of the Universe), Ben Foster, Jonny Lee Miller, and Raúl Alejandro.
Filming on Viva La Madness reportedly began in London last month and has now moved to Malta. Excitingly, thanks to a video circulating on social media, we now have our first look at Statham suited and booted, in the middle of production on the movie. Against a luxurious backdrop, Statham is surrounded by the crew and seemingly checking his script before action is called. The appearance of a boat in the background hopefully confirms that this upcoming feature will be as grand as other recent Statham/Ritchie projects.
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Amazon has stepped up their fashion game over the past few years, offering high-quality items that are trendy yet timeless. The following 18 items are some of my favorite purchases that have earned me tons of compliments. From comfy lounge sets, to chic flats and jeans that hug every curve, these are the things every fashion lover should buy at Amazon.
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Loungesets
1. Airport Necessity: As a frequent flyer, this relaxed yet stylish lounge set has become my plane essential because of how comfortable it is.
2. Cute Enough for Brunch: I’ll always pick a lounge set over jeans. This sleek pick is chic enough to wear out for elevated meals — I just throw on a pair of heels and feel like a rich woman.
3. Mix and Match: I love how this lounge set comes with three pieces — pillowy joggers, a fitted cropped tank and an oversized cardigan. Each element is versatile enough to wear with other items, including jeans and skirts!
Refreshing your wardrobe can be a pricey venture, but not on Amazon! It’s an undercover hub for expensive-looking pieces, with a spring collection that takes polished to a whole new level. We sifted through and found 21 rich mom pieces, each with a classy, boutique-like appeal. These chic blouses, dreamy dresses, trendy trousers and beyond […]
Jeans
4. Low Rider: I refused to embrace low-rise jeans until I tried this Levi’s pair. They sit nicely on my hips and don’t make me feel like my belly is flooding over. Plus, because I have a short torso, these make my body look more proportional.
5. Forget Blue: Brown is one of the most flattering colors (and it’s very popular right now!). I added this light brown denim to my closet to elevate my outfits. They look a bit more elegant than your standard blue jeans.
6. Patchwork: The cute patch pockets on these jeans always spark a conversation, probably because they’re adorable and add a bit of personality!
Trousers
7. So Posh: After purchasing these wide leg dress pants, I finally understood the hype with the trend. I feel so sophisticated every time I wear them, even if I’m just wearing a simple tee and white sneakers.
8. I Mean Business: When I have an important day at work, these slim trousers never fail me. I feel like such a boss when I slip into them!
9. Summertime Vibes: These trousers are made from lightweight cotton for a more casual look. I find them to be ideal for summer Fridays, or even relaxed evenings spent by the pier.
Tops
10. I Own Five: My stylist told me a sleek button down is one of the most important articles of clothing you can own, so I bought five of this anti-wrinkle striped blouse. I wear it once a week!
11. Stripes Forever: I never knew how versatile stripes were until I bought this pretty puff-sleeved tee. I adore how simple it is, and it really ties together some of my favorite outfits too.
12. One Small Detail: The cowl neck on this ribbed sweater takes it from every day to elegant. I always wear this with my favorite jeans and heels for date night.
Shoes
13. Fiery Steps: I dreamed of owning red sling-back flats for months, and this style is better than I ever imagined. The faux-leather is soft and supple, and they’re extra comfortable.
14. Like Walking on Clouds: Don’t sleep on Dr. Scholl’s! These white sneaks are so stylish and offer awesome arch support so I can walk for miles and miles pain-free.
15. Walk on the Wild Side: I finally caved in to the animal print trend with these chic leopard mesh flats. I love that they’re neutral and go with most things in my closet.
Handbags
16. Statement-Making Bag: Style tip — I add color to my outfit with a fun accessory, like this red leather satchel that looks much more expensive than it is and comes with a crossbody strap.
17. Woven Wonder: The textured design on this bag adds dimension to my entire outfit. I own this in the brown, but plan on purchasing another color because I always get compliments and it holds my belongings perfectly.
18. Early Aughts Called: Turn-of-the-century designs are trending, and I can’t get enough of this buckled bag that reminds me of my favorite 2000s movies like Mean Girls and She’s The Man.
If your Amazon cart has been working overtime lately, you’re definitely not alone. February brought a wave of fashion finds that shoppers couldn’t stop adding to their wish lists, from easy tops that instantly elevate denim to comfortable sets made for busy days on the go. There’s something undeniably satisfying about discovering pieces that thousands […]
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9 Years Before ‘John Wick,’ its Creators Adapted One of the Greatest Sci-Fi Thriller Graphic Novels
John Wick radically reshaped the action movie landscape,thanks to the expert direction of Chad Stahelski and David Leitch. The duo crafted a compelling tale in which Keanu Reeves‘ titular henchman is drawn back into the life of violence he left behind; they also expertly balance bloody battles and emotional catharsis in a way that made John Wick a smash hit and led to a franchise that attempts to top itself with each installment. Before Stahelski and Leitch brought John Wick to life, they would take part in an iconic comic book adaptation when they worked on V for Vendetta.
Based on the DC Comics/Vertigo graphic novel by Alan Moore, David Lloyd, and Tony Weare, V for Vendetta is set in a future where Britain is under a totalitarian regime. This regime is opposed by V (Hugo Weaving), a mysterious figure clad in a black cloak and mask who seeks to ignite a revolution with the help of Evey Hammond (Natalie Portman). The combination of bloody violence and a stylized world feels perfect for Stalheski and Leitch’s sensibilities, and director James McTeigue recently revealed during a conversation for Collider Rewind, that the duo stood in for Weaving at key action moments.
“There are a few other people underneath the mask, too, actually, like Dave Leitch, who has great success with Bullet Train and Hobbs & Shaw. Right? He’s under the mask at one point, he and Chad Stahelski, who’s the John Wick director. They were the stunt coordinators on that movie, so Dave was under the mask for a bit of it.”
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Chad Stahelski & David Leitch Brought Their Stunt Expertise to ‘V for Vendetta’
Before they were two of the most sought-after directors in the action realm, Chad Stahelski and David Leitch were stunt actors and second unit directors who worked on some of Hollywood’s biggest franchises. Chief among them was The Matrix, where Stahelski served as Keanu Reeves’ stunt double while Leitch offered his services to The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. This forged a bond between the duo and the Wachowski siblings, and with the Wachowskis penning the script for V for Vendetta, they opted to bring Stahelski and Leitch on board alongside James McTeigue. The end result features some of the best action sequences for any comic book adaptation.
The standout scene in V for Vendetta comes toward the end, where V is cornered by the secret police known as the “Finger” and their leader, Peter Creedy (Tim Pigott-Smith). Rather than surrender, V proclaims that he’ll kill all of his opponents before they reload, and die with his hands closed around Creedy’s throat. What follows is a beautiful, yet brutal action sequence that makes use of the slow motion that populated the Matrix films, and the swift violence that would come to define John Wick. While you’d never know that they were in the suit, Stahelski and Leitch’s fingerprints are all over this final fight.
Members of the ‘John Wick’ Crew Have Worked on Other Comic Book Adaptations
V for Vendetta wouldn’t be the last time that a member of the John Wick filmmaking team helped bring a comic book to life. David Leitch’s Atomic Blonde adapts the graphic novel The Coldest City, and Deadpool 2 brought his action sensibilities to the Merc with a Mouth. Surprisingly, it’s screenwriter Derek Kolstad who’s become the most involved with the world of comics. In addition to penning episodes of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Kolstad is set to adapt the Bad Idea comic book Ordained, featuring a former soldier turned priest who stands against a legion of mobsters. Ordained will also team Kolstad with Colin Farrell (The Penguin), who’s set to play the priest, and Joe & Anthony Russo (Avengers: Doomsday) as executive producers.
Chad Stahelski and David Leitch helped elevate the comic book movie with their work on V for Vendetta. The duo proved that violence, when filmed the right way, can be as gripping as any well-written piece of dialogue, and it’s an aesthetic they embraced with gusto on John Wick.
- Release Date
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February 23, 2006
- Runtime
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132 minutes
- Director
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James McTeigue
- Producers
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Grant Hill, Joel Silver, Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski, Lorne Orleans
Karlissa Saffold Harvey has shared strong words for Claressa Shields after she spoke on Blueface losing his recent boxing match.
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Karlissa Saffold Harvey Shares Strong Words For Claressa Shields After She Spoke On Blueface Losing Boxing Match
Karlissa Saffold Harvey was keeping her eye on Blueface’s recent boxing match against Chibu. So much so, that on the evening of Saturday, March 14, she took to her Instagram to defend her son’s honor.
But that wasn’t the only message Harvey shared regarding Blueface’s recent boxing match. She also shared a few words for Claressa Shields, telling her to send Papoose in the ring with Blueface.
“…Or shut tf up with her funny lookin sea tf…” she wrote.
Furthermore, Harvey’s comments arrived after Shields took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to speak on Blueface losing his match against Chibu and Egypt Criss recently getting knocked out in the ring. Simply, Shields stated that “public figures” should spend 6 months training “before they start fighting in real fight…”
Social Media Weighs In On Karlissa Saffold Harvey & Claressa Shields’ Words
Social media users reacted to Karlissa Saffold Harvey’s strong words for Claressa Shields in the comment section of an @livebitez post.
Instagram user @shana_thesaint wrote, “For giving her opinion on a fight because she is a professional boxer???…”
While Instagram user @melancholy_orchid added, “You get in the ring with Clarissa since you got so much to say”
Instagram user @bossupsis wrote, “She literally said nothing wrong Karlissa son should have been practicing instead of chasing cat”
While Instagram user @simply_niff added, “I can honestly say as a professional boxer Claressa have a right to speak on fights…”
Instagram user @2025newbeginnings45 wrote, “Girllll shut uppppppppppp”
While Instagram user @dutchiemonroe added, “Did she not see her son just get beat up? She want him to go BACK in the ring? Aw lawd”
Instagram user @nese_by_nature_ wrote, “Damn the girl ain’t say shit wrong ! … she is in fact a professional boxer and gave a input from a professional boxers standpoint ….my gawd”
While Instagram user @prettylilhell1 added, “@karlissa_angelic you can always get in the ring with her since you got so much to say💪🏾😒”
More On Blueface Losing His Recent Boxing Match
As The Shade Room previously reported, Blueface and streamer Chibu stepped into the ring on Saturday, March 14. Ultimately, Chibu appeared to knock Blueface out the ring and landed a few shots on his body, with the judges giving him the win.
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What Do You Think Roomies?
John Carney has nailed the art of being a musical underdog. After the huge Oscar-winning indie hit Once, Carney has made plenty of great, underseen musicals that deserve more appreciation. Carney’s movies beautifully explore the power of music in the lives of normal, everyday people, and how impactful something as simple as a song can be on a person. Once gave us a pair of musicians going from busking to making an album together. 2013’s Begin Again followed a budding songwriter trying to get a break. The cult favorite Sing Street had a boy forming a band just to impress a girl, while 2023’s Flora and Son showed a mother attempting to connect with her son through music. Carney doesn’t make grand musical movies. More importantly, he makes movies about how music can be grand in people’s lives.
Carney continues this trend with Power Ballad, a wonderful music comedy that’s a lovely addition to his oeuvre, as he explores questions of who owns a song and how a song can mean something completely different for two different people. Compared to his other recent work, Carney’s latest pulls back a bit on the music and leans more into the comedy side of things, yet Power Ballad maintains the heart and optimism that is brimming from all his films, and hopefully, it will get the attention it deserves.
‘Power Ballad’ Has Paul Rudd Facing Off Against Nick Jonas
Paul Rudd stars as Rick, who is the lead singer of a wedding band in Ireland named The Bride and the Groove. Rick used to be part of an up-and-coming rock band a few decades ago known as Octagon, but while on tour in Ireland, he met his future wife, Rachel (Marcella Plunkett), then they had a kid, and Rick decided to settle down in the Emerald Isle. When he plays with his band, he still has those dreams of rock stardom. As his bandmate tells him, they’re “human jukeboxes,” not rock stars.
While performing at a particularly fancy wedding, the band is joined onstage by Danny Wilson (Nick Jonas), a former boy band star who is now trying to make it on his own (sound familiar?) Later on, Rick and Danny spend the night hanging out, playing music for each other, getting drunk, and genuinely appreciating each other and their shared love of music. Amongst this, Rick drunkenly plays the bits and pieces of a song called “How To Write a Song (Without You)” for Danny, and the next morning, the pair go their separate ways.
But six months later, Rick hears a song that sounds oddly familiar playing in the mall. It turns out that Danny has completed “How To Write a Song (Without You)” and released it as his own. The track becomes the massive hit song Danny needed to work on his own as a solo artist, and it catapults him into even greater popularity. Meanwhile, the success of the song causes Rick to have a bit of a breakdown, as he tries to prove that the song was stolen from him, though he doesn’t have the receipts to prove it. Rick makes it his goal to show that this gigantic hit song is thanks to him and wants to at least get Danny to admit the truth about where he got his inspiration from.
John Carney Tries Something New With ‘Power Ballad’
Written by Carney as well as co-writer/co-star Peter McDonald, Power Ballad does feel structurally different than what we’ve come to expect from Carney. So many of Carney’s past films have been about the creation of music and the tremendous alchemy of that. While that’s absolutely an important factor in this film, beyond Rick and Danny’s hangout, and a scene where Danny tries to work through creating his own songs, music creation is really just the inciting incident for Power Ballad. Instead, the film tracks both the shooting star that is Danny back in America, as well as the frustrating blow that this theft is to Rick in Ireland. It’s an interesting change of pace for Carney, but it shows that he can still focus his films on music, and approach that in an entirely different way from one film to another.
If anything, maybe the biggest disappointment in Power Ballad is that the film doesn’t have more original music in it — especially compared to other Carney works. Beyond a catchy opening song and “How To Write a Song (Without You),” we don’t get nearly enough music written by Carney and Gary Clark. Narratively, it makes sense, considering the film isn’t focused on the process of creating music, but rather, delving into the ownership of music. Yet considering how delightful the songs are in a movie like Sing Street or Once, two songs just don’t feel like enough.
Here, Carney and McDonald are more interested in looking at the idea of whom a song belongs to. Considering so many of Carney’s films have been primarily about the craft of writing a song, it is fascinating to see Carney and McDonald exploring deeper questions about music itself. Yes, we know Rick wrote most of the song at the center of this film, but we also know Danny brought it across the finish line and polished it into something Rick could’ve never crafted on his own. It’s also a fantastic look at how perception can completely alter a piece of art, as both Rick and Danny have their own meanings behind the song they believe to be their own. Especially as the song finds gargantuan success, the music itself becomes even bigger than either one of them.
Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas Are a Delight in ‘Power Ballad’
Power Ballad also makes a great stage for both Rudd and Jonas to push themselves. In the last few years, Rudd has been trying out smaller films, both good (Friendship) and not-so-good (Death of a Unicorn), but it’s a delight to see Rudd returning to more indie filmmaking. With Power Ballad, not only do we get to hear Rudd’s talent for singing and being a pretty excellent lead singer of a band, but it’s also an all-too-rare opportunity for Rudd to show off his dramatic skills in a way that he really hasn’t in quite some time. It’s gratifying to see Rudd once more in a role where he can be charming, funny, and dramatic, all in a film where he’s the lead role.
This also makes a strong presentation of Nick Jonas’ talents as an actor, even if he is playing a thinly-veiled version of himself. Jonas matches Rudd’s charm, and even though we see the theft happening in front of our eyes, it’s hard not to like Jonas’ Danny, a character who also similarly wants to prove he has talent, but doesn’t know quite how to do it commercially. In watching these two together, we see them both struggling with their desire to be stars — one just has their foot in the door, while the other doesn’t even seem to know where the door is. We don’t get much time with Rudd and Jonas together, but their scenes together do comprise some of the best of the film, and they’re a truly wonderful match.
Carney is one of the best current creators of heartfelt, uncynical stories about the power of music, and Power Ballad marks yet another impressive addition to that canon. Rudd and Jonas fit into his style quite nicely, and Carney once again proves that he’s a master of crowd-pleasing, heartwarming stories about underdogs we all want to root for.
Power Ballad screened at the 2026 SXSW Festival. It comes to theaters on June 6.
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May 29, 2026
- Runtime
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98 minutes
- Director
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John Carney
- Writers
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Peter McDonald, John Carney
- Producers
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Anthony Bregman, John Carney, Peter Cron, Rebecca O’Flanagan, Robert Walpole
Pros & Cons
- John Carney is great at these type of underdog stories set in the world of music.
- Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas make a great pairing that balances each other well.
- Carney and Peter McDonald balance the comedy and drama nicely with an uncynical, crowd-pleasing story.
- A few more songs would’ve been great.
For fans of Close Encounters of the Third Kind — or Steven Spielberg’s work more broadly — there’s now a graphic novel that brings his legacy into a new medium. Created by Amazing Ameziane for Titan Comics, the project offers a fresh take on the iconic filmmaker, translating his influence into a visual format that feels both fitting and inventive. Ameziane, known for Quentin by Tarantino, turns his focus to Spielberg with this latest work, and Collider is excited to share an exclusive first look.
“Based on the lives and films of acclaimed cinema icons, this book spotlights the inimitable, multi-award-winning Steven Spielberg, director of Jaws, E.T., Back to the Future and countless other masterpieces. With over a dozen Academy Awards (among many others), Steven Spielberg is considered the most acclaimed director in modern cinema history,” the press release states. It goes on to talk about more of Spielberg’s work, and the upcoming comic for the Cine graphic novel.
“From classic escapist thrillers like Jaws and Jurassic Park, magical family movies like E.T., to thoughtful historical dramas like Schindler’s List, Spielberg has something to offer everyone,” the release continues:
“In this retrospective graphic novel, Ameziane things of comedies, historical dramas, and more. The auteur himself, imagining exactly how the cinema icon would tell his story, through his humble beginnings and rise to fame, as well as the struggles and crucial moments of his career. You might know his works, but now you can get to know the man behind the camera. Created and illustrated by Amazing Ameziane, Spielberg is the fifth installment in the author’s Cine series, illustrating the behind-the-scenes stories of some of Hollywood’s biggest hitters.”
The Best in Hollywood
Steven Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest directors, with a legacy that extends far beyond the film industry. Given his lifelong passion for cinema, a new graphic novel exploring his work feels like a natural extension of that influence. The project itself is compelling—not just as a tribute to the films that defined his career, but as a reflection of how audiences continue to engage with and reinterpret his storytelling. More than anything, it offers a thoughtful way to recognize the person behind some of the most iconic blockbusters ever made.
Spielberg is why we have the modern concept of a blockbuster. He gave us Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, and so many other iconic moments in film history. Now though, he’s a comic book legend, and you can own the new comic for $24.99 this September. Pre-order Spielberg on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Forbidden Planet in the UK. Until then, you can watch Spielberg’s upcoming film, Disclosure Day, on June 12, 2026.
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Prime Video Unleashes First Trailer for New R-Rated Jack Ryan Movie With John Krasinski
This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available.
After four seasons of conspiracies, rogue states, political chaos, and Jack Ryan repeatedly getting dragged way beyond his analyst job description, Prime Video is finally ready to show fans what comes next. But this time, it is not another season, it is a movie.
The first trailer for Jack Ryan: Ghost War has officially arrived, giving audiences their first real look at John Krasinski’s return as Tom Clancy’s most overqualified intelligence analyst-turned-action hero. And if the footage is anything to go by, Prime Video is not treating this like a modest small-screen follow-up; this looks like a full-scale escalation.
The cast also features Wendell Pierce returning as James Greer and Michael Kelly back as Mike November. The ensemble also includes Sienna Miller, who joins the franchise in a major new role, alongside Max Beesley, Douglas Hodge, J.J. Feild, and Betty Gabriel. Behind the camera, Ghost War is directed by Andrew Bernstein, with a script by Aaron Rabin, both of whom already have ties to the Jack Ryan world.
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Collider’s review stated that while real-world politics rarely delivers edge-of-your-seat excitement, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan has always known how to turn global tension into something far more cinematic. Tania Hussain opined that, as the show entered its final season, it leans fully into that blockbuster energy, delivering a high-stakes farewell that feels bigger, bolder, and more urgent than ever. Where other political thrillers like Homeland or The Diplomat thrive on slow-burn tension, Jack Ryan continues to separate itself with a more explosive, action-driven approach — and Season 4 wastes no time reminding audiences exactly why that formula works. Hussain wrote:
“With pulse-pounding action that makes for fun TV, this final season is a swan song befitting of a great character who will be missed. As a functional spy thriller with some surprising turns and plenty of twists that will keep you on the edge of your seat, it is a notable final chapter while still sticking to the notes that have worked best throughout this series. Though some might have touted the series as “Dad TV” solely pleasing one demographic since its debut in 2018, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan holds enough strength outside its surface appeal to make it a work that can captivate just about everyone as it combines the elements of big-screen joys with small-screen pleasures.”
Jack Ryan: Ghost War will premiere in May 2026.
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2018 – 2023-00-00
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Prime Video
- Showrunner
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Carlton Cuse
- Directors
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Jann Turner, Andrew Bernstein, Dennie Gordon, Kevin Dowling, Lukas Ettlin, Patricia Riggen, David Petrarca, Phil Abraham, Carlton Cuse, Morten Tyldum
- Writers
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Amy Berg, Dario Scardapane, Nolan Dunbar, Vince Calandra, David Graziano, Steven Kane, Marc Halsey, Robert Port
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