Ridley Scott has plenty of notable sci-fi hits under his belt over the last 40 years, but none have stood the test of time as well as Alien. He directed the 1979 classic on a budget of only $11 million, and it was such a success that it spawned a franchise still going strong to this day. Scott passed off directorial control to James Cameron for the sci-fi sequel, and looking back, there aren’t two directors more suited to handle sci-fi horror than the two who have come to define sci-fi in cinema as we know it. Scott returned to the Alien franchise 13 years ago with the premiere of the Michael Fassbender and Idris Elba-led Prometheus prequel, and he directed what will likely be his final Alien movie with 2017’s Covenant. While Scott hasn’t directed anything Alien-related since 2017, he remains involved in the franchise as a producer who gives creative insight.
The most recent Alien project that Scott was involved in was Alien: Earth, the franchise’s first TV show, which was written and created for TV by Noah Hawley (Fargo). The hit sci-fi series is set two years before the events of the first Alien movie, and it follows a young woman and a group of ragtag soldiers who make a fateful discovery after a vessel full of dangerous species crashes on Earth. It took some time, but FXrenewed Alien: Earth for a second season weeks after the Season 1 finale. Updates since the official renewal have been mostly quiet, until recently, when executive producer Dana Gonzales posted a photo from Pinewood Studios on Instagram, the production home of Alien: Earth, with the caption, “Super excited to start the journey of Alien: Earth Season 2. World-building in the Alien universe birthplace.” It sounds like production on Alien: Earth Season 2 will begin any day now.
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Are They Making Another ‘Alien’ Movie?
Another Alien movie is in the works, and it will reportedly be a direct sequel to Alien: Romulus, the 2024 hit directed by Fede Alvarez. It’s unclear at this time who will star in the film or when it will be released, but Alvarez has confirmed that he will not direct. He and Ridley Scott are in the process of searching for a new director, and the film will likely not move forward any further until they find someone suitable to helm the sequel.
Check out the first season of Alien: Earth on Hulu and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Season 2.
Men in Black: International is one of those franchise reboots people more or less decided on immediately, which meant it never got much room to become anything else. But streaming is often kinder to movies that arrive with baggage, and that seems to be happening here. Earlier this year, the film started drawing renewed attention on Starz in the U.S., while overseas streaming charts have also shown it popping up in places like France. That doesn’t make it a full-scale global juggernaut, but it does mean the movie is finding a broader second life than its original reputation might suggest.
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
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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
🏜️Dune
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🚀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.
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.
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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.
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.
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Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
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.
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Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
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.
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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.
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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Is ‘Men in Black: International’ Worth Watching?
Collider’s review stated that Men in Black: International really came down to the sheer appeal of its two stars. The dynamic helps carry the movie through action scenes and story beats that might otherwise feel pretty flat. The review also pointed out that touches like the broader world-building, some fun support from Pawny, and the natural pull of the central duo gave the film a sense of missed opportunity. It may not fully come together, but there’s still enough there to make it an entertaining watch.
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“As Agent H, Hemsworth is basically ramping up the most dick-ish of Thor Odinson’s personality quirks, but weaponizing well-timed smirks or winks—or, let’s be honest, an unbuttoned button—to make us still like him. Thompson has the harder role; Agent M is extremely competent and a bit of a fangirl for the Men in Black at the same time. Thompson combines those two qualities into pure, crackling energy. That’s the funny part, really. Thanks to the combination of Hemsworth + Thompson + the world-building, I’d watch the hell out of a sequel to this movie despite feeling cold about it overall.”
Men in Black: International is currently streaming.
Aaron Eckhart fans are currently gearing up for a turbulent flight, as The Dark Knight star’s next project opens in theaters on May 1. An action-packed survival thriller from Deep Blue Sea director Renny Harlin, Deep Water follows a flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai that, while coasting over the middle of the Pacific, enters a terrifying storm that sends everyone on board into the cold ocean below. Just when things couldn’t get worse, along come the sharks. Alongside Eckhart, the movie also stars the likes of Ben Kingsley(Iron Man 3), Angus Sampson (Insidious), Lucy Barrett (Charmed), Kelly Gale (Plane), Richard Crouchley (Evil Dead Rise), and more.
In anticipation of Eckhart’s latest release, fans have been flocking to one of his lesser-spotted recent projects. Thieves Highway, a 2025 neo-Western that made very little impact upon arrival, is perhaps one of the more underrated entries in Eckhart’s impressive catalog, thanks simply to it falling so far under most radars. Directed by Jesse V. Jackson, who also worked with Eckhart on the 2024 conspiracy thriller Chief of Station, Thieves Highway also featured performances from the likes of Devon Sawa, Brooke Langton, and Lochlyn Munroe.
At the time of writing, and seemingly against the odds, Thieves Highway has risen to the very top of the Hulu movie streaming charts in the U.S., outperforming the likes of Gaten Matarazzo‘s new comedy Pizza Movie, the original The Devil Wears Prada, and Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice. A synopsis for Thieves Highway reads:
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“Lawman Frank Bennett uncovers a massive smuggling operation after a deadly confrontation. Cut off from cell service and without his truck, he’s forced to take on a dangerous gang led by a deranged ex-military commander.”
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Collider Exclusive · Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In? Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown
Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Taylor Sheridan doesn’t write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for.
🤠Yellowstone
🛢️Landman
👑Tulsa King
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⚖️Mayor of Kingstown
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Where does your power come from? In Sheridan’s world, everyone has leverage. The question is what kind.
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Who do you put first, no matter what? Loyalty in Sheridan’s universe is always absolute — and always costly.
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Someone crosses a line. How do you respond? Every Sheridan protagonist has a line. What matters is what happens after it’s crossed.
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Where do you feel most in your element? Sheridan’s worlds are as much about place as they are about people.
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How do you feel about operating in the grey? Nobody in a Sheridan show has clean hands. The question is how they carry the dirt.
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What are you actually fighting to hold onto? Every Sheridan character is fighting a war. The real question is what they’re defending.
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How do you lead? Authority in Sheridan’s world is never given — it’s established, maintained, and constantly tested.
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Someone new arrives and tries to change how things work. Your reaction? Every Sheridan show has an outsider disrupting an established order. Sometimes that outsider is you.
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What has your position cost you? Nobody gets to where these characters are without paying for it. The bill is always personal.
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When it’s over, what do you want people to say? Sheridan’s characters all know the ending is coming. The question is what they leave behind.
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Sheridan Has Spoken You Belong In…
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
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🤠 Yellowstone
🛢️ Landman
👑 Tulsa King
⚖️ Mayor of Kingstown
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You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
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You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
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What Did Critics Say About ‘Thieves Highway’?
So under-seen that it doesn’t even have a rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, those who did catch Thieves Highway in 2025 responded with mixed reviews. Whilst some praised the movie’s gripping lead performance, saying, “Eckhart anchors the film with a world-weary, classic sense of morality,” others were not so impressed with the project as a whole, saying, “Johnson and Mills do some fun maneuvering with their characters and Eckhart is a sturdy enough lead. But the storytelling takes too many shortcuts and the overall lack of suspense keeps us one step ahead.”
Thieves Highway is streaming on Hulu. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates, and check out Eckhart’s next movie, Deep Water, in theaters on May 1.
The Golden State Warriors’ future is looking murky after the team’s loss in the NBA play-in tournament, and head coach Steve Kerr seems to know it.
“I don’t know what’s gonna happen next,” said Kerr to players Stephen Curry and Draymond Green in a huddle on the sideline. “But I love you guys to death. Thank you.”
The heartfelt moment — picked up by a TV microphone — came in the waning seconds of a 111-96 loss to the Phoenix Suns on Friday, April 17, ending the Warriors’ season.
The final buzzer marked the end of Kerr’s contract with the Warriors, and the 60-year-old said after the game that he’s going to take a few weeks to mull over his future.
Stephen Curry added another major milestone to his Hall of Fame career on Thursday, March 12, when he connected on his 4,000th career three-pointer in his Golden State Warriors’ 130-104 win over the Sacramento Kings. Curry, who turns 37 on Friday, is the first player in NBA history to reach the milestone. “It’s a clear […]
“I don’t know what’s going to happen,” Kerr said to reporters. “I still love coaching, but I get it. These jobs all have an expiration date. There is a run that happens, and when the run ends, sometimes it’s time for new blood and new ideas.”
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He continued, “I don’t want to walk away from Steph. I’m definitely not going and coaching somewhere else next year in the NBA. I would never walk away from Steph. But all this stuff has to be aligned and right. Those are all discussions that will be had.”
Head coach Steve Kerr, Stephen Curry and Draymond Green hug during the final moments of an NBA play-in tournament gameChristian Petersen/Getty Images
Curry, 38, joined the Warriors in 2009. Green, 36, was drafted by the team in 2012. Kerr took over as head coach in 2014, and together the three helped build one of the most dominant dynasties in NBA history.
In the 12 seasons since Kerr joined Curry and Green in Golden State, the Warriors have won four NBA titles (2015, 2017, 2018, 2022). They’ve reached the playoffs eight times and played in six NBA Finals.
“If [my time is done], then I will be nothing but grateful for the most amazing opportunity any person could have to coach this franchise in front of our fans and to coach Steph Curry, [Draymond Green], the whole group,” Kerr said. “It may still go on. It may not. I don’t know at this point. But we all need to step away a little bit and then reconvene.”
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Both Curry and Green have expressed interest in continuing to play for the Warriors. While Curry still has one more season on his contract, Green has the option to opt out of his contract with his player option for next season.
Despite the option, Green reiterated after Friday’s game that he wants to remain in Golden State.
“Hopefully I’ve done enough to still be here,” Green said.
“Was not prepared to see that,” Cooke, 43, wrote via Threads on Saturday, April 18, responding to the Summer House chain. “And that. And that 🤢.”
Cooke’s costar Mia Calabrese replied, “Kyle, I left you for 1 hour….”
The Bravo show’s thread had been abuzz since Batula, 34, and Wilson, 31, were spotted at the New York Yankees vs. Kansas City Royals baseball game on Friday, April 17. The duo even packed on the PDA when the stadium’s Kiss Cam panned to their seats.
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Batula and Cooke were married for four years, announcing in January that they had separated. She confirmed her romance with Wilson just three months later.
“We’ve seen the growing online speculation, so while this is still very new, we wanted to provide some clarity. It was never our intention to purposely hide anything,” West and Batula wrote in a joint statement last month. “Given the complicated relationship dynamics involved and the scrutiny that comes with being on a reality show, we needed a little space to process things privately before speaking on it.”
They continued at the time, “We’ve shown up for each other as friends over the years, through all the highs and lows, and what’s developed recently was the last thing either of us expected. Our connection grew out of a genuine, longstanding friendship, which made it especially important for us to approach this with care.”
Cooke and his Summer House costars were shocked by the reveal, including Ciara Miller. The former nurse, 30, dated Wilson in 2023 and was close friends with Batula. She told Glamour in a Friday profile published before the MLB game that she found out about their decision to go public t less than one hour before the statement was shared online.
Kyle Cooke reveals he’s spoken to Ciara Miller about estranged wife Amanda Batula and West Wilson’s relationship drama — and she had “evidence” from the start. “I think she had more evidence at her disposal than I did,” Cooke, 43, told Adam Glyn in a TikTok video uploaded on Wednesday, April 1. “She was trying […]
“It’s one thing to experience hurt behind closed doors,” Miller told Glamour. “To experience it so publicly is like another layer, and then to have to see what you thought was your life still play out in season 10. It’s a major mindf***.”
As for Cooke, he was recently seen kissing The Real Housewives of Orange County alum Meghan King on Thursday, April 16.
“Kyle didn’t know Meghan prior to being at the same event last night. She had pursued him the second she saw him,” a source exclusively told Us. “It’s nothing serious, but they did hang out all night even after the event was over, and made out several times in public.”
Nicole Kidman is reflecting on the moment she was told her mother Janelle Kidman had died right before she was about to go on stage to accept an award.
Speaking to Varietyon Saturday, April 18, Nicole, 58, detailed how she found out about the loss at the Venice International Film Festival as she was preparing to accept a best actress award for her role in Babygirl.
“I was about to go out on stage, and I found out that my mother had passed,” Nicole told the outlet. “I went right back to my room in Venice, was getting into bed, and I was completely devastated.”
Nicole added that as she digested the sad news at the time, she thought to herself, “‘I’m not sure how I’m going to move forward or function now.’ She was so much a part of my existence.”
Nicole Kidman spoke about missing her late mother Janelle, who died last month at age 84. “It’s been hard,” Nicole, 57, told The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday, October 23 at the Lioness season 2 premiere in Los Angeles. “It’s a hard road. I’m hanging in there.” The actress admitted it was bittersweet to be celebrating […]
In September 2024, the Big Little Lies actress left Venice early to make her way home to Australia after learning of Janelle’s death.
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Speaking to Variety on Saturday, Nicole also described her “harrowing” attempt to leave Venice in the middle of the night trying to return to her home country.
“I remember getting into a boat in the canal, literally at night, trying to find my way to the airport, and then turning around going, ‘I can’t even do this,’” she said. “Then I went back to bed. And I was alone. My husband wasn’t there, my children weren’t there. I was there to win an award, which should’ve been a beautiful thing. That there is the contrast of life.” (Nicole was married to Keith Urban at the time, with whom she shares daughters Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14. Nicole and Urban finalized their divorce in January.)
Janelle and Nicole Kidman.(Photo by James D. Morgan/Getty Images)
At the time, Babygirl director Halina Reijnconfirmed Janelle’s death as she read a statement on behalf of Nicole during a Venice International Film Festival panel.
“Today I arrived in Venice to find out shortly after, that my beautiful, brave mother Janelle Ann Kidman has just passed,” Reijn, 50, read on Nicole’s behalf. “I am in shock and I have to go to my family, but this award is for her, she shaped me, she guided me and she made me.”
Nicole Kidman paid tribute to her late parents in honor of her mother’s birthday. “Missing Mumma and Papa so much on what would have been her birthday today ❤️,” the actress, 57, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, March 12, alongside a throwback pic of her mom, Janelle Ann, and dad, Antony. The photograph showed Kidman’s […]
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The statement continued, “I am beyond grateful that I get to say her name to all of you through Halina, the collision of life and art is heart-breaking, and my heart is broken.”
Less than a week after their mother’s death Nicole and her sister Antonia, 55, took to Instagram to share a joint post thanking friends and fans for their condolences and well wishes.
“My sister and I along with our family want to thank you for the outpouring of love and kindness we have felt this week,” Nicole and Antonia wrote. “Every message we have received from those who loved and admired our Mother has meant more to us than we will ever be able to express. Thank you from our whole family for respecting our privacy as we take care of each other ❤️”
Ana de Armas stands in a neon club in Ballerina from John Wick
Having clearly appealed to fans across demographics, a new Prime Video movie is proving to be a major hit for the streamer amid much bigger titles. It was released in the wake of star-driven tentpoles such as The Wrecking Crew, led by Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista, and Mercy, the sci-fi mystery starring Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson. Both films dominated the Prime Video streaming charts for several weeks before the all-female action movie came out of nowhere to take the number one spot. It remains one of the top 10 movies on the global Prime Video leaderboard, and recently passed a major milestone.
The movie, directed by Vicky Jewson, features a quintet of young women as ballerinas who must defend themselves against a sinister adversary played by Uma Thurman. The five protagonists are played by Lana Condor, the star of Netflix’s To All the Boys trilogy; Iris Apatow, who played a supporting role in the Netflix series Love; Millicent Simmonds, who starred in A Quiet Place and its sequel; Maddie Ziegler, who rose to fame after appearing in a couple of Sia music videos; and Avantika, who played a supporting role in the Mean Girls remake.
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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 the Action Movie That’s Ruling Prime Video’s Streaming Charts
The movie in question is Pretty Lethal. It premiered on Prime Video on March 25 and, according to FlixPatrol, has spent more than 20 days on the streamer’s top 10 charts. Pretty Lethal received mixed reviews and is now sitting at a 56% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The aggregator website’s consensus reads, “Starting off with a fun hook and diluting it with a plethora of clichés, Pretty Lethal doesn’t reach its full operatic potential but doles out enough balletic action to remain reasonably en pointe.” In his review, Collider’s Ross Bonaime praised the film’s action sequences and noted its similarity to other movies produced by the original John Wick‘s co-director David Leitch. He wrote, “In one particularly inspired choice, these ballerinas decide to stick a razor blade between their toes and utilize their dance moves to fight off their attackers. Many of these fights are blunt and full of big, wild moments that mostly carry the film, despite its fairly weak narrative.” Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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March 25, 2026
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88 minutes
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Vicky Jewson
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Kate Freund
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Kelly McCormick, Mike Karz, Piers Tempest, Bill Bindley
There was a real variety of music that came out in the 1980s, which makes it difficult to even assess what the best of that decade even was, but there’s no harm in trying. Actually, there’s a little harm in trying. People might be a bit unhappy, but there’s some personal bias here. If you want to have a semi-biased and semi-objective stab at throwing out the names of 10 albums from the 1980s that are the best, go for it.
A few of the albums below are among the most popular of all time, and deservedly so, while others are a little more underrated, or perhaps classifiable as cult classics (if that term applies to the world of music). Also, yes, like, three of these albums had songs that were prominently used in Stranger Things. Stranger Things is not the reason those albums are here. But it’s being acknowledged right out of the gate, and no more, once the intro’s over. Which it is… right about… now.
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’16 Lovers Lane’ (1988)
The Go-Betweens
Things for The Go-Betweens were not so good, in 1988, with tensions that often seem to come about from just being in a band for more than a few years, and also some romance-related drama, particularly because members of the band were – or had been – romantically linked. It wasn’t quite as infamously messy as Fleetwood Mac around the time of Rumours, but like that album, heavy feelings may have been put into music… specifically, the music heard throughout 16 Lovers Lane.
It was the final Go-Betweens album done as a full band, and is easily the best of the bunch. 16 Lovers Lane is incredible throughout, as far as the lyrics are concerned, and then musically, everything is catchy and immediate without being overly simplistic. It feels ahead of its time, as far as alternative (or almost even indie) rock goes, and maybe that’s why it wasn’t hugely successful upon release, and needed some time before people really started to recognize how borderline-perfect it was.
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‘Master of Puppets’ (1986)
Metallica
Resist them if you want, because Metallica are kind of to metal what U2 are to rock… well, maybe. Both bands were at their peak in the 1980s, and both became so popular that being a detractor of either is now kind of cool, especially because members of both bands are sometimes outspoken and a bit much. But… the music. It comes back to the music. And also, sorry to U2. The Joshua Tree was right on the cusp of being here, like at #11 or #12. That’s the only reason there’s been a big old U2 tangent.
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You mightn’t even usually like this kind of metal or hard rock that much, but still find plenty to appreciate here.
As for Master of Puppets, it’s the best Metallica album, and there’s even an argument to be made that it’s the best metal album of all time. It certainly feels as though it could be the most approachable, because you mightn’t even usually like this kind of metal or hard rock that much, but still find plenty to appreciate here. It rocks. It’s an album that rocks. What more do you want?
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‘Soul Mining’ (1983)
The The
There is an almost uncomfortable amount of introspection, self-doubt, and anxiety throughout Soul Mining, which was the debut album of a band somewhat frustratingly called The The. The The is sort of just Matt Johnson, though, and Soul Mining remains the greatest collection of songs he put out. But the struggles explored do have to be emphasized, since even the album’s sunniest song, “This Is the Day,” is one of those songs that’s got an energetic and possibly hopeful sound, but the lyrics get more cynical – maybe even more sarcastic – the more you think about them.
“Uncertain Smile” is also a highlight, as the centerpiece of the album (quite literally, being the fourth of seven tracks), with the piano outro being especially memorable. Elsewhere, Johnson pulls from the Bruce Springsteen circa-Born to Run playbook of having a perfect opening track and then an ideal – and epic-length – closing track, to really make a strong first and final impression (with Soul Mining, it kicks off with “I’ve Been Waitin’ for Tomorrow (All of My Life),” and ends with the appropriately named “Giant,” which runs for almost 10 minutes).
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‘The Queen Is Dead’ (1986)
The Smiths
There were only four proper studio albums released by The Smiths during their rather short time together as a band, and of those, the third, The Queen Is Dead, is the greatest. It’s boring to say that, but the consistency here is undeniable, as is the fact that it contains so many of the band’s greatest songs (including the title track, “I Know It’s Over,” “Bigmouth Strikes Again,” and “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out”).
You also know The Queen Is Dead is good because it endures, even though Morrissey (the vocalist and lyricist of The Smiths) seems increasingly keen to be as polarizing as possible in his post-Smiths endeavors. It helps that there’s more than just Morrissey to appreciate on an album by The Smiths, and his lyrics and voice (as they were, back in the 1980s) were undeniably compelling and unique.
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‘Hats’ (1989)
The Blue Nile
One more potentially niche album to put here alongside 16 Lovers Lane and Soul Mining, but Hats really is something special, and the way it also sounds so distinctly 1980s makes it easy to put here. It’s synth-heavy, but also a good deal more mellow than much of the full-on synth-pop that was popular throughout the 1980s, using that sort of instrumentation in a low-key and atmospheric fashion.
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The Blue Nile did this, to some extent, on several other albums, but never quite as memorably as was done on Hats. Without visuals, you do feel like you’ve sat through some kind of movie through the music alone, and an album being able to create that sensation is remarkably impressive. It’s an undeniably beautiful album, and further, one that’s beautiful in a singular way, so it’s certainly worth celebrating.
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‘Thriller’ (1982)
Michael Jackson
There is a song on Thriller called “The Girl Is Mine,” a duet with Paul McCartney, that might well be the worst song to appear on an otherwise fantastic album. It is agonizingly corny. And, sure, there are other songs on Thriller that get a bit hammy and more than a little over-the-top, but not to such an eye-rolling extent. If it wasn’t on the album, then this album would be placed even higher.
Maybe it speaks to the quality of everything else that Thriller is still right up there, and very much a classic of its decade (and of all time, really) regardless. Of its nine songs, seven were released as singles, and many of those singles are among the most recognizable songs of the 1980s, with the music videos for a bunch of them certainly helping. One of the non-single songs, though, shouldn’t be overlooked: “Baby Be Mine,” the second track on the album, which is honestly kind of a banger.
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‘Remain in Light’ (1980)
Talking Heads
Talking Heads released their first albums in the 1970s, and they were pretty great, but the band’s best single album, Remain in Light, came out right at the start of the 1980s. For what it’s worth, the band’s most popular album, Speaking in Tongues, came out a few years later (and it does have “This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)” on it, which could be the band’s very best song), but Remain in Light is still the strongest.
It’s one of those middle-ground albums you can look back on and appreciate in hindsight, being a marriage of the slightly weirder stuff Talking Heads were doing in the late 1970s with the (slightly) increased emphasis on pop/rock later in the 1980s. You’ve got a balance here, yet even then, Remain in Light doesn’t sound quite like any other Talking Heads album, which might make it more worthy of being described as a “lightning in a bottle” kind of album.
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‘Disintegration’ (1989)
The Cure
There are earlier albums by The Cure that could be called “rock,” but Disintegration feels like the band drifting away from that genre to a greater extent than they had previously, and for the better. Not that there aren’t some more energetic songs on Disintegration, but many of them are more patiently-paced and drawn-out, which can be seen when you look at the album’s length of 72 minutes, and the fact that it houses 12 tracks… so, the average track length is about six minutes.
You really don’t mind, though, because of what is done across the length of some of these longer songs. “Pictures of You,” the second song on the album, is particularly impressive, and probably demonstrates, strongest of all, what the band’s going for with many of the songs here. It’s also an atmospherically unique and distinctly moving album, the latter so in ways that are admittedly a little difficult to put into words.
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‘Hounds of Love’ (1985)
Kate Bush
Yes, it’s the album with “Running Up That Hill” on it, and sure, it’s probably the best song on the album, and it comes first, so you might be worried about the rest of Hounds of Love. Well, the pace and quality are maintained. The remaining 11 tracks on Kate Bush’s greatest overall album are also phenomenal, with special mention to “Cloudbusting,” since it truly deserves to be regarded and praised alongside “Running Up That Hill” and “Wuthering Heights.”
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There is much more to Kate Bush than Hounds of Love, and if you like her music being a little quirkier or experimental, maybe you’d prefer something that sounds a bit less immediate and punchy. Then again, Hounds of Love has the art pop dominate the first half of the album, and then the second half does go into more experimental and out-there territory, making Hounds of Love feel a bit like listening to two amazing (albeit quite short) albums back to back.
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‘Purple Rain’ (1984)
Prince and the Revolution
The placement of Prince over Michael Jackson on a ranking like this might lose you, but if it has, then it’s better you’ve been lost right near the end of the ranking than closer to the start. Silver lining to everything. But also, come on. It’s Purple Rain. It’s nine absolutely perfect songs that could’ve all been singles on their own (hell, a pretty impressive five of them were), and there are no weak tracks here; no corny duet with a former Beatle or anything of the sort.
And yes, Purple Rain is technically a soundtrack album, but in that case, it’s probably the best soundtrack ever. Purple Rain the movie is fine, and made a little finer because you hear the songs from Purple Rain (the album) throughout it, but the album is absolutely where it’s at. The album is Purple Rain. And Purple Rain is untouchable. It does also have to be noted that Prince was on fire throughout the whole of the 1980s, and albums like 1999 (1982) and Sign o’ the Times (1987) also deserve to be considered among the greatest of the decade. Still, nothing is as perfect as Purple Rain. In just under three-quarters of an hour, it lays out everything great about Prince, thoroughly laying bare why he was considered such a legend.
Elizbeth Olsen as Mia sitting in the sand on the beach and looking over her right shoulder in The AssessmentImage via Magnolia Pictures
At a time when comedies and — more precisely, mid-budget comedies — are viewed as no longer viable in theaters, a movie from 2025 quietly delivered a solid box-office performance. The movie’s profile was no doubt boosted by a trio of popular stars and positive reviews, factors that seem to be working in its favor during its home-video run too. The film has passed a major milestone on the streaming charts, after having tripled its reported budget in theaters. The film stars an MCU alum, the co-lead of 2022’s biggest movie, and an up-and-coming actor who has often been rumored to be in the running to play James Bond.
The film was directed by David Freyne, and premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival. It was given a theatrical release by A24 in the domestic market in November 2025, where it grossed $35 million against a reported budget of $12 million, before debuting on Apple TV earlier this year. The movie combines romance and fantasy for a will-they-won’t-they narrative brimming with philosophical insight and tender observations about true love. It stars Elizabeth Olsen as a recently deceased woman who is trapped in purgatory, where she must decide whom she wants to spend an eternity in the afterlife with — her husband or her first love, played by Miles Teller and Callum Turner, respectively.
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Collider Exclusive · Oscar Best Picture Quiz Which Oscar Best Picture Is Your Perfect Movie? Parasite · Everything Everywhere · Oppenheimer · Birdman · No Country
Five Oscar Best Picture winners. Five completely different visions of what cinema can be — and what it can do to you. One of them is the film that was made for the way your mind works. Ten questions will figure out which one.
🪜Parasite
🌀Everything Everywhere
☢️Oppenheimer
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🐦Birdman
🪙No Country for Old Men
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What kind of film experience do you actually want? The best movies don’t just entertain — they leave something behind.
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Which idea grabs you most in a film? Great films are driven by a central obsession. What’s yours?
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How do you like your story told? Form is content. The way a story is shaped changes what it means.
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What makes a truly great antagonist? The opposition defines the protagonist. What kind of opposition fascinates you?
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What do you want from a film’s ending? The final note is the one that lingers. What do you want it to sound like?
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Which setting pulls you in most? Where a film takes place shapes everything — mood, stakes, what’s even possible.
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What cinematic craft impresses you most? Every great film has a signature — a technical or artistic element that makes it unmistakable.
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What kind of main character do you root for? The protagonist is the lens. Who you choose to follow says something about you.
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How do you feel about a film that takes its time? Pace is a choice. Some films sprint; others let tension accumulate slowly, deliberately.
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What do you want to feel walking out of the cinema? The best films leave a mark. What kind of mark do you want?
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The Academy Has Decided Your Perfect Film Is…
Your answers have pointed to one Oscar Best Picture winner above all others. This is the film that was made for the way your mind works.
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Parasite
You are drawn to films that operate on multiple levels simultaneously — that begin in one genre and quietly, brilliantly migrate into another. Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite is a film about class, desire, and the architecture of inequality that manages to be darkly funny, deeply suspenseful, and genuinely shocking across a single extraordinary running time. Your instinct is for cinema that hides its true intentions until the moment it’s ready to reveal them. Parasite is exactly that — a film that rewards close attention and punishes assumptions, right up to its devastating final image.
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Everything Everywhere All at Once
You want it all — and this film gives you all of it. The Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All at Once is one of the most maximalist films ever made: action comedy, multiverse sci-fi, family drama, existential crisis, and a genuinely earned emotional core that sneaks up on you amid the chaos. You are someone who responds to ambition, who doesn’t want cinema to choose between being entertaining and being meaningful. This film refuses that choice entirely. It is overwhelming by design, and its overwhelming nature is precisely the point — because the feeling of being crushed by infinite possibility is exactly what it’s about.
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Oppenheimer
You are drawn to cinema on a grand scale — films that understand history not as a backdrop but as a force, and that place their characters inside that force and watch what happens. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is a film about the terrifying gap between what we can do and what we should do, told with the full weight of one of the most consequential moments in human history behind it. You want your films to feel important without feeling self-important — to earn their ambition through sheer craft and the gravity of their subject. Oppenheimer does exactly that. It is enormous, complicated, and refuses easy comfort.
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Birdman
You are drawn to films that foreground their own construction — that make the how of the filmmaking part of the what it’s about. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman, shot to appear as a single continuous take, is cinema examining itself through the cracked mirror of a fading actor’s ego. You respond to formal daring, to the feeling that a film is doing something that probably shouldn’t be possible. Michael Keaton’s performance and Emmanuel Lubezki’s restless camera create something genuinely unlike anything else — a film that is simultaneously about creativity, relevance, self-destruction, and the impossibility of ever truly knowing if your work means anything at all.
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No Country for Old Men
You are drawn to cinema that trusts silence, that refuses to explain itself, and that treats dread as a form of meaning. The Coen Brothers’ No Country for Old Men is a film about the arrival of a new kind of evil — implacable, arbitrary, and utterly indifferent to the moral frameworks we use to make sense of the world. It is one of the most formally controlled films ever made, and its controlled restraint is what makes it so terrifying. You want your films to haunt you, not comfort you. You are not interested in resolution if resolution would be dishonest. No Country for Old Men is honest in a way that most cinema never dares to be.
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The Romantic Fantasy That Audiences Are Fawning Over
The movie in question is Eternity; it debuted in theaters at around the same time as another fantasy comedy, Good Fortune, starring Keanu Reeves, Aziz Ansari, and Seth Rogen. Both movies received positive reviews from critics and audiences. Eternity now holds a “Certified Fresh” 77% critics’ score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “Marrying a clever spin on the afterlife with an infectious sweet streak, Eternity is a spiritual successor to classic romantic screwball comedies that’s worthy of their company.” But it’s the film’s “Verified Hot” 90% audience score that seems to be propelling its streaming success. According to FlixPatrol, Eternity has spent more than 40 days on the domestic Apple TV charts so far, despite competition from major titles such as F1, The Gorge, and Greyhound. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
Dylan Sprouse was involved in a scary incident after an intruder reportedly trespassed on his home he shares with wife Barbara Palvin.
According to multiple reports, Sprouse, 33, confronted the intruder on the couple’s Hollywood Hills estate in Los Angeles on Friday, April 17. (TMZ was the first to report the news.)
The Los Angeles Times reported that Sprouse tackled a man on the lawn after Palvin noticed “the creepy guy.” Palvin, 32, reportedly called 911 at 12:30 a.m., informing them that there was an attempted burglary at their home.
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody star reportedly had a gun and restrained the intruder until police arrived, per TMZ, who cited unnamed sources.
Dylan Sprouse and Barbara Palvin have been going strong since June 2018, but their love story started out with some hesitation. “I knew I wasn’t in a good mindset at the time, and maybe deep inside I knew it could be something more,” Palvin told W Magazine during a February 2019 joint interview with Sprouse, […]
Police reportedly told The Times that the suspect was taken in on outstanding warrants and that no injuries were reported. Per the outlet, the intruder made it on to the property but not inside the couple’s house.
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Us Weekly has reached out to Sprouse’s representatives for comment.
Sprouse first met Victoria’s Secret model Palvin at a party in 2017 and “clicked” but their romance got off to a slow start when she ignored his subsequent DM message for six months.
“I was very scared,” Palvin told British Vogue in February 2020. “I had this thought in the back, like, ‘Oh, but wait … are we going to get paparazzi’ed all the time?’”
Barbara Palvin and Dylan Sprouse.(Photo by Rich Polk/Getty Images for Universal Studios Hollywood)
After making their relationship official in 2018, the couple moved in together in Brooklyn in January 2019. Their relationship soared to new heights when Sprouse proposed in September 2022.
“For me, at least, marriage is a promise of kind of loving you endlessly and being your partner. I’m nervous about the event,” Sprouse told the outlet. “Frankly, it’s about the first dance. I’m nervous about a choreographed dance.”
For her part, Palvin admitted that the engagement was more nerve-racking than the marriage itself even though she knew he was The One from the beginning.
“I mean, a man has time to prepare for the proposal — Dylan kept the ring for seven months before he asked the question — but for me, it was right then and there,” she said. “I knew since we started dating that I want to marry him, but it’s a big decision.”
Dylan Sprouse and his wife, Barbara Palvin, are teaching Us how to subtly coordinate on date night. Dylan, 31, and Palvin, 30, attended a special screening of the comedy horror film Lisa Frankenstein in Los Angeles on Monday, February 5. They synchronized in all-black looks for the event. Dylan looked dapper in a black suit, […]
In an interview with Vogue published in July 2023, Palvin recalled Sprouse’s proposal, which took place during a camping trip in California.
“It was very romantic,” she told the outlet. “I was suspicious and thought he might pop the question because he packed a shirt that was too nice for camping.”
The couple ultimately tied the knot in Albertirsa, Hungary in July 2023, exchanging vows at the same church where Palvin’s parents got married more than three decades earlier.
The year that saw the release of monumental sci-fi movies such as Christopher Nolan‘s Interstellar and Tom Cruise‘s instant classic Edge of Tomorrow also witnessed the quiet success of a movie that has grown equally in stature in the decade since. The movie cost a fraction of the budgets of Interstellar and Edge of Tomorrow, both of which carried reported budgets of around $160 million, and it marked the beginning of a particularly exciting studio-filmmaker collaboration. Both the studio and the director continue to work together to this day, with their latest project having recently entered production in England. Their first movie — the one from 2014 – is currently streaming on HBO Max, but not for too long.
It remains startlingly relevant even today. In fact, with its potent themes of artificial intelligence and technocrats ruling the world, it is perhaps more relevant now than it was back in 2014. The movie follows a programmer who is invited by a reclusive CEO to test a humanoid robot powered by AI. The film starred Oscar Isaac as the CEO, Domhnall Gleeson as the audience surrogate programmer, and Alicia Vikander as the robot.
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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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Here’s How Long You Have Left To Watch the Sci-Fi Gem on HBO Max
We’re talking, of course, about the sci-fi masterpiece Ex Machina, directed by Alex Garland. The filmmaker had previously made a name for himself as a writer on Danny Boyle‘s 28 Days Laterand Sunshine, as well as the underrated sci-fi movie Never Let Me Go. Ex Machina was his directorial debut and was distributed domestically by A24. It grossed $37 million worldwide against a reported budget of $15 million, and went on to receive an Oscar nomination in the Best Visual Effects category. The movie now holds a “Certified Fresh” 92% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the critics’ consensus reads, “Ex Machina leans heavier on ideas than effects, but it’s still a visually polished piece of work — and an uncommonly engaging sci-fi feature.” Garland went on to direct a string of genre movies for A24 – the divisive horror film Men, the dystopian thriller Civil War, the anti-war thriller Warfare, and the upcoming video game adaptation of Elden Ring. Ex Machina will be removed from HBO Max domestically on May 1. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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