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RJ Mitte, 'Breaking Bad' Star and Disability Advocate, Dies at Age 34

Mike Redmond — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 20:00:00 -0500

This is a tough one. RJ Mitte, best known as Walter "Flynn" White Jr. on Breaking Bad, has died at age 34. While some outlets are reporting a cause of death, his family is understandably asking for privacy during this...

Grant Morrison Trashes 'Lanterns' Finale Despite Becoming a Fan

Mike Redmond — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -0500

When we last left Grant Morrison, the comics legend was not entirely thrilled with Damon Lindelof earlier in the year. At the time, Lanterns was embroiled in a now very silly bit of fan kerfuffle over the first teaser not...

Why Are Celebrities Doing Sponcon for Full Body Scans?

Kayleigh Donaldson — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 14:00:00 -0500

You get used to seeing certain things on the social media feeds of celebrities: red carpet glam shots, semi-candid selfies, promotional posts clearly copy-pasted from their publicist's email, and, of course, sponsored content. For a while, you couldn't swipe through...

How Bad Could 'Other Mommy' Actually Be? (Spoilers)

Dustin Rowles — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:45:00 -0500

I'm impressed by one thing about Other Mommy: It's an old-school marketing snow job. In the era of social media, we rarely see a movie this bad, with a CinemaScore this low (D+), defy toxic word of mouth and haul...

Virginie Efira & Tao Okamoto Animate Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's Masterful & Moving 'All of a Sudden'

Jason Adams — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:15:00 -0500

Whatever the opposite of the Bechdel Test is, writer-director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's gorgeous new miracle of a movie All of a Sudden seems to have invented it. Here is a three-plus-hour movie which is at least 75% made up of two...

Dan Levy Calls Out Shane Gillis for His 'SNL' Monologue

Dustin Rowles — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:30:00 -0500

In the year of our Lord, 2026, a man who said himself that he looks like a "gas station boiled egg" got up in front of a large, national audience and, on live TV, said that women at the gym...

Can Star Power Save the 'Exorcist' Franchise?

Dustin Rowles — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:45:00 -0500

I've seen The Exorcist: Martyrs trailer a couple of times over the last few days, and I'm not sold on it. I love Mike Flanagan, and I even like what I've seen of his new Carrie, so far, though I...

Sacha Baron Cohen is Quentin Tarantino's West End Leading Man

Kayleigh Donaldson — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0500

Quentin Tarantino, taking a break from being weird on podcasts and hanging out with the IDF, is about to make his West End debut. The director had written his first play, which is set to premiere next February. It's called,...

Box Office Report: Mommy's Reckoning

Kayleigh Donaldson — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0500

Horror films are a safe bet for box office success in all 12 months of the year, but it's currently mid-October and spooky season demands a scary movie. Audiences had two options: a jump-scare heavy horror with a creepy mother-demon,...

Nicolas Cage Tells Amazon To Keep Its Money: 'I'm Not an AI-Friendly Actor'

Lainey Bobainey — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 21:00:00 -0500

Nicolas Cage famously spent years churning out straight-to-video movies as fast as he could thanks to owing a significant amount of money to the IRS. Only recently has he been on stable ground, so it's notable that he's willing to...