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The Altruists Netflix SeriesImage via Netflix Published Oct 8, 2026, 12:57 PM EDT Jeff Dodge (he/him), a published author and graduate of Western Washington University, has been a TV news editor for many years and has had the chance to interview multiple reality show stars, including Randy Jackson, Nick Cannon, Heidi Klum, Mel B and John

EXCLUSIVE: You Can See Everything, A24‘s documentary about fallen Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes and her days before going to federal prison, is a hot ticket at Alamo Drafthouse. So hot that presales for the doc directed by Lance Oppenheim and Nathan Fielder are the highest of any A24 title and any documentary that has played

Sixteen years after The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin has finally returned to Facebook with an official sequel, The Social Reckoning. You would think the conversation this week would revolve around whether his actual sequel lives up to one of the best movies of the 2010s. Instead, another tech drama has wandered into the room and

Fallout could release zero mainline games and still reign supreme in many gaming circles. That’s kind of how it’s coasting right now, given that Fallout 4 came out in 2015, and there hasn’t been a numbered core title since. Fallout 76 is picking up some of that slack, and, incredibly, is turning eight years old

UPDATED MONDAY after Sunday AM post: Colleen Hoover fever came back at the box office as the feature take of the author’s novel Verity starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett scored her second best global debut ever at $62.1 million worldwide. That files behind the 2024 blockbuster It Ends With Us, in like-for-likes,

I’ve been an Alicia Silverstone fan since I first saw her serve ‘90s looks in the nostalgia-inducing Clueless and, now, she’s looking even more fabulous celebrating her 50th birthday, thanks to designer Christian Siriano. The Bugonia actor go way back with Siriana, so I fully expected him to give her something epic but clearly he’s

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Marshals season 2, episode 1.Kayce suffers another major loss in Marshals, but there’s a reason why it needed to happen. Not long after Yellowstone wrapped up on Paramount Network, Taylor Sheridan plotted the Duttons’ comeback on the small screen. John III’s death marked the end of an era for the Montana-based

Tom Cruise will not be jumping on any couches this weekend. This as the Top Gun: Maverick and Mission: Impossible blockbuster star posts his lowest opening in 19 years, that being the reported $160M net priced Digger, which didn’t find an audience with an $8M domestic debut, a $20M global overall start and a C+

Ever since the Barbie press tour, method dressing has been all the rage. Margot Robbie dressed with a Victorian flair for her Wuthering Heights press tour earlier this year, and Zendaya always kills it with her Spider-Man-inspired gowns on red carpets. At this point, it feels like an expectation for stars to be in-theme when

This month celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Star Trek franchise, with the original series airing on television and taking the world by storm since 1966. Since then, the sci-fi franchise has gone on to welcome multiple television shows, movies, books, and video games, and there is no denying how much of an impact it

SATURDAY AM: Refresh for chart and more analysis Warner Bros’ very original, very expensive auteur feature, Digger, is filing an $8M opening, which is still the lowest Tom Cruise has seen since 2007’s much cheaper Lions for Lambs at $6.7M. In hindsight, Amazon MGM Studios was bold to date on top of a big budget

Sure, it’s been a couple of months now since Zendaya traded slaying red carpet looks for a hard-earned break from the spotlight. But, we’re still thinking about all the method dressing she did with Law Roach so far while promoting her numerous 2026 movies. They really brought it for The Odyssey press tour, and one

Joel Kinnaman hopes his new political thriller, High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam, will resonate with viewers long after the finale airs on October 4. Created by Daniel Stiepleman and Jonathan Wakeham, TNT’s limited series follows CIA Agent John Nixon as he and the U.S. military capture and interrogate Saddam Hussein (Waleed Zuaiter). The

River, the IFC title that Universal and Blumhouse Atomic Monster acquired out of TIFF’s Midnight Madness section for $10 million, is getting a January 15, 2027 theatrical release. Universal already had this MLK weekend date on hold for a Blumhouse title. Also opening on this date so far is Paramount’s Gina Prince-Bythewood’s Children of Blood

The wildly popular novel Verity by Colleen Hoover is the latest book-to-screen adaptation on the 2026 movie schedule, and like the book itself, the movie seems to be polarizing (even in one cast member’s own family). It certainly seems to be here around the CinemaBlend offices, where a few people on our staff have seen

Gundam: Stardust Trails is officially set to release near the end of October 2026. It’s just one of the many new releases Gundam fans have gotten to enjoy in recent months, and there’s plenty to look forward to in 2027 as well, including the release of Gundam: Rogue Orbit and a new anime arc. In

EXCLUSIVE: Longtime Cinema United (né National Association of Theatre Owners) vet Mitch Neuhauser will be retiring following CinemaCon 2028. Neuhauser has been the face of CinemaCon, typically kicking off most presentations onstage, not to mention a relentless organizer of the event. He was key in mounting CinemaCon’s comeback as Covid eased with an August 2021

Last week, the first reactions to Tom Cruise’s Digger hit the web, and they were quite varied. What seemed apparent was that the highly anticipated movie was proving to be divisive. Now, the reviews are here, and they mark an unfortunate milestone for the leading man. Cruise has officially notched his worst Rotten Tomatoes score

Prime Video’s new crime thriller Kill Jackie is already dividing critics ahead of its October series premiere. Catherine Zeta-Jones stars in the series as international drug smuggler-turned-art dealer Jackie Price, who is targeted by a group of hitmen called The Seven Demons. Her past quickly comes back to haunt her, but she leans on those

Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story 5 cleared 20 million views in its first five days of streaming around the world on Disney+, enough to feasibly make it the No. 1 film on the OTT service. The Andrew Stanton-directed movie began streaming on Disney+ on September 23. The launch builds on the strength of Toy Story, the most-watched

Florence Pugh is an A-list actress and Oscar nominee who is one of the hottest movie stars in the business. She’s also a style icon in her own right, responsible for starting the sheer dress trend in Hollywood. She recently stunned in a black dress at a screening for her new show East of Eden

Now that the Fall 2026 season is officially kicking off, it is time to look back at the standout titles from the previous season. Summer brought plenty of fresh releases, proving that it isn’t just action anime that can win over audiences; romances, too, can surprise viewers with original storylines and emotional depth. While many

A diverse group of new releases join an indie weekend teetering on awards season kickoff at the close of a pretty momentous week for the industry. New in theaters, Sony Pictures Classics Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! and Mahershala Ali’s TIFF-premiering Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, along with stories about a New York location scout

Emmy, Grammy and Oscar-winning singer H.E.R. is the latest of professional musicians to star in their own film, and I love that it’s for DreamWorks. The “Best Part” singer is in one of the latest 2026 movie releases, Forgotten Island, which arrives in theaters this weekend. The family-friendly adventure sees the multi-hyphenate voicing one of

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered is just around the corner now, and you might need to go ahead and clear up some space on your hard drive. The new version of the game is bringing plenty of updates across the board, overhauling the graphics of the 11-year-old game and throwing some gameplay tweaks

FRIDAY PM: If a Nor’easter doesn’t shut down the power in the Northeast, four films are looking at doing over $20M each in what is another fantastic sign for moviegoing in a year that’s racing to $10 billion. Currently, there’s no word whether theaters are closing down from New Jersey up to Boston as wind

Swifties and non-Swifties alike got a little distracted last week when Taylor Swift went viral with that bold wedding ring moment. But as we join Jason and Travis Kelce in laughing at the great memes that came from Swift shouting, “That’s my husband!” after the tight end’s touchdown last weekend, many are still fixated on

Sylvester Stallone is a Hollywood icon, in large part thanks to his breakout role as Rocky Balboa, but 50 years on from that first film, Stallone is set to return to another outstanding role that he has made his own. While Stallone’s popularity exploded after 1976 when he first debuted as Rocky, he has been

Warner Bros has made some release date changes, unrelated to its pending marriage with Paramount. DC’s Robins-origin puppets-meet-animation feature Dynamic Duo is moving from June 30, 2028, to Septemer 22, 2028. The reasoning is that Warner Bros distribution believes this will be a good back-to-school animated feature slot for not just K-12 but also teens

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is nearing its 20 year anniversary, and there are certain franchises that stand out as fan favorites. Folks who spent years watching the Marvel movies in order will likely put James Gunn‘s Guardians of the Galaxy films (which are streaming with a Disney+ subscription) at the top of that list. For