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Apple TV+’s Slow Horses follows a dysfunctional group of British intelligence officers who, as a result of their career-ending mistakes and failures, are housed at MI5’s “dumping ground” department called Slough House. It’s wonderful to immerse within the Slow Horses and Espionage universe, but for fans looking for more intriguing spy drama, there are several other series like it. The British spy genre is prevalent in the program, which is adored for its slow-moving action and morally gray characters. Thankfully, there are several excellent espionage shows like Slow Horses available that fans can binge that have a similar vibe to…

Naruto has some of the best villains in anime, and they’re a large part of just how massive the franchise has become. While other major shōnen series might have a decent villain or two, Naruto has several, with a myriad of antagonists bringing something interesting to the table. Naruto has unquestionably cemented itself as not only one of the greatest shōnen series ever made, but one of the best anime in general. It’s a thrill ride from the beginning of Naruto to the end of Naruto: Shippuden, and the villains of the series are a major reason why. There are…

When Robert De Niro radically transformed his body to play the boxer Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull, it meant he was serious about his craft, and reshaped our understanding of authenticity in acting. What does it mean that Sydney Sweeney transformed hers, gaining an easily googleable quantity of pounds of muscle mass, to play the boxer Christy Martin (née Salters) in Christy?It means something different than it meant when De Niro did it, and something more: For reasons bigger than Sweeney, it says something about her as a celebrity as well as an artist. At the moment Hollywood’s most conventionally attractive – I intend…

Movies: Sunshine (2024) by Antoinette Jadaone: The Weight of Choice and the Pursuit of Dreams top of pagebottom of page

Jason Bateman is peripherally aware of your freaky Nick Wilde fanfics, ya filthy animals.The Zootopia star, who voices the witty and charming fox in the film franchise, was recently asked about fans who thirst over his animated anthropomorphic character, and his response was a mix of concern and pride.Chatting with entertainment website vt. during the Zootopia 2 press cycle, Bateman and co-star Ginnifer Goodwin participate in a true or false segment, during which Goodwin asked him about his character’s, um, sex appeal among certain fans.“Nick Wilde has a Reddit thread full of people debating whether he’s hot or not,” Goodwin posed,…

Given the movie’s over $200 million global haul at its opening box office weekend, it seems as if most of the country has already seen Jon M. Chu’s Wicked: For Good in theaters. The second chapter of the fight for freedom and justice in the Emerald City sees Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and Glinda’s (Ariana Grande) journey come to an explosive close, and the world can’t stop talking about it. But, with Wicked: For Good set to dominate the box office again this weekend, many who have already seen the sequel will be looking for something else to watch. With that…

Clint Eastwood’s most successful movie might surprise many fans because it has nothing to do with his Westerns or his directorial efforts. Eastwood is best known for his Westerns, which he made his name making in the 1960s and 70s. However, he is also known for his directing career, of which Eastwood has five that were Oscar-nominated. Yet Eastwood’s most successful movie commercially is not one of his Westerns, nor is it one of the movies he directed over his career. It also isn’t one of his Dirt Harry movies, although that is his most successful franchise. Instead, it is…

In 2025, the writer/​director Richard Linklater debuted two new features about revolutionary artists at vital junctures of their respective careers. Nouvelle Vague (which comes to these shores in early 2026) captures the irrepressible creative zeal of Jean-Luc Godard and his ragtag crew while making Breathless on the streets of Paris. Blue Moon, meanwhile, captures a giant of early-20th-century musical theatre en route to the gutter.It’s March 31, 1943, and the soon-to-be-canonical Broadway smash, ​‘Oklahoma!’, has just premiered to rave reviews. We join the diminutive lyricist Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke) as he props up the bar at the New York thesp haunt…

Movies: Bugonia (2025) by Yorgos Lanthimos: The Surreal Satire of Conspiracy and Captivity top of pagebottom of page

Every year, the staff of ScreenCrush offers their personal picks for the coolest gifts for movie and TV fans. While there are plenty of very cool options out there this fall — from Kino Lorber’s new edition of Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr. (complete with commentary from ScreenCrush’s Matt Singer) to the incredible (and massive!) new book on the making of Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood — this year we’re doing things a little bit differently.That’s because this year we’ve got our very own ScreenCrush store, and it’s recently been expanded to include 4Ks, Blu-rays, DVDs, vinyl, comics, books, and more. There’s…