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The book-to-screen adaptation is a tried and true formula that has led to some of the best movies of all time, like "Jurassic Park" and "The Wizard of Oz," which unknowingly paved the way for the success of "Wicked." However, not all adaptations receive the same praise. Movies like "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief" and the messy adaptation of "The Dark Tower" have been criticized for glossing over too many details. This proves that not all books, no matter how easy they might seem to adapt were meant for the big screen.

While some books are destined for a cinematic future, others have been deemed unfilmable. Perhaps a plot relies too heavily on mystical beings, sometimes tales are controversial and unsettling, which could turn away moviegoers. It's a label that some filmmakers walk away from, while others...

Judd Apatow is breaking ground as the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures‘ first-ever guest curator for its upcoming comedy film exhibition.

Set to debut in April 2027, the museum announced the series on Friday as the writer, director and producer participated in a 20th anniversary screening of his feature directorial debut The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) with the movie’s cast.

“The cat is out of the bag! I’ll be working with the Academy Museum to showcase some of my favorite films and filmmakers throughout the ages,” said Apatow in a statement. “I am honored to curate this project alongside the museum’s talented team and with access to the Academy Collection. We hope to leave visitors inspired and, of course, with a big smile on their faces.”

The untitled exhibition will be the Academy Museum’s first dedicated to the art of comedy in film, utilizing some of the 52 million items in the Academy Collection.

Judd Apatow is making a trip to the museum a little funnier.

The writer, director and producer will be the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures' first guest curator of its newest comedy film exhibition focused on celebrating the comedy genre and filmmakers.

During a special event on May 2 at the Academy Museum, Apatow and several cast members of The 40-Year-Old Virgin reunited to celebrate the film and mark the museum’s 20th anniversary. Held in the David Geffen Theater, the evening featured a screening of Apatow’s breakout comedy and a lively onstage conversation with Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Jane Lynch, Gerry Bednob, and Kat Dennings. The group shared personal stories, behind-the-scenes memories and reflected on how the film came to life.

“The cat is out of the bag! I’ll be working with the Academy Museum to showcase some of my favorite films and filmmakers throughout the ages,...

Judd Apatow is the first guest curator at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, overseeing a new comedy film exhibition focused on celebrating the genre and its filmmakers. Apatow’s new position was announced during the Academy Museum’s 20th celebration and screening of his feature debut “The 40-Year-Old-Virgin,” which featured a conversation between Apatow, Steve Carell, Catherine Keener, Jane Lynch, Gerry Bednob, and Kat Dennings in the museum’s David Geffen Theater.

Apatow’s currently untitled exhibition is slated for April 2027, and will mark the Academy Museum’s first exhibition dedicated to the art of comedy in film. “We’re thrilled to announce that our first guest curator at the Academy Museum is none other than the hilarious and brilliant Judd Apatow,” said Academy Museum director and president Amy Homma in a statement. “Judd’s comedies have shaped entertainment and culture, and we know his expertise, appreciation, and love...

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This May, Peacock is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated return of the crime comedy-drama series Poker Face to all of the John Wick films. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Peacock this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the ten best films that are coming to Peacock in May 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

99 Homes (May 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92% Credit – Broad Green Pictures

99 Homes is a thriller drama film directed by Ramin Bahrani, who also co-wrote the film with Amir Naderi. The 2014 film is set in Florida, and it follows Dennis Nash, a single father living with his family. When his family is evicted from their home by a businessman, Dennis decides...

James Gandolfini and Julia Louis-Dreyfus fans can now stream their 2013 rom-com Enough Said. The bittersweet comedy was one of Gandolfini's final screen roles before his death.

Fans of the Sopranos and Veep stars can stream Enough Said as part of their Hulu subscriptions, as the film was made available on the service as of April 1. The impressive cast also includes two-time Academy Award nominee Catherine Keener, Emmy winner Toni Collette and Halt and Catch Fire actor Toby Huss.

Enough Said Is Now Available to Stream on Hulu

Enough Said revolves around single parent Eva (Louis-Dreyfus) struggling to come to grips with her teenage daughter moving away to attend college. Eva soon finds herself involved with the kindly Albert (Gandolfini), only to discover he is the ex-husband of her new client Marianne (Keener).

Filmmaker Nicole Holofcener drew on her own life story to write and direct Enough Said. Holofcener had previously...

A recent rumor that David Zaslav might be thinking about making a major change at Warner Bros. following a number of box office disappointments appears to have been confirmed.

According to Bloomberg, the Warner Bros. Discovery CEO is currently engaged in "early and informal" talks with potential successors to studio heads Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy. Joker: Folie à Deux's abysmal box office performance is believed to be a major reason for the change, but Todd Phillips' critically-panned sequel is not the only recent WB movie to underperform at the box office.

Bong Joon Ho's Mickey 17 will reportedly end up costing the studio between $75 million to $80 million over the course of its theatrical run, and the studio is also coming off another bomb in Alto Knights - although Zaslav is believed to have greenlit the movie himself despite others voicing concerns about it having limited prospects.

Though...

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This April, Hulu is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated conclusion of The Handmaid’s Tale to the much-anticipated streaming release of Jude Law‘s The Order. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Hulu this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the seven best films that are coming to Hulu in April 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Arrival (April 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94% Credit – Paramount Pictures

Arrival is a sci-fi drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve from a screenplay by Eric Heisserer. Based on the 1998 short story “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang, the 2016 film follows Louise Banks, a linguist, as she is enlisted by the Army to communicate with the aliens who have recently arrived on Earth.

For Terry Knickerbocker, the call came in the dead of night.

It was Sam Rockwell, his longtime friend and client. Knickerbocker, a renowned acting coach based in New York, has worked with Rockwell on every gig since the early 1990s, helping Rockwell find the shades and contours of everyone from Chuck Barris to Bob Fosse.

So close are the two, Rockwell served as best man at Knickerbocker’s wedding and thanked Knickerbocker by name when he accepted his 2018 Oscar for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

Rockwell, 56, was calling from South Africa, where for months he had been working on a grueling shoot for Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, a sci-fi feature also starring Juno Temple from director Gore Verbinski. The film requires him to recite a 10-page monologue.

“We worked on that monologue for months just to hit all the points,” Knickerbocker, 69, says.

But it was not that movie that he was calling about.

Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan is on a hot streak of late, with his neo-Western drama hit having helped the writer, director, and producer carve out a genre all his own. However, despite his recent smash hits, not everything Sheridan has crafted has been as successful, as this divisive action crime thriller, which is headed to Netflix, proves.

Released back in 2018, Sicario: Day Of The Soldado sees Stefano Sollima take over directing duties from the first movie’s Denis Villeneuve and picks up following the events of 2015’s Academy Award-nominated Sicario. Starring Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, Jeffrey Donovan, and Raoul Trujillo, all of whom reprise their roles from the first outing, with Isabela Moner, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, and Catherine Keener joining the cast, Sicario: Day of the Soldado will be available to stream on Netflix from April 1. You can check out the official synopsis below.

“FBI agent Matt Graver calls on...

Mere days after the first season of Yellowstone premiered in 2018, Taylor Sheridan penned the screenplay for a crime thriller that’s becoming a streaming hit nearly seven years later. Sheridan wrote Sicario: Day of the Soldado, which is a direct sequel to 2015’s Sicario, although it only returned Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin and not Emily Blunt and Jon Bernthal. Sicario 2 hit Paramount+ not long ago, and the film wasted no time cracking the top 10, sitting at #4 at the time of writing. Sicario 2 earned scores of 62% from critics and 66% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, which falls well below the 92% and 85% scores of the original. Matthew Modine, Isabela Merced, and Catherine Keener also star in Sicario: Day of the Soldado.

Every year, Jesse Shade of the Awfully Good Movies series provides us with his list of the ten worst movies of the year – and 2024 is no different! Now that the Oscars are out of the way and it has been revealed that the members of the Academy felt Anora was the best picture of 2024, Jesse Shade is here with his list of The 10 Worst Movies of 2024. You can find out what his picks are by checking out the video embedded above. Fittingly, this is also the video that has been chosen to launch the new JoBlo Awfully Good Movies YouTube channel!

If you want to know what Jesse Shade’s picks for the 10 Worst Movies of 2024 were before you start watching the video, here’s the list:

10. Joker: Folie à Deux

Directed by Todd Phillips, who also wrote the script with Scott Silver. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga,...

Most of Denis Villeneuve's films received critical acclaim. Although the director is currently best known for his work on the Dune adaptations, he has also directed several other successful films, including 2015's Sicario.

The action crime thriller Sicario is one of the best CIA films of all time. The movie marked Yellowstone creator's screenwriting debut, and the team up was very successful. Shortly after its debut on Netflix on Mar. 2, Sicario became a hit on the streaming platform, Tudum reveals.

For the week between Mar. 3 and 9, just one day after the film's arrival on the platform, Sicario entered the charts in fifth place globally with 4.6 million views and 9.2 million hours viewed. The numbers were solely from the U.S., which was the only region that recently premiered the film.

However, in the U.S. charts alone, Sicario was in fourth place, just behind the animated face-off between Despicable Me 4 and Plakton: The Movie,...

Todd Phillips' Joker: Folie à Deux will likely go down as one of the most notorious flops in comic book movie history, as the sequel's box office underperformance and negative critical reception were made all the more surprising by the first film's huge level of success.

Though the downbeat musical does have its defenders, Phillips' creative choices just didn't click with the majority of cinema goers. The lead performances from Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga did come in for a lot of praise, but it didn't stop the pair from being nominated for - and winning - several Razzie awards.

Gaga was the guest host for this week's episode of Saturday Night Live, and used the opportunity to take a few playful jabs at the movie, and her own Razzie win.

“Anyway, I’m an actor now,” the Oscar and Grammy winner said during her opening monologue. “I select films...

Taylor Sheridan's name is now synonymous with the hit Paramount+ Western franchise Yellowstone. However, a decade ago, years before Yellowstone began, he wrote the script for 2015's Sicario.

Sicario, which comes from Dune director Denis Villeneuve, is now available to stream on Netflix. The film follows a principled FBI agent, Kate Macer (Emily Blunt), who is assigned to a task force to destabilize the Mexican drug cartels, working alongside a shady CIA agent, Matt Graver (Josh Brolin), and CIA-trained assassin Alejandro Gillick (Benicio del Toro). The movie was a major hit that led to a film series which, so far, consists of two installments.

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Sicario further delved into the war on drug cartels, as well as highlighted the CIA's involvement,...

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The Awards season catch up doesn't just begin and end with 2024 movie releases. With the 97th Academy Awards on the horizon, it is time to revisit old winners, and really consider if they deserved that victory. Conversations have emerged on social media recently about which award the academy is most commonly "wrong" about. Unfortunately for fans, the general consensus was that they usually stumble when it comes to one of the most important awards of the night.

Those who don't keep up with the Academy Awards may think that the Best Supporting Actor/Actress award is just a stepping stone to greatness, but that couldn't be further from the truth. Just last year, Robert Downey Jr. tore through the awards season with his portrayal of Lewis Strauss in Oppenheimer,...

Jane Fonda is urging Hollywood to confront these fraught times with empathy.

“What we, actors, create is empathy. Our job is to understand another human being so profoundly that we can touch their souls,” said Fonda, who was honored on Sunday night with SAG’s life achievement award. “And make no mistake, empathy is not weak or woke. By the way, woke just means you give a damn about other people.”

During her lively speech, Fonda made oblique references to the political environment and the Trump administration’s drive to cut federal jobs. “A whole lot of people are going to be really hurt by what is happening,” she said. “Even if they’re of a different political persuasion, we need to not judge but listen from our hearts.”

Fonda also spoke to the power of unions — like SAG-AFTRA — to protect people during unsettling moments in history. “I’m a big believer in unions.

Rick Riordan's first Percy Jackson novel, "The Lightning Thief," was first published in 2005, riding on a wave of ultra-popular young adult fantasy literature that persists to this day. One can easily see that the "Percy Jackson & the Olympians" books lift a lot of ideas from J.K. Rowling's blockbuster Harry Potter novels and follow a lot of the same story beats. Both were about young men who, while living unhappy lives among the hoi polloi, discover they actually possess royal blood. Their previously unknown lineages allow them access to worlds of magic and/or deities, which they are able to explore through either a wizards' boarding school (in Harry Potter) or a demigod summer camp (in Percy Jackson).

Both Potter and Jackson also have to face off against intergenerational enemies that are directly linked to their absent parents; with Potter, it was a wizard named Voldemort, and with Jackson,...

Success on television doesn’t come bigger than NCIS. The franchise was conceived by Donald Paul Bellisario, a former sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps who had previously found success with the original Magnum P.I., starring Tom Selleck. Jag was the first show in the franchise, followed by NCIS. Since then, there have been five babies, namely : NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, NCIS: Hawaiʻi, NCIS: Sydney, and NCIS: Origins.

All NCIS shows stick to the same narrative formula. The Major Case Response Team (McRt) of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service of the United States Department of the Navy investigates crimes committed by or linked to members of the United States Navy and Marine Corps (Usmc), and their associated branches of government. Over 1000 episodes are available across all shows, hence fans of military procedurals have no shortage of stories to follow, but fans will also love Basic,...

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Upload is a satirical sci-fi comedy-drama series created by Greg Daniels. The Prime Video series follows an app programmer named Nathan Brown, who dies under mysterious circumstances, and after his death, his consciousness is uploaded to a virtual reality world specially created for dead people. Upload delves deeply into the topic of death, but it never loses its touch of humor. Upload stars Robbie Amell, Andy Allo, Allegra Edwards, Zainab Johnson, Kevin Bigley, Andrea Rosen, Owen Daniels, and Josh Banday. So, if you loved the interesting concept, hilarious comedy, and compelling characters in Upload, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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The Good Place is a fantasy comedy series created by Michael Schur. The NBC series follows Eleanor, a recently deceased saleswoman who finds herself in a heaven-like afterlife, even...

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Companion is a sci-fi thriller film written and directed by Drew Hancock. The 2025 film follows a young couple going on a weekend getaway with friends at a remote cabin. Their fun getaway soon turns bloody when it is revealed that one of them is a companion robot. Companion stars Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillen, and Rupert Friend. So, if you loved the thrilling story, sci-fi elements, and compelling characters in Companion, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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M3GAN is a sci-fi horror thriller film directed by Gerard Johnstone from a screenplay by Akela Cooper. The 2022 film follows Gemma, a brilliant roboticist who takes in her niece, Cady, after she lost her parents in an accident. Gemma designed a lifelike doll known as M3GAN,...

Months after her latest film Joker: Folie à Deux opened to bad reviews and very disappointing box office, Lady Gaga is sharing her perspective on the matter.

“People just sometimes don’t like some things,” Gaga told Elle in an interview published Tuesday. ‘It’s that simple. And I think to be an artist, you have to be willing for people to sometimes not like it. And you keep going even if something didn’t connect in the way that you intended.” She adds that the fear of failure is what can be really damaging: “When that makes its way into your life, that can be hard to get control of. It’s part of the mayhem.”

Todd Phillips’ musical sequel, which saw Joaquin Phoenix reprise his Oscar winning role of the DC villain and also starred Gaga, followed the first 2019 film, which at one point was the highest grossing...

Joker was a record-breaking $1 billion success in 2019, landing countless award nominations and even a "Best Actor" trophy for lead star Joaquin Phoenix.

Despite him and filmmaker Todd Phillips vowing to never make a sequel, they reunited for Joker: Folie À Deux and turned to singer and actor Lady Gaga to bring Lee Quinzel to life. Given a massive budget by Warner Bros. - the studio was likely convinced more box office success was guaranteed - Phoenix and Phillips chose to make a musical that, ultimately, no one wanted to see.

That's evident from a dismal $206 million haul at the global box office and the only awards Joker: Folie À Deux looks set to win this year are Razzies.

Elle recently ran a profile on Gaga and asked her about what proved to be a rare career misstep with Phillips' DC Comics adaptation.

"People just sometimes don't like some things," Gaga acknowledged.

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Breakups are one of the most painful and heartbreaking parts of everyday life; most of the time, they are important and inescapable. It still doesn’t mean that it’s easy to get over one, and that’s our main reason behind compiling this list, which consists of some of the most heart-touching or heartbreaking movies that will help you get over your breakup.

Celeste & Jesse Forever (Hulu & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Sony Pictures Classics

Celeste & Jesse Forever is a romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lee Toland Krieger from a screenplay co-written by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack. The 2012 film follows Celeste and Jesse, who are ending their marriage but still care about each other and spend much of their time together. However, when Jesse meets someone else, Celeste finds it hard to move on.

When it comes to terrifying horror movies, many horror fanatics love the blend of suspense, gore, and jump scares. Some of the most successful horror movies and franchises center around thrills and bloodshed. Audiences love the shock factor and excitement that comes from gore. But looking past the blood, some of the creepiest horror movies center around a horrifying journey and psychological torment.

A good horror story shines on its own and allows audiences to immerse themselves in the creative storytelling without needing the extra, over-the-top violence. Overlooked suspenseful horror movie The Others centers around a haunting atmosphere and creates an overwhelming sense of dread without needing a single drop of blood added to the story. Well-written creepy narratives and empathetic characters make the perfect blend for a compelling horror plot.

Get Out (2017) Directed by Jordan Peele

Get Out

Jordan Peele made his directorial Horror debut with Get Out, a...

Comedian Nikki Glaser has been widely praised for her hosting duties at this past Sunday's Golden Globes.

During her monologue, Glaser took aim at Diddy, Ben Affleck, Ariana Grande, and more, though the jokes - which definitely pushed the boundaries at times - didn't feature the same spiteful undertone as when Ricky Gervais hosted, for example.

Still, the host (who many of you may not realise voiced DC's Cheetah in Robot Chicken a few years ago) did leave a handful of jokes on the cutting room floor which she decided went perhaps a step too far.

Among them was a brutal jab at last October's Joker: Folie à Deux.

Glaser did poke fun at the failed musical on air and asked the audience, "Where is their table? Oh, that’s right, they’re not here." However, a far more controversial version saw her say, "I saw ‘Joker 2’ and, you know,...

Comedian Nikki Glaser has been widely praised for her hosting duties at this past Sunday's Golden Globes.

During her monologue, Glaser took aim at Diddy, Ben Affleck, Ariana Grande, and more, though the jokes - which definitely pushed the boundaries at times - didn't feature the same spiteful undertone as when Ricky Gervais hosted, for example.

Still, the host (who many of you may not realise voiced DC's Cheetah in Robot Chicken a few years ago) did leave a handful of jokes on the cutting room floor which she decided went perhaps a step too far.

Among them was a brutal jab at last October's Joker: Folie à Deux.

Glaser did poke fun at the failed musical on air and asked the audience, "Where is their table? Oh, that’s right, they’re not here." However, a far more controversial version saw her say, "I saw ‘Joker 2’ and, you know,...

The Golden Globes were the first award event of 2025 and celebrities put on their best clothes and hoped to hear their names in the categories they were nominated for. Celebrating the best in TV and film, the ceremony had comedian Nikki Glaser as this year's host, and she also addressed Joker: Folie à Deux.

As she started her 10-minute opening monologue, the comedian acknowledged some of the film and TV stars attending the ceremony. She praised Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett, and Colin Farrell for their range in both TV and films, as well as Eddie Redmayne joining TV shows with The Day of the Jackal. As she moved on to talk about films, she also addressed the critically acclaimed musical Wicked, while also making fun of the critically panned Joker: Folie à Deux.

"I did not know a lot about Wicked going into this because I had friends in high school,...

Nikki Glaser hosted last night's Golden Globes ceremony, and after last year's Jo Koy debacle, the consensus seems to be that the often controversial stand-up comedian did an excellent job.

Glaser, who is known for her scathing celebrity roasts, did have to tone herself down somewhat for the awards show, but still managed to slip a few outrageous observations and acerbic barbs in during her opening monologue, and Joker: Folie à Deux found itself in the firing line.

“Where’s the Joker 2 table? Oh right, they’re not here…”

Nikki Glaser roasts Joker 2 at #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/9iXmYTBN8H

— Everything_DCU (@EverythingDCU_) January 6, 2025

One could argue that Todd Phillips' much-maligned sequel is a bit of an easy target, but to be fair, Glaser didn't exactly go for the jugular here.

Folie à Deux was met with negative reviews and had grossed just $206 million at the global box office (including...

While the Oscars and Emmys are a prestigious affair, with the occasional joke and a lot of tears, the Golden Globes often take a more relaxed approach to the awards show format. Past years have seen Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Sandra Oh, Andy Samberg, and Ricky Gervais tear into the attendees, while taking jabs at some of the biggest pop culture moments of the year. This year, comedian Nikki Glaser hosted the event, and wasted no time ripping into one of the worst comic book movies of the year — Joker: Folie à Deux.

During her opening monologue, Nikki Glaser began joking about Wicked, the musical that is still dominating theaters. Glaser remarked about some theaters being unhappy about fans singing during screenings. "Some people complained that the movie was ruined by people singing," she began. She then quickly turned her attention to Todd Phillips' Joker: Folie à Deux, which drastically...

The following article discusses several mental health conditions.

In cinema, it’s common to stereotype mental health and categorize characters as "unstable" due to their perceived or actual mental health illness(es). The problem with Hollywood telling stories involving mental health conditions is the villainization of characters with these issues. These inaccurate portrayals lead to unfair stigmatization against those suffering from these conditions in real life. Even in films where mental health disorders aren't villainized, inaccurate portrayals are harmful due to the way they shape audience expectations.

Such inaccuracies can lead to further stigmatization of the conditions the movies are depicting. For example, films about characters with genius-level intellect or sensationalized and exaggerated quirks don't portray the lived-in reality of people with these actual conditions. Consequently, the misinformation spread through these films can be damaging. Unfortunately, even excellent movies such as A Beautiful Mind and The Shining can inaccurately portray mental health illnesses.

Hollywood has never been one to shy away from adapting beloved books to the big screen, and despite the unprecedented success of fan-favorite franchises like Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, and The Hunger Games, not all reimaginings have received the same adoration and praise. In 2010, Rick Riordan's best-selling children's novel The Lightning Thief was brought to cinemas all around the world, with Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief bringing the demigod character to life with Logan Lerman stepping into the titular role.

Fans of the book series were quick to express their massive disappointment in the panned adaptation, which largely deviated from the source material and left audiences hoping for a better, more faithful version despite its solid box office earnings. Three years later, the sequel Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters debuted, ultimately attracting the same ire from moviegoers and critics and effectively putting an end...

Taylor Sheridan is one of the most notable creators of the 21st century. He has made his way into both movies and television as a director, writer, producer, creator, and even actor. Right now, Sheridan's biggest-deal projects are in the TV sphere. Most notably, Sheridan created the Yellowstone franchise, whose final season of its mothership series just concluded. He has been a part of multiple Yellowstone spinoffs as well as other successful series such as Landman, Lioness, Tulsa King, and Mayor of Kingstown.

Despite this TV dominance, however, Sheridan has also been a part of a number of notable movies. He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for his 2016 film Hell or High Water. He also directed the well-received mystery thriller Wind River, which is now getting a sequel in which Sheridan is not involved. Projects like these demonstrate this creator's ability to cross over to multiple media.

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This January, Prime Video is bringing you a lot of entertainment from the Will Ferrell comedy film You’re Cordially Invited to the beloved romantic action comedy film The Fall Guy. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Prime Video this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 10 best films that are coming to Prime Video in January 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Boogie Nights (January 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94% Credit – New Line Cinema

Boogie Nights is a drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The 1997 film is set in Los Angeles’s San Fernando Valley, and it follows Eddie Adams, a high school dropout working as a dishwasher as he becomes one of the biggest adult film stars,...

Mufasa: The Lion King Box Office (Worldwide): Surpasses Joker 2( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Mufasa: The Lion King started slow at the box office but has shown a good hold in the United States. The film has yet to reach the $100 million mark domestically and has achieved a new milestone worldwide, surpassing the global haul of Joker: Folie a Deux, aka Joker 2. The Disney sequel has entered the top 20 highest-grossing films of the year. Scroll below for the deets.

According to reports, the Disney sequel was made on an estimated budget of $200 million and has now recovered it during the second weekend. Meanwhile, Joker 2 was one of the most-anticipated movies of the year but turned out to be one of the biggest box-office duds. It is the sequel to the 2019 movie Joker, which held the record of the highest-grossing R-rated film until it was broken by Deadpool & Wolverine.

Though Maya Rudolph won't be getting an extended Saturday Night Live run, we can always find consolation in diving into the Loot star's lesser-known hits — like Forever, a 2018 dramedy led by the ever-hilarious Rudolph and SNL co-star Fred Armisen. Created by Parks and Recreation writer/producers Alan Yang and Matt Hubbard, Forever is a Prime Video hidden gem, a slow-burn exploration of love and the commitment it necessitates that also stars Academy Award-winner Catherine Keener. Surreal, silly, and oftentimes thought-provoking, the series delivers a twist on the classic marriage story and life-after-death trope. Forever is both underrated and understated, featuring surprisingly subtle performances from two comedy legends that you don't want to miss.

2019's Joker was a huge success, a film that combined superhero lore with a modern discussion about mental health. However, the highly-anticipated sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux, wasn't the hit everyone expected, but it has finally found success on streaming.

The sequel brought back the original team made up of director Todd Phillips and lead actor Joaquin Phoenix, adding Lady Gaga to the mix as Harley "Lee" Quinzel. Following its Oct. 4, the movie was plagued with negative reviews, leading to one of the most disappointing box office grosses of the year. However, according to FlixPatrol, Joker: Folie à Deux has finally found success on streaming, currently topping the charts.

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The Joker sequel made its way on streaming on Dec.

Joker: Folie a Deux is finally finding an audience following its debut on Max on Friday. The incredibly divisive sequel starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga turned out to be one of the biggest disappointments of the year for many moviegoers, with the musical take on the DC villain being slammed by both critics and audiences on its theatrical release in October.

While successful movies such as Deadpool & Wolverine took around four months to find a home on streaming, the Joker sequel has arrived on Max, and HBO, after just two months. Warner Bros. Discovery clearly hopes that dropping the film on streaming in the run-up to the Christmas period will see many people checking it out as an alternative to the glut of festive movies dominating streaming.

For now, and as a given, the strategy seems to have paid off, as Joker: Folie à Deux has reversed its theatrical...

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The most divisive superhero flick of the year is now streaming. Joker: Folie à Deux barely limped past its $200 million budget and left critics wondering “Who is this movie for?” It did have some notable fans, however. Francis Ford Coppola and Quentin Tarantino praised the Todd Phillips film, with the latter noting its intentionally provocative nature in an appearance on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast. If you missed...

Todd Phillips' Joker: Folie à Deux was not a popular movie (32% on Rotten Tomatoes and just $206 million at the global box office), but several notable names have come out in defence of the sequel, including Quentin Tarantino.

During an appearance on the Bret Easton Ellis podcast back in October, the Once Upon a Time In Hollywood director told the host that he very much enjoyed the film, and commended Phillips for being like the Joker himself by saying "f*ck you" to the audience and the studio.

“I really, really liked it, really. A lot. Like, tremendously, and I went to see it expecting to be impressed by the filmmaking,” Tarantino said. “But I thought it was going to be an arms-length, intellectual exercise that ultimately I wouldn’t think worked like a movie, but that I would appreciate it for what it is. And I’m just nihilistic enough...

"Joker: Folie à Deux", the sequel to the homicidal feature “Joker" (2019), also directed by Todd Phillips, based on characters from DC Comics, starring Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Zazie Beetz, Brendan Gleeson and Catherine Keener, streams December 13, 2024 on Max:

"...Joaquin Phoenix as 'Arthur Fleck' /'Joker'…

“…is a mentally ill, impoverished party clown killer/stand-up comedian…

“...disregarded by society..

"...whose history of abuse causes him to become…

“…a nihilistic criminal with a degenerate motif.

"Lady Gaga as 'Harley Quinn' ...

"....is a fucked-up chick....

"...who falls in love...

"...with 'crazy Arthur'.

“They deserve each other…”

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After ten years starring in a breezy sitcom as famous as Friends, any actor might feel the urge to branch out and show the world what they're really made of. To demonstrate his versatility, David Schwimmer slid into the director's chair for the 2010 drama Trust, a cautionary tale about internet safety that is about as far from romantic comedy territory as it gets. This disturbing story of child exploitation offers no easy answers and proves that there is more to Schwimmer than the lovable goof Ross Geller.

David Schwimmer made his directorial debut with the 2007 Simon Pegg comedy Run Fatboy Run, but he was already hard at work on something far more personal and challenging. Trust reflects the Friends star's years of commitment to the support of sexual assault survivors, and his rigorously researched film is brutally honest about the effects of abuse on whole families.

Joker: Folie a Deux's global box office returns spell out huge losses for Warner Bros., according to recently released figures. The musical film, which starred Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, is now infamous due to its divisive reception with most audiences and critics giving it low marks, with the exception of some industry figures such as Quentin Tarantino.

After a couple of months in theaters, Joker 2 grossed $206 million globally against a $200 million budget. Factoring in advertising, the film will likely be a $150 million loss for Warner Bros., which was a massive shock following the first movie's $1 billion haul. This news hits just before Joker 2 is slated to debut on Max on December 13 and HBO the following night at 8 pm Est.

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To say Joker: Folie à Deux didn't meet the expectations of its prequel, 2019's Joker, would be an understatement. The critically panned sequel also flopped at the box office, and while everyone involved is trying to move on, the film has received some support from a Hollywood director.

Filmmaker John Waters of Hairspray and Pink Flamingos fame is a certified fan of Joker 2. The director praised the love story in the sequel and called it one of the best films of 2024, to the detriment of the public and critical opinion of the sequel. The director published a Top 10 list of 2024 films on Vulture, and Joker: Folie à Deux got the sixth spot.

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Joker: Folie à Deux gives Warner Bros. and DC no reason to smile thanks to its disappointing box office return.

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Joker: Folie à Deux is coming to streaming soon!

The DC Comics movie, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, was released in theaters in early October, and since has been made available to rent or purchase on demand.

Now, the Joker musical sequel is set to be available to stream for free on Max, with a subscription, of course.

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The movie is set to make it’s Max debut Next Friday, December 13th, and it will also air on HBO on Saturday, December 14th at 8pm Et!

In Joker: Folie à Deux, Arthur Fleck (Phoenix) is institutionalized at Arkham awaiting trial for his crimes as Joker. While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that’s always been inside him.

Also starring in the movie are Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener and Zasie Beetz.

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Many movie enthusiasts clearly didn't take Joker: Folie à Deux seriously and the comic book sequel's box-office returns have proved that. The final numbers are in for the film, with Warner Bros. and DC Studios finding its overall tally to be no laughing matter.

Via ComicBookMovie.com, the Joker sequel has ended its run in cinemas with a worldwide box office gross of $206 million, barely making back its $200 million budget (not including marketing costs). The film didn't even make one-fifth of what the original Joker, the second highest-grossing R-rated movie in history ($1.078 billion worldwide), made following its 2019 premiere.

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After The Batman, many fans are wondering if Robert Pattinson will face off against Joaquin Phoenix's Joker in a future crossover.

Folie à Deux stood little chance of matching what Joker achieved commercially amid skepticism regarding its creative direction,...

As 2024 winds to a close, film fans and critics alike begin to assemble their best of the year lists. And what list would be complete without at least one surprising entry, a film that sticks out like a sore thumb from its brethren. That's certainly the case with John Waters, the Pope of Trash himself and the creator of such gloriously quirky and even disgusting cinematic experiences, like Pink Flamingos, Hairspray, and Serial Mom.

The filmmaker released his annual top 10 list via Vulture, and amid some of the more expected titles, coming in at number six is Todd Phillips' much-maligned musical sequel Joker: Folie à Deux. It's not impossible, but the likelihood the vehicle for Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga will make many any other best-of lists this year is pretty slim. It boasts both a 32% critics and audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, with Glenn Kenney of RogerEbert.com saying...

Warner Bros. very ambitious Todd Phillips musical sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux, will debut on Max on Friday, Dec. 13 with a linear premiere on HBO on Dec. 14 at 8Pm Est.

The movie, which saw Joaquin Phoenix reprise his Oscar winning role of the DC villain, also starred Lady Gaga. The first 2019 movie was at one point, before Marvel Studios/Disney’s Deadpool & Wolverine unseated it, the highest grossing R-rated movie of all-time at $1.1 billion. The sequel was fully rejected by moviegoers with a D Cinemascore, opening to an awful $37.6M stateside (versus the first movie’s record October bow of $96.2M) and finaling at $58.3M domestic, $206.4M worldwide off a $190M production cost before P&a. Reports have suggested that the sequel will lose around $100M.

Exhibition has no reason to complain: That’s a 71-day theatrical window for Joker 2 from its Oct. 4 opening day until its drop on Max.

Todd Phillips' Joker: Folie à Deux will be available to stream on Max from December 13 before hitting HBO linear on December 14 at 8 p.m. Et, and the downbeat musical sequel's final worldwide box office totals are in.

The film grossed just $206 million at the global box office (including $58 million in North America), and is expected to lose at least $150 million to $200 million for the studio.

This is a far cry from the first Joker movie, which took in over $1 billion worldwide and was the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time before Deadpool and Wolverine surpassed it earlier this year.

Some notable names have come out in defence of Joker: Folie à Deux, and we can now add legendary director John Waters to the list.

"Finally, a love story I can relate to," Waters said of the film after sharing his top 10 of 2024 list. "So insane, so well thought out,...

Today is the day Beetlejuice Beetlejuice starts streaming exclusively on Max. It’s a Warner Bros movie, so a Warner Bros streamer gets it — makes sense, right? Not everything from the same studio can be a winner, though, and this means the movie WB released after that one is next…one of the year’s biggest flops, Joker: Folie A Deux. After Todd Philips hypothetical “what if the Joker happened in real life” movie became a smash hit, a sequel seemed inevitable, but what would it be about? It ended with Arthur Peck going to jail and why would they let him out? The answer is, they don’t…in a curveball no one was ready for, Joker: Folie A Deux is a half-musical with the songs taking place in Joker’s head. Joaquin Phoenix returns in the lead role, with no one less than Lady Gaga playing Harley Quinn,...