While people have always been obsessed with death, crime and scandal to an extent, the modern resurgence of true crime media has ignited a series of difficult and perhaps unanswerable moral questions about big-screen adaptations of true stories. Among these questions from critics and viewers, the one that stands out the most is if there’s an ethical way to adapt real-life suffering for either art or entertainment?. That answer will certainly differ based on the person asked and the film in question....

British directorMike Leighis amaster of realism. His movies tend to be slow-paced dramas about ordinary, complex people. The narratives are deceptively simple, exploring rich themes and striking at universal human struggles. His next film iscurrently in production, although the whole project has thus far been shrouded in secrecy. It won’t be released for many months. This gives viewers plenty of time to dive into his filmography. 12’Meantime' (1983) This breakthrough television dramedy film was a sign of even greater things to come....

RELATED:The 7 Best New Movies to Watch on Netflix in July 2021 The Harry Potter Franchise Directors:Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuaron, Mike Newell, and David Yates Writers:Steve Kloves and Michael Goldenberg Cast:Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Alan Rickman, Ralph Fiennes, Richard Harris, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, and many more You know these movies – they’re great! There’s a bit of a shuffle going on with theHarry Potterfranchise in terms of where it’s streaming, and that will persist for the next few years due to a complicated deal between Warner Bros....

Winning Best Picture at the Academy Awards has been sought after by many a movie since the ceremony’s inception nearly 100 years ago. Receiving any of the awards is an enormous honor, though it does seem that a few awards are a bit more coveted than others. There is even a term for them: The Big Five—Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted).There have been many Best Picture winnersby now, but only three movies in the Academy’s history have won every category of The Big Five....

The latest major musical biopic to grace Hollywood has finally set a release date, as Lionsgate Films has announced thatMichael,the upcoming film aboutMichael Jackson,will go moonwalking into theaters on June 07, 2025. The film,directed byAntoine Fuqua,will star Jackson’s nephewJaafar Jacksonin the title role, chronicling the life of the iconic pop star. Lionsgate is slottingMichaelinto the release date previously held by Universal Pictures’The Exorcist: Deciever.However, directorDavid Gordon Greenrecently dropped outof the film, and Universal, which owns the international distribution rights toMichael,will use that date to release the Jackson biopic overseas instead....

Spoiler warning forAvengers: Endgame. Like, all of it. If you haven’t seenAvengers: Endgameyet, make like Groot and leave. One of the taller tasks thatAvengers: Endgamemanages to pull off is paying homage to the 22 movies that came before it, from 2008’sIron Manall the way up to its predecessor,Avengers: Infinity War. It’s an impressive feat on its own, but I was struck by the way thatEndgamealso feels like a love letter to the 58 years of Marvel comics that serve as both its foundation and backbone....

While Prime Video doesn’t have too many original releases this month, what the lineup lacks in new releases it makes up for in newly added classics. This includes a cult-favorite superhero drama, an all-time children’s film favorite, a one-of-a-kind sci-fi thriller, and more. To find out what you can expect from the new films coming to Amazon’s Prime Video this month,here are just seven of the best movies coming to Prime Video in August 2024....

The story ofAndrew Dominik’sMarilyn MonroebiopicBlondedates back almost a decade. However, the long-in-development Netflix film starringAna de Armasas Monroe is finally coming out later this year. Now, according to the latest Motion Pictures Association ratings listing,Blondehas been rated NC-17. However, since this is a hybrid Netflix and theater release, it’s debatable how much the rating matters to the people wanting to watch this biopic from the comfort of their couch. There is no official plot synopsis for the film yet, but it is based on the 2000s novel of the same name byJoyce Carol Oates....

Legendary actor, producer, and filmmaker,Clint Eastwoodhas made a number of timely stories that tackled the criminal justice system and media sensationalism. His 2019 dramaRichard Jewellexamined the media’s role in amplifying false accusations against an innocent man. Additionally, Eastwood’s upcomingJuror No. 2sees a man caught in an ironic moral dilemma while sitting on a jury during a murder trial. Eastwood’s interest in the political aspects of the law and the media can be traced back to his superstar-making performance in 1971’sDirty Harry....

Even though theBritney Spearsconservatorship story isn’t over, there is still a lot of ground to cover from the past. At least that’s what the new Hulu documentary suggests.Controlling Britney Spears, the follow-up for the streamer’s documentaryFraming Britney Spears(released earlier this year), was announced by FX and Hulu and is set to premiere tonight. Both films are about a long-running court decision that prevented the pop singer from making her own decisions regarding her personal life and career....

Fans of the Marvel franchise, and the X-Men franchise over at 20th Century Fox specifically, were probably already prepping themselves for a few major surprises this weekend with the release ofLogan.James Mangold’s adult take on the mythology of Wolverine, extrapolated, in part, from the “Old Man Logan” storyline, has received some of the best reviews of any superhero movies in the past and there has been quite a lot of hush-hush gossip about what unfolds in that narrative....

WithNarcos: Mexiconow streaming on Netflix, I recently sat down withDiego Lunafor an exclusive interview about playing the infamous real-life drug lordMiguel Ángel Félix Gallardo. During the wide-ranging conversation, he talked about how familiar he was with the series before getting involved, how many scripts he had before filming began, what it means to be on a show about Mexico being told by Mexicans, how the story is still going on today, what it’s like on set when dealing with this kind of subject matter, and more....

Elliot Page(The Umbrella Academy) is making a bold move in the trailer forClose to You. The drama, which was penned by Page and the movie’s director,Dominic Savage, follows a young trans man as he makes his way back to his hometown for the first time in four years to celebrate his father’s birthday. Also featuring leading performances fromHillary Baack(The East),Wendy Crewson(Air Force One),Peter Outerbridge(Orphan Black),Alex Paxton-Beesley(The Strain),Sook-Yin Lee(Shortbus), andDaniel Maslany(Murdoch Mysteries),Close to Youis a movie about the difficult dynamics families can sometimes find themselves in and the struggle of staying true to your identity....