The 20 Best Sci-Fi & Fantasy Movies of Netflix Instant

By Josh Jackson at 9:06 AM on January 7, 2013

Nothing is better for instant escape than watching a spur-of-the-moment science fiction or fantasy film.  read more

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10 Great Movie Plot Twists (And Five We Totally Saw Coming)

By Ani Vrabel at 7:00 AM on July 31, 2010

There's a peculiar feeling that comes with being tricked by a movie...  read more

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The 10 Best Time-Travel Movies of All Time

By Josh Jackson and Ani Vrabel at 7:00 AM on July 1, 2010

This is the 25th year since Back to the Future slipped time travel into the comfort of a sports car...  read more

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The 20 Worst Sequels to Good Movies

By Emily Riemer at 7:00 AM on October 26, 2009

Lest we forget that movie-making is a business, and a lucrative one at that, all we need to do is look at the list of terrible sequels that have been made to cash in on the success of good movies. There are a lot of them. In fact, a good sequel is such a rarity that it’s an easier critical task to cite the ones that worked as opposed to the long list of those that don’t. Here, we list the 20 worst sequels that followed up good (or, at least, entertaining) original films, and there are literally dozens more...  read more

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Richard Kelly seals The Box: release date, the Arcade Fire score, more

By Joe Shearer at 1:34 PM on April 10, 2009

Ever get the feeling that writer/director Richard Kelly is setting himself up to be the next Orson Welles in terms of tragedy—the defiant, ahead-of-his-time director versus the studios that never seem to get it? Think about it. Welles arguably never escaped his critically acclaimed debut, Citizen Kane, while he was alive, and Kelly can't seem to shake his first movie, 2001's Donnie Darko. Granted one was an Academy Award-winner, while the other gained a cult following after hitting DVD, but the idea remains the same.  ...  read more

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Trailer Stash: S. Darko, Knowing, Funny People, more

By Joe Shearer at 4:32 PM on February 26, 2009

And now, a look at some notable trailers lighting up the blogs and message boards:...  read more

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Correction: Arcade Fire will not score Richard Kelly film

By Adina Fleming at 9:21 AM on May 19, 2008

You shouldn’t believe everything you read online.  Arcade Fire lead singer Win Butler is annoyed and setting the record straight about Internet news gone awry regarding the band’s involvement with Richard Kelly’s new film.  On Butler’s blog on the band’s website he reports that despite recent statements on the web by Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly and engineer Markus Dravs, Arcade Fire will not be composing the score to Richard Kelly’s sci-fi, horror drama The Box.   ...  read more

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Catching Up With... Richard Kelly

By Sean Gandert at 1:20 PM on November 14, 2007

Richard Kelly's Donnie Darko went from a flop at the box office to cult hit in just a few short years. That feature's eventual success lead him to funding for his next film, Southland Tales, about an energy-cartel conspiracy that's causing the end of the world....  read more

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