Before i start, i know someone will tell me "This is the point of the movie" but judging from a popular post i recently saw, and the fact that many people like Ridley Scott's origami unicorn ending, there is room for this discussion.

I saw a post that called Roy Batty from Blade Runner a redeemed antihero. But i wouldn't say he needed to be redeemed or call him an antihero: He's an antagonist who didn't want to die like a slave and tried to find a way to live like a normal human. Watching it as a teenager, i initially thought all the replicants are bad, until Roy's final monologue where he explains their motivations. But watching it again as an adult, i understood and empathized with them way before that. They're basically human (in a way more human than Deckard) and are treated as disposable tools, so rebelling against the system is understandable.

Considering all this, did he even need to be redeemed? Him saving Deckard definitely goes a long way towards redeeming him in the viewer's eyes, but i 'd argue it wouldn't even be necessary if people didn't have a tendency to automatically take the side of the protagonist. You could easily make a movie from the replicants' point of view and they'd come across as really sympathetic.

There was something about the trailers for Street Fighter 2026 that got me excited for the film. It seemed pretty irreverent and leaned into the video game vibe that set it apart from the more serious take of the recent Mortal Kombat films. It had a tone that made me want to watch it.

Now, the previous Street Fighter films have been pretty up and down in terms of quality. The 1994 film has something of a cult following (probably more for its "so bad it's good" vibe), with quotable lines and Raul Julia delivering a standout performance. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, on the other hand, was pretty forgettable and failed to deliver on any of its promise. So I thought, maybe this time we were finally going to get an adaptation that would elevate Street Fighter in the cinematic realm.

Alas, it was not meant to be. I mean, I'll be honest, I really wanted to like this film, but I came away feeling pretty disappointed.

First, let me talk about the film's good parts. There are animated sequences in the film that pop up here and there that are really well done. So good, in fact, that I found myself wishing the whole film had been done in that style.

However, things that work in animation don't always translate well into live action, and the rest of the movie feels a bit disjointed, with the tone jumping around from outright campiness to complete seriousness.

When the movie works, it's when it fully embraces its video gamey roots. It doesn't bother explaining why people are capable of phenomenal feats. Instead, it just revels in the absurdity of it all and uses it to create spectacle after spectacle.

Where the film falters is in the overwhelming sense of melodrama that pervades a good bulk of its characters, melodrama that feels neither earned nor necessary. This is especially evident with Ryu, whose portrayal by Andrew Koji feels like it belongs in a completely different movie. Don't get me wrong, I actually like Koji's Ryu, but his performance has a totally different serious tone from the rest of the cast, who seem to be having a great time hamming it up.

I also felt like a lot of the characters were underutilised, and I got the distinct impression that quite a few of their scenes had been left on the cutting room floor. Which is a shame, because there were several characters who got a big build-up that ultimately amounted to nothing.

Speaking of which, Jason Momoa as Blanka has to be one of the biggest examples of stunt casting I've seen in a while. Given the CG nature of the role and his story arc, pretty much anyone could have played the role. It felt like a bit of a waste, and yet another character saddled with drama that really didn't need to be.

My last nitpick is that I felt the audio for the dialogue was poorly mastered. There were quite a few moments where I genuinely struggled to make out what was being said. Not that it mattered all that much, as the story is really just an excuse to string a bunch of fights together. There are plenty of plot holes and nonsensical story beats, but I'm pretty sure Street Fighter fans aren't going to see this movie for its story.

The fights themselves were adequate. I do think the editing diminished the impact of some of them, and quite a few seemed to finish just as they were getting going. I guess that's the downside of having such a big ensemble cast and a limited amount of screen time to give everyone their moment.

As things go, this movie certainly has more production value than its 1994 counterpart and is definitely better than The Legend of Chun-Li. Whether you enjoy it or not will probably come down to how big a Street Fighter fan you are and how much you're willing to overlook its shortcomings. Personally, I'd just wait to watch this one at home.

If you do decide to catch it in cinemas, there is a mid-credits scene, and that's it. Don't bother waiting till the end :)

Hi all. For those in the UK has anyone bought the planet offers family ticket deal for the Arc Cinema chain? We have and trying to book but when we pick our seats and enter the voucher code, it accepts it but then doesn't allow us to select the seats under the family ticket that appears below. It's just greyed out. Anyone had similar?

Avatar was the grossing movie of all time until Avengers Endgame came out, but then Avatar reclaimed the title once it got re-released in China, but then Avengers Endgame reclaimed it after Avengers Endgame Encore got released this year.

But in all honesty, I don’t think re-releases should count, I think a movie's original theatrical release (as it was intended to be seen) should be the only version that counts towards the total box office numbers.

Re-releasing a movie until it finally makes more money than another movie sounds like cheating to me.

At what point does it stop? I’ve seen movies that bombed at the box office get released in theaters like Blade Runner, The Thing (1982), The Iron Giant, are those movies no longer flops if people watched the re-releases in theaters?

a movie isn't dark because it has 6 deaths, it's dark if it has a dark subject matter lol

The Big 3 getting generational adaptations featuring controversial casting that turned out perfect, the hero in costume most of the time, perfectly adapted side characters, and banger songs that are now synonymous with the character

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I rewatched Begin Again today after almost three years, and man, I forgot how much I love this movie. The emotions, the music, the whole vibe of it everything just hits differently. There’s something so comforting about how the movie portrays heartbreak, finding yourself again, and how music can bring people together without making everything feel overly dramatic.

I especially love how it reminds you that sometimes life doesn't have to work out the way you originally planned for you to find something beautiful in it. The movie has this quiet, bittersweet charm that stays with you even after the credits roll.

I'd love to know what you guys think of Begin Again. Do you love it as much as I do, or am I just emotionally attached to this movie?

Also, please recommend me some movies with a similar vibe good music, bittersweet emotions, beautiful storytelling, and that feeling of finding yourself again. Would love to discover something that makes me feel the way Begin Again does.

Mel Brooks has long been considered one of the most iconic comedy film makers in cinema history. With the upcoming release of Spaceballs 2: The Next One releasing next year, what is your FAVORITE Mel Brooks movie parody from the long list of terrific and hilarious films that he starred in, co-starred, wrote, produced, or directed? And why?

I think it's Digger but that might be recency bias.

Interview with American Pie, Loser and American Beauty actress discussing her latest film Vampires of the Velvet lounge.

It's been 15 years since the legendary "Don't Talk" Angry Voicemail PSA from Alamo Drafthouse.

I'm looking for other clever, funny and/or impactful videos from cinemas around the world that tell the audience before the movie to behave and respect the cinema experience. I'm hoping to share them around and bring some etiquette back into the cinema.

If it’s not supernatural, how was their grandpa moving around? When I first watched it, he clearly looked like a corpse to me haha. And even if he isn’t one, despite his corpse-like appearance and waxy white skin, how old is he supposed to be?

As an avid watcher of the V/H/S franchise, I genuinely don't know what to make of this one. Like, WHAT did I just watch? 💀

This is probably the most bizarre, weird, and confusing entry in the entire franchise for me. There's SO much gore, blood, and disturbing stuff happening, but somehow, that doesn't automatically make the segments interesting. A lot of them left me more confused than entertained, and I found myself wondering what the hell I was even watching half the time.

Honestly, the only segments that really worked for me were the first one and the last one, "Death Tone." Funnily enough, they were easily the best parts of the whole movie for me. Death Tone was a pretty solid way to end things, and that song is ridiculously catchy too. 😭 It's been stuck in my head more than some of the actual segments.

I usually love the chaotic, unhinged nature of this franchise, but this one felt like it was trying so hard to be bizarre that it forgot to make some of its stories genuinely engaging.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I finished this movie feeling more bewildered than scared.

What did you guys think of V/H/S: Mixtape? Am I alone in thinking this is one of the weirdest and least interesting entries in the franchise, or did some of you actually enjoy the segments?

In 2025, North America (U.S. and Canada) sold 769 millions tickets, 4.98 billion tickets were sold worldwide.

About 1.1 billion Christians attended weekly services in 2025. On an annual basis, this amounts to more than 50 billion times on average, counting peaks of religious festivity, isolated Christian holidays, and how many Christians attend some services daily. This is up to 10x the number of Cinema admissions.

Historically, however, cinema has experienced a greater decline Churches do. In 1950-1960 it was estimated that up to 10–15 billion cinema tickets were sold worldwide, with the U.S. alone accounting for 3 billion. Estimated total since beginning of cinema are between 400-500 billions. Christian services, on the other hand, are balanced by the greater religiosity of the past proportional to a smaller population at the time (only 100 millions Christians lived in 1500, 500 million in 1900, compared to 2.6 billion today), but overall in absolute numbers more people attend church services today.

This means that, currently, churches worldwide see up to ten times as many attendees as movie theaters; historically, however—before cinema existed but the Church did—that figure was as high as 20 to 30 times greater. And churches appear more sustainable in the long term than cinemas, which are now competing with streaming amid the general decline of movies as a medium.

Proposing this as the Barbenheimer of 2026 and not Dunesday or whatever

You Can See Everything + Street Fighter + Whalefall + Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

An entire day at the movies. What do y’all want to see first? I’m thinking Whalefall first and then Your Mother, then You Can See Everything, and then wash it all down with the dumb fun of Street Fighter.

It’s a great weekend at the movies.

It’s not just one of the best endings of a 70’s movie, it’s one of the best endings seen onscreen. Complexity and subterfuge played out to an inexorable end. Martin Sheen oozes skeezy sleaze playing a guy with “short eyes” whose own hubris leads to his demise which is chilling portrayed entirely offscreen. By the time the camera gets to Jodie Foster’s impassive face with the fire behind her, we realize the hideous thing inside her has been masquerading as a human being this whole time.

there were some dots on the screen at the start and they had to stop and we lost 5 minutes or so while they reset the screen. Also when the film finished the Q&A simply did not connect, I waited 5-10 min before I left so idk if it ever connected. Has anyone had a similar experience?

Other than that I thought it was an interesting thought provoking documentary

Gif is David Bowie in The Prestige 2006

i think more people would’ve watched the film if this was the case. Maybe only a few more.