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Who's Who in Across The Spider-Verse's Spider Society

From Miles Morales to Miguel O'Hara to Pavitr Prabhakar, here's your guide to the Spider heroes of the multiverse

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June movie preview: What you need to know about Indiana Jones, The Flash, Transformers, and more

Robert B. DeSalvo, Mark Keizer, Jen Lennon

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That time Stephen King came to my hometown

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Here's where you can watch the best LGBTQ+ films during Pride Month

Richard Newby, Manuel Betancourt, Brandon Kirby, Jack Smart, Alison Foreman

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The 30 best Disney villains of all time

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Summer of bummers: why 1983 was the worst season ever for movie sequels

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The most anticipated summer movies of 2023

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Dear WGA members: the ultimate strike movie is Salt Of The Earth

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Everything we know about all of Disney's upcoming live-action remakes

Watch

John Hughes says the director called his Ferris Bueller performance "boring"

Matthew Broderick says John Hughes wasn't the chillest dude

Tom Hanks knows he's made some bad movies

Caleb McLaughlin talks Stranger Things and Shooting Stars

Keanu wonders if John Wick has gone too far

Joy Behar makes Liam Neeson uncomfortable

Interviews

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Robert Rodriguez talks Hypnotic, Hitchcock, and that Alita: Battle Angel sequel

Matthew Jackson

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Guardians Of The Galaxy's Sean Gunn is happy traveling between the Marvel and DC universes

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Bruce Campbell on the future of Ash and the Evil Dead franchise

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Flashdance at 40: Director Adrian Lyne on that wet dance scene, and what wouldn't work about the film today

Clips

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Margot Robbie’s Barbie gets sexually harassed in new trailer

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Tom Cruise puts man over mission in the Mission: Impossible—Dead Reckoning Part One trailer

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Oppenheimer's latest trailer pits theory against reality

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Timothée Chalamet hangs ten on a sandworm in the Dune Part Two trailer

Matt Schimkowitz

Features

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That time Stephen King came to my hometown

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Who's Who in Across The Spider-Verse's Spider Society

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Into The Spider-Verse is the best Spider-Man movie of all time

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Here's where you can watch the best LGBTQ+ films during Pride Month

Richard Newby, Manuel Betancourt, Brandon Kirby, Jack Smart, Alison Foreman

Reactions

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Unpacking the poor unfortunate lyric changes in the new Little Mermaid

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The Flash brings more cheer-worthy moments to CinemaCon screening

Matt Schimkowitz

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At Celebration 2023, Star Wars recommitted to giving fans just what they want

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Guillermo del Toro's Oscar win for Pinocchio marks a win for animation overall

Gabrielle Sanchez

Watch This

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11 movies to check out on Hulu this June

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12 movies to check out on Prime Video this June

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11 movies to check out on Netflix this June

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The 15 best films on Netflix in May 2023

For Our Consideration

Image for Remembering that time when the MCU very nearly imploded

For Our Consideration

Remembering that time when the MCU very nearly imploded

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For Our Consideration

An introduction to Guardians Of The Galaxy’s Adam Warlock, Marvel’s best comic book character

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For Our Consideration

How Iron Man launched the MCU and remade Hollywood

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For Our Consideration

John Wick is masculine camp at its best

Gabrielle Sanchez

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