MOVIES

11 Newsworthy Facts About Network

Every outrageous thing this Sidney Lumet classic predicted has happened.

14 Fascinating Facts About Sling Blade

John Ritter's backstory for his gay convenience store manger involved the 'Happy Days' gang.

The Abandoned Dark Crystal Sequel Is Being Turned Into a Comic Book

It could never find its way into movie theaters, but 'The Dark Crystal' is set to return as a comic book.

Let Oscar-Winning Composer Hans Zimmer Teach You How to Score Movies

Zimmer has written music for 'Gladiator,' 'Pirates of the Caribbean,' 'Inception,' and more.

Everything Leaving Netflix in December

Start streaming!

16 Heavy-Hitting Facts About the Rocky Movies

If it were up to studio executives, Burt Reynolds might have been Rocky, and he would have died in 1990.

How Rocky Turned the Common Man Into a Hero

When Sylvester Stallone was told there were no parts for him, he wrote his own.

Watch: Stanley Kubrick's Boxes

"It's like the '2001' of boxes." -Jon Ronson, commenting on one of Kubrick's custom-made boxes

12 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets From the Cast and Crew of Fantastic Beasts

Revelio!

8 Movie Theater Gimmicks That Flopped

"While odors are wafted through the theatre, as the picture is going on ... the accuracy of these odors is capricious, to say the least, and the flow of sensations from the 'smell-track' is highly irregular."

The original designs for the Imperial Stormtroopers by artist Ralph McQuarrie, who would provide concept art throughout the original trilogy.

8 Changes From the Original Star Wars Trilogy Drafts

The galaxy far, far away could have looked much, much different. Here are a few ways the original Star Wars trilogy changed from the earliest script drafts.

For Sale: The Dress Marilyn Monroe Wore While Singing 'Happy Birthday' to JFK

The gown is “truly the most important artifact of Marilyn’s career that could ever be sold.”

Richard and Mildred Loving: The Courageous Couple Whose Love Was Against the Law

Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter married in 1958. Five weeks later, they were arrested. The crime? Being an interracial couple.

15 Intense Facts About Cape Fear

In 1991—long before everyone was making gritty reboots—Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro teamed up to make a gritty reboot of J. Lee Thompson's 1962 thriller.

Ryan Reynolds Pens Hilarious Deadpool Awards Campaign Letter to Voters

The Merc With a Mouth himself goes straight to the source to get 'Deadpool' some gold.

Watch the Lost Soup Sequence from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

You haven't seen the Disney classic as it was originally intended.

Hayao Miyazaki Comes Out of Retirement to Direct His Final Feature

The animation legend is officially unretired (again).

10 Winning Facts About Hoosiers

2. Jack Nicholson really wanted to play the coach, and thinks the film would've been bigger had he starred in it.

10 Surprising Facts About Disney's Controversial 'Song of the South'

Here's why you probably haven't seen 'Song of the South'—Disney’s most controversial production ever.

12 Facts About Breaking the Waves

Lars von Trier's Oscar-nominated drama was released 20 years ago.

Courtesy of Tim Finn // A Real American Book

How Rocky Balboa Nearly Became a Member of G.I. Joe

Opening on May 22, 1985, 'Rambo: First Blood Part II' was a fantasy fever dream of jingoism, Sylvester Stallone’s titular character a monosyllabic redeemer of an America that had failed itself in Vietnam.

11 Filibusterous Facts About Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

The Boy Scouts of America wanted no part of the film. Neither did American politicians.

5 Fast Facts About Dana Carvey

The beloved former SNL star is back with a new Netflix comedy special, 'Straight White Male, 60.'

The Splash-Themed Disney Bar That Almost Was

Madison’s Dive, named after Daryl Hannah’s character in the movie, was going to be a themed saloon built at the end of a pier on Pleasure Island.

PREV NEXT