2021 brought audiences back to theaters following a bummer 2020 for ticket sales. Here's how the numbers are shaking out as the pandemic rages on.

What Billie Lourd learned about being a mom from Carrie Fisher.

J.J. Abrams is hard to pin down as a filmmaker. For someone who’s made as many massive blockbuster films as he has, it’s still difficult to describe exactly what a “J.J Abrams” movie is. And yet, he’s put his stamp on some of the most iconic franchises in history and has solidified himself as a household name. His time in the spotlight began with a focus on storytelling, as he created, showran, and directed the TV series Felicity and Alias. But it was Lost, a show he co-created, that really put him on the …

Bleary sunsets, neon lights against wet streets, electric guitars and synths and electronic tom toms just wailing, professionals just being capital p Professionals, Al Pacino screaming "'Cause she's got a grrrRRREAT ASS!" Clearly, Michael Mann is one of our premiere film stylists, an auteur whose sensibilities and proclivities are defined and refined as early as his debut picture. In fact, the Chicago-born Mann, a tough-talker notorious for running tough sets built on authenticity over everything else, sometimes gets dinged for a "style over substance" approach, especially in his iconic TV work like Miami Vice. But underneath the …

This week on The Collider.com Podcast, we're talking about the 2020 Oscars. We talk about the highlights of the ceremony like Parasite winning four Oscars including Best Picture, the lowlights like Renee Zellweger's rambling speech, how the ceremony struggled to address the lack of diversity among the nominees, how the show runs without a host, and more. We then finish up with Recently Watched. Click on the respective link to find us on iTunes. If you like the show, please leave us a review on iTunes along with your hottest movie-related take, and we'll read …

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly is one of the most iconic westerns of all time, and it's filled with some great quotes.

To re-release, or not to re-release...

This franchise is getting a lot more complex... and that may not be a good thing.