Opinion - Looper

Mike Bedard

Madame Web Director's Defense Of A Ridiculed Choice Makes Sense - But It's Still A Bad Idea

"Madame Web" director S.J. Clarkson believes it would have been "greedy" to tell four origin stories. Fair enough, but that doesn't make the movie any better.

Nina Starner

Vanderpump Rules Should Have Ended With Scandoval Because S11 Is Missing 3 Crucial Things

After the highs of Season 10, "Vanderpump Rules" is once again in decline with Season 11 thanks to several important missing ingredients.

Mike Bedard

A Marvel Movie Has The Worst Nude Scene Of All Time

Marvel's first full-length foray into live-action films includes an inappropriate nude scene that ranks as the worst in all of cinematic history.

"Alfred William" hugging daughter Angelina Pivarnick.

Emily Zogbi

Angelina's Dad On Jersey Shore: Family Vacation Gives Major Bad Vibes

Angelina Pivarnick recently met her dad on MTV's "Jersey Shore: Family Vacation." Saying that he gives off bad vibes is a severe understatement.

Nina Starner

The Traitors Season 3 Has To Cast These Five Reality TV Legends

Season 2 of "The Traitors" struck gold with its all reality TV star cast. Here are five cast members we'd like to see in the inevitable Season 3.

Nina Starner

Oscars 2024 Prove That Women Have To Suffer On-Screen To Win Awards

The 96th Academy Awards seemingly continues the trend of female actors only getting awards consideration if their characters go through unspeakable challenges.

Nina Starner

Barbie's Greta Gerwig & Margot Robbie Oscar Snubs Are Upsetting - But Unsurprising

Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie were both snubbed by the Academy Awards for their work on "Barbie," which is sadly not at all surprising.

Ted Danson Michael Imperioli Martin Lawrence

Nina Starner

2024 Emmys: Thank You For Doing The One Thing Awards Shows Should Do

The Emmys delighted viewers by embracing television and showering the median, and its stars, with immense praise. Other awards shows should take notes.

Aahil Dayani

How Anyone But You Broke The Box Office Mold: A Cinephile's Investigation

"Anyone But You" has been a sleeper hit at the box office that continues to perform. So, what's behind the rom-com's success?

Jaron Pak

Wheel Of Time Proved How The Rings Of Power Can Redeem Itself In Season 2

Wheel of Time has transformed into a brilliant series with Season 2, and it makes a perfect blueprint for Amazon's Lord of the Rings series to do the same.

Oppenheimer image next to Godzilla next to Miles Morales

Cass Clarke

The 10 Best Movies Of 2023

2023 might be one of Hollywood's most remarkable -- and tense -- years. Looking back on the year, here are the titles that reminded us why we love movies.

Rick Stevenson

Every Zack Snyder Movie Has The Exact Same Problem

However you feel about Zack Snyder, all of his movies have the exact same problem: They can't tell the difference between drama and melodrama.

Jennifer Lawrence crying near Ken and Barbie

Nina Starner

The 5 Strangest & Most Talked About Movie Press Tours Of 2023

2023 didn't have the glorious press tour mess of "Don't Worry, Darling," but it still carred with it some memorably odd gems we'll be thinking about for years.

Bottoms' cast with Barbie and Quiz Lady cast

Mike Bedard

The 10 Funniest Comedy Movies Of 2023

2023 was a banner year for the box office, proving that comedy films don't have to have superheroes in them to dominate the big screen or find its audience.

Lilith, Simon Barry, and Kristina Tonteri-Young in Warrior Nun

Kim Bell

The Warrior Nun Movies Will Fail Without The Creator, But That's A Good Thing

Warrior Nun is coming back, but in the worst way possible - without Simon Barry. However, maybe the failure of the proposed film trilogy is what we need.

Pauli Poisuo

Godzilla's Darkest Enemy Needs A MonsterVerse Revival Now

The MonsterVerse has showcased many classic Godzilla foes, but the most disturbing one of them all is exactly what the franchise needs.

Melissa Lemieux

Frasier Fans Are Wrong: The Revival Is Better Without Niles

Frasier fans keep bemoaning the absence of Niles, but the stark truth fans need to realize is that the revival is a far better show because of his absence.

Forrest Gump, The Flash, and Bella in the Hollywood apocalypse

Looper Staff

50 Worst Movie Endings Of All-Time

Sometimes a great movie ends terribly. Sometimes a bad movie ends worse. From The Flash to Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes, these are cinema's worst endings.

Rick Stevenson

The Real Villain Of The Marvels Isn't Dar-Benn, It's Captain Marvel

Zawe Ashton's Kree leader Dar-Benn might be the main antagonist of The Marvels, but the worst enemy Carol Danvers has to overcome is herself.

Nick Staniforth

Alan Ritchson Proves Tom Cruise Was The Worst Jack Reacher

Jack Reacher Season 2 is coming, with its hulking star looking bigger than ever - and reminding us how miscast "Mission: Impossible" star Tom Cruise was.

Christopher Nolan with James Bond and Leonardo DiCaprio

Mike Bedard

Only Christopher Nolan Can Save The James Bond Franchise

James Bond is on the edge of becoming irrelevant, but if Christopher Nolan directs the next movie, it could be the biggest 007 film yet.

Homelander in theaters with infinity gauntlet

Nick Staniforth

The Boys Needs An Avengers: Endgame Finale In Theaters Or It's Doomed

When The Boys reaches its final stretch, it need to do what Game of Thrones and Walking Dead failed to do: end with a big-budget movie.

Kieran Fisher

The MCU Needs To Recast Kang (& The In-Universe Explanation Already Exists)

Reportedly, Marvel is stressed about the Jonathan Majors situation, but they don't need to be: Kang is a great character, and he'll survive a recast.

Nina Starner

Young Sheldon Needs To Be The End Of Sitcoms As We Know Them

Sitcoms as we knew them are dead, with Young Sheldon as the final holdout. The future of the genre is shows like Abbott Elementary & Sex Education.

Bruce Campbell and Elvira in a Hallmark Christmas village

Melissa Lemieux

Hallmark's Holiday Movies Need To Hire More Horror Icons Like Elvira & Bruce Campbell

Hallmark needs some spicier Christmas cookies, and horror stars like Bruce Campbell, Elvira, and Robert Englund are the meal ticket.

Carolyn Jenkins

Star Wars: Ewoks Are The Unsung Heroes Of The Franchise & Deserve A Revival

In the era of Baby Yoda, it's time to stop bashing Ewoks and love them for the adorable furry alien warriors that they are -- in a new Disney+ series.

Spider-Man and Black Panther vs. a T-Rex

Mike Bedard

Marvel's Savage Land Movie Is The Perfect Avengers/Jurassic Park Crossover

The MCU needs something new. Dinosaur movies are in a Jurassic Park-induced lull. The solution to both is the Savage Land, Ka-Zar, & Shanna the She-Devil.