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Extras: An Obituary

July 22, 2026July 30, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 1 Comment AI, Alex Garland, animatronics, Arab Legion, Avengers: Endgame, background actors, Battle of Aqaba, blockbusters, Book and Film Globe, CGI, Christopher Nolan, Christopher Nolan films, CIvil War, D Day, David Lean, David Lean films, digital crowds, Dunkirk, epic cinema, Extras, film history, film production, Greece, Hollywood, Jordan, King Hussein, King Hussein of Jordan, Lawrence of Arabia, Lawrence of Arabia battle scene, Matt Damon, Messenia, Normandy, Oppenheimer, Peter Jackson, practical effects, puppetry, Ray Mendoza, SAG-AFTRA, Saving Private Ryan, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Steven Spielberg, T.E. Lawrence, Tenet, The Hobbit, The Lord Of The Rings, The Odyssey, union actors, visual effects, William Tecumseh Sherman

AI sounds the death knell for living crowds of people on film

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BFG Podcast #309: ‘Disclosure Day,’ ‘Backrooms,’ and Nicolas Cage With the Power of Spider

June 17, 2026June 18, 2026 Book and Film Globe Staff 0 Comments Amazon Prime Video, Backrooms, BFG Podcast, Book and Film Globe, Book and Film Globe podcast, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Colin Firth, Colman Domingo, Daniel Aaron, Disclosure Day, Emily Blunt, film criticism, Hollywood, independent horror, Josh O'Connor, liminal spaces, Matthew Sheffer, movie podcast, Neal Pollack, Nicolas Cage, pop culture podcast, Prime Video, Renate Reinsve, science fiction films, Scott Gold, Spider Noir, Spider-Man, Stephen Garrett, Steven Spielberg

Neal Pollack, Daniel Aaron, Stephen Garrett are united by new, freshly bought and owned theme music!

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Steven Spielberg’s Even Closer Encounters Get Disclosed

June 12, 2026June 12, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments 2026 movies, alien contact, alien documentaries, Alien Invasion, alien technology, blockbuster cinema, CGI creatures, cinema reviews, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Colin Firth, Colin Firth films, Colman Domingo, conspiracy thrillers, corporate conspiracies, David Koepp, Disclosure Day, Emily Blunt, Emily Blunt movies, ESP, extraterrestrials, film criticism, first contact stories, government conspiracies, Hollywood blockbusters, Josh O'Connor, Kansas City, movie review, North Korea, paranormal fiction, pop culture criticism, Prime movie reviews, Richard Nixon, Roswell, Roswell conspiracy, science fiction cinema, science fiction films, science fiction thrillers, Steven Spielberg, Steven Spielberg films, summer movies, telepathy, UFO culture, ufology, UFOs, World War III anxieties

Emily Blunt, Colman Domingo, and Colin Firth run around and meet some aliens

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Humanity Counters Robot Overload at SXSW 2026

March 20, 2026March 19, 2026 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments ai robots, ai themes in film, alex prager, Amy Poehler, Apple TV Plus, artificial intelligence, Austin Texas, automation culture, Barack Obama, Better Call Saul, Bill Hader, Boots Riley, Curry Barker, David E. Kelley, Demi Moore, Disclosure Day, dreamquil, Elizabeth Banks, Elle Fanning, Eric Andre, Festival Coverage, Film festival, Film Premieres, HBO comedy, human vs ai, I Love Boosters, iheartradio awards, Inde Navarrette, Indie Film, jeff schaffer, John C. Reilly, John Carney, Juliette Lewis, Keke Palmer, Larry David, life larry and the pursuit of unhappiness, margos got money troubles, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nick Jonas, Nick Offerman, obsession horror, Paul Rudd, Pluribus, podcasting trends, power ballad, Rhea Seehorn, robotics, rufi thorpe, self driving cars, Sorry To Bother You, South By Southwest, Steven Spielberg, streaming TV, susie essman, SXSW 2026, tech festival, Terry Gross, tesla robot, the big picture podcast, TV Premieres, vanessa prager, Vince Gilligan, waymo, Will Ferrell

The film and TV slate doubled down on the value of the human touch amid what felt like a ‘bot takeover.

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SXSW’s Reality Check

March 18, 2026March 18, 2026 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments AI anxiety, AI culture, Alanis Morissette, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV Plus, artificial intelligence, Austin Convention Center, Austin Texas, Boots Riley, Demi Moore, Disclosure Day, Ego Nwodim, Eric Andre, festival culture, Film festival, future of media, HBO comedy, I Love Boosters, John Carney, Keke Palmer, Larry David, Mark Zuckerberg, media consolidation, metaverse, music festival, Nick Jonas, Paul Rudd, Penske Media, Ready Player One, robotics, South By Southwest, Spotify showcase, St Vincent, Steven Spielberg, streaming industry, SXSW 2026, Taylor Sheridan, tech conference, The Madison TV show, Will Ferrell, You Oughta Know

Austin’s annual bacchanal of tech, movies, and music South by Southwest faces its biggest challenge yet: staying human

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Everything That’s Streaming in October 2025

October 2, 2025October 7, 2025 Jake Harris 0 Comments America Ferrera, Anthony Ramos, Bill Murray, Brittany Snow, Catherine O'Hara, Charlie Hunnam, Cillian Murphy, Criterion Channel 2000s Horror, Criterion Channel Body Horror, Criterion Channel John Carpenter films, Criterion Channel John Woo Hong Kong action, Dan Aykroyd, Devil in Disguise John Wayne Gacy Peacock Michael Chernus, Don’t Date Brandon Paramount Plus true crime, Down Cemetery Road, Emma Thompson, Eugene Levy, Greta Lee, Guy Pearce, Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Hell House LLC Lineage, Idris Elba, Jared Harris, Jason Clarke, John Candy I Like Me documentary, Johnny Knoxville, Kathryn Bigelow A House of Dynamite, Kiera Knightley, Love Is Blind Season 9, Maika Monroe, Maintenance Required rom-com, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Matthew McConaughey, Mayor of Kingstown Season 4 Jeremy Renner Edie Falco, Murdaugh Death in the Family, Nobody Wants This Season 2 Adam Brody Kristen Bell, October 2025 streaming guide, OTHER David Moreau, Patricia Arquette, Play Dirty Mark Wahlberg Shane Black, Rebecca Ferguson, Richard Linklater, Robert De Niro, Ruth Wilson, Saturday Night Live Season 51 Bad Bunny Amy Poehler Sabrina Carpenter, Selling Sunset Season 9, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Star Wars Visions Season 3, Steve Martin, Steven Spielberg, Stiller & Meara Ben Stiller documentary, The Boulet Brothers Dragula Titans Season 2, The Chair Company Tim Robinson, The Last Frontier, The Lost Bus Paul Greengrass, The White House Effect, The Woman in Cabin 10, Twisted Wonderland anime, Vampirina Teenage Vampire live action, VHS Halloween Shudder, Zoey Deutch

Spooky season is here! This month’s streaming offerings promise a scary good time.

Everything That’s Streaming July 2025

July 9, 2025July 13, 2025 Jake Harris 0 Comments Adam Sandler, Caitlin Olson, Danny DeVito, John Cena, Rob McElhenney, Steven Spielberg

Zombies, Adam Sandler, Sandmen galore, and even more It’s Sunny in Philadelphia

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No Time For Superheroes: The Films of 1975

January 24, 2025January 29, 2025 Gillian G. Gaar 2 Comments Al Pacino, Barbara Harris, Dog Day Afternoon, James Caan, Jaws, Katherine Ross, Monty Python and The Holy Grail, Nashville, Norman Jewison, Robert Altman, Robert Redford, Rollerball, Steven Spielberg, The Godfather: Part 2, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Stepford Wives, Three Days of the Condor, Wonka

What a difference a half-century makes

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‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’: Space Goonies Never Say Die

January 21, 2025January 24, 2025 Scott Gold 0 Comments Jude Law, Skeleton Crew, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, The Goonies

What if they made a good ‘Star Wars’ and no one watched it?

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‘The Future Was Now’ Remembers the Summer When Movies Mattered

September 4, 2024September 6, 2024 Michael Washburn 3 Comments Blade Runner, Chris Nashawaty, E.T., George Miller, John Carpenter, Melissa Mathison, Poltergeist, Ridley Scott, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Steven Spielberg, The Future Was Now, The Road Warrior, The Thing, Tobe Hooper, Tron

Chris Nashawaty’s book about the movies of the ‘Sci-Fi Summer of 1982’ revisits a time when filmmakers had the courage of their convictions

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Everything That’s Streaming in January 2024

January 2, 2024January 5, 2024 Rachel Llewellyn 0 Comments Alaqua Fox, Austin Butler, Barry Keoghan, Clive Owen, Dusty Slay, Echo, Expats, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Hightown, Jake Johnson, Jodie Foster, June Carter Cash, Justin Chien, Kevin Hart, Lift, Masters of the Air, Michelle Yeoh, Ncuti Gatwa, Nicole Kidman, Nikki Giovanni, Ruth Wilson, Self Reliance, Seth McFarlane, Snoop Dogg, Society of the Snow, Steven Spielberg, Ted, The Brothers Sun, Vincent D'Onofrio

A new ‘True Detective,’ Spielberg revists WW2 from the air, an MA-rated Marvel show, and much more

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This ‘Munich’ Moment

October 13, 2023October 18, 2023 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Israel, Munich, Steven Spielberg

What Steven Spielberg’s masterwork can teach us about the current war in Israel

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Is TCM In Trouble?

June 26, 2023June 30, 2023 Lani Gonzalez 4 Comments David Zaslav, Martin Scorsese, Paul Thomas Anderson, Steven Spielberg, TCM, WBD

Layoffs at Turner Classic Movies leaves film fans uncertain about the network’s future

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Film Hurts

November 18, 2022November 18, 2022 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans

‘The Fablemans,’ Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical movie about coming of age through, you guessed it, the magic of cinema

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Toronto is on the Menu

September 12, 2022September 16, 2022 Stephen Garrett 1 Comment Anya Taylor-Joy, Daniel Craig, Daniel Radcliffe, David Lynch, Edward Norton, Ethan Hawke, Glass Onion, Kate Hudson, Knives Out, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Ralph Fiennes, Rian Johnson, Steven Spielberg, The Fablemans, Toronto International Film Festival, Weird Al Yankovic

TIFF is back, featuring a ‘Knives Out’ sequel, a Spielberg semi-autobiography, a Weird Al parody biopic, and ‘The Menu’

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