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sdcc 2024

This Wasn’t the Plan

 The sensational quality of Marvel’s SDCC surprises obscured certain less-rosy realities. By Chris Lee
the industry

Is Shawn Levy the Future of Populist Cinema?

 With Deadpool & Wolverine, he became the first director to also write and produce his Marvel movie. Disney hopes he’ll save Star Wars, too. By Chris Lee
movie review

What If Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway Had a Mother-Off, and We All Lost?

 The strange case of Mothers’ Instinct. By Alison Willmore
  1. sdcc 2024
    Which Trailers Are Dropping at San Diego Comic-Con 2024?So far we’ve gotten The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power, Interview With the Vampire, and more.
    By Jennifer Zhan and Jason P. Frank
  2. the industry
    Is Shawn Levy the Future of Populist Cinema?With Deadpool & Wolverine, he became the first director to also write and produce his Marvel movie. Disney hopes he’ll save Star Wars, too.
    By Chris Lee
  3. vulture lists
    All 14 X-Men Movies, RankedHollywood hasn’t always done right by the X-Men.
    By Tim Grierson and Will Leitch
  4. sdcc 2024
    This Wasn’t the PlanThe sensational quality of Marvel’s SDCC surprises obscured certain less-rosy realities.
    By Chris Lee
  5. olympics 2024
    The 15 Best Olympics Movies, RankedFrom Personal Best to Blades of Glory.
    By Will Leitch and Tim Grierson
  7. boffo b.o.
    Deadpool & Wolverine Crush the Box Office on Comic-Con WeekendNow the MCU has earned over $30 billion globally.
    By Bethy Squires
  8. work husbands
    Welcome to Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman’s Bromantic ComedyAlso known as the Deadpool & Wolverine press tour.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  9. now streaming
    The 10 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This WeekendIncluding the feats of athleticism.
    By Savannah Salazar
  10. easter eggs
    All the Fourth-Wall-Breaking Easter Eggs in Deadpool & WolverineDeadpool’s official welcome to the MCU is bursting with references to Marvel, X-Men, and Hollywood lore.
    By Richard Newby
  11. on-set
    Francis Ford Coppola Accused of ‘Old School’ On-Set BehaviorTwo videos of Coppola trying to kiss multiple Megalopolis extras have emerged.
    By Jason P. Frank
  12. movie review
    What If Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway Had a Mother-Off, and We All Lost?The strange case of Mothers’ Instinct.
    By Alison Willmore
  13. *pushes glasses up*
    There’s a Big Ol’ Timeline Retcon in Deadpool & WolverineWhen (and where) exactly does this movie take place?
    By Siddhant Adlakha
  14. the merc with no mouth
    Revisiting the Strange Cinematic Debut of Deadpool in X-Men Origins: WolverineIn X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Deadpool made his cinematic debut — but looked and acted nothing like the Deadpool we know now.
    By Arye Dworken
  15. leave ‘em wanting more
    Lee Isaac Chung Left the Kiss Out of Twisters for a ReasonTurns out a test audience physically recoiled when they watched a cut scene with Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones.
    By Matthew Jacobs
  16. oral history
    ‘We’ll Never Make That Kind of Movie Again’An oral history of The Emperor’s New Groove, a raucous Disney animated film that almost never happened.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  17. backstories
    An Oral History of Lilo & StitchThe beloved Disney movie made in a “secret hangar” that almost brought hand-drawn animation back.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  18. movie review
    Dìdi Remembers All Too Well What It’s Like to Be 13Sean Wang’s directorial debut so vividly recreates the netherworld between middle and high school that it’s kind of hard to watch.
    By Alison Willmore
  19. language!
    Deadpool & Wolverine’s Snarky and Sentimental Post-Credits Scenes, ExplainedThe mid-credits scene is a nostalgic ode to a now-defunct era of moviemaking, while the post-credits is far snarkier.
    By Siddhant Adlakha
  20. review roundup
    Critics Agree: Deadpool & Wolverine Is a Funny Corporate MergerDisney’s Marvel and 21st Century Fox make for the film’s steamiest hookup.
    By Zoe Guy
  21. welcome to the mcu
    The (Many, Many) Cameos Are the Best Part of Deadpool & WolverineDeadpool’s first official MCU movie is packed with genuinely surprising appearances, all listed out here.
    By Siddhant Adlakha
  22. banana!
    Are You a Minion Creationist or Evolutionist?There are two competing schools of thought when it comes to the little yellow henchmen’s origins.
    By Devon Ivie
  23. marvel cinematic univer$e
    Just How Historic Will Deadpool & Wolverine’s Opening Weekend Be?Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman have the potential to set more than one box-office record.
    By Jennifer Zhan
  24. ask an expert
    Please Don’t Try to Shoot Diaper Gel Into a TornadoA tornado expert explains the science behind Twisters, from diaper gel to anchor drills and why the film didn’t mention climate change.
    By Nate Jones
  25. fanum production tax break
    Rizzler Michael Bay Is Making a Skibidi Toilet Sigmatic UniverseSkibideez nuts.
    By Rebecca Alter
  26. i’ll be your guide
    We Finally Know When The Boy and the Heron Will Poop Onto StreamingMiyazaki’s Oscar winner is coming to Max.
    By Eric Vilas-Boas
  27. role call
    Patrick Warburton Answers Every Question We Have About Bee Movie“That bee is taking the time of his gal. He’s not happy about it.”
    By Devon Ivie
  28. coming soon
    Mr. Chalamet Man, Play a Song For UsJames Mangold’s Bob Dylan musical biopic is now planned for December.
    By Bethy Squires
  29. trailer mix
    Timothée Chalamet Debuts His Bob Dylan VocalsCompetently singing “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” in the trailer for A Complete Unknown.
    By Zoe Guy
  30. the disney vault
    The Disney Vault Is Real. Here’s What It’s Like Inside.It’s located on an anonymous block in Glendale, California. I wouldn’t dare say more.
    By Drew Taylor
  31. disney
    Bring Back the AnimationTraditional hand-drawn animation is certainly not dead, but Disney has forsaken it. Why?
    By Bilge Ebiri
  32. last night on late night
    Watch Hugh Jackman Dispel Some Deadpool & Wolverine Cameo RumorsBREAKING: Jimmy Fallon is not in Deadpool & Wolverine.
    By Bethy Squires
  33. movie review
    Look, I LaughedDeadpool & Wolverine isn’t particularly good. But it’s so determined to beat you down with its incessant irreverence that you might submit anyway.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  34. sundance film festival
    Where Should the Sundance Film Festival Go Next?Should Sundance flee Park City for bluer pastures, or stay closer to home?
    By Nate Jones
  35. festival szn
    Venice Film Festival Says Ciao to Joker: Folie à DeuxAnd “Sí!” to Guadagnino, Almodóvar, and Larraín.
    By Jason P. Frank
  36. coming soon
    Joker: Folie à Deux Has a New Trailer, a Meet-Cute, and an R RatingArthur and Harley sittin’ in a cell … R-I-O-T-I-N-G.
    By Zoe Guy
  37. charm offensive
    Twisters Press Tour Measured F-5 on the Brisket ScaleThe dog, weaponizing brat summer, and Daisy Edgar-Jones’s outfits contributed to box-office history.
    By Zoe Guy
  38. the festival circuit
    Emilia Pérez, Cannes-Winning Trans Musical Melodrama, Set for TIFFIt garnered Emmy nominee Selena Gomez a Cannes Award.
    By Jason P. Frank
  39. nyff 2024
    RaMell Ross’s Nickel Boys to Open New York Film FestivalThe director and visual artist’s fiction debut is an adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel.
    By Zoe Guy
  40. endings
    No Kiss at the End of Twisters?Show us the kiss. We know it was filmed!
    By Fran Hoepfner
  41. box office updates
    Twisters Twists Into a Box-Office BreakoutAudiences are being sucked into Glen Powell’s charm.
    By Jason P. Frank
  42. so vain
    Kate Hudson Is Open to a How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days SequelOtherwise known as How to Come Up With A Sequel in 20 Years.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  43. now streaming
    The 11 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This WeekendFrom the comfort of your storm cellar, maybe.
    By Savannah Salazar
  44. movie review
    There’s a Good Story This Netflix Documentary Isn’t TellingYou can sense the more thoughtful film lurking beneath Skywalkers: A Love Story, about the illegal and exhilarating influencer-sport of “rooftopping.”
    By Bilge Ebiri
  45. vulture lists
    The 33 Greatest Disaster Movies of All TimeWhat makes cinematic depictions of catastrophe so compelling?
    By Bilge Ebiri
  46. ride it out
    4DX Is the Only Way You Should Watch TwistersYou don’t face your fears. You ride ’em.
    By Rebecca Alter
  47. the critics
    They Don’t Make Disaster Movies Like Twister AnymoreI saw the original Twister on opening night in 1996 and hated it. Then, over the years, it grew on me.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  48. essential roles
    10 Essential Shelley Duvall PerformancesThis body of work paints a picture of an artist paving her own zigzagging path across showbusiness.
    By A.A. Dowd
  49. tornado tally
    All the Twisters in Twisters, RankedPrepare for destruction, beauty, and movie theaters in ruins.
    By Savannah Salazar
  50. the power of corn
    ‘They Really Fell From the Sky’: Jan de Bont Defends Twister’s Practical EffectsThe director explains why, after getting scalped by a lion while making Roar, he had uniquely high expectations for his ’90s action movies.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  51. vulture recommends
    The Best Version of Superman Looks Better Than EverFleischer Studio’s restoration of the public-domain artifact is close to completion and screening now.
    By Kambole Campbell
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