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Film: Masters of the Universe (2026) Director: Travis Knight Cast: Nicholas Galitzine, Camila Mendes, Jared Leto, Idris Elba, Alison Brie, Morena Baccarin, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Music: Brian May (Queen) Studio: Wayans Bros. Entertainment / Amazon MGM Studios / Sony Pictures Rating: PG-13 Runtime: 2h 21m Budget: $170–200 million Release: June 5, 2026 Masters of the Universe is the kind of movie that shouldn’t work — and largely does. Travis Knight’s live-action revival of the He-Man franchise is unashamedly campy, relentlessly colourful, shamelessly committed to the absurdity of its source material, and anchored by a Brian May guitar…

Film: Scary Movie (2026) — also known as Scary Movie 6 Director: Michael Tiddes Screenplay: Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Craig Wayans, Rick Alvarez Cast: Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Kenan Thompson, Damon Wayans Jr., Heidi Gardner, Anthony Anderson, Kai Cenat, Teyana Taylor Studio: Wayans Bros. Entertainment / Miramax / Paramount Pictures Rating: R Runtime: 1h 36m Release: June 5, 2026 Scary Movie — the 2026 edition, colloquially Scary Movie 6 — opens with a scene so well-constructed that it briefly makes you believe the rest of the film will live up to it. Teyana…

Film: Backrooms Director: Kane Parsons Screenplay: Will Soodik Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve, Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, Lukita Maxwell, Avan Jogia, Robert Bobroczkyi Distributor: A24 Rating: R Runtime: 1h 45m Release: May 29, 2026 Producers: James Wan, Shawn Levy, Osgood Perkins (Atomic Monster / 21 Laps) Backrooms is a remarkable debut — not perfect, but genuinely remarkable. Directed by Kane Parsons at 20 years old, based on the viral liminal space creepypasta he turned into a YouTube web series that took the internet by storm, and distributed by A24 with James Wan, Shawn Levy, and Osgood Perkins among its producers,…

Series: Spider-Noir Season: 1 (8 Episodes) Premiere: May 27, 2026 (Prime Video) / May 25 (MGM+) Network: Amazon Prime Video / MGM+ Creator: Oren Uziel Cast: Nicolas Cage, Lamorne Morris, Li Jun Li, Karen Rodriguez, Brendan Gleeson, Jack Huston Based on: Marvel Comics — Spider-Man Noir Watch modes: Authentic Black & White / True-Hue Full Color Spider-Noir is not a perfect show — but it’s a genuinely fun one, and Nicolas Cage doing Nicolas Cage things in a gorgeously-shot 1930s New York noir setting is exactly as good as it sounds when it’s firing on all cylinders. The eight-episode Prime…

Film: Obsession Director: Curry Barker Cast: Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, Andy Richter Rating: R Runtime: 1h 49m Release: May 15, 2026 Distributor: Focus Features (Blumhouse / Capstone) Budget: $1 Million Obsession is the best horror film of 2026. That sentence is the kind of claim that usually needs hedging, but the consensus has arrived fast and it’s not close — 96% on Rotten Tomatoes, 8.2 on IMDb, Overwhelmingly Positive audience reactions, and a box office run that is genuinely one for the record books. Directed, written, and edited by 26-year-old Curry Barker — a YouTuber best…

Director: Jon Favreau Written by: Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni & Noah Kloor Starring: Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver, Jeremy Allen White Runtime: 2h 12m Rating: PG-13 Released: May 22, 2026 In Theaters: Now Rotten Tomatoes: 64% IMDb: 7/10 Metacritic: 53 Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu is a very good three-episode arc of The Mandalorian expanded to 2 hours 12 minutes, shot with a film budget, and released in theaters as the franchise’s first big-screen outing in years. Whether that’s exciting or deflating depends entirely on what you were hoping it would be. As a film, it’s polished, likeable, and inconsequential.…