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NEW YORK – T.K. Carter, known for his iconic role as Nauls in John Carpenter’s horror hit “The Thing,” has died at age 69.

Gerard Butler is the Prince of January. You could print calendars now with the knowledge that the Scottish actor will invariably open the year with some kind of action bombast, ranging from the goofy (last year’s “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera”) to the earnest – this year’s disaster movie sequel “Greenland 2: Migration.” Butler reunites with his “Kandahar,” “Angel Has Fallen” and “Greenland” director Ric Roman Waugh for the film, and much like “Den of Thieves 2,” the film sees our star setting out for the south of France, under, of course, very different circumstances.

Nominations for The Actors arrived Wednesday morning. And if you're thinking, "Actors nominations? Who voted for these awards?" I could go into an exaggerated Abbott and Costello routine or simply remind you that the Screen Actors Guild recently rebranded its annual award ceremony as the Actor Awards or, if you're not into the whole brevity thing, the Actor Awards presented by SAG-AFTRA.

A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that the 2022 Tom Cruise blockbuster "Top Gun: Maverick" did not infringe a magazine article that inspired the original 1986 "Top Gun" film.

Need a reason to look forward to 2026? How about some good movies? Here are 20 that we might enjoy over popcorn in the new year. Note that release dates, especially those further out, are tentative.

And how was your year?

The domestic box office delivered tepid growth in 2025, with cinemas struggling to return to prepandemic sales.

Let’s start with the bad news: On July 14, 2025, the poet Andrea Gibson died of ovarian cancer. Gibson, who was Colorado’s 10th poet laureate, was just 49 years old.

As "Avatar: Fire and Ash" headed to the big screen this month, theater owners held their breath. In an uneven year that saw two billion-dollar hits and a viral "chicken jockey" craze, but also a disastrous first quarter and a nearly 30-year-low at the October box office, the end of December was the last chance for theaters to make up ground.

No matter where you might live – house, apartment, whatever – you’ve likely had problems with a neighbor.

There’s an argument to be made that Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet), the protagonist of Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme,” could be the father of Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler), the protagonist of Josh and Benny Safdie’s 2019 cinematic panic attack “Uncut Gems.” Marty and Howard are versions of the same character: Jewish New York City hustlers addicted to risky business; inveterate gamblers who believe that just one more bet is going to pay off.

At 71, James Cameron still makes movies like he’s got something to prove — despite his many accolades, awards and box-office successes. But that fighting spirit is what makes Cameron’s films feel so alive and so urgent, a spirit that he has infused into his epic sci-fi space Western saga, “Avatar.” For almost three decades, he has been ensconced on the planet Pandora, dedicating himself to ...

If you’ve seen Rian Johnson’s first two “Knives Out” movies – 2019’s “Knives Out” and 2022’s “Glass Onion” – you might think you know what to expect from Johnson’s new addition to the franchise, “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.”

Rob Reiner was born into the lineage of comedy thanks to his father, television pioneer Carl Reiner, and he first gained recognition as an actor, including his Emmy-winning role on “All in the Family.” And while there is certainly a streak of humor through almost all of his films, what marks Reiner’s work as a director is his astonishing versatility, able to switch styles from one project to the next with remarkable ease.

Dick Van Dyke is showing no signs of stopping as he celebrates his milestone 100th birthday.

NEW YORK — Peter Greene, an actor noted for playing the character Zed in the classic film “Pulp Fiction,” was found dead inside his Lower East Side apartment on Friday, police and a neighbor told the Daily News. Greene’s longtime manager, Gregg Edward, said the actor’s family had been notified of his death. The neighbor, who asked that his name be withheld, said he found Greene, 60, in his ...

Even with inflation, endless air travel complaints and the recent flight cancellations caused by the government shutdown, millions of Americans, including me, will begin their holiday celebrations on a plane. And while some are already making their packing lists, I am more concerned about what I should watch. In addition to getting you where you want to go, those hours spent in uncomfortable seats — first at the gate and then on board — are a guilt-free opportunity to catch up on or revisit great shows and films.

We all have regrets. They might involve decisions made and not made, paths taken that we should have avoided, relationships that didn’t fizzle out so much as fervently implode.

Once again, it’s a great week to be a cinephile at home, as some of the best films of the year land on streaming services this week.