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Cinema isn’t just about the latest Disney/Pixar project or Star Wars spin-off. Memorable storytelling is happening all over the film industry, from Hollywood’s box-office-busting superhero smashes to small, innovative indie experiments. The Verge’s film section is here to help you sort through the latest Hollywood news and reviews, from favorite genres like sci-fi, fantasy, and horror to the independent movies that matter.

Mountainhead succeeds at showing you how deranged the billionaire mindset can be

HBO’s Mountainhead is a snapshot of everything that’s ridiculous and terrible about Silicon Valley’s billionaire class.

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These pieces of David Lynch’s legacy can be yours.

If you’ve ever wanted to own a piece of art, furniture, taxidermy, or other ephemera that was once owned and / or touched by the late, great David Lynch, Julien’s is running a massive auction beginning June 18th that you’re probably going to want to keep an eye on.

Four “Mulholland Drive” Prop Menus.
“Mulholland Drive” Scripts.
Handmade Colorful Table.
Personalized Director’s Chair.
Personal 35mm Print of “Eraserhead.”
“Dune” Production Office Moviola Film Viewer.
Six Vintage Dazor Flying Saucer Lamps,
Taxidermy Deer Heads.
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Getting attention has never been harder.

If you’re a celebrity promoting a new movie or your latest album, you used to follow a standard playbook of late night shows, magazine cover stories, or daytime talk shows. Now you have to do all that and eat chicken wings with YouTubers or give your hottest take while riding the subway. The New Media Circuit is a powerful driver of views, likes, and comments — but does it actually sell anything?

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Pixar’s Elio has a gorilla fight question of his own.

While you may have forgotten that Elio is hitting theaters next month, the film’s latest trailer makes it seem like Pixar has been listening to the ridiculous 100 men vs 1. gorilla hypothetical fight people have been debating about for the past few weeks.

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You’ll be able to watch Sinners at home next week.

For folks who’ve been salivating in anticipation of being able to (re)watch Ryan Coogler’s Sinners from their couches, Warner Bros. just announced that the film will be available to purchase on digital platforms beginning June 3rd ahead of its physical release on 4K UHD / Blu-ray / DVD on July 8th.

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Heartbreak feels good in a movie like Daniela Forever.

In writer / director Nacho Vigalondo’s Daniela Forever, the grief Nick (Henry Golding) feels over the sudden death of his girlfriend Daniela (Beatrice Grannò) leads him to a clinical trial for a drug that induces lucid dreaming. Nick’s drug-fueled dreams are meant to help pull him out of his depression, but as the movie’s new trailer teases, things go terribly (and beautifully) wrong. The movie’s in theaters July 11th.

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Unescape to New York.

Bluesky reminded me that John Carpenter’s Escape from New York has a deleted ten-minute opening sequence, and while I think he made the right choice cutting it, it’s a pretty fun short heist film that barely even requires having seen the film.

The new Mission: Impossible is a comedy wearing a convincing disguise

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning is a spectacularly silly tribute to the franchise’s explosive past.

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“We’ll just call you Rye-you.”

Apparently we’ve got some prospective cast members for a new Street Fighter movie, so it’s time to revisit Polygon’s classic Chris Plante feature about the 1994 film’s production trainwreck. RIP Raul Julia.

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Darren Aronofsky is involved in a new film with AI-generated visuals.

The film, called Ancestra, “is directed by Eliza McNitt and blends emotional live-action performances with generative visuals, crafting a deeply personal narrative inspired by the day she was born,” according to a description from the movie’s trailer.

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We have to go back.

If nothing else, the Jurassic Park franchise has done a solid job of coming up with reasons for people to keep returning to dinosaur-infested islands. The latest example is Jurassic World Rebirth, which has Scarlett Johansson searching for some life-saving dino DNA. It also looks like a mix of a number of film franchises — a little Alien, a little Indiana Jones — and it hits theaters on July 2nd.

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The Predator’s going to have to bring its A game.

The new trailer for Hulu’s Predator: Killer of Killers gives a little bit too much of the plot away, but it also makes the movie seem like it’s going to be kinda fantastic when it premieres on June 6th.

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Love Me is coming to Paramount Plus next month.

If you didn’t catch co-writers / directors Sam and Andy Zuchero’s Love Me during its theatrical run last year, worry not: the movie’s coming to Paramount Plus (with Showtime) on June 16th.

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Mickey 17 is coming to (HBO) Max later this month.

If you didn’t see Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17 during its theatrical run, you can catch it on Max starting May 23rd.

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Apple gave Monaco a custom F1-themed Maps treatment.

The update puts a focus on Formula 1 racing in promotion of both upcoming Apple movie F1 and the 2025 Monaco Grand Prix race happening later this month. The update is full of special Monaco Grand Prix-related things, including little renders of Formula 1 cars at the pits and road closure advisories.

Not that any of us will ever use it — this is basically an update for Apple exec and known sports fan Eddy Cue, right?

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Three screenshots of Apple Maps on an iPhone.
More of the special Grand Prix race locations shown in the app.
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The update lets you see where the route is, so you can join in the fun (just kidding, don’t try to do that!).
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Google Find Hub is turning bounty hunter.

Alongside a shiny rebrand and airline integration, Google is expanding the range of trackers in its Find Hub network. But not with boring practicalities like better battery or more accurate tracking — no, we get Baby Yoda, thanks to a new set of Disney-themed tags from Pixbee.

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We’ve got Red Hulk at home.

While the MCU is riding high on Thunderbolts, Marvel is about to bring another recent movie to streaming: Captain America: Brave New World hits Disney Plus on May 28th.

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This girl is on fire.

Here’s one more trailer before the John Wick spinoff Ballerina hits theaters on June 6th. The new clip plays all of the Wick hits — pulsing nightclub, hotel shootout, bulletproof jackets — but with Ana de Armas as the new trained killer. It also hints that we might get an answer to how John is still actually alive.

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Godzilla and King Kong just can’t stay away from each other.

Now they’ll be following up last year’s The New Empire with another buddy kaiju movie called Supernova. Details are slim, but the movie is currently in production, and expected to hit theaters on March 26th, 2027.

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You’ll still want to let the Wookiee win when you build your own Holochess table.

Some Star Wars fans build their own lightsabers, but YouTuber Maker Mac70 instead devoted a significant amount of time recreating the Millennium Falcon’s Holochess table. Built using six small LCD screens and a special plate from a Japanese company called ASKA3D that creates a floating holographic effect, the table features a single-player version of the game because of a limited viewing angle.

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Using a special plate, this DIY Star Wars Holochess table has characters that appear to float in mid-air.
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Tall Tales is a critique of AI — so why do people think it was made with AI?

A Thom Yorke side project is catching unnecessary flak. The artist explains how it came to be.

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Return to Silent Hill... at the movies.

Return to Silent Hill, a film adaptation of Silent Hill 2, had its US rights picked up by Cineverse, and the movie will come to theaters in America “at a date to be announced,” Variety reports. It’s directed by Christophe Gans, who directed the first Silent Hill movie.

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We’ve got Chicken Jockey at home.

Well, soon we will, at least. Warner Bros. has confirmed that A Minecraft Movie will be available digitally on May 13th, though there’s no word on when it might hit streaming platforms.

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Walk hard.

The first trailer for The Long Walk, the latest Stephen King adaptation, starts out pretty cheerful and wholesome before fully revealing its much darker premise. It’s being directed by Francis Lawrence, best-known for his work on The Hunger Games series, and hits theaters on September 12th. It’s also not the only dystopic King film in the works, as Edgar Wright is making a new version of The Running Man due out in November.