Although recency bias may bringJoe Bidenimmediately to mind, the most famed one-term President of the United States would arguably beJames Earl Carter Jr., or, as he’s most commonly known,Jimmy Carter. The former president, whose time in the Oval Office, from 1977 to 1981, was a mixed bag of notable achievements and tenure-defining shortcomings. That time is largely superseded by his post-presidency, whichABC News hailed as the most consequential in U.S. history, with the decorated philanthropist continuing his humanitarian efforts into his final days, passing away at the age of 100 on December 29th, 2024....

[Update:To catch up on all of our ongoing TIFF 2016 coverage, from reviews to interviews,click here.] It’s time once again for the2016 Toronto International Film Festival. TIFF is when the awards films comes to play, and with the deluge of quality films, it’s likely that at least one or two films from the festival finds its way into my Top 10 of the year (my favorite film of last year,Spotlight, played at TIFF)....

Luc Bessonhas a rather unique filmography. While some of the films he’s written and/or directed, includingThe ProfessionalandTaken, have become staples in pop culture, other films -particularlyValerian and the City of a Thousand Planets- are better tossed and left in the dustbin of history. Among his work, many consider Besson’s crowning achievement to beThe Fifth Element, starringBruce Willisas a soldier turned cab driver who winds up protecting a mysterious girl (Milla Jovovich) who is literally the key to stopping a dark force from engulfing the universe....

Ink Masteris areality competition seriesthat originally premiered on Paramount Network (formerly known as Spike) in 2012 and features a group ofcontestants who must demonstrate their skills in different tattooing styles and techniques. The show has spanned 15 seasons, featuring various tattoo artists competing in different challenges, and was hosted byDave Navarro, alongsideChris NúñezandOliver Peck, before the series' revival saw the judges' panel filled out byRyan Ashley Malarkey,Nikko Hurtado,AmiJames, and lead singer of Good Charlotte,Joel Madden(luckily, Dave Navarro still pops in here and there)....

There’s no such thing as bad publicity… or at least, that’s how the saying goes. How successfully it withstands examination is another matter, but that hasn’t stopped companies from deploying questionable advertising campaigns for the sake of short-term profits.Forgetting Sarah Marshall’s disturbing billboards that saw dozens of real Sarah Marshallsreceiving an influx of unwanted attention. Perhaps the wildest example comes via the restaurant chain Burger King whose German branch once launched a sales campaign based around spoilers for the then-upcomingStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker....

Borrego, the 2022 thriller starringLucy Hale, was recently released on Netflix and has quickly topped the charts. The film follows Hale’s Elly, a botanist exploring the desert to survey the arrival of a plant species that isn’t supposed to be in the desert when a plane crashes nearby. Upon her arrival at the site, she realizes the plane is full of drugs right before the injured pilot begins to try to kill her....

The two-sided debate overGodzilla vs. Kong—over any CGI-heavy blockbuster spectacle, really—is whether A) the flesh-and-bone human characters matter, and B) they even need to matter? In the case ofGodzilla vs. Kong, “A” is easy, because the human characters absolutely 100% do not matter, try as this extraordinarily talented cast might. I have yet to see compelling evidence as to whatAlexander Skarsgardis doing here except maybe filling in for Kong’s eye-line on set....

DirectorMatt Reevesspilled some seriously major details aboutThe Batmanduring the DC FanDome event on Saturday. Over the course ofThe Batmanpanel, Reeves not only touched on his approach to this particularBatmanstory, but also what makes this movie different from previousBatmaniterations while also adding something new to the Caped Crusader’s on-screen depiction. One of the biggest talking points to emerge from Reeves' interview withAisha Tylerat DC FanDome was thatThe Batmanwill not be an origin story....

While fantasy television had audiences in a chokehold for most of 2022, spawning spinoffs of many a popular franchise, there was nothing in the vast landscape of TV quite likeWillow, the sequel to the 1988 film of the same name starringWarwick Davis. Filled with many a wisecrack and contemporary needle drop alongside its epic fantasy locations and storytelling,Willowdrummed up a dedicated and loyal fanbase as it told the story of the great Nelwyn sorcerer, who reunites with the now-grown Elora Danan (Ellie Bamber) to save the world — and the future empress — from the forces of darkness....

All good things come in threes, don’t they? After the successes ofWonder WomanandWonder Woman 1984, the DC Extended Universe will be closing out the story of Princess Diana (Gal Gadot) with the third and final installment,Wonder Woman 3. The movie will be directed byPatty Jenkinsand everything points to it being a proper conclusion to the story that started withWonder Womanback in 2017. Warner Bros. chairmanToby Emmerichreleased a statementannouncing the movie in December 2020 saying, “As fans around the world continue to embrace Diana Prince, driving the strong opening weekend performance of Wonder Woman 1984, we are excited to be able to continue her story with our real-life Wonder Women – Gal [Gadot] and Patty [Jenkins] – who will return to conclude the long-planned theatrical trilogy....

This weekend,Venom: The Last Dancewill debut domestically in over 4,100 theaters, as it hopes to meet sturdy box office projections that are currently hovering around the $50 million mark. But more notably, exhibitors will finally putJoker: Folie à Deuxout of its misery after having made good on contractual obligations for the past three weeks. The big-budget bomb has been running to negligible response over the last few days, registering per-theater averages that have dropped below the $100 mark on a couple of occasions....

Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for ‘Society of the Snow’ How does one end a story likeSociety of the Snow? How does one end a tale so well-known, especially for its grittier details? Perhaps most importantly, how does one enda real story when telling it in a fictionalized format? Well, the most obvious answer is, of course, with the truth.The story of the survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 ends with 16 young men being rescued from their ordeal in the icy mountains of the Andes and taken back home to their families....

The current slate of box office blockbusters is the most stacked line-up of 2025 so far. From Universal’sJurassic World RebirthtoJames Gunn’sSupermanand Disney’s live-actionLilo & Stitch, there is little room for smaller ventures to find their footing, something that the likes of Sony’s reboot ofI Know What You Did Last SummerandAri Aster’sEddingtonfound out the hard way last weekend. Well, one upcoming release hoping to fight the competition and make an impact relative to its size isOh, Hi!...