Music is a critical part of any film. Perhaps more than any other aspect of a movie, the music sets the emotional tone, influencing how the audience feels about the events on screen. A weak soundtrack can undermine an otherwise strong movie; a great one can take a decent film from solid to spectacular. With this in mind, Redditors recently got together onr/movies, the largest film subreddit, to discuss the movies with the best theme music of all time....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is incredibly well known for its spot-on castings, thanks to the very talented casting directorSarah Finn. Over a decade since its inception, it’s safe to say that the franchise’s batting average is very high. But every rose has its thorns, and the MCU is not exempt from that fact. While there aren’t many, the MCU does havea handful of poorly cast characters that wasted the exceptional talents of many actors....

To be a high-grossing action star means that the actors themselves are a box office draw, the movies they star in are huge blockbusters or, more often than not, a combination of the two. Not surprisingly, the highest-grossing action stars have all appeared in major blockbuster film franchises, notably theMarvel Cinematic Universe (MCU),Lord of the Rings,andAvatar.They are all well-known names, some of whom primarily act in other types of movies. The actors who rank among the highest grossing include some you’d expect and a few that might surprise....

In the late ’60s,Martin Scorsesestarted building his name as one of New Hollywood’s, one ofthe most important film movements of all time, freshest and most high-quality voices. In 1976, he took Hollywood by storm with his sixth feature,Taxi Driver, about an unstable veteran named Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) working as a nighttime taxi driver in New York City, where the decadence he finds in the city fuels his urge for violent action....

Casting can make or break a movie. That’s why the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences isadding an Oscar for casting achievement.A stellar script should be the starting point. And there are a million other factors along the way: the cinematography, the soundtrack, the editing, and a director who can orchestrate all those elements together. Butfinding the ideal actor for a role is the capstone that brings it all together....

Adam McKayis a director and a producer and an Oscar-winning writer, too. He’s also an activist, and he’ll be putting his passion for the environment to good use withThe Uninhabitable Earth, a new anthology series for HBO Max inspired byDavid Wallace-Wells' bestselling book and New York Magazine article of the same name. Announced by the streamer at TCA on Wednesday, the series concerns climate change, global warming and other environmental catastrophes, and will be comprised of fictional standalone stories that cover a wide range of genres and possible futures that could result from the rapid warming of our planet....

Thanksgivingis coming early this year atAlamo Drafthouse. The cinema chain will showEli Roth’s forthcoming slasher flick two days before it goes wide in theaters on November 17 as part of its Fantastic Fest Presents series which celebrates genre films year-round. Currently, theater-goers in Austin, Texas can pick up tickets to the early screening which will not only feature the film, but a recorded message from Roth before it begins as well as commemorative masks for whoever shows out for the occasion....

During today’sMicrosoft “Inside Xbox” eventtoshow off new titles coming to Xbox Series X(which will be referred to as XSeX from now on), Ubisoft launched what they’re calling a “gameplay” trailer for the new titleAssassin’s Creed: Valhalla. While undeniably pretty, there is very little actual gameplay to be seen, and wherever it is, it’s hard to find since it’s seamlessly integrated into out-of-context cinematics. For theACdiehards who want to see more from the franchise, this trailer serves you well, but for those looking for more about the actual gameplay mechanics, changes from previous games, and, you know, what we’re actually going todoin this title, it left a lot to be desired....

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Bodies Bodies BodiesAlthough it received positive reviews following its premiere at South by Southwest in March, the trailer for the slasher/mystery comedyBodies Bodies Bodieswas greeted with some consternation. No one could deny that it had a good pedigree - helmed by rising directorHalina Reijin, written by Pulitzer Prize finalistSarah DeLappe, and starring young talents includingAmandla Stenberg,Maria Bakalova, andRachel Sennott- but the marketing gave some viewers pause....

Yesterday, along with ourCaptain America: Civil Warset visit coverage, we posted the“Team Cap” posters, and today, along with more set visit coverage, Marvel has released the “Team Iron Man” posters. The posters include not only Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), but also an unmasked Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Vision (Paul Bettany), and War Machine (Don Cheadle). That means Team Cap outnumbers Team Iron Man 6-5, but when you consider that Vision is powered by an Infinity Stone and is a being worthy enough to wield Mjolnir, that about evens the odds....

With a title likeSpiderhead, many fans ofChris Hemsworthare bound to be a little confused with theThorstar’s newest Netflix feature film. Is it a Marvel based project? Will we see Spider-Man and Thor’s relationship come to a head and turn against one another? The answer to both of these questions is a resounding no. Instead, the sci-fi movie that debuts on the streamer June 17, will see Hemsworth as a scientist with the best intentions even if his experiments sometimes prove to have terrible consequences....

Netflix has revealed the opening credit sequence forCyberpunk: Edgerunners, the upcoming anime series from the acclaimed Studio Trigger. The credit sequence showed the familiar yellow background that has become synonymous with the CD Projekt Red title, with the only other coloring being the silhouette of the currently unnamed series protagonist in the bottom right of the screen, which has many characters quickly flashing by with each one having a different color....

After creating, running, and endingLost, writerDamon Lindelofdipped his toe into the feature film world and lent his talents to a vast array of films. They range from sci-fi reboots (Star Trek) to zombie apocalypse dramas (World War Z) to heady sci-fi epics (Prometheus). But one of Lindelof’s more interesting works is certainlyTomorrowland. The idea for the film was crafted by Lindelof andJeff Jensen, inspired by the optimism of Walt Disney in the 1950s....