Screen Rant • 29th July 2024

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Acronym Explained

The titular organization in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. has important, real-world connections. The Man from U.N.C.L.E is remembered as one of the first and most famous spy shows. Throughout the decade, over a dozen spy-centric TV shows were broadcast, each competing for its own share of the spotlight Its immediate success spawned a number of novel adaptations and a spin-off show, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., which premiered in 1966. The main series followed a CIA agent and a KGB agent, working together...

Screen Rant • 28th July 2024

Daniel Craig's 92% Fresh 2017 Comedy Film Paved the Way for Knives Out

Daniel Craig is most known for his role as James Bond, but with Knives Out, he has found much success starring in a genre he had previously only once explored, comedy films. Throughout most of his acting tenure - including the first two decades of his career - Craig had typically been cast in dramas and adventure films. Road to Perdition, Sylvia, Layer Cake, The Golden Compass, and Defiance stand out as prominent non-007 Daniel Craig movies. Notably, apart from Some Voices in 2000, there were no...

Screen Rant • 28th July 2024

Soundtrack Guide for 2014's The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

In August 2015, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. was released in theaters, and, while it wasn't the most critically well-received spy film ever, it is one of director Guy Ritchie's best works. Almost a decade since its release, it is still an enjoyable and entertaining film, and the strong casting stands out. Henry Cavill, a real-life Briton, plays Napoleon Solo, an American CIA agent. Armie Hammer, a real-life American, plays Illya Kuryakin, a Russian KGB agent. Their chemistry is unrivaled, and both ar...

Screen Rant • 27th July 2024

"More Personal": My Excitement For Netflix’s Bioshock Movie Just Took A Nosedive

Netflix's BioShock movie finally received some updates during a panel at this year's San Diego Comic-Con, which Screen Rant attended, and the news isn't particularly reassuring. Fans of BioShock - myself included - have seen dozens of different video game IPs get Hollywood-grade adaptations since the first BioShock game was first released more than 15 years ago. Since then, while other AAA titles have been made into films, two more BioShock games were released, with the most recent game, BioShoc...

Screen Rant • 20th July 2024

Sam Raimi’s Next Movie After Multiverse Of Madness Is What I’ve Been Waiting For Since 2009

It has been more than two years since director Sam Raimi's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was released, and we finally have an update on what his next project is. Raimi is set to return to horror, which is his area of expertise. As a fan of horror films, I couldn't be more excited to know that Raimi will be revisiting the genre that kick-started his career in Hollywood. Ever since his feature film directorial debut in 1977 with It's Murder!, Raimi has, arguably, left a bigger mark o...

Screen Rant • 19th July 2024

New Russell Crowe War Film Now Streaming on Netflix

Russell Crowe's acting career has, if anything, only ramped up in the last few years, and one of Crowe's most recent films, the war thriller Land of Bad, is now streaming on Netflix. Written by David Frigerio and William Eubank (who also directed ) back in 2012, it became something of a passion project for the duo. After 12 years of development, research, and production, hopes were high that the film, with a narrative based in reality, but not based on any actual, real-life events, could result...

Screen Rant • 19th July 2024

What Simone Biles' Net Worth Is In 2024

Simone Biles has been a household name since 2013, with her story explored in the Neftlix documentary Simone Biles: Rising, yet for all her success, it isn't entirely clear just how much Simone Biles is worth. It has been a meteoric rise to the position of one of the best gymnasts of her generation - if not one of the best gymnasts ever, especially when factoring in her impressive medal count. Biles' fame has transcended the sports world, and she now sits firmly amidst some of the most famous pe...

Screen Rant • 14th July 2024

Dune 3 Being Villeneuve's Final Entry Is Perfect

Dune: Part Three, currently slated for a 2026 release window, aligns perfectly with director Denis Villeneuve's narrative options for a definitive conclusion to his Dune story. When Villeneuve announced he'd adapt Frank Herbert's beloved novel, Dune, into a feature film, it was met with eager anticipation. Its success helped build anticipation for the 2024 follow-up, Dune: Part II, which received rave reviews at the box office. Accordingly, the buzz around a third film is just as loud. This, how...

Screen Rant • 14th July 2024

Gladiator 2's Emperors Will Rule Differently than Gladiator's Commodus

Ridley Scott's Gladiator II has replaced the original's iconic villain with some equally nefarious characters, but there remains a concern that the movie will still lack what made Commodus so successful. Gladiator is generally regarded as one of the best Roman historical epics ever made, and, since its release, has stood the test of time as a standalone tale. When Gladiator II was officially announced, it became clear that the setting, while rooted in the same timeline, would feature many new fa...

Screen Rant • 10th July 2024

Joey King's 10 Best Movies & TV Shows, Ranked

Despite being only 24 years old, Joey King currently has 73 acting credits to her name. She has appeared in a wide array of genres on both TV and on the big screen, including comedies, psychological thrillers, comic book adaptations, rom-coms, and more. King's most famous characters may well be her recurring role in The Kissing Booth franchise, but her range is better explored in a number of other performances, many of which are based on true stories.
King has been in feature films, miniseries...

Screen Rant • 9th July 2024

Why Taggart Wasn't In Beverly Hills Cop 3

It has been 30 long years since Beverly Hills Cop 3 was released, yet despite three decades having passed, many fans are still wondering why Taggart wasn't involved in the sequel. With a fourth film, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, finding success, the franchise has had something of a revival. Beverly Hills Cop 3, however, remains largely marginalized and is absent from Netflix – despite the presence of the other movies on the service. The first two films are cult classics and have endured, largely b...