'Happy Face' Inspiration Melissa Moore Shared Everything for New Show

Imagine discovering at the ripe age of 15 that your father is a serial killer.Melissa G. Moore’s harrowing real-life journey is chronicled inHappy Face, nowstreaming on Paramount +. The series focuses on this woman’s adult years in a dramatized recounting that’s turning true-crime fans' heads far and wide. In the past, Moore has shared her story on different platforms, including the acclaimedHappy Facepodcast and her autobiography,Shattered Silence. MovieWeb recently caught up with Moore to learn about bringing her experiences to a streaming platformin the form of narrative true-crime....

June 29, 2025 · 3 min · 559 words · Matthew Lopez

14 Underrated TV Legal Dramas Worth Revisiting

Law is not designed for entertainment. It’s slow, procedural, and often hinges on paperwork rather than grandstanding. Real trials stretch for months, sometimes years, with more time spent on motions and pretrial maneuvering than on the cinematic drama of cross-examinations and last-minute confessions. The reality of the legal system is dense and frustrating, full of bureaucracy and moral ambiguity, yet television has spent decades trying to shape it into something digestible—something that can be resolved in 42 minutes, neatly packaged between commercial breaks....

June 29, 2025 · 13 min · 2606 words · Tracy Drake

20 Greatest TV Crime Thrillers of All Time

Everyone has theircomfort TV show, right? It may be a classic sitcom from any decade of TV, or the drama that everyone likes to get back to every once in a while. In any case, there’s a very high chance that if you have to pick a show to watch, and you don’t have the energy to start a new one, you will pick your absolute favorite, the one you’ve seen countless times and can recite from memory....

June 29, 2025 · 11 min · 2334 words · Dawn Benson

9 Movie Characters Who Didn’t Deserve Their Happy Endings

Everybody loves a feel-good ending. But sometimes, the characters who get them just don’t seem to have earned them. Whether they’ve made poor choices, hurt others, or just plain old messed up, these characters somehow manage to wiggle their way into a happily ever after that they don’t really deserve. It’s not that we want these characters to suffer (well, maybe some of them), but rather that their happy endings feel unearned or even downright frustrating....

June 29, 2025 · 5 min · 994 words · Tracy Green

A Bad Moms Christmas Trailer Wants You to Party Like a Mother

It’s time to drench the Eggnog with some top shelf rum. The girls are back, and it’s going to be a rough holiday season. Today we have the worldwide premiere of the first trailer for STXfilms’A Bad Moms Christmas. Milas Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn return. And making their introduction as the ‘original BAD moms’ are Cheryl Hines, Christine Baranski and Susan Sarandon. OnNovember 3,STX Entertainmentwants you to celebrate like a MOTHER....

June 29, 2025 · 3 min · 522 words · William Bradley

Aaron Paul from Breaking Bad Legally Changes His Name

We may all know him by his stage name Aaron Paul, but his real name is Aaron Sturtevant, well, up until a few days ago that is.Breaking Bad’s bad boy apprenticeAaron Paulhas legally changed his name to what has been his stage name for years now. Paul, better known for his role on AMC’s hit showBreaking Badas Jesse Pinkman, was born in 1979 in Idaho to parents Robert and Darla Sturtevant....

June 29, 2025 · 3 min · 433 words · Daniel Powell

Abubakr Ali Is Grendel in Netflix Series Based on the Dark Horse Comic

Dark Horse Comics masked vigilanteGrendelis coming to Netflix in an eight part series starringAbubakr Aliin the lead role.Grendelwill be written and executive produced bySupernaturalandResident Evil’s Andrew Dabb and forms part of Dark Horse’s deal with the streamer. Along with Ali, who becomes the first Arab Muslim to lead a comic book movie, the cast includes Jamie Ray Newman, Julian Black Antelope, Madeline Zima, Kevin Corrigan, Emma Ho and Brittany Allen....

June 29, 2025 · 3 min · 512 words · Diane Higgins

Adam Sandler 'Hated Every Second' of Filming Spaceman's Zero Gravity Scenes

In Netflix’sSpaceman,Adam Sandlersteps into the shoes of an astronaut on a crucial mission beyond the stars. During an interview with MovieWeb, Sandler humorously recounted the challenges of portraying the sensation of floating in zero gravity, attributing his struggles to his lack of gracefulness. Carey Mulligan, his co-star, expressed greater confidence in her ability to tackle such scenes, crediting her Pilates practice for her readiness. “I spent a couple weeks of preparation getting used to trying to like I’m floating....

June 29, 2025 · 3 min · 520 words · Jennifer Buck

Alex Pettyfer Talks 5lbs of Pressure and His 'Life-Changing' Experience

5lbs of Pressurestars Luke Evans as a recently paroled murderer attempting to reconnect with his lost son. His return home to Brooklyn sparks a spiraling series of deadly events as local criminals seek retribution.Alex Pettyferco-stars as Leff, a dangerous crime lord with a short leash on his lackey nephew, Mike (Rory Culkin), an inept rock star wannabe. Thefilm focuses on families in crisisas differing agendas lead to a violent outcome....

June 29, 2025 · 9 min · 1710 words · Christopher Maddox

Aquaman Will Screen 5 Days Early for Amazon Prime Subscribers

The Amazon Prime early screenings ofAquamanwill take place at 7PM on December 15th, at select theaters across North America.Regal Cinemas, Cinepolis, Bow Tie Cinemas, ArcLight, Showcase Cinemas, and Studio Movie Grill are all participating in the early screenings. The movie opens on December 21st officially, and on the 20th for the Thursday night previews. Most notably,AMCand Cinemark are not taking part in the early screenings, unless something changes between now and then....

June 29, 2025 · 2 min · 376 words · Kathryn Mcmahon

Army of the Dead Footage Showcases Zack Snyder's First Time Out as a Cinematographer

Zack Snyder’s upcoming zombie-heist film has dropped its first footage with theArmy of the Dead trailer, and the sneak peak promises an experience for viewers filled with chaos, thrilsl, captivating intensity, and lots and lots of blood. Zack Snyder has earlier shared a still from his sets ofArmy of the Dead, revealing how his zombies would look like; but with this full-blown teaser, we now know that we are actually going to see the real “army of the dead” doing some damage unlike the one inGame of Thrones....

June 29, 2025 · 5 min · 879 words · Paula Ballard

Avengers 4 Leak Shows Gwyneth Paltrow in Iron Man Rescue Armor

For a few months now, many rumors have been circulating online claiming that Gwyneth Paltrow, who has played Pepper Potts in the Marvel Cinematic Universe sinceIron Manin 2008, will be donning her own suit of armor in next year’sAvengers 4. Now, a new leak from the set ofAvengers 4confirms these rumors to be true, featuring Gwyneth Paltrow taking a selfie of herself in the Rescue suit. In Marvel Comics, even though she was never too approving of Tony fighting crime asIron Man, Pepper Potts would occasionally don a suit of armor that was designed especially for her....

June 29, 2025 · 3 min · 557 words · Matthew Guzman

Baby Driver and Doctor Dolittle Reboot Get New Release Dates

Just one week afterRobert Downey Jr.came aboard to star inThe Voyage of Doctor Dolittle, Universal Pictures has already found a spot for this highly-anticipated project on its release calendar. The studio has set a June 19, 2025 release date for this live-action adaptation, although Universal wasn’t the only studio shifting its upcoming slate. Sony Pictures also announced today that it will be pushing its upcomingBaby Driverto Wednesday, June 28, up nearly two months from its original date of August 11....

June 29, 2025 · 3 min · 520 words · Michael Wolfe