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As a movie fanatic, I’m really grateful there are so many streaming services now that give you great stuff to watch every month without costing a dime! Seriously, platforms like Tubi, The Roku Channel, and Pluto TV aren’t messing around – they have genuinely good movies. You can find films from any decade you can think of, and honestly, these free services are packed with real classics. It’s amazing!

The Skarsgård family’s Swedish heritage was a running joke during a recent Saturday Night Live sketch. The sketch poked fun at the reputation of Scandinavian films for being bleak, stark, and emotionally reserved – a style that began with director Ingmar Bergman in the 1950s and continues today. This was highlighted with a reference to Sentimental Value, a new film starring Stellan Skarsgård as a father reconnecting with his children. In the sketch, Stellan plays a distant father to his on-screen sons, Alexander Skarsgård and SNL cast member Chloe Fineman, in a fictional Norwegian movie called Scent of a Family. The humor came from the contrast between the characters’ cold demeanor in the film and the actors’ surprisingly lively and cheerful behavior between takes.

In 2025, Netflix’s most popular movies weren’t necessarily the most critically acclaimed. Some films, while attracting huge audiences, were criticized for being too formulaic, and others gained attention for reasons beyond their quality. Examining the top 10 most-watched movies of 2025 offers an interesting look at this trend.

Following the events of Secret Wars, Marvel is planning several team-up movies, including a reboot of the X-Men film series. This new X-Men movie, directed by Jake Schreier (who also directed Thunderbolts), will bring together multiple Marvel heroes. It’s possible other team-up films will also be announced as part of Marvel’s Phase 7 plans.

Many people don’t realize Catherine O’Hara was briefly hired as a cast member on Saturday Night Live in the early 1980s, while the show was undergoing changes. She didn’t appear in any sketches that season and ultimately left to return to SCTV, where she’d been a cast member for five out of its six seasons. In a 2013 interview with Vulture, O’Hara explained she left SNL because she disliked living in New York City.

Over the next ten years, many action films – including Extraction, Nobody, and Atomic Blonde – took inspiration from the distinctive action style of the John Wick movies. The films also draw a diverse cast of talent, ranging from established stars like Anjelica Huston and Laurence Fishburne to action movie icons such as Donnie Yen and Scott Adkins.

From horror favorites to musicals and sci-fi romances, each of these movies had the potential to be truly great, but a single misstep held it back. They’re the films that make you wonder what could have been with just one small change – a tweak that could have altered movie history.

As of February 1st, Tubi added the classic Ridley Scott film, Thelma & Louise, to its streaming library. It joins other popular movies like Beverly Hills Cop with Eddie Murphy and Die Hard starring Bruce Willis. Released in 1991, Thelma & Louise features Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon as two friends whose road trip takes an unexpected and complicated turn. While on the run from the law, they meet a variety of interesting characters, including a young thief played by Brad Pitt.

The documentary about Melania Trump’s activities before Donald Trump’s second inauguration, directed by Brett Ratner, faced immediate criticism. Already accused of being biased and exploitative, the film drew further outrage when its $40 million cost and Melania Trump’s $28 million personal profit were revealed. Unsurprisingly, most media outlets and individuals not closely aligned with Donald Trump reacted negatively.

As a movie lover, I don’t think the 2026 Oscar nominations are any more controversial than usual – we always have debates! But 2025 was just an incredible year for film, possibly the best we’ve seen in a decade. That means the competition for every award was fierce, and unfortunately, some really great movies and performances were bound to get overlooked. It’s just the nature of the beast when you have so many strong contenders.