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Los Angeles Times
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
‘M3GAN 2.0' gets a humor upgrade with twice the killer dolls and half the scares
'M3GAN 2.0' is another shiny display case for its violent antiheroine, an artificially intelligent doll with little regard for human life. In the new movie, there are two of them: Meet AMELIA, a lithesome blond who opens the film decimating a bunker somewhere near the border of Turkey and Iran. The robot babe's name stands for Autonomous Military Engagement Logistics and Infiltration Android, and one can imagine the real White House asking if we can actually build her. This fledgling franchise has rewired itself from horror to action-comedy. Bigger and goofier than the 2022 hit, 'M3GAN 2.0' is content to be this summer's fidget spinner: an amusement soon forgotten. You can easily accuse returning director Gerard Johnstone (who's taken over screenwriting duties too) of assembling it from other movies' nuts and bolts. He's not hiding his influences, including 'The Terminator,' 'Metropolis' and the head-spinning theatrics of 'The Exorcist.' It's a magpie movie that's happy to give audiences the tinselly things they want — i.e., two robots clobbering the Wi-Fi out of each other. But Johnstone creates openings for his own shaggy sense of humor. I'm excited to keep tabs on the promising New Zealander. The snippy robot begins the film with her body destroyed but her ego as big as ever. M3GAN, voiced by Jenna Davis and embodied by both an animatronic puppet and the young dancer Amie Donald, will be reconstructed and built back better — and taller, as the physically gifted Donald has herself aged from 12 to 15. As an interim step, M3GAN gets temporarily placed in a tiny teal bot with flipper hands named Moxie, who seems adorable unless you know that Moxie was a real AI emotional support doll launched in 2020 that was abruptly bricked last year, teaching kids a sad lesson in startup funding and, in essence, death. (You can find videos online of people saying goodbye to their comatose friend.) Meanwhile, M3GAN'S creator Gemma (a droll Allison Williams) is out of prison and rebranding herself as an anti-technology crusader. 'You wouldn't give your child cocaine — why would you give them a smartphone?' she hectors, while her bland do-gooder boyfriend Christian (Aristotle Athari) enlists the United Nations to fight back against the creeping omnipotence of AI. Cady (Violet McGraw), Gemma's 12-year-old orphaned niece, wants a career in computer science. Gemma prefers that she concentrate on soccer. Smartly, these films don't create a phony dichotomy between tender humans and cold machinery. Gemma's interpersonal skills could use an update. She can't connect to her young charge. Hilariously and hypocritically, she orders Cady around with zero respect for the child's free will. When Cady insists that she's not sleepy enough to go to bed, Gemma snaps, 'Take a melatonin.' What interests Johnstone here is how biological and synthetic beings blend together. Gemma and her colleagues Cole and Tess (Brian Jordan Alvarez and Jen Van Epp) are designing a mechanized exoskeleton that would allow a human worker to toss around concrete blocks as breezily as a penny (although when it glitches, Cole can't get out of the suit to use the bathroom). Their billionaire potential investor, Alton (Jemaine Clement, whose oily lecherousness may remind you of a recent government employee), has a neural chip in his temple that's layered an invisible computer screen over his retinas. Blinking his eyes to take photographs, this repellent tech bro appears so ridiculous that you half-wonder if his innovation is fake, — the emperor's new code. But when AMELIA (Ivanna Sakhno) uses his eyeballs against him, we enjoy Alton realizing how pitiful he looks. The plot here is the same one we're going to keep repeating until today's technofeudalist geeks quit inventing things that the majority of people don't want. (So, probably forever.) AMELIA wants access to the computer cloud that controls every facet of our existence, from the power grid to the financial markets. There's a cool, if truncated, car chase in which AMELIA treats humans like roadblocks, flinging us into traffic by freezing scooters and releasing cash from sidewalk ATMs. On a more intimate scale, Gemma and Cady's new Bay Area rental is a smart house where everything is a potential poltergeist, from the ice dispenser to the vacuum. They thought M3GAN was dead; turns out, she's the ghost in their machines. The movie isn't scary in the slightest. But afterward, it's terrifying to count how many things you own that aren't truly under your control — and, scarier, how hard it's getting to stop this home invasion. Does anyone really need their refrigerator authorized to order more eggs? 'M3GAN 2.0' is at heart a B-movie about a technological arms race fought by femmebots with literal swinging arms. It's dopey by design. At least Johnstone punches up the premise. There's not just one secret lair — there are three! — and each has its own playful reveal. Later, he finagles a physical comedy beat in which Gemma is delighted to realize she's more like M3GAN than she thinks. I was never that moved by M3GAN's girl-power-y argument that she has a soul ('I'm nobody's plaything,' she growls.) And the scene in which she and Gemma bond starts off like a groaner but gets us howling when the doll goes too far and begins to sing another cringey pop song, a great gag recycled from the last movie. Most of the other obvious yuks are flashy and hollow: Of course M3GAN will dance. Of course M3GAN will zip into a flying squirrel suit and go soaring over the trees. Of course a souped-up smart sports car will blare the theme music from 'Knight Rider.' That gets a reflexive chuckle, but it mostly reminds us that today's so-called genius inventors just wish their childhood toys were real. But what intrigues me about Johnstone are the jokes that barely involve M3GAN at all. The most surprising laugh in the first movie came when a detective giggled as he described a little boy's murder. Killer dolls, we get. Yet, this was the stock cop character seen in every genre flick acting fundamentally against his programming. Here, that humor has gone viral — it's now in every scene — insisting that humanity itself is fundamentally strange and unpredictable. The robot is the draw, but I'd watch 'M3GAN 2.0' for the people. And stay for the end credits disclaimer: 'This work may not be used to train AI.' Good luck with that.
Perth Now
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Terminator: Dark Fate was ‘kind of underwritten', Linda Hamilton says
Linda Hamilton has admitted Terminator: Dark Fate was 'kind of underwritten'. The 68-year-old actress reprised her role as Sarah Connor in the controversial 2019 action blockbuster, though has now conceded director Tim Miller could have used a little longer to bring out the 'humanity' of the story. Speaking with she said: 'There were some really significant, maybe … emotional moments in the last one that I wish we had lingered over a little bit more. 'It was kind of underwritten, and I think Tim didn't feel that some of it was structured properly … I just wish it had slowed down a tiny bit and presented our fans with just a few more moments of humanity.' Reflecting on Sarah Connor and the impact she has had on pop culture, Hamilton admitted she was 'surprised' by the number of people who were inspired by the action heroine, and described the character as a 'woman in hell'. She mused: 'Well, I've always been surprised at the numbers that want to be like Sarah Connor. She physique as well as the physicality - but she's a very, very unhappy woman, right? 'I mean, she's struggling with so much unknown, and it's just like, 'No, you don't want to be like Sarah Connor. She's a woman in hell.' 'So that has always fascinated me, the way that people want to emulate her. But she's just a woman living in hell.' In Terminator: Dark Fate - which also stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis and Edward Furlong - a new advanced Terminator is sent to kill a young woman whose fate is key to humanity's future. To protect her, Sarah Connor and a cybernetically enhanced soldier join forces in a fight for survival. Following Terminator: Dark Fate - which was the first time Hamilton had played Sarah Connor since 1991's Terminator 2: Judgement Day - the actress insisted she was done with the franchise and didn't want to return as the action heroine again. When asked about her Terminator future by Business Insider, she said: 'I'm done. I'm done. I have nothing more to say. The story's been told, and it's been done to death.' Director and producer James Cameron previously revealed that he was 'in discussion' for a Terminator reboot, but Hamilton sees little point in reviving the series once again. She said: 'Why anybody would relaunch it is a mystery to me. But I know our Hollywood world is built on relaunches right now.' The Terminator himself Arnold Schwarzenegger also said he was 'done' with the series following Terminator: Dark Fate. He told The Hollywood Reporter: 'The franchise is not done. I'm done. I got the message loud and clear that the world wants to move on with a different theme when it comes to The Terminator. 'Someone has to come up with a great idea. The Terminator was largely responsible for my success, so I always would look at it very fondly. 'The first three movies were great. Number four [Salvation], I was not in because I was governor. Then five [Genisys] and six [Dark Fate] didn't close the deal as far as I'm concerned. We knew that ahead of time because they were just not well written.'
The Star
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Star
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone ended 'nasty' feud to make money
When bulked-up 1980s action stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone were among the biggest celebrities on the planet, they often liked to bad-mouth each other in the press. 'We hated each other,' Schwarzenegger said last week on Radio Andy, Andy Cohen's SiriusXM show. 'We were attacking each other, and saying nasty things about each other.' But The Terminator star revealed that he and Stallone decided to bury the hatchet for a simple reason. Both entrepreneurial, they saw an opportunity to make a lot of money by working on a movie-related project together. Remember Planet Hollywood? It was a themed restaurant chain filled with movie props and memorabilia. It was launched in New York City in 1991, soon boasted 60 locations worldwide and was known for its famous celebrity backers, who prominently included Schwarzenegger, Stallone and Bruce Willis. In addition to his fame as Conan The Barbarian and the future governor of California, Schwarzenegger, 77, also has long been known as a savvy businessman. Schwarzenegger said he began working with restaurateur Robert Earl, known for expanding the Hard Rock Cafe franchise globally, and film producer Keith Barish to create a new entertainment-themed restaurant chain – one that celebrated Hollywood mythology and glamour. 'And the next thing I know, I get a call from my lawyer, who was also Sly's lawyer, and he said, 'Arnold, is there any kind of room for Sly on Planet Hollywood?'' Schwarzenegger recalled. 'I said, 'That's actually a good idea, because that could bring us together, and I wanted that,' Schwarzenegger said. 'At that point I had grown out of my craziness.' 'So, sure enough, we made it work,' Schwarzenegger said. 'Then Bruce Willis became part of Planet Hollywood, then Whoopi Goldberg became part of Planet Hollywood, then Chuck Norris.' The rivalry between these two self-described 'alpha males' began in January 1977, when both were seated at the same table during the Golden Globe Awards, Stallone told Variety in 2017. After Schwarzenegger received the award for best acting debut for his 1976 film Stay Hungry , he began 'gloating.' Stallone then noticed Schwarzenegger laughing when he lost the best actor for his starring role in Rocky . But Stallone said he got the last laugh when when Rocky won best picture. He also revealed that he picked up a big bowl of flowers and heaved it in Schwarzenegger's direction. 'I went, 'OK, the gauntlet is down,'' Stallone said. 'This began a 10-year battle royale. I mean, we couldn't stand to be in the same galaxy.' But ultimately the feud came to an end, after Stallone said they realised they're both 'the same person.' Unfortunately, the Planet Hollywood glory didn't last too long. Amid financial problems due partly to a reputation for lackluster food, the company filed for bankruptcy in October 1999, and the number of locations began to decline. As of May 2025, though, three Planet Hollywood restaurants and four hotels continue to operate. But Schwarzenegger and Stallone eventually made several movies, including The Expendables 2 in 2012, which also featured Willis and an ensemble of other aging male action stars such as Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme. Arnold Schwarzenegger is currently starring in the television series FUBAR. Photo: Reuters The two men also have long been known for their conservative politics, though Stallone said he's never identified as a Republican. Meanwhile, Schwarzenegger has long been a registered Republican, though he also has been on the record since 2016 as vehemently opposing Donald Trump and endorsing Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. Stallone did not appear to publicly endorse Trump in the 2024 election. However, following Trump's victory in November, Stallone attended an event at his Mar-a-Lago club, where he praised him as a 'second George Washington' and compared him to his character Rocky Balboa, Variety reported. To thank Stallone for his support, Trump announced that the 'Rocky' star would serve in a new role as 'Special Ambassador to Hollywood,' sharing the title with pro-Trump actors Jon Voight and Mel Gibson. – The Mercury News
Forbes
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Must-See Movies By Genre, Decade And Language
People in Times Square pass a cinema marquee featuring the film 'The Terminator' in 1984 New York ... More City, What makes a great movie? Iconic actors? Great directors? Or is it something harder to define? The best movies come from all different film genres, countries and decades. It can be challenging to know where to find the greatest movies. Thankfully, this article breaks down movies by genre, industry and date so you can start checking films off your list of 'movies everyone should see". The best films connect with their audience whether you are looking for a 1970s Hollywood comedy or a 2000s Korean neo-noir movie. No matter what you are looking for, this list has you covered. Top Movie Genres There are hundreds of film genres. However, some of the most popular are action, comedy and drama. Each genre comes with a sub-genres. For example, even in comedy there is slapstick, satire, rom-com and many more. Genre helps us understand and categorize films, but some of the best movies break the mold and combine multiple genres. Get ready for stunts and explosions with the best action movies of all time. There isn't a great definition for what makes a movie an action movie. However, most prominently feature action scenes and set pieces, including fight choreography, chase sequences, and shootouts. While action movies have existed since the silent era, the modern genre arose in the 1960s and 1970s, with the most modern version of the genre fully establishing itself in the 1980s. From Arnold Schwarzenegger to Keanu Reeves, action stars have become icons of the genre. Notable on our list entries include: The best animated movies range from traditionally drawn Disney princesses to stop-motion animation to CGI Pixar movies. However, all of them bring the viewer into new and exciting worlds. The genre of animation is, in many ways, as old as film itself. The first animated films were made during the silent period, and the first feature-length animated film, El Apóstol, was released in 1917. Over 100 years later, animation still delights adults and children alike. Notable entries on our list include: Anime movies are a sub-genre of animated films, specifically ones that come from Japan. There are many kinds of anime, but generally they tend to be less specifically for kids than their American counterparts. Many of the best anime films come from studios like Studio Ghibli, Madhouse, Toei Animation and CoMix Wave Films. Studio Ghibli and its co-founder, Hayao Miyazaki, have especially found success abroad. Notable entries on our list include: The best comedy films ensure big laughs. While the comedy genre often overlaps with other genres like adventure, romance or even drama, pure comedies often center on parody, farce or slapstick. From directors like Adam McKay and Mel Brooks to actors like Robin Williams, Maya Rudolph and beyond, funny people make great movies. Comedy has become a favorite genre for many because who couldn't use a laugh? Notable entries on our list include: Cult classic is a hard genre to define. It is more of a feeling. It's going to a midnight movie. It is loving a box office flop. The best cult films are defined by their audience's love and devotion, even if cult films definitionally do poorly with critics and/or the box office during their first runs. Cult films can come from all genres, but sci-fi, comedy and horror are usually overrepresented. From Ed Wood to John Waters to Elvira, notable entries on our list include: Drama films are usually seen as the most prestigious genre. They often dominate at award shows like the Oscars and festivals like Cannes. Dramas tell serious and emotional stories; the best ones tell them with great acting, beautiful cinematography and solid scripts. While drama is an expansive category that can overlap with many other genres, they all tell important and impactful stories. Notable entries on our list include: The best disaster movies can be about volcanoes, tornadoes or earthquakes. However, all disaster movies prominently feature hopeful survivors as they traverse the impossible. Many think these types of films are low quality or 'kind of dumb,' but there is so much to love about disaster movies. Some of these films are goofy, like Sharknado, while others are Oscar winners like Titanic. All of them feature impressive effects, sets and stakes. Notable entries on our list include: Documentary films capture real life. This unscripted genre is all about telling authentic stories about remarkable and interesting real people or groups. Many of the first films would be considered documentaries, and the genre has only grown since the inception of cinema. While documentaries seek to capture real life, their narratives are shaped by directors like Barbara Kopple, Werner Herzog and Michael Moore. Notable entries on our list include: The best family movies aren't just for children; they are for parents and beyond. Family films are just that, films made to be watched by the whole family. This usually means they carry G or PG ratings and feature positive themes. They are often feel-good films that are cozy and light. Coming-of-age stories are also very popular in this genre. While studios like Disney have become synonymous with family films, these movies come from many different markets and studios. Notable entries on our list include: Fantasy movies share a lot of similarities with sci-fi films. However, instead of focusing on space and technology, they bring the viewer into imagined worlds or the past, where power comes from magic. These films also prominently feature fantastic themes and elements such as magic, beasts or dark forces. Directors like Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, Jim Henson, George Lucas and Guillermo Del Toro have become icons of this genre with amazing effects and nostalgic stories. Notable entries on our list include: Dark, suspenseful and twisting detective and crime stories are at the heart of the Film Noir genre. French critic Nino Frank coined the term 'film noir' in the mid-1940s; however, the industry didn't adopt the term until later. Film noir saw its peak in the 1940s and 1950s, but the related genre of Neo-noir started to emerge in the 1970s. With actors like Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Robert Mitchum and Gene Tierney noir films pack a punch when it comes to acting. Add beautiful black and white cinematography influenced with German Expressionism and Film Noir is a stylish and slick genre. Notable entries on our list include: There are many different kinds of horror movies. The genre includes slasher movies, Monster movies, body horror and supernatural horrors. Even in the categories of monster movies, there are vampire films, zombie movies, alien flicks and more. In such a varied genre, one important factor connects horror movies: they have to be scary. Whether it is through ambiance, jump scares or gore, the best horror films make your skin crawl. From Wes Craven to Alfred Hitchcock, notable films in the genre include: Martial arts films are all about combat. In this sub-genre of action film, martial artists and actors perform amazing stunts and fight choreography to electrify the audience. This genre showcases fighting techniques such as Kung Fu, Karate and Muay Thai. The martial arts genre also sometimes includes samurai movies as a subcategory. While many think of Hong Kong when they think of martial arts films, these films not only come from all over Asia, but also from all over the world. Martial arts films are often made by their stars, who usually both act and do stunts. Performers Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Tony Jaa, Sammo Hung, Bruce Lee, Zhang Ziyi and Michelle Yeoh have made this genre what it is. Notable entries on our list include: Movie musicals capture the excitement, pageantry and artistry of Broadway and the West End. While many movie musicals are based on plays, some of the best are wholly original. From Technicolor classics by Judy Garland and Vincente Minelli to darker adaptations from Bob Fosse, musicals can take all shapes (as long as the songs are great). Musicals are all about the performances, from singing to acting to dancing. Notable entries on our list include: Mystery movies let the audience be the detective. Filled with twists and turns, these films keep the audience guessing until the final moments. Many of the first mystery films were based on books by authors like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and movies are still adapted from mystery novels by Agatha Christie and Gillian Flynn. Most mystery films revolve around a crime that needs to be solved and often feature PIs, detectives or family members of the victim who are on the hunt to put the puzzle pieces together. Notable entries on our list include: Romantic movies will make you feel the love. While romance films are sometimes considered 'just chick flicks,' the genre includes beautiful and profound meditations on love, loss and what it means to be human. Romantic movies often overlap with the drama genre as well as the comedy genre in the form of rom-coms. However, other romances overlap with more unique genres, such as time travel movies and Shakespeare adaptations. And, yes, this genre also includes most Hallmark movies. Notable entries on our list of romance films include: Sci-fi movies transport audiences to outer space or into the future. Whereas fantasy movies create new worlds through magic, science fiction films do it through technology. Distant galaxies, the latest technology, aliens and robots are all mainstays of this space age genre. With behemoth franchises like Star Wars and Star Trek, this genre has been a favorite of many (even if some used to call them geeks). While it might seem like a new genre, Sci-Fi films have existed since at least the 1910s. Notable entries on our list include: The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat: the best sports movies capture this feeling perfectly. Sports films are simply films about sports. Many great films follow athletes from sports like football, baseball, soccer and hockey. However, they are not alone from the Olympics to boxing to skiing, if it's a sport, there is probably a movie about it. Arguably, most racing and driving movies even fall into this category. Many sports movies are based on true stories and feel deeply inspirational. Notable entries on our list include: Superhero movies have dominated the box office over the last 15 years. The second highest-grossing film ever is currently Avengers: Endgame, and it doesn't stop there. However, this wasn't always true. It took superhero films many years to be seen as hits, and they still aren't always considered cinema. Films about heroes like Batman, Spider-Man, the X-Men and even Thor have turned into mega blockbusters (even if there might be some recent superhero fatigue). From the DCEU to Marvel, notable entries on our list include: War is hell, but war movies can help audiences understand sacrifices and history. Generally, war films are based on true stories or at least on real wars. War movies usually follow soldiers and fighters in historical battles and situations. This genre is often gritty, upsetting and bloody. However, for fans, it is also emotionally resonant. Some directors behind famous war movies, such as Clint Eastwood, William Wyler and John Ford, even served in the military themselves. Notable entries on our list include: Western movies aren't as big of a genre as they used to be. Westerns have existed since the silent era and are sometimes still made today; however, the genre peaked between 1945 and 1965. Westerns usually tell stories from the 1840s to 1890s and are always set in the the Western United States. Notably, not all Westerns are American movies. The Spaghetti Western is an important sub-genre led by Italian directors like Sergio Leone. Notable Westerns on our list include: Top Foreign (Language) Films, By Country Foreign films can feel just that, foreign, but as Bong Joon Ho once said, 'Once you overcome the one-inch-tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many more amazing films.' There are huge film industries in countries like Japan, India and China. Not all foreign films are in languages that aren't English. However, the vast majority are, so, English speakers, get ready to overcome the subtitle barrier. Chinese cinema isn't just films from Mainland China. Usually, it is used as a catch-all term for films made in Chinese languages. The large majority of these films are made in Hong Kong, Mainland China or Taiwan. Notable entries on our list include: French cinema is internationally known for its artistic contributions and chic aesthetic. France has a historic film industry that has produced some of the greatest directors of all time, like Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut and Agnès Varda. French film is somewhat synonymous with the French New Wave Movement; however, there is so much more to love about French cinema. Notable entries on our list include: Hindi movies, also often colloquially called Bollywood Cinema, are films from India, specifically those released in Hindi. These films are frequently produced in Mumbai (formerly Bombay, thus the Bollywood portmanteau). India is easily one of the biggest film industries in the world, and Hindi films are a large part of the industry (India also produces many Telugu and Tamil films, among others). From actors like Shah Rukh Khan to Amitabh Bachchan, notable entries on our list include: Irish films are often not 'foreign language films.' While some notable films are in the Irish language, due to colonization by the British, the majority of films made in Ireland are in English. Irish films can be hard to categorize. Some are made in England and Northern Ireland. Many films are international co-productions. However, Irish films generally tell Irish stories. Many are based on history or show Irish culture. Irish films are often elevated by excellent acting from stars like Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Cillian Murphy. Notable entries on our list include: Italian films drip style. From sexy 1960s films by Federico Fellini to the neorealist works of Roberto Rossellini, Italian cinema is a paradise for film fans. Italy has contributed several film movements and styles to film history, including horrifying Giallo films and continent-spanning Spaghetti Westerns. While earlier Italian films often used actors with little to no experience in the neorealist period, iconic actors like Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni come from the Italian cinema. Notable entries on our list include: The Japanese film industry is one of the oldest in the world. Japan has become known for Godzilla movies, samurai films and anime, but there is also so much more in the history of Japanese cinema. Japan's industry has boasted notable directors like Studio Ghibli's Hayao Miyazaki and the legendary Akira Kurosawa. Notable entries on our list include: Usually, Korean cinema refers primarily to movies produced in South Korea (and not films produced in North Korea). South Korean films have risen to prominence in recent years, but Korean Cinema has been growing since after the end of Japanese occupation in the 1950s. Directors like Park Chan-wook, Bong Joon-ho and Lee Chang-dong have put Korean Cinema on the map with beautiful and affecting films. Notable entries on our list include: Top Movies Across The Decades Film started as a scientific pursuit. Inventors sought to make pictures move. In the late 1800s, filmmakers began capturing scenes both real and imagined, and by the early 1900s, film had become an art form. However, science is never far from cinema. Over the decades, inventors have added sound, color, CGI and more to create complicated and impressive films. The best films both feel timeless and still reflect the historical moment in which they were made. Silent films started to be made in the late 1800s; however, many early films don't really feel like 'movies.' The first 'feature-length' film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, was released in 1906, ushering in a more recognizable era of cinema. The silent era rose to a fever pitch by the 1910s, and by the late 1920s, sound began to threaten a thriving industry. Many think sound films actually set the quality of cinema back. Silent directors like Cecil B. DeMille and F.W. Murnau and actors like Charlie Chaplin and Lillian Gish made far more technically advanced films than their sound counterparts. Sound also limited the reach of international films in new ways. While silent films can be hard to access, they are well worth the effort even for modern audiences. Notable entries on our list include: The best 1960's movies capture the feeling of the era. By the 1960s, the movie industry was booming; not only in Hollywood but internationally. Films from this era were influenced by everything from changing politics to advances in film, such as color. Some of the most notable directors made iconic films in the 1960s, including Satyajit Ray, Federico Fellini, Akira Kurosawa, Jean-Luc Godard, Sidney Lumet and Stanley Kubrick. Notable entries on our list include: The 1970s are a crucial decade in the history of filmmaking. Directors like Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Dario Argento, Chantal Akerman and Jean Rollin brought art and grit to theaters. It's the decade that introduced audiences to blockbusters and shark movies. The 70s also saw epic editions to the genre of organized crime films and film soundtracks. Notable entries on our list include: Radical! The 1980s were, in many ways, a time of excess and the movies made in the decade reflect that. Wacky comedies, John Hughes' Teen movies, horror films, there is something larger than life about '80s movies. Between Steven Spielberg, top Black films and the Brat Pack, the best '80s movies often feel like nostalgic fun. However, others tell meaningful stories. Notable entries on our list include: 1990s movies aren't radically different from the movies made today, but there is something deeply nostalgic about many films of the 1990s, especially for millennials. Yes, the effects are better now, but the 1990s delivered some fantastic films that still feel current 30 years later. Notable entries on our list include: Popular Film Series Once they make one good film, they tend to remake it again and again. However, that isn't always a bad thing, especially when the film is part of an amazing series. While movie sequels and even trilogies can be original, many of them are based on other media such as books or video games. From LOTR Movies and the Hunger Games to King Kong and Pirates Of The Caribbean, to even Twilight Movies and Harry Potter, audiences love a great film series. More Must-Watch Movie Types There are so many different kinds of movies. Whether you are looking for winter watches or spring movies, we have you covered. We even have lists of animal and dog lovers. What have we missed? Bottom Line These movies could last almost a lifetime. However, we publish new lists all the time, so make sure to keep up with us!
Newsweek
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Arnold Schwarzenegger Chooses the Worst 'Terminator' Movie
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors There have been a total of six "Terminator" films, including the first - 1984's "The Terminator" - and believe it or not, Arnold Schwarzenegger has his own opinion on which one was the worst. Asked about it on "Watch What Happens Live", Schwarzenegger picked 2009's "Terminator Salvation" as the worst of the bunch for a simple reason: he wasn't in it. You can watch Schwarzenegger talk about it in the video below. Read More: 'Spaceballs 2' - Everything We Know So Far Asked by an audience member what he thought about which "Terminator" movie was the worst, Schwarzenegger answered, "I would say the worst was probably the No. 4, because that was done during the time I was governor [of California] and I was not in it." Arnold Schwarzenegger attends Netflix's "FUBAR" Season 2 Los Angeles Premiere at Netflix Tudum Theater on June 11, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Arnold Schwarzenegger attends Netflix's "FUBAR" Season 2 Los Angeles Premiere at Netflix Tudum Theater on June 11, 2025 in Los Angeles, California."How do you do a 'Terminator' movie without me being in the 'Terminator' movie?" Schwarzenegger mused. "It doesn't make any sense." Host Andy Cohen asked if he made angry calls about the film, and Schwarzenegger joked, "I called immediately. I said, 'I'm going to pass a law forbidding [filmmakers] to do movies that suck!'" Schwarzenegger got the game-changing role of the murderous titular cyborg in 1984's "The Terminator," about an android sent into the past to kill the mother of a human resistance leader before he can be born. Schwarzenegger returned for 1991's "Terminator 2: Judgment Day", but this time as the hero. He played a reprogrammed terminator sent to protect the now teenage future resistance leader. Robert Patrick played the new villain: the upgraded T-1000, made of near-indestructible liquid metal. The "FUBAR" star returned for 2003's "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines", 2015's "Terminator Genisys", and 2019's "Terminator: Dark Fate". The latter film ignored the continuity of all the films before it that released after "Terminator 2". In 2009, "Terminator Salvation" solved the problem of Schwarzenegger's absence by making it less about time travel and setting almost the entire film in the same post-apocalyptic future in which machines have taken over. Christian Bale plays a grown John Connor, the same resistance leader that the villains of so many of the previous films were always hunting. "Terminator Salvation" made $371 million in the global box office, but that was against a production budget of $200 million. Initially meant to begin a new trilogy, "Salvation" proved to be a financial and critical failure. More Movies: Rapper 50 Cent Seemingly Confirms 'Street Fighter' Casting Live-Action 'Street Fighter' Casts Horror Star as Chun-Li
