'Resident Evil' Finally Feels Like Playing the Game

Director Zach Cregger skipped the well-known characters and plots, and made the first franchise movie in more than 20 years to understand why anyone loved these games in the first place

At 30, 'The First Wives Club' Still Proves You Can't Be Owned

Thirty years ago today, three women danced into the street victoriously singing “You Don’t Own Me.” The sleeper hit about starting over has only grown richer with time

Pierce Brosnan on 'MobLand' and the Voice That Made Conrad Harrigan

At a screening on September 17, the actor explained how his character's accent came to him with minutes to spare, and looked ahead to a season in which the patriarch begins to come apart

'The Pitt's' Cast and Creative Team on Dancing Through the Darkness

At this year's HBO Max's Emmy Nominee Celebration, the most-nominated show on TV spent its afternoon reflecting on Season 2 and giving credit where it's due

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'Resident Evil' Finally Feels Like Playing the Game

At 30, 'The First Wives Club' Still Proves You Can't Be Owned

Pierce Brosnan on 'MobLand' and the Voice That Made Conrad Harrigan

'The Pitt's' Cast and Creative Team on Dancing Through the Darkness

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Colman Domingo and Tom Pelphrey on Acting and Going to the Darkest Places

How the ‘Spider-Noir’ Crew Made Two Shows at Once

The 'Hacks' Stars and Creators on Going Out on a High Note

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'The Odyssey' Is Christopher Nolan's Most Haunting Epic About Being Seen

Thirty Years Later, 'Independence Day' Is Still the Ultimate Disaster Movie

Dispatch • Noah Wyle, John Wells, and the Cast of 'The Pitt' on Making a Hospital Drama Without Escape Routes

Padma Lakshmi on Making the Show She Always Wanted with 'America’s Culinary Cup'

Dispatch • Mark Ruffalo, Tom Pelphrey, and the Creative Team of 'Task' on Making a Show About the Cost of Being Human

Steven Spielberg's 'Disclosure Day' Reminds Us What Movies Are For

Dispatch • Richard Gadd, Jamie Bell, and the Cast of 'Half Man' on the Bond That Could Only End One Way

Dispatch • Lisa Kudrow, Michael Patrick King, and the 'The Comeback' Creative Team Say Goodbye to Valerie Cherish

Dispatch • Claire Danes, Matthew Rhys, and the Creative Team Behind 'The Beast in Me' on Finding Monsters in Plain Sight

Dispatch • Jason Bateman, Troy Kotsur, and the Creative Team of 'Black Rabbit' on Brothers and the Grit Beneath the Glamour

Dispatch • The 'Abbott Elementary' Cast on Five Seasons of Making Hard Work Look Easy

Dispatch • 'The Testaments' Cast Celebrates the Season 1 Finale and the Rebellion Still to Come

Needle Drop: When 'Schitt's Creek' Turned Tina Turner's 'The Best' Into a Love Language

Dispatch • Dan Levy and the 'Big Mistakes' Cast on Making Crime a Family Affair

Dispatch • ‘Outlander’ Stars Caitríona Balfe and Sam Heughan, Matthew B. Roberts, and Maril Davis on Saying Goodbye

Close-Up: 'The Comeback' Co-Creator Michael Patrick King on the Final Scene With Lisa Kudrow

Dispatch • Cary Elwes on 'The Princess Bride' and the Film’s Long Road Home

'Resident Evil' Finally Feels Like Playing the Game

At 30, 'The First Wives Club' Still Proves You Can't Be Owned

Pierce Brosnan on 'MobLand' and the Voice That Made Conrad Harrigan

'The Pitt's' Cast and Creative Team on Dancing Through the Darkness

Recent stories

Colman Domingo and Tom Pelphrey on Acting and Going to the Darkest Places

How the ‘Spider-Noir’ Crew Made Two Shows at Once

The 'Hacks' Stars and Creators on Going Out on a High Note

Same voice, new home. Welcome back.

TV and film, after the credits roll.

Archive

A New Chapter for Scene + Unheard...

'The Odyssey' Is Christopher Nolan's Most Haunting Epic About Being Seen

Thirty Years Later, 'Independence Day' Is Still the Ultimate Disaster Movie

Dispatch • Noah Wyle, John Wells, and the Cast of 'The Pitt' on Making a Hospital Drama Without Escape Routes

Padma Lakshmi on Making the Show She Always Wanted with 'America’s Culinary Cup'

Dispatch • Mark Ruffalo, Tom Pelphrey, and the Creative Team of 'Task' on Making a Show About the Cost of Being Human

Steven Spielberg's 'Disclosure Day' Reminds Us What Movies Are For

Dispatch • Richard Gadd, Jamie Bell, and the Cast of 'Half Man' on the Bond That Could Only End One Way

Dispatch • Lisa Kudrow, Michael Patrick King, and the 'The Comeback' Creative Team Say Goodbye to Valerie Cherish

Dispatch • Claire Danes, Matthew Rhys, and the Creative Team Behind 'The Beast in Me' on Finding Monsters in Plain Sight

Dispatch • Jason Bateman, Troy Kotsur, and the Creative Team of 'Black Rabbit' on Brothers and the Grit Beneath the Glamour

Dispatch • The 'Abbott Elementary' Cast on Five Seasons of Making Hard Work Look Easy

Dispatch • 'The Testaments' Cast Celebrates the Season 1 Finale and the Rebellion Still to Come

Needle Drop: When 'Schitt's Creek' Turned Tina Turner's 'The Best' Into a Love Language

Dispatch • Dan Levy and the 'Big Mistakes' Cast on Making Crime a Family Affair

Dispatch • ‘Outlander’ Stars Caitríona Balfe and Sam Heughan, Matthew B. Roberts, and Maril Davis on Saying Goodbye

Close-Up: 'The Comeback' Co-Creator Michael Patrick King on the Final Scene With Lisa Kudrow

Dispatch • Cary Elwes on 'The Princess Bride' and the Film’s Long Road Home

TV and film, after the
credits roll.