It’s now been well over a year since the shock announcement that Kevin Costner, the two-time Oscar-winner for his work on Dances With

Wolves, would leave the groundbreaking Western series, Yellowstone. Due to apparent clashes between the actor and creator Taylor

Sheridan, as well as Costner’s intent to complete his lifelong passion project Horizon: An American Saga, one of the biggest shows of the decade and its A-list star parted ways.

 

 

Perhaps absence makes the heart grow fonder, as the premiere episode without Costner turned out to be the show’s most-watched, although the Field of Dreams star admitted he didn’t even know it was on. For what was once a great partnership,…

Nicolas Cage is heading back to the World War II setting on screen, and this time, he’s teaming up with one of his most famous directors, Simon West. Almost three decades ago, Cage and West collaborated on Con Air, the wild action movie about a prison plane gone wrong. The 1997 film became a huge hit, despite a low critic score, and became one of Cage’s most iconic roles.

 

 

Now, after 28 years, the Oscar-winning actor and director are reuniting for a brand-new action spy thriller called Fortitude (via Deadline). What makes this reunion even more exciting is that the film is once again set against the backdrop of high-stakes drama,…

How do the 2026 Oscars Best Picture contenders stack up on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic? Does the film with the highest score have a better shot at winning the big prize?

Critics’ ratings don’t determine the Best Picture lineup — there are thousands of highly praised movies each year — but once the Academy narrows the field, those numbers can offer a few telling tea leaves. Over the past decade, the only film to win Best Picture with a Rotten Tomatoes score below 90 percent was Green Book, which managed the upset with just 77 percent.

Last year’s champion, Anora, posted a formidable 93 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, but it wasn’t the top scorer.