https://collider.com Stay up to date with new movie news, watch the latest movie trailers & get trusted reviews of upcoming movies & more from the team at Collider. Fri, 05 Jan 2024 09:45:14 GMT en-US hourly 60 There have been a handful of movies about brave souls who work undercover for the government against the mob and organized crime. The best may be Martin Scorsese's master stroke The Departed starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson. Scorsese also hit "snitch" paydirt with The Irishman in 2011. But the most accurate mob informant thriller may very well be the 1997 movie directed by Mike Newell called Donnie Brasco, led by A-listers Johnny Depp and Al Pacino. There are so many heart-pounding scenes in Donnie Brasco where the FBI agent Joe Pistone is one wrong word away from getting whacked. Given that it's such an intense story, we decided to dig into the terrific mafia film and see how much of the story actually happened and what Newell took artistic liberty with while looking in on what the informant has been doing in the decades since leaving the FBI.

]]> Fri, 05 Jan 2024 09:45:14 GMT https://collider.com/donnie-brasco-true-story/ When it comes to dysfunctional family relationships, nobody in My Hero Academia tops the prestigious but tragic Todoroki family. There isn’t anything wrong with ambition in moderation, but Enji Todoroki (Tetsu Inada/Patrick Seitz), the family patriarch, took his ambition too far into obsession and ended up doing irreparable damage to his own family, the very foundation of which is built on jealousy and a dark side of the desire to go Plus Ultra.

]]> Fri, 05 Jan 2024 09:00:15 GMT https://collider.com/my-hero-academia-todoroki-family-tree/ In some ways, The Killing of a Sacred Deer is Yorgos Lanthimos' most direct, explicitly stated narrative taken to its most direct, explicitly clear ending to date. Martin (Barry Keoghan) tells Dr. Steven Murphy (Colin Farrell) that, in light of Steven botching Martin's father's surgery resulting in his death, Steven's family (Nicole Kidman, Raffey Cassidy, Sunny Suljic) will die from a mysterious illness with mysterious symptoms, unless Steven himself chooses one to kill. The family starts experiencing all of these symptoms (paralysis, lack of appetite, eyes bleeding), no matter what Steven does. So, Steven spins in a circle with a hat over his eyes and randomly shoots and kills his son Bob (Suljic). In the final scene, we see the Murphy family minus Bob at a diner. Martin walks in, looks at them without their youngest. And, satisfied, leaves the diner and leaves them be.

]]> Fri, 05 Jan 2024 08:30:14 GMT https://collider.com/the-killing-of-a-sacred-deer-ending-explained/ Capitalizing on the success of its iCarly reboot and the larger trend of reviving beloved sitcoms of years past, in mid-2023, Paramount+ dropped the trailer for the Zoey 101 sequel film Zoey 102, exciting fans of the Nickelodeon show with the promise of a PCA reunion. Though the film saw the return of most of the original cast, including Jamie Lynn Spears as the titular character Zoey Brooks, the most notable exception was Alexa Nikolas, who played Nicole Bristow for the first two seasons of Zoey 101. The former star of the hit series hasn't been afraid to vocally oppose the reboot following claims she was bullied on set by her fellow cast members and felt unsafe around series creator and executive producer Dan Schneider.

]]> Fri, 05 Jan 2024 07:45:27 GMT https://collider.com/zoey-102-alexa-nikolas-missing/ Anyone who has dipped a toe into Hong Kong cinema or international film is probably familiar with visionary director Wong Kar-wai. Bursting onto the scene in 1988 with his directorial debut As Tears Go By, Wong's films have been known for their melancholic plots, romantic themes, kinetic imagery, and poignant scores. With frequent collaborators like Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, and Carina Lau, Wong weaved a mesmerizing tapestry of films connected by thematic through lines of love, loss, and longing.

]]> Fri, 05 Jan 2024 03:45:14 GMT https://collider.com/wong-kar-wai-movies-ranked/ Fans of Ryan Gosling waiting for his arrival on the superhero scene need to look no further to the early days of his career, specifically 1999’s nearly-lost television movie (and quasi-pilot) The Unbelievables. The 23-minute short follows the titular Unbelievables, some sort of retired blue collar crime-fighting squad of superheroes. Imagine if the Avengers or the Justice League quit their day jobs, moved to the suburbs, had kids, and gathered together a few times each month to play some poker, and you’ve got the general idea.

]]> Fri, 05 Jan 2024 03:30:14 GMT https://collider.com/ryan-gosling-superhero-the-unbelievables/ Since the announcement that Timothée Chalamet would be taking on the iconic role of Willy Wonka in Wonka, a prequel to 1971's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, there have been a lot of questions. Would it be a musical? If so, can Chalamet sing? Will this new, younger Wonka have the same Gene Wilder charisma that made the original film such a staple in the hearts of many? While most of these fears were quenched as soon as the trailer of the film was released and Chalamet showed the world his version of the chocolatier (and his lovely singing voice), only the box office numbers will confirm the film's ultimate success or failure.

]]> Fri, 05 Jan 2024 03:16:15 GMT https://collider.com/wonka-movie-box-office-budget/ Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Pokémon Concierge.

]]> Fri, 05 Jan 2024 03:00:14 GMT https://collider.com/pokemon-concierge-psyduck/ An actor of unbelievable versatility who has become one of Hollywood's most reliably phenomenal performers, Mahershala Ali has appeared in everything from major blockbuster franchises to Academy Award-winning indie masterpieces. Having started his acting career in the 2000s, debuting in the largely unseen 2003 comedy Making Revolution, Ali would begin his quite drastic ascent to stardom through the early part of the 2010s.

]]> Fri, 05 Jan 2024 03:00:14 GMT https://collider.com/mahershala-ali-movies-ranked-rotten-tomatoes/ Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for 'Berlin'.

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