Thomas Butt

5 days ago | collider.com | Thomas Butt

Look, no one is saying outright that Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning will be the last installment in the beloved franchise. But let's be honest—you don't choose that title and conclude your trailer with Tom Cruise saying, "I need you to trust me one last time," if you're not thinking about the end.

6 days ago | collider.com | Thomas Butt

Although David Cronenberg has never explicitly made an autobiographical film, his vast filmography—which spans six decades—is undoubtedly personal. His movies, extending to his groundbreaking body horror thrillers and meditative crime dramas, are only distinctive because of their tight-knit relationship to his soul. The Shrouds is Cronenberg's recently released drama about grief, and connects to the dead, as well as the omnipresence of digital technology.

6 days ago | collider.com | Thomas Butt

It was the Final Jeopardy!, moment that stopped fans cold — a brutal twist of fate that turned a winning answer into a losing one with a single keystroke. When Mehal Shah faced the most pivotal clue of the Tournament of Champions, no one expected a typo would cost him everything — and spark one of the most talked-about heartbreaks in Jeopardy! history.

1 week ago | collider.com | Thomas Butt

It seems that everyone has just gotten too smart. If you follow current events or spend too much time online, you'll staunchly disagree, but in movies, characters across all genres find a way to maneuver themselves out of every tricky situation and unlock a solution to the most convoluted schemes imaginable. We see this in the omnipresent superhero genre, or any tentpole blockbuster for that matter, but where this trend of uber-ingenious characters has the most consequences is in the crime genre.

1 week ago | collider.com | Thomas Butt

After directing two Best Picture nominees in three years, Edward Berger has been proverbially called up to the big leagues. Now regarded as one of our signature contemporary directors following All Quiet on the Western Front and Conclave, Berger will have the glorious task of adapting a novel stuck in development hell for 25 years. Luckily, he is signed on with the strongest brand name for cinematic excellence in A24.