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The Nation’s Biggest Animal Sanctuary Operates Under a Mantra to ‘Save Them All.’ How Could That Be Controversial?

In 1982 a balding, bearded guy named Francis Battista drove through a canyon outside of Kanab, Utah, in a battered blue ...

Can the Muppets Take America Again?

After seventy years, Jim Henson’s ragtag troupe of stuffed puppets are hanging on to cultural relevancy by a string. Can ...

Ahead of Its Sequel, the Greatest WWII Movie of the Decade Is a Free Streaming Hit

The acclaimed WW2 movie, Sisu, is trending on streaming in the US just days before its highly anticipated sequel, Sisu: Road ...

One Of Joaquin Phoenix's First Roles Was In A Movie I Haven't Seen Since 1987, But It's Streaming For Free

Joaquin Phoenix’s latest release on the 2025 movie schedule, Eddington, hit streaming this week (you can watch it with an HBO ...

Kiefer Sutherland's '80s Classic That Reinvented the Vampire Movie Is a Free Streaming Hit

Kiefer Sutherland's The Lost Boys, a movie famous for reinventing vampires for a younger audience, is a free streaming hit.

My Favorite Charles Bronson Movie Just Turned 40, And It's Streaming For Free

Over the course of the movie, “Mr. Vigilante” goes to war with a vicious street gang led by Manny Fraker (Gavan O’Herlihy) in ...

Every Episode of a Perfect ‘80s Sitcom Is Now Streaming Free (But We’re Still Waiting on the Reboot)

This November, one of the best ‘80s sitcoms returned to free streaming as fans continue to hold out hope for a reboot.