Coming out in 1981, Galaxy of Terror was clearly trying to drift off the success of Alien in 1979, but it would help bring Aliens into existence by giving James Cameron and Bill Paxton some of their first jobs in Hollywood.

Sony’s Spider-Man Universe rolls on in December with its first R-rated entry, Kraven the Hunter, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

The Chuck Norris/Lee Marvin classic The Delta Force is out on 4K this week along with some early summer releases like IF, Furiosa and The Bikeriders, The Last Emperor on Criterion 4K, Season 3 of Chucky and more in this week’s New Release Round Up.

Jeff Bridges is back on Hulu/FX in September for Season 2 of the espionage drama The Old Man.

Ryan Reynolds managed to hold off his wife, Blake Lively, as the couple took the top two spots at the box office, with It Ends With Us debuting at #2, while Borderlands bombed epically as predicted.

One of the biggest hits of the summer, Twisters leaned more into country for its soundtrack compared to its Van Halen powered predecessor, with Luke Combs providing “Ain’t No Love in Oklahoma” as the leading single.

The annual Disney fan event, D23, kicked off with a massive Disney Entertainment Showcase panel that revealed trailers and news for Disney Animation, Pixar, Star Wars, Marvel, and more.

Borderlands is shaping up to be one of the biggest bombs of the year in theaters, which also have It Ends With Us and Cuckoo in wide release this weekend, Prime Video has One Fast Move, The Instigators is on Apple TV+ and more in Admit One.

While it’s a comedy institution today, Saturday Night Live was a massive gamble, and it almost never got off the ground in 1975, as detailed in the new Jason Reitman movie, Saturday Night.

Along with the 10th anniversary of the Michael Bay-produced reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (which we’re diving into on the Everything Actioncast this week) and the premiere of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on Paramount+ on Friday, you can also watch the 2007 CGI movie, TMNT, for this week’s Everything Action Theater. 

Collateral is out on 4K Steelbook for its 20th anniversary along with Dragonheart, Hackers, Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey and Face the Music and more in the New Release Round Up.