New Trailers! Street Fighter, Julia Ducournau's Alpha, Charli XCX's The Moment & Breakdown: 1975
đ„ Ryu & Chun-Li step into a new reboot, Julia Ducournau dives back into body-horror, Charli XCX skewers pop stardom, & Morgan Neville rewinds to the year Hollywood changed everything!
đ„ âStreet Fighterâ Teaser: Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, and More Enter the Arena in This Brutal New Film Version of the Iconic Fighting Video Game â In Theaters October 16th, 2026
Anyone raised on arcade games back in the day would have a ton of fun memories of spending hours upon hours glued to old-school fighting video games like Street Fighter. Those who remember those days fondly had their heads stuck inside an arcade cabinet all day long, with their quarters lined up on the ledge of the screen, waiting their turn to prove who was the real king of the machine.
Now, do you remember when you first heard they were making a Street Fighter feature film, one starring action icon Jean-Claude Van Damme as Colonel Guile and the late, great RaĂșl JuliĂĄ as General M. Bison? Remember how excited you were about watching it in theaters, thinking it would be the greatest movie ever? And remember how disappointed you were when you finally did, because the film turned out to be a campy action comedy with some questionable creative and acting choices, mainly coming from JCVD himself.
Hey, RaĂșl JuliĂĄ is always great; you wonât get us bad-mouthing that guy, no matter how broad and exaggerated he was as Bison. The line â... but for me, it was Tuesdayâ will forever live rent-free in our heads, and has been for three decades now.
Look, the original 1994 Street Fighter film is a cult â90s classic for a reason. It was a terrible video game adaptation. But for some (and you can count us among this group), weâve always had a fondness for it, as itâs one of those rare movies that can literally transport a person back in time 30 years to when action films were loud, silly, and unapologetically over-the-top. Still, weâd be foolish not to understand why video game fans have been waiting for a truly decent Street Fighter movie ever since. And with the recent success of the new Mortal Kombat reboot, it was only a matter of time before Hollywood took another crack at Street Fighter.
So, during the 2025 Game Awards this week, fans finally got to see a sneak peek at the forthcoming Street Fighter movie, promising a more faithful, more violent take on the iconic fighting game franchise. From the looks of it, itâs basically what youâd expect from a modern, hard-hitting adaptation aimed squarely at longtime fans. Itâs flashy, visually slick, and leans hard into the kinetic, bone-crunching mayhem fans have been craving for decades. Is it missing that â90s retro camp that made the 1994 film so oddly endearing? Yes, of course. But something tells us this new version isnât taking itself too seriously, as it seems to come with a bit of a wink and a nod.
Directed by Kitao Sakurai, the filmmaker behind Eric AndrĂ©âs prank-driven comedy Bad Trip, and written by MCU scribe Dalan Musson (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Captain America: Brave New World), this new Street Fighter reboot drops audiences back into the early â90s. The story follows estranged street warriors Ryu (played by Bullet Trainâs Andrew Koji) and Ken Masters (Black Adamâs Noah Centineo) through neon-lit city streets, where an uneasy reunion comes courtesy of the enigmatic Chun-Li (Callina Liang, from Steven Soderberghâs Presence). Once bound by discipline and honor, these former fighting brothers are now pushed by Chun-Li to enter the World Warrior Tournament, a brutal, globe-spanning showdown of fists, fate, and fury.
But beneath the spectacle lies something darker: a conspiracy that forces these former allies to confront each other and the personal demons theyâve been dodging for years. Lose, and itâs not just defeat... itâs game over, for good.
Joining Koji, Centineo, and Liang is a stellar ensemble, each taking on fan-favorite video game characters. Hereâs the complete cast list:
Andrew Koji ... Ryu
Noah Centineo ... Ken Masters
Callina Liang ... Chun-Li
Rapper/actor/documentary producer Curtis â50 Centâ Jackson ... Balrog
David Dastmalchian ... M. Bison
Wrestler Joe âRoman Reignsâ Anoaâi ... Akuma
Wrestler Cody Rhodes ... Guile
Comedian Andrew Schulz ... Dan Hibiki
Comedian Eric André ... Don Sauvage
Comedian Kyle Mooney ... Marvin
Country musician Orville Peck ... Vega
Vidyut Jammwal ... Dhalsim
Mel Jarnson ... Cammy
Japanese wrestler Hirooki Goto ... E. Honda
MMA fighter Alexander Volkanovski ... Joe
Social-media martial artist Rayna Vallandingham ... Juli
Dutch bodybuilder Olivier Richters ... Zangief
And finally, Jason Momoa, just coming off his announcement of taking on Lobo in the new Supergirl movie, rounds out the cast as the green, electricity-generating man-beast Blanka.
Marking the start of a new three-year deal between Legendary and Capcom, with Paramount Pictures handling distribution, Street Fighter is slated to hit theaters on October 16th of next year. Plenty of time to choose your fighter, warm up those thumbs, and get ready for a full-scale fight fest.
đ„ âAlphaâ U.S. Trailer: âTitaneâ Filmmaker Julia Ducournau Returns With Yet Another Provocative French Body Horror Parable About a Young Girl Facing Contagion and Ostracization â In U.S. Theaters March 27th, 2026
There are movies that unsettle you. And then there are filmmakers like Julia Ducournau who create films that not only unsettle but crawl under your skin and refuse to let go, sometimes months, even years, after the credits roll. Ducournau returns with her third feature film, and if itâs anything like her first two (Raw and Titane), audiences can expect yet another head-scratcher that will likely leave you with more questions than answers. In other words, expect the unexpected.
Described as an AIDS-era parable wrapped in a twisty French psychological horror piece, Alpha centers on a troubled 13-year-old French-Persian girl named Alpha (played by newcomer MĂ©lissa Boros) and her increasingly frantic single mother, a local doctor portrayed by Iranian-French actress Golshifteh Farahani, known for Jim Jarmuschâs Paterson and the Netflix Extraction action franchise.
Set against the backdrop of a mysterious new bloodborne disease, life begins to unravel when Alpha comes home from school with a strange marking etched into her arm, a bloody scratch in the shape of a large âA.â Alpha is soon ostracized by her community as rumors spread that sheâs infected, sending her mother spiraling into paranoia over what might be happening to her daughter. And as more and more people are inexplicably stricken by the illness, fear spreads across the city just as fast as the infection itself.
A provocateur at heart, Ducournau is known for using body horror as an allegory for transformation, and the film appears to tap into the communal anxiety of a contagious illness no one fully understands, possibly told through the perspective of a young girl bearing the full weight of that fear.
Acclaimed French-Algerian actor Tahar Rahim (A Prophet, Napoleon) rounds out the cast, playing Alphaâs junkie uncle who appears to have fallen victim to the same mysterious disease. For his commitment to the role, Rahim has said he wanted to lose roughly 40 pounds to capture the physical and emotional toll of a man engulfed in addiction and illness.
Despite being a somewhat divisive film, with critics remaining split, Alpha nevertheless earned an 11.5-minute standing ovation at its Cannes world premiere earlier this year. Itâs the same esteemed festival where Ducournau previously won the Palme dâOr for Titane, becoming only the second female filmmaker in history to receive the honor.
Often compared to the early works of David Cronenberg, John Carpenter, and Gaspar Noé, Ducournau has, with just her third film, once again pushed buttons and challenged audiences, reaffirming her place as one of the most provocative voices working in genre cinema today.
Alpha is now slated to open in U.S. theaters on March 27, 2026. But be forewarned, this is likely not going to be an easy watch with a simple ending. But for Ducournau fans, thatâs exactly how we like it.
đ„ âThe Momentâ Trailer: Charli XCX Skewers Pop Stardom and âBrat Summerâ Mania in A24âs New Self-Aware Pop Star Satire â In Theaters January 30th
Truth be told, weâre still kinda figuring out what the hell âbrat summerâ truly means. Is it a vibe? A state of mind? A look? Does it have to be the summer, or can it spill over into other seasons? Well, maybe it doesnât matter, as Charli XCX, the pop star who coined the term, is clearly poking fun at the seriousness of it all in her new movie, which borders on self-parody and psychological horror satire.
Based on her own story idea, The Moment marks Charli XCXâs first lead film role, playing a heightened version of herself as a rising pop star hurtling toward her first arena tour, only to be overcome by the weight of fame and expectation. While every waking hour she is swallowed by late-night studio sessions, brand deals, press obligations, agent meetings, and the relentless grind of turning art into a machine of self-promotion, she soon finds her reality colliding with paranoia, fractured identity, and a creeping psychological disentanglement.
Sure, pop stardom has always been a pressure cooker. But The Moment aims to crank the heat up until âbrat summerâ is milked for everything itâs worth. It would be so cringe, if it wasnât so unsettlingly close to the truth.
Featuring a stacked supporting cast that includes Rosanna Arquette, Kate Berlant, Jamie Demetriou, Hailey Benton Gates, Kylie Jenner, Trew Mullen, Isaac Cole Powell, Rachel Sennott, and Rish Shah, all orbiting this pop-star vortex in various states of complicity and commentary.
Notably, Alexander SkarsgĂ„rd co-stars as a ridiculously pretentious music video helmer tasked with directing her upcoming concert tour, whose grandiose ideas may push the spectacleâand Charliâs sanityâpast the breaking point. âBrat summer forever!â
Music video director Aidan Zamiri, who previously worked on Charli XCXâs videos âGuessâ and â360,â makes his feature directorial debut after co-writing the script with former VICE and GQ reporter Bertie Brandes. With Charli XCX also serving as a producer, the film is a loose interpretation of her Grammy-winning 2024 album and Brat summer tour, where moments became so surreal they felt closer to performance art than reality.
The Moment is set to open in theaters January 30th, via A24 Films.
đ„ âBreakdown: 1975â Trailer: Morgan Nevilleâs New Documentary Revisits the Year âNew Hollywoodâ Changed American Cinema Forever â Premiering December 29th on Netflix
For some time now, films from the 1980s and â90s have dominated the conversation among cinephiles. And while â70s-era cinema has long been revered, maybe itâs the perfect moment to revisit that decade, as those films feel ripe for a fresh reevaluation. After all, it was the era that ushered in what is known as âNew Hollywood,â launching a new generation of young filmmakers who would soon become legends themselves, redefining how films were made and told.
From Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Morgan Neville, of Wonât You Be My Neighbor? and 20 Feet from Stardom, comes a new retrospective that dives into one of the most seismic years in film history: the American films of 1975. It was the year when the country was bruised by political scandal, post-Vietnam disillusionment, and cultural free fall, and Hollywood responded by turning anxiety into art. The result was a run of movies that didnât just entertain audiences, but stared straight back at them.
With Jodie Foster serving as narrator, Breakdown: 1975 isnât just a must-see for film lovers; it sets out to examine a rare moment when social upheaval, generational turnover, and artistic risk aligned, during an era when movie studios loosened their grip just enough to let young filmmakers push further than ever before. What emerged was a slate of 1975 movies that still feel unnervingly relevant decades later, launching the careers of some of the greatest filmmakers in history, including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, MiloĆĄ Forman, Ken Russell, Robert Altman, Hal Ashby, Norman Jewison, Peter Weir, Sydney Pollack, Walter Hill, David Cronenberg, and the list goes on.
The documentary threads together the eraâs defining titles â Taxi Driver, One Flew Over the Cuckooâs Nest, and Network chief among them â examining how they captured the paranoia, rage, and fractured identity of mid-â70s America. These werenât safe studio plays. They were volatile, confrontational, and deeply personal films that would end up becoming classics, reminding us that sometimes the best art comes from the most unstable times.
Featuring an impressive lineup of filmmakers, actors, and cultural commentators, including filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Oliver Stone, alongside actors Josh Brolin, Albert Brooks, Ellen Burstyn, Patton Oswalt, and Seth Rogen, Breakdown: 1975 is set to premiere next Friday, December 29th on Netflix.
