By Any Means (2026)

Title: By Any Means
Rating: R
Directed by: Elegance Bratton
Written by: Sascha Penn
Starring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Mark Wahlberg, Nicole Beharie, Josh Lucas LisaGay Hamilton, LaChanze, Ethan Embry, David Strathairn, and Giancarlo Esposito
Release Date: 9/4/2026
Running Time: 107 minutes

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Based on a true story, a young Black FBI agent (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is sent into 1960s Mississippi to investigate a wave of brutal killings targeting civil rights leaders. Forced to work alongside notorious mafia hitman Greg Scarpa (Mark Wahlberg), he finds himself pulled into a deadly hunt where justice and vengeance begin to blur.

When the system is broken, two men divided by everything agree on one thing: the law has limits. They don’t.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Memoriam:
In Loving Memory of
Chadwick Boseman

Special thanks to Frank for this submission

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Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)*

Title: Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: James Wan
Written by: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick, James Wan, Jason Momoa, and Thomas Pa’a Sibbett
Starring: Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Amber Heard, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Nicole Kidman, Dolph Lundgren, and Randall Park
Release Date: 12/22/2023
Running Time: 124 minutes

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Having failed to defeat Aquaman the first time, Black Manta, still driven by the need to avenge his father’s death, will stop at nothing to take Aquaman down once and for all. This time Black Manta is more formidable than ever before, wielding the power of the mythic Black Trident, which unleashes an ancient and malevolent force. To defeat him, Aquaman will turn to his imprisoned brother Orm, the former King of Atlantis, to forge an unlikely alliance. Together, they must set aside their differences in order to protect their kingdom and save Aquaman’s family, and the world, from irreversible destruction.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? Yes

during the credits

We see Orm enjoying a greasy hamburger. Orm spots a cockroach walking across the table. He grabs it, puts it in the burger, and takes a big bite. A smile slowly crosses his face as he chews the burger and cockroach.

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

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Special thanks to Andrew, Dan, Michael, Tony, and Frank for this submission

Ambulance (2022)

AmbulanceFeat — (from left) Danny Sharp (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Camille “Cam” Thompson (Eiza González) in Ambulance, directed by Michael Bay.

Title: Ambulance
Rating: R
Directed by: Michael Bay
Written by: Chris Fedak
Based on the film by: Laurits Munch-Petersen and Lars Andreas Pedersen
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Eiza González
Release Date: 4/8/2022
Running Time: 136 minutes

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Over one day across the streets of L.A., three lives will change forever. In this breakneck thriller from director-producer Michael Bay, decorated veteran Will Sharp (Emmy winner Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Candyman, The Matrix Resurrections), desperate for money to cover his wife’s medical bills, asks for help from the one person he knows he shouldn’t—his adoptive brother Danny (Oscar® nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, Zodiac, Spider-Man: Far From Home). A charismatic career criminal, Danny instead offers him a score: the biggest bank heist in Los Angeles history: $32 million. With his wife’s survival on the line, Will can’t say no.

But when their getaway goes spectacularly wrong, the desperate brothers hijack an ambulance with a wounded cop clinging to life and ace EMT Cam Thompson (Eiza González, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Baby Driver) onboard. In a high-speed pursuit that never stops, Will and Danny must evade a massive, city-wide law enforcement response, keep their hostages alive, and somehow try not to kill each other, all while executing the most insane escape L.A. has ever seen.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Note: The credits play over the LA skyline.

Special thanks to Tony, Joe, and Gabe for this submission

Matrix Resurrections, The (2021)*

Title: The Matrix Resurrections
Rating: R
Directed by: Lana Wachowski
Written by: Lana Wachowski, David Mitchell, and Aleksandar Hemon
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jessica Henwick, Jonathan Groff, Neil Patrick Harris, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Christina Ricci, Telma Hopkins, Eréndira Ibarra, Toby Onwumere, Max Riemelt, Brian J. Smith, and Jada Pinkett Smith
Release Date: 12/22/2021
Running Time: 148 minutes

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Return to a world of two realities: one, everyday life; the other, what lies behind it. To find out if his reality is a physical or mental construct, to truly know himself, Mr. Anderson will have to choose to follow the white rabbit once more. And if Thomas…Neo…has learned anything, it’s that choice, while an illusion, is still the only way out of—or into—the Matrix. Of course, Neo already knows what he has to do. But what he doesn’t yet know is the Matrix is stronger, more secure and more dangerous than ever before. Déjà vu.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? Yes

after the credits

The team at the game company discuss the death of movies and games, and propose a series of cat videos called The Catrix”.

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Dedication: For Mom and Dad
‘Love is the genesis of everything.’

Dedication: With love and thanks to
SARAH & PIPPA

Special thanks to Frank, Kristo, Tony, and Gabe for this submission

Candyman (2021)*

Title: Candyman
Rating: R
Directed by: Nia DaCosta
Written by: Jordan Peele, Win Rosenfeld, and Nia DaCosta
Starring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, and Colman Domingo
Release Date: 8/27/2021
Running Time: 91 minutes

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For as long as residents can remember, the housing projects of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green neighborhood were terrorized by a word-of-mouth ghost story about a supernatural killer with a hook for a hand, easily summoned by those daring to repeat his name five times into a mirror. In present day, a decade after the last of the Cabrini towers were torn down, visual artist Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) and his partner, gallery director Brianna Cartwright (Teyonah Parris), move into a luxury loft condo in Cabrini, now gentrified beyond recognition and inhabited by upwardly mobile millennials.

With Anthony’s painting career on the brink of stalling, a chance encounter with a Cabrini-Green old-timer (Colman Domingo) exposes Anthony to the tragically horrific nature of the true story behind Candyman. Anxious to maintain his status in the Chicago art world, Anthony begins to explore these macabre details in his studio as fresh grist for paintings, unknowingly opening a door to a complex past that unravels his own sanity and unleashes a terrifying wave of violence that puts him on a collision course with destiny.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? Yes

during the credits

Shadow puppetry telling the story of each “Candyman” through history is shown throughout the credits. The store owner refusing to make a deal, and a mob killing the store owner. The boy playing with the girl, the girl accusing the boy, and the mob killing him. The more recent story about the man and the candy where the cops kill him. And lastly of the current story depicted in this film. After this, we see all the victims of the tragedies rise up in the air with hooks in their arms.

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

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Special thanks to Michael, Evan, and Gary for this submission

Trial of the Chicago 7, The (2020)

TheTrialOfTheChicago7Feat — THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (L-R) YAHYA ABDUL-MATEEN II as BOBBY SEALE, BEN SHENKMAN as LEONARD WEINGLASS, MARK RYLANCE as WILLIAM KUNTSLER, EDDIE REDMAYNE as TOM HAYDEN, ALEX SHARP as RENNIE DAVIS. NICO TAVERNISE/NETFLIX © 2020.

Title: The Trial of the Chicago 7
Rating: R
Directed by: Aaron Sorkin
Written by: Aaron Sorkin
Starring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sacha Baron Cohen, Danny Flaherty, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Keaton, Frank Langella, John Carroll Lynch, Eddie Redmayne, Noah Robbins, Mark Rylance, Alex Sharp, and Jeremy Strong
Release Date: 10/16/2020
Running Time: 129 minutes

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What was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police and the National Guard. The organizers of the protest — including Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden and Bobby Seale — were charged with conspiracy to incite a riot and the trial that followed was one of the most notorious in history.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Special thanks to Frank and Gabe for this submission

Us (2019)

Title: Us
Rating: R
Directed by: Jordan Peele
Written by: Jordan Peele
Starring: Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Anna Diop, Evan Alex, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Madison Curry, Cali Sheldon, and Noelle Sheldon
Release Date: 3/22/2019
Running Time: 114 minutes

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Set in present day along the iconic Northern California coastline, Us stars Lupita Nyong’o as Adelaide Wilson, a woman returning to her beachside childhood home with her husband, Gabe (Winston Duke), and their two children (Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex) for an idyllic summer getaway.

Haunted by an unexplainable and unresolved trauma from her past and compounded by a string of eerie coincidences, Adelaide feels her paranoia elevate to high-alert as she grows increasingly certain that something bad is going to befall her family.

After spending a tense beach day with their friends, the Tylers (Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Cali Sheldon, Noelle Sheldon), Adelaide and her family return to their vacation home to discover the silhouettes of four figures standing in their driveway. Us pits an ordinary American family against a terrifying and uncanny opponent: doppelgängers of themselves.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? No

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

Special thanks to Tony for this submission

Aquaman (2018)*

Title: Aquaman
Rating: PG-13
Directed by: James Wan
Written by: David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick and Will Beall
Starring: Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Nicole Kidman, Ludi Lin, and Temuera Morrison
Release Date: 12/21/2018
Running Time: 143 minutes

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The origin story of half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry that takes him on the journey of his lifetime—one that will not only force him to face who he really is, but to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be…a king.

Are There Any Extras During The Credits? Yes

during the credits

We see Black Manta unconscious and drifting in the ocean with his suit noticeably damaged, and then gets found by a few people in a small boat. He later wakes up in Dr. Stephen Shin’s care, with various bandages on his body, and sees Dr. Shin tinkering with his suit and accidentally firing a weapon. Dr. Shin asks him how he found this Atlantean technology, and Black Manta says he’ll tell him if he helps him find Aquaman.

Are There Any Extras After The Credits? No

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Special thanks to Ivan and Ray for this submission

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By Any Means (2026)

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)*

Ambulance (2022)

Matrix Resurrections, The (2021)*

Candyman (2021)*

Trial of the Chicago 7, The (2020)

Us (2019)

Aquaman (2018)*

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