I am generally a total sucker for a meta narrative. When executed properly, I enjoy the inherent cleverness of the approach, with the work itself being used to comment on the work, and it can be a ...

We often ask ourselves why on earth some of these movies get made — particularly reboots. When one gets announced, it's frequently met with a collective eyeroll from the internet. Take, for example, ...

Critics Have Seen Anaconda, And They’re Saying The Same Thing About Jack Black And Paul Rudd’s ‘Hacky’ Meta Reboot Anaconda Has Screened, And People Are Surprised About One Aspect Of The ‘Gut-Busting’ ...

Hollywood’s relationship with nostalgia has long crossed from affection into dependency, and Anaconda is another reminder of how thin that line has become. The 1997 Anaconda was never a good film, but ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. “When a midlife crisis pushes them to finally go for it, they head deep into the Amazon to ...

How many times have we watched 1997’s Anaconda, about a documentary crew going down the Amazon in search of a legendary snake? Alongside Jennifer Lopez (before she became JLo), Owen Wilson and Ice ...

When co-writers Tom Gormican and Kevin Etten first pitched what would become their reimagined take on the so-bad-it’s-good 1997 classic “Anaconda,” they never thought Sony would be on board with the ...

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“Jaws” is “Jaws” at sea, “Alien” is “Jaws” in space, and the 1997 anti-classic “Anaconda” is . . . “Jaws” for dummies. A certain fond self-deprecation on the part of Sony Pictures, which made the ...

Anaconda (2025) is the return of a cult creature feature through a distinctly self-aware lens, blending action, comedy, and survival horror. A meta reboot of the 1997 film, the project returns to the ...

The story: A hapless quartet travel deep into the Amazon River to remake the 1997 Hollywood B-movie Anaconda and encounter a real, very big and very hungry anaconda. The American adventure comedy ...