The first three entries on our list are all direct-to-video cheap-o Syfy movies. In other words, even with the name brand they look atrocious and feature performances ranging from unbearable to subpar ...

The new Anaconda is officially back in theatres, and this time it is a meta reboot rather than a straight creature feature. Directed by Tom Gormican, the 2025 film follows a group of middle-aged ...

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 ...

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 ...

[Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Anaconda (2025)] After the success of The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent and the details he revealed to Collider’s Steve Weintraub about his ...

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 ...

When Anaconda, the first installment of the action-adventure film series, slithered into theaters in 1997, it became an instant hit with audiences worldwide. More than 28 years later, another Anaconda ...

Gormican's meta twist on the 1997 killer snake movie won him the job after Sony received more run-of-the-mill pitches: "We heard from the producers after the fact that they'd heard 50 or 60 takes of ...

There is a moment so funny and so absurd in Anaconda, that experiencing it on the big screen with a room full of people is worth the price of a movie theater ticket and a popcorn-drink combo alone.

The movie gets at least one thing right: Rebooting the shlocky, widely-panned creature-feature, starring Jack Black and Paul Rudd, is a goofy idea. By Beatrice Loayza When you purchase a ticket for an ...

The 1997 creature feature gets a self-referential redo that works best when it allows its two stars to lean into silliness Anyone rightly suspicious of comedies that try to make sure they have plenty ...

Clockwise from top left: 'Avatar: Fire and Ash,' 'Anaconda,' 'Marty Supreme' and 'Song Sung Blue' Disney/Sony/A24/Focus Features Despite what’s expected to be a better holiday stretch from Christmas ...