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SoccerAntonio returns to English football with Watford move Sat, September 12, 2026 at 4:03 AM UTC 0 Sept 12 (Reuters) Watford have signed Michail Antonio on a free transfer on a oneyear deal, bringing the former West Ham United forward back to English football. The 36yearold, West Ham&x27;s alltime leading Premier League goalscorer, was in a serious road accident in December 2024 when his car hit a tree on the way home from training. He broke his thigh bone in four places and did not play for the club again.

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Sept 12 (Reuters) - Watford have signed Michail Antonio on a free transfer on a one-year deal, bringing the former West Ham United forward back to English football.

The 36-year-old, West Ham's all-time leading Premier League goalscorer, was in a serious road accident in December 2024 when his car hit a tree on the way home from training. He broke his thigh bone in four places and did not play for the club again.

Antonio left West Ham in August 2025 after the London club opted not to renew his contract. They were relegated to the second-tier Championship after finishing 18th in the Premier League the last season.

He joined Qatari side Al-Sailiya in March, his first club since undergoing surgery following the accident.

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"It's a good set of boys here," Antonio said in a statement on Friday. "They are focused and ready to show their abilities this season.

"Watford is a big club and hopefully I can come in and bring success and help wherever I can.

"I've scored a few goals against Watford! So hopefully I can score some for Watford now when I'm fully up to speed."

Watford are 12th in the Championship with eight points from six matches.

(Reporting by Pearl Josephine Nazare in Bengaluru; Editing by Kim Coghill)

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The 30 best movies about the end of the world, ranked Sara NetzleyFri, September 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM UTC 0 ‘12 Monkeys’ (viral outbreak), ‘Melancholia’ (giant planet colliding with Earth), ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ (water wars)Credit: Universal; Magnolia Pictures; Warner Bros. Some say the world will end in fire. Some say in ice. Hollywood says let’s do both — and maybe throw in some dragons for good measure.

The 30 best movies about the end of the world, ranked

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‘12 Monkeys’ (viral outbreak), ‘Melancholia’ (giant planet colliding with Earth), ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ (water wars)Credit: Universal; Magnolia Pictures; Warner Bros.

Some say the world will end in fire. Some say in ice. Hollywood says let’s do both — and maybe throw in some dragons for good measure.

Cinema has long been fascinated by the many ways civilization might crumble, whether it’s due to aliens (War of the Worlds, A Quiet Place), technology (The Matrix, Terminator 2), environmental catastrophe (Snowpiercer), or a mysterious collapse in the human birth rate (Children of Men).

Read on for Entertainment Weekly’s list of the 30 best apocalyptic movies available to stream now — and take a moment to be grateful that you’ve still got electricity and working internet as you do.

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The Day After Tomorrow (2004)

‘Damn you! God damn you all to hell, climate change!’Credit: Everett Collection

The Day After Tomorrow reminds us that global climate change isn’t just about a warming Earth — at least in Roland Emmerich’s telling, it can also usher in a new ice age. Equal parts earnest, lumbering, and delightfully over-the-top, Emmerich’s disaster epic follows a paleoclimatologist (Dennis Quaid) as he braves a global superstorm on foot to rescue his son (Jake Gyllenhaal), who’s taken refuge in the New York Public Library. Come for the flooding of New York, stay for Gyllenhaal and Emmy Rossum LITERALLY OUTRUNNING A VISIBLE COLD SNAP. Mind your carbon footprint, kids!

Where to watch The Day After Tomorrow: Prime Video (to rent)

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Tank Girl (1995)

Lori Petty in an extremely ‘90s vision of the post-apocalypseCredit: Everett Collection

Wait, hear us out! Tank Girlwas a critical punching bag, but this hyper-stylized adaptation of a British comic book — comet strike, scarce water, warring survivors — deserves your consideration. Its shortcomings mattered less in 1995 than Tank Girl’s (Lori Petty) audacity in taking up space as an action hero lead — you know, roles that were (and still are) dominated by men. The irreverent plot challenged traditional storytelling structures, and its irreverent heroine spent 104 minutes flipping her middle finger at the status quo.

With its poppy, choppy script, editing, and visual style, Tank Girl was sneered out of theaters. Jump forward a quarter of a century and critics were only slightly kinder to Birds of Prey, which embraces a similar no-effs-given riot grrrrl vibe.

Where to watch Tank Girl: Prime Video (to rent)

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Doomsday (2008)

The post-apocalyptic future is going to look like ... a 1980s nightclubCredit: Everett

Not looking for nuance in your zombie apocalypse? Director Neil Marshall’s got you covered with Doomsday. Thirty years after Scotland was violently quarantined to contain a plague, a military team led by Rhona Mitra’s Major Eden Sinclair is sent to look for a cure.

Marshall (The Descent and Dog Soldiers, both outstanding horror films) stuffed Doomsday with nods to everything from Mad Max (1979) to Gladiator (2000) to Escape from New York (1981). The movie’s a little too chaotic to be good, but it does offer fist-pumping pleasures if you toss said fists in the air and go with it.

Where to watch Doomsday: Prime Video (to rent)

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Logan’s Run (1976)

A guy nearing the ripe old age of 30. In the immortal words of Roy Batty, time to dieCredit: Everett

In 2274, life is great under the geodesic domes where humans have built a utopia following war, overpopulation, and pollution … until you turn 30 and your body is vaporized in the mandatory “carousel” ceremony to avoid overcrowding. Logan’s Run, starring Michael York and Peter Ustinov, is a retro throwback that’s a little too interested in warning its audience about the dangers of the groovy sex-and-drugs movement. It’s also a perfect slice of ‘70s sci-fi cheese, with all the garish miniskirts and tin-foil robots that entails.

Where to watch Logan’s Run: Prime Video (to rent)

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Cloverfield (2008)

Three hot Millennials and an advertisement all staring at the same scary monsterCredit: Paramount/Everett

The first iPhone was introduced on June 29, 2007. On Jan. 8, 2008, Cloverfield was released. Those dates are relevant because the buzzy conceit of the J.J. Abrams-produced monster mash — that a dude with a handheld camcorder captured an attack unfolding before his eyes — was about to become commonplace.

But even if the found-footage novelty wore off in the intervening years, Cloverfield still grabs you by the throat. Starring then-unknowns, including Lizzy Caplan, the shaky-cam view of a monster destroying New York remains, as EW wrote, “a surreptitiously subversive, stylistically clever little gem.”

Where to watch Cloverfield: Paramount+

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Resident Evil (2002)

Where’s Dominic Toretto when you need him? I thought this was a familyCredit: Everett

The Raccoon City squad is clearly doing something right. Although this adaptation of the Resident Evil video games drew mixed reviews, it spawned seven more live-action films (including Zach Cregger’s 2026 reboot), four feature-length animated ones, and two Netflix shows.

From its tense first act as things go to hell in an underground lab to a military team’s attempt to clean up the mess, Paul W.S. Anderson’s Resident Evil never takes its foot off the gas. EW agreed, writing, “It’s a tickly pleasure to watch Milla Jovovich run, kick, and generally whip walking-dead heinie.” Two decades later, there’s still a lot of heinie to whip.

Where to watch Resident Evil: Prime Video (to rent)

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Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)

Look, Steve, you can’t ring in the end of the world in a sweater like that, you just cannotCredit: Everett

Who would you spend your last days on Earth with? Following the news that an asteroid will destroy the planet in three weeks, Steve Carell’s sad-sack Dodge shrugs off humanity’s newfound nihilism and hits the road in search of his high-school sweetheart, with his manic pixie neighbor (Keira Knightley) riding shotgun.

EW praised writer/director Lorene Scafaria’s apocalyptic rom-com for its “idiosyncratic, explosion-free bittersweetness,” which should give you a hint that the connection Dodge is seeking was sitting next to him all along.

Where to watch Seeking a Friend for the End of the World: Prime Video (to rent)

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I Am Legend (2007)

Will Smith is legend in ‘I Am Legend’Credit: Barry Wetcher/Warner Bros

If you’re casting the last man in New York, better make him Will Smith. While fans of Richard Matheson’s 1954 novel cried foul at the changed ending, Smith is riveting as the scientist trying to cure the plague caused by a “miracle” cancer treatment that turned humans into monsters. (No spoilers, but I Am Legend also features the most devastating death of any movie on this list. IYKYK.)

In 2007, EW’s critic questioned the relevance of the film’s focus on infectious disease. Meanwhile, a sequel starring Smith and Michael B. Jordan is officially in the works.

Where to watch I Am Legend: Prime Video (to rent)

09 of 30

Reign of Fire (2002)

Matthew McConaughey trying to decide how to translate ‘Alright alright alright’ into dragon languageCredit: Everett Collection

This time around, it’s dragons turning humans into an endangered species. Reign of Fire — a “rip-roaring, videogame-busy, Mad Maximum entertainment,” per EW’s review — is best remembered for Matthew McConaughey’s dragon-balls-to-the-wall performance as a bald, bearded, biceped berserker who travels across the pond to help Christian Bale’s more cautious Englishman exterminate the fire-breathing lizards. USA! USA! USA!

Where to watch Reign of Fire: Prime Video (to rent)

10 of 30

Love and Monsters (2020)

Dylan O’Brien and his trusty canine in ‘Love and Monsters’Credit: Jasin Boland/Paramount Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection

In the criminally under-watched Love and Monsters, the criminally under-utilized Dylan O’Brien (from Send Help, Teen Wolf, or The Maze Runner, depending on your fandom) stars as a young romantic who emerges from his monster-pocalypse bunker and sets off on a dangerous journey to reunite with his lost love (Jessica Henwick), with the gruff assistance of Michael Rooker’s survivalist.

Love and Monsters has action and scares, yes, but it’s also earnest, goofy, and big-hearted, making this John Hughes/John Carpenter mashup well worth your time.

Where to watch Love and Monsters: Paramount+

11 of 30

District 9 (2009)

Sharlto Copley not realizing he’s slowly turning into an alien in ‘District 9’Credit: Everett

“Madly original, cheekily political, and altogether exciting,” four-time Oscar nominee District 9 depicts an apocalypse created by xenophobia and fear. Nearly 30 years after a million starving aliens were stranded near Johannesburg, a bureaucrat tasked with forcibly relocating them is exposed to an alien chemical and starts to experience changes.

South African-born director Neill Blomkamp uses found-footage news reports, surveillance video, and interviews to present his searing apartheid allegory, and Sharlto Copley is electric in his feature-film debut as a man who discovers his empathy as his humanity slips away.

Where to watch District 9: Prime Video (to rent)

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Melancholia (2011)

What if feels like to marry Alexander Skarsgård and break up with him on the same nightCredit: Magnolia Films/ Everett

In Lars von Trier’s Melancholia, the apocalypse is literal and metaphorical, both the extinction-level planet on a collision course with Earth and the depression weighing down bride-to-be Kirsten Dunst on the day she’s set to marry Alexander Skarsgård. EW praised von Trier for creating striking visual tableaux that convey “a profound emotional depth that transcends words.”

If your memory of Melancholia is the dreamy shot of a wedding dress-clad Dunst floating in murky green water, it’s well worth your time to sink into this mournful, contemplative story.

Where to watch Melancholia: Criterion Channel

13 of 30

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

Edward Judd, Janet Munro, and Leo McKern in the under-seen ‘The Day the Earth Caught Fire’Credit: Everett Collection

The Day the Earth Caught Fire was released the year before the Cuban Missile Crisis, and that political climate is very much on writer/director Val Guest’s mind as he explores what happens when the U.S. and the USSR test nuclear weapons near the South and North Poles, respectively, at almost the exact same time. (Answer: That’s a whoopsie!)

The Earth shifts off its axis, and scientists determine that the resulting ecological disaster can only be fixed by... setting off more nuclear bombs. The film, told through the eyes of a London journalist (Edward Judd), is smart, absorbing, and still timely.

Where to watch The Day the Earth Caught Fire: Tubi

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A Quiet Place (2018)

John Krasinski trying not to make a sound in ‘A Quiet Place’Credit: Jonny Cournoyer/Paramount Pictures

Possibly the scariest film on the list, A Quiet Place taught moviegoers just how loud a cough or a cleared throat can be in a silent theater. Real-life couple Emily Blunt and John Krasinski — who also directed and cowrote the film — fight to keep their growing family safe in a world ravaged by monsters that hunt by sound. EW called the film “a nervy, terrifying thrill,” and when you catch yourself holding your breath in those excruciatingly tense moments, you’ll undoubtedly agree.

Where to watch A Quiet Place: Paramount+

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10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

Psst. He’s RIGHT BEHIND YOU, MaryCredit: Michele K. Short/Paramount Pictures

When it premiered, EW’s review likened 10 Cloverfield Lane to a solid Twilight Zone episode. Not only is that a compliment (who doesn’t love a banger TZ episode?), it’s entirely apt. Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) wakes up after a car crash to find herself imprisoned in a bunker by a stranger (John Goodman, playing a Badman) who claims he saved her from a world-ending attack.

Is he telling the truth, or is she the victim of a good, old-fashioned kidnapping? The only way to find out is to escape, which leaves both Michelle and the audience horribly uncertain if she can — and if she should.

Where to watch 10 Cloverfield Lane: Paramount+

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9 (2009)

A couple of sock puppets (they can talk and stuff, but probably don’t have souls) run from the apocalypse in ‘9’Credit: Everett

Trust a Tim Burton production to make the apocalypse look cutely creepy. In 9, based on first-time director Shane Acker’s Oscar-nominated student thesis, humanity’s legacy rests on the small, soft shoulders of sentient rag dolls voiced by Elijah Wood, Jennifer Connelly, and Christopher Plummer.

These “stitchpunk” creatures, made from scraps scavenged from the ruined world, are so beautifully designed that you may not mind the “ethereally thin and conventionally upbeat” plot mentioned in EW’s review.

Where to watch 9: Prime Video (to rent)

17 of 30

This Is the End (2013)

Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, James Franco, and Craig Robinson as (checks notes) Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, James Franco, and Craig RobinsonCredit: Suzanne Hanover/Sony Pictures/Everett

It’s the end of the world as they know it, and Seth Rogen, James Franco, Jonah Hill, and their merry band of friends feel fine. These famous fellas play fictionalized versions of their public personas who are trapped in Franco’s house after the Rapture unleashes untold horrors.

EW hailedThis Is the End, co-written and co-directed by Rogen and Evan Goldberg,as “the smartest, the most fearlessly inspired, and the snort-out-loud funniest” comedy in ages. That praise rings true more than a decade later thanks to joke after filthy joke, cameo after foul-mouthed cameo, scare after genuine scare.

Where to watch This Is the End: Prime Video (to rent)

18 of 30

War of the Worlds (2005)

“Dakota, get down, Dad just knows he can outrun those tripods but he can’t do it if you’re hanging onto his neck”Credit: Frank Masi/Paramount

Sometimes it takes a space invasion to mend family rifts. At least, that’s the case for Tom Cruise’s character in War of the Worlds when giant alien tripods start turning people into ash as they try to flee. Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel is a street-level look at civilians experiencing an attack that recalls the horrors of 9/11, creating, in the words of EW’s critic, a “potent and almost violating sense of disruption and terror.” The audience feels this deeply as Cruise’s Ray risks his life again and again to protect his young daughter (Dakota Fanning).

Where to watch War of the Worlds: Paramount+

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Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)

Black leather: The perfect outfit for when you’re out in the hot Australian sunCredit: Everett Collection

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, the sophomore outing of cop-turned-loner Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson), operated on a fraction of the budget that Miller would have for his later installments. The difference shows in the flat, scoured Outback landscapes that Miller replaced with Creamsicle orange vistas in the 21st century, yet it didn’t prevent him from taking a bare-bones plot — Max helps a settlement fight off bandits after war and a gasoline shortage tore society apart — and pairing it with aggressively kinetic action scenes, then overlaying it all with an unsettling punk aesthetic to create a gripping, gonzo movie.

Where to watch Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior: Prime Video (to rent)

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12 Monkeys (1995)

Brad Pitt makes a reasonable, sensible argument to Bruce Willis, who just won’t listenCredit: Phillip Caruso/Universal

In the mind-trip that is 12 Monkeys,Bruce Willis plays James Cole, a criminal from the year 2035 who starts to question his sanity as he bounces around time to locate the source of a plague destined to kill billions of people. In 1990, Cole meets Jeffrey Goines, a fellow mental institution patient played with bug-eyed slipperiness by Brad Pitt, whose performance nabbed him his first Oscar nod.

EW praised director Terry Gilliam for setting his crackpot imagination at full throttle to create a grim, twisty story that’s so memorably bleak, it spawned a top-notch SyFy show 20 years later.

Where to watch 12 Monkeys: Prime Video (to rent)

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Delicatessen (1991)

Jacques Mathou puts in an order for, uh, let’s call it mystery meat in ‘DelicatessenCredit: Miramax/Everett

If you like a little absurdist humor in your apocalypse, pull up a chair. The surreal French film Delicatessen, cowritten and directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Amélie) and Marc Caro, points its off-kilter lens at the oddball residents of an apartment building that’s scraping by post-apocalypse. EW called the film a “lip-smackingly good and rudely imaginative vision of the future” where food is scarce and you’re better off not asking how your landlord-cum-butcher is sourcing his meat.

Where to watch Delicatessen: Prime Video (to rent)

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Snowpiercer (2013)

Captain America rudely stuck in the back of a giant metaphor in ‘Snowpiercer’Credit: Weinstein Company/Courtesy Everett Collection

After an attempt to solve the climate crisis created a worldwide perma-blizzard, what’s left of humanity now circles the globe in a speeding train that’s strictly segregated by economic status. EW’s critic called Snowpiercer “boldly original and weirdly idiosyncratic,” and that’s exactly what you get as Chris Evans and his band of rebels fight their way from the nightmarish back cars to the front, where the 1% live in obscene luxury.

Directed by Bong Joon-ho, who would go on to win three Oscars for Parasite (2019), Snowpiercer is a bloody, exhilarating reminder that when you’re given the choice, you should always eat the rich.

Where to watch Snowpiercer: Hulu

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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

The T-8000 in borrowed pants, jacket, boots, sunglasses and motorcycleCredit: TriStar Pictures/Courtesy Everett

Terminator 2is the rare sequel that surpasses its predecessor — and its predecessor set the bar pretty darn high. This time, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s killer cyborg has been sent to the past to protect John Connor from the liquid metal T-1000 (Robert Patrick), whose cutting-edge VFX blew audiences’ minds in 1991.

While the T-800 becomes a father figure for John (Edward Furlong) and wins over a tough, wary Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton and her gun show), the film also delivers a sobering look at humanity’s capacity for destruction. Watch that nuclear-blast-on-a-playground dream sequence and remember: There’s no fate but what we make.

Where to watch Terminator 2: Judgment Day: Paramount+

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Planet of the Apes (1968)

Three very serious doctors and a couple of hippies they picked upCredit: 20th Century Fox

EW summed up the charms of the Planet of the Apes franchise in 2014: “When you get past the funny monkey masks, it’s a series that constantly stares into the void. It crossbreeds existential musing with the cheesiest of cheesy science-fiction.” Is there a finer compliment for a film that spawned almost a dozen sequels, prequels, and spinoffs (as well as a Simpsons homage)?

Even if — or especially if — you’ve caught the more recent incarnations from Rupert Wyatt, Matt Reeves, and Wes Ball, the original — cowritten by Rod Serling and Michael Wilson and starring Charlton Heston as an astronaut who crash-lands on a planet dominated by damn, dirty apes — is worth revisiting.

Where to watch Planet of the Apes: Prime Video (to rent)

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Akira (1988)

Tetsuo has a temper tantrum in ‘Akira’Credit: Everett Collection

Not only did Katsuhiro Ôtomo’s pioneering Akira helpintroduce Disney-raised Western audiences to a wildly different type of cartoon filmmaking, the R-rated movie is widely considered one of the greatest animated films of all time — and many fans would happily drop “animated” from that accolade.

Based on a manga series, Akira follows a biker gang leader as he tries to stop his newly superpowered friend from unleashing destruction on post-apocalyptic Tokyo in a story that EW’s critic called “a violent, brooding, mature, quasi-intellectual tale of life after World War III.” The Little Mermaid, it ain’t, and cinema’s better for it.

Where to watch Akira: Crunchyroll

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The Matrix (1999)

Laurence Fishburne teaches Keanu Reeves kung-fu in ‘The Matrix’Credit: Warner Bros./ Courtesy: Everett

Red pill or blue pill? The Matrix has become so embedded in popular culture in the decades since its debut that it’s easy to forget how groundbreaking the Wachowskis’ mind-bending sci-fi flick actually was. Keanu Reeves stars as hacker Neo, who discovers that humanity’s been enslaved by a malevolent cyber-intelligence and joins up with badass rebels Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) and Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) to fight back.

The film’s sweeping camerawork, embrace of bullet time and wire-work fight scenes, and iconic, black-clad cyberpunk heroes led EW’s critic to callThe Matrix “the most influential action movie of its generation.” Plug in and find out why.

Where to watch The Matrix: Prime Video (to rent)

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WALL-E (2008)

WALL-E and EVE on a date (we’re calling it a date) in ‘WALL-E’Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures/Courtesy of Everett

Pixar’s wonderful WALL-E offers two apocalypses for the price of one. In the film’s nearly silent opening act, Earth is a wasteland, the humans having abandoned their garbage-choked home centuries ago. But when the sweet, expressive trash-compacting robot WALL-E finds himself whisked off-world, we discover that future humanity is mired in a spiritual apocalypse brought about by sleek, cheerful techno-capitalism.

Stay through the end of director Andrew Stanton’s “puckishly inventive, altogether marvelous” Oscar-winning film for what might be the animation studio’s finest closing credits.

Where to watch WALL-E: Disney+

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The Road (2009)

Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee looking like they’re in the middle of a Cormac McCarthy adaptationCredit: Everett

A bleak, beautiful movie based on Cormac McCarthy’s bleak, beautiful novel, The Road isn’t for the faint of heart. The audience never learns what left the planet scoured and dead, but we do discover plenty about the dangers that were left behind as Viggo Mortensen struggles to keep himself and his son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) alive.

EW’s critic called the film “a marathon of doom and despair” — truly, who knew there were so many shades of gray? — but The Road is also a visceral reminder of a father’s love and the persistence of good in a world gone dark.

Where to watch The Road: Prime Video (to rent)

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Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Imperator Furiosa, War Boy Nux, and Immortan Joe’s erstwhile ‘wives’ in ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’Credit: Jasin Boland/Warner Bros

Before Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth took the reins in this long-running franchise to do battle over Earth’s vanishing resources, Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy navigated those same roads in Furiosa’s War Rig. Although Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road was marked by conflict between the two leads during the fraught shoot, the result speaks for itself.

EW praised it for bringing the same “Molotov-cocktail craziness” of The Road Warrior. Fury Road pairs eye-popping road battles (accompanied by a man wailing on a flame-throwing guitar, natch) with a quietly feminist story of women liberating themselves from sexual slavery without sensationalizing their abuse. Fury Road is a study in contrasts: spare and bombastic, brutal and gorgeous. Witness it.

Where to watch Mad Max: Fury Road: Prime Video (to rent)

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Children of Men (2006)

Clive Owen and Clare-Hope Ashitey in ‘Children of Men,’ the post-apocalyptic GOATCredit: Everett

The apocalypse in Alfonso Cuarón’s dystopian masterpiece Children of Men creeps up over nearly two decades of global infertility, and by the time we meet Clive Owen’s Theo, despair has pushed humanity to the brink. But hope rekindles when Theo agrees to protect a young woman with a secret (Clare-Hope Ashitey).

Based on the novel by P.D. James, Children of Men depicts a near-future marked by economic collapse, draconian immigration policies, and bomb-blasted London streets. But the film also dazzles with its exhilarating action sequences, including a one-shot car chase that thrusts you into the thick of the chaos and stays with you long after the credits have rolled.

Where to watch Children of Men: Prime Video (to rent)

Bonus! These films didn’t make the cut but should still be mentioned while we’re on the subject of cinematic apocalypses:

Deep Impact (1998)

The good Armageddon.

Armageddon (1998)

The fun Deep Impact.

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State lawmaker calls on Trump to rename Lake Erie to ‘Lake Pennsylvania’ Mira Bhakta Fri, September 11, 2026 at 8:57 PM UTC 25 Pennsylvania state Rep. David Maloney (R) called on President Trump this week to rename Lake Erie to “Lake Pennsylvania” following similar moves by the president earlier this year. “This is Pennsylvania’s only Great Lake. Its modern economy and identity are increasingly tied to the boaters, anglers, families and tourists who come to enjoy it” Maloney said in a statement earlier this week. “Ohio has plenty of shoreline. New York already has two Great Lakes.

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Pennsylvania state Rep. David Maloney (R) called on President Trump this week to rename Lake Erie to “Lake Pennsylvania” following similar moves by the president earlier this year.

“This is Pennsylvania’s only Great Lake. Its modern economy and identity are increasingly tied to the boaters, anglers, families and tourists who come to enjoy it” Maloney said in a statement earlier this week. “Ohio has plenty of shoreline. New York already has two Great Lakes. Canada has four others.”

“Pennsylvania has one. Let’s call it Lake Pennsylvania,” he added.

Lake Erie is the smallest of the Great Lakes by volume and is also the shallowest, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The lake has a total of 12 million people in its watershed, split between 10.5 million people in the U.S. and 1.9 million people in Canada.

In his announcement, Maloney called on Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum to enforce the name change.

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Trump signed an executive order formally changing the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” amid the ongoing trade war with Canada.

Canada’s retaliatory tariffs went into effect Tuesday with Pennsylvania expected to be heavily impacted by the 15 percent, 25 percent and 50 percent tariffs on around 6 percent of what the U.S. exported to Canada last year.

Pennsylvania’s largest export market is Canada. In 2025, Pennsylvania exported $13.9 billion in goods to Canada, representing 27 percent of the state’s total goods exports, according to the U.S. trade representative’s office.

The president has also proposed renaming New Mexico to "New America," which initiated a negative response from several of the state's Democratic lawmakers.

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EW catches up with the Owens family as the sequel hits theaters. Practical Magic cast: Where are they now? EW catches up with the Owens family as the sequel hits theaters. By Declan Gallagher on September 11, 2026 11:37 a.m. ET :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/PracticalMagic1016232224a06c17a3433c852c035b31f07765.jpg) Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman in ‘Practical Magic’. Credit: Everett Collection Practical Magic premiered in 1998, captivating audiences with its blend of witchcraft, romance, and comedy. Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman star as sisters with supernatural powers (and a bone to pick).

EW catches up with the Owens family as the sequel hits theaters.

*Practical Magic *cast: Where are they now?

EW catches up with the Owens family as the sequel hits theaters.

By Declan Gallagher

on September 11, 2026 11:37 a.m. ET

Practical Magic: Where Are They Now?

Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman in ‘Practical Magic’. Credit: Everett Collection

- *Practical Magic* premiered in 1998, captivating audiences with its blend of witchcraft, romance, and comedy.

- Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman star as sisters with supernatural powers (and a bone to pick).

- Find out what the beloved cast has been up to since the film’s release almost three decades ago.

Based on Alice Hoffman’s novel of the same name and directed by Griffin Dunne, *Practical Magic* made a minor impact commercially and critically when it hit theaters in October 1998, with **‘s critic even uncharitably writing, “A witch comedy so slapdash, plodding, and muddled it seems to have had a hex put on it.” And yet, the film is now heralded as a seasonal favorite decades later.

Born into a witch-rich bloodline and raised by aunts Frances (Stockard Channing) and Jet (Dianne Wiest), sisters Sally (Sandra Bullock) and Gillian Owens (Nicole Kidman) managed to avoid their powers for most of their lives, growing into nominally carefree women who drift their separate ways in adulthood. But after Sally’s beloved husband Michael (Mark Feuerstein) dies unexpectedly, as does Gillian’s abusive boyfriend (Goran Višnjić), the two siblings must join magical forces to outwit a cunning detective (Aidan Quinn) who’s onto their tricks.

*Practical Magic *has no excuse for working as well as it does. Yet, it’s to Dunne’s eternal credit as a filmmaker that it *does *work so beautifully. The character arcs are satisfying and well-defined, the autumnal production design is almost swoon-inducing, and the sisters’ descent into witchcraft is wittily characterized by the evolving shooting style. With its singular blend of comedy, horror, and tragedy, *Practical Magic* has endured since 1998 and shows no sign of aging. It’s a not-so-guilty pleasure film that feels both quintessentially ‘90s and utterly timeless.

But this isn’t the end of the Owens sisters’ story. *Practical Magic 2* has officially arrived in theaters after years of anticipation, with Bullock, Kidman, Channing, and Wiest all returning alongside some new stars. In honor of the sequel’s release, EW caught up with the cast of *Practical Magic* to see where they are now.

Sandra Bullock (Sally Owens)

Sandra Bullock as Sally Owens in 'Practical Magic'; Sandra Bullock attends the Sandra Bullocke attends 'The Lost City" London screening on March 31, 2022

Sandra Bullock as Sally Owens in ‘Practical Magic’; Sandra Bullock attends the Sandra Bullocke attends ‘The Lost City” London screening on March 31, 2022. Everett Collection; Mike Marsland/WireImage

Sandra Bullock broke out in 1994’s *Speed* and rose to further prominence with plum roles in a variety of dramas and comedies, such as* **While You Were Sleeping** *(1995), *Hope Floats* (1998), and, of course, *Practical Magic*.

The actor reminisced to PEOPLE in 2019 about the famous scene in which the Owens women do a drunken dance around their manse. “We weren’t drunk when we shot these parts or when we did our close-ups. But we had to reshoot a scene where it was far away and we were on our backs, and Nicole just put the bottle on the table and said, ‘You know what? There’s no reason we shouldn’t be drunk here.’ And I said, ‘You know what? That’s true.’”

Bullock soon hit box office gold and became America’s sweetheart with 2000’s *Miss Congeniality*. She further solidified her acting chops with a role in 2009’s *The Blind Side*, which won her an Academy Award for Best Actress. She went on to star in a wider variety of films, taking on more dramatic character parts (2013’s *Gravity*) as well as more genre roles (2018’s *Ocean’s 8* and *Bird Box*), while still appearing in the kinds of comedies that made her successful.

Bullock was previously engaged to actor Tate Donovan and has been romantically linked to Matthew McConaughey and Ryan Gosling, amongst others. She married Jesse James in 2005 and divorced him in 2010, after multiple women revealed they had had affairs with him during their marriage.

Bullock was in a relationship with photographer Bryan Randall from 2015 until his death from ALS in 2023.

Nicole Kidman (Gillian Owens)

Nicole Kidman as Gillian Owens in 'Practical Magic'; Nicole Kidman attends the 94th annual Academy Awards in L.A. on March 27, 2022

Nicole Kidman as Gillian Owens in ‘Practical Magic’; Nicole Kidman attends the 94th annual Academy Awards in L.A. on March 27, 2022. Everett Collection; Mike Coppola/Getty Images

Aussie star Nicole Kidman got her start in TV and movies down under before finding international success opposite Tom Cruise in* **Days of Thunder** *(1990). She went on to star in* **Batman Forever* (1995) and *To Die For* (1995) before acting alongside Cruise again in Stanley Kubrick‘s final film, *Eyes Wide Shut* (1999).

She’s been nominated for Best Actress at the Oscars five times: for 2001’s *Moulin Rouge*, 2010’s *Rabbit Hole*, 2016’s *Lion*, 2021’s *Being the Ricardos*, and winning once for playing Virginia Woolf in 2002’s *The Hours*. She received further acclaim for her Emmy-winning turn on HBO‘s *Big Little Lies* and inspired countless memes with her overly sincere AMC commercial.

Kidman married Cruise in 1990. The couple adopted a son and daughter before their highly-publicized divorce in 2001. She was engaged to Lenny Kravitz at one point, but they reportedly called it off. The actress met Keith Urban in 2005 and they married in 2006. They share two daughters.

Kidman and Bullock reunited on the red carpet of the 2018 Oscars, where they recalled their bond while filming *Practical Magic*. “This is a woman I love!” Kidman said of Bullock, before revealing: “I love that movie, I showed that movie to my kids. It’s a little above them, we were really good sisters!”

Stockard Channing (Frances Owens)

Stockard Channing as Frances Owens in 'Practical Magic'; Stockard Channing attends the opening night afterparty for the Roundabout Theater Company play 'Apologia' in NYC on Oct. 16, 2018

Stockard Channing as Frances Owens in ‘Practical Magic’; Stockard Channing attends the opening night afterparty for the Roundabout Theater Company play ‘Apologia’ in NYC on Oct. 16, 2018. Everett Collection; Walter McBride/Getty Images

Stockard Channing was a decorated theater actor before coming to silver screen stardom in her 30s. She broke out opposite Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty in 1975’s *The Fortune* before landing her signature role as Rizzo in *Grease* (1978). She raked up multiple Tony nominations (and one win in 1985), earned an Oscar nod for Best Actress for *Six Degrees of Separation** *(1993), and won three Emmys, including one for her turn on *The West Wing*. You might also recognize her from *Where the Heart Is *(2000), Woody Allen‘s *Anything Else* (2003), and *The Good Wife*.

Channing has been married and divorced four times. She met her long-term partner, cinematographer Daniel Gillham, in 1990 on the set of *A Time of Destiny *(1988). They remained together until his death in 2014. As of 2019, she was living in London, something she opened up about in 2026 ahead of the sequel’s release.

In a 2020 interview with *Vulture*, Channing noted that *Practical Magic*‘s impact on young women was particularly rare for the time. “It’s very unusual,” she said. “My recollection, which may or may not be accurate, is that it had a greater life after it first opened. I couldn’t tell you if it made money; I wouldn’t be aware of that at all. But I am aware that, over the years, a lot of people have been crazy about it,” she continued. “So it’s lived on, which is interesting.”

Dianne Wiest (Bridget “Jet” Owens)

Dianne Wiest as Bridget "Jet" Owens in 'Practical Magic'; Dianne Wiest attends the world premiere of 'The Mule' in L.A. on Dec. 10, 2018

Dianne Wiest as Bridget “Jet” Owens in ‘Practical Magic’; Dianne Wiest attends the world premiere of ‘The Mule’ in L.A. on Dec. 10, 2018. Everett Collection; Michael Tran/FilmMagic

Dianne Wiest is best known for her collaborations with Woody Allen, two of which (1986’s *Hannah and Her Sisters* and 1994’s *Bullets Over Broadway*) won her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. She’s also well known for her parts in *Edward Scissorhands** *(1990), *The Birdcage** *(1996), and *Rabbit Hole* opposite her *Practical Magic* costar Nicole Kidman.

Wiest received further acclaim for her television turns on *In Treatment* and *Road to Avonlea*, with each winning her an Emmy. She was a series regular for the first two seasons of the Paramount+ series *Mayor of Kingstown* opposite Jeremy Renner.

Wiest has two adopted daughters, Emily and Lily.

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Aidan Quinn (Special Investigator Gary Hallet)

Aidan Quinn as Special Investigator Gary Hallet in 'Practical Magic'; Aidan Quinn attends the One for the Boys Fashion Ball in London on June 12, 2015

Aidan Quinn as Special Investigator Gary Hallet in ‘Practical Magic’; Aidan Quinn attends the One for the Boys Fashion Ball in London on June 12, 2015. Everett Collection; Tristan Fewings/WireImage

Aidan Quinn was born in Chicago and made his feature film debut in *Reckless* (1984) opposite Daryl Hannah. He went on to appear in ‘80s and ‘90s classics such as *Desperately Seeking Susan* (1985), *Benny & Joon** *(1993), *Legends of the Fall* (1994), and *Michael Collins** *(1996). Quinn has appeared in a recurring role on *Law and Order: Special Victims Unit*, as well as in the film *Daughter of the Bride* (2023) with Marcia Gay Harden.

Quinn married his *Stakeout* costar Elizabeth Bracco in 1987. The couple has two daughters, Mia and Ava. He’s a noted philanthropist, having supported causes such as testicular cancer awareness and autism research.

Goran Višnjić (James “Jimmy” Angelov)

Goran Višnjić as James "Jimmy" Angelov in 'Practical Magic'; Goran Višnjić visits 'Extra' at their NYC studios on Oct. 10, 2016

Goran Višnjić as James “Jimmy” Angelov in ‘Practical Magic’; Goran Višnjić visits ‘Extra’ at their NYC studios on Oct. 10, 2016. Warner Bros. Pictures; D Dipasupil/Getty Images

Before *Practical Magic*, Croatian American actor Goran Višnjić appeared in small roles in *The Peacemaker* (1997) and *Rounders *(1998). After being dispatched by the Owens sisters, his career began in earnest. Višnjić went on to voice Soto in *Ice Age* (2002), played the male lead in *Elektra** *(2005), and appeared as Christopher Plummer’s younger lover in Mike Mills’ *Beginners *(2010). As for television, he’s carried supporting roles on series like *ER*, *Timeless*, *Santa Clarita Diet*, *This Is Us*, and *The Boys*. The actor also appeared in 2023’s *Hellraiser* reboot.

Višnjić married his wife, Eva, in 1999. They have four children together and live in Los Angeles while also spending time in Croatia.

Evan Rachel Wood (Kylie Owens)

Evan Rachel Wood as Kylie Owens in 'Practical Magic'; Evan Rachel Wood attends the season 4 premiere of 'Westworld' in NYC on June 21, 2022

Evan Rachel Wood as Kylie Owens in ‘Practical Magic’; Evan Rachel Wood attends the season 4 premiere of ‘Westworld’ in NYC on June 21, 2022. Moviestore/Shutterstock; Taylor Hill/Getty Images

The year before appearing in *Practical Magic*, Evan Rachel Wood starred opposite Kevin Bacon in her film debut, *Digging to China *(1997). She then led a series of mid-aughts favorites like *Thirteen *(2003) and *Across the Universe* (2007) before segueing into more adult projects like *The Ides of March** *(2011). Wood starred on *Westworld* in addition to appearing in Miranda July’s *Kajillionaire* (2020) and as Madonna in *Weird: The Al Yankovic Story** *(2022).

The actress admitted on a 2022 episode of *Watch What Happens Live* that she was in love with her *Practical Magic *costar during filming. “I had such a crush on Sandra Bullock. But I didn’t realize it until later on in life. It’s like, ‘Oh you were in love with her.’”

Her character, Kylie, has been recast for *Practical Magic 2*, now played by Joey King. Wood has discussed the recasting, admitting she was disappointed by the decision. “I think, in the book, it would have made sense to bring me back,” she told *Entertainment Tonight* in 2026. “I think in the way they’re approaching it, the way they’re doing it, it didn’t make sense.”

Wood had an on-and-off relationship with fellow actor Jamie Bell, with whom she shares a child. In 2016, Wood came forward with allegations of abuse against her ex, Brian Warner, better known as defunct shock-rocker Marilyn Manson. In March 2022, the HBO docuseries *Phoenix Rising* chronicled Wood’s relationship with the volatile musician, who is 18 years her senior.

Margo Martindale (Linda Bennett)

Margo Martindale as Linda Bennett in 'Practical Magic'; Margo Martindale attends the L.A. premiere of 'Cocaine Bear' on Feb. 21, 2023

Margo Martindale as Linda Bennett in ‘Practical Magic’; Margo Martindale attends the L.A. premiere of ‘Cocaine Bear’ on Feb. 21, 2023. Warner Bros. Pictures; Araya Doheny/FilmMagic

Margo Martindale‘s first film appearance was opposite Nicole Kidman in *Days of Thunder *(1990). She spent the next decade or so in memorable supporting roles, much like her part as eccentric shopgirl Linda in *Practical Magic*, and notably reunited with Sandra Bullock in *28 Days *(2000) and with Kidman in *The Human Stain *(2000). But her true breakout film was *Million Dollar Baby** *(2004).

Since then, Martindale has essayed a series of increasingly large projects across a variety of genres, including *Paris, je t’aime* (2006), *Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story *(2007), *August: Osage County* (2013), *The Hollars *(2016), and *Cocaine Bear* (2023).

The actress has also made excellent strides in television, with Emmy-winning performances on *Justified* and *The Americans*, in addition to turns on *The Good Wife, **The Good Fight*, *Mrs. America*, *Mrs. Davis*, and *The Sticky*.

Martindale married musician Bill Boals in 1986. They share a daughter, Margaret.

Mark Feuerstein (Michael)

Mark Feuerstein as Michael in 'Practical Magic'; Mark Feuerstein attends the world premiere of 'The School for Good and Evil' in L.A. on Oct. 18, 2022

Mark Feuerstein as Michael in ‘Practical Magic’; Mark Feuerstein attends the world premiere of ‘The School for Good and Evil’ in L.A. on Oct. 18, 2022. Warner Bros. Pictures; Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

Mark Feuerstein made his film debut in *Practical Magic*, though he had roles on sitcoms like *Caroline in the City* and *Fired Up* beforehand. He appeared in season 2 of *Sex and the City** *and in the romantic comedies *What Women Want** *(2000) and *In Her Shoes* (2005), before taking on his most famous role as Dr. Henry “Hank” Lawson on *Royal Pains* (where he eventually served as a producer and writer).

The actor’s other television projects include *The West Wing*, *Nurse Jackie*, *Prison Break*, *The Baby-Sitters Club*, *Power Book II: Ghost*, and* **Lady in the Lake**.*

Feuerstein married writer Dana Klein in 2005. The couple has three children together.

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