Joyce Faces a Disciplinary Hearing in New 'Call the Midwife' Season 14 Images

Call the Midwifehas delivered yet another stellar season of television, with thecurrently airing Season 14proving one of the show’s best in recent memory.With just two episodes left, tensions are high as multiple questions demand answers, including around the potential relationship between Rosalind (Natalie Quarry) and Cyril (Zephryn Taitte). Well, thanks to first-look images of the season’s penultimate episode released viaRadio Times, it seems as if answers may well be on their way....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 392 words · Timothy Morales

Kathleen Kennedy’s Lucasfilm Contract Renewed Through 2024

Hot off the heels of reportedcreative differencesbetweenRogueSquadrondirectorPatty Jenkins, Lucasfilm has extended its contract with presidentKathleen Kennedy. This extension will have Kennedy running Lucasfilm until 2024. There are severalStar Warsprojects in various stages of development, as well as anotherIndianaJonesfilm, and this news will certainly arouse mixed reactions from fans. Kennedy was the handpicked successor of Lucasfilm fromGeorge Lucaswhen the studio was acquired by Disney in 2012. While theStar Warsuniverse has brought forth a new trilogy, two spin-off films, and Disney+ flagship seriesTheMandalorian, creative differences have marred several of the projects and further intensified the divisions of the galaxy far, far away’s fanbase....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 352 words · Denise Valencia

Kong: Skull Island Can't Handle Its Vietnam War Metaphor

As a smashy-smashy, monster brawl,Kong: Skull Islandis a reasonably good time. Kong is bigger, visual effects have come further, and directorJordan Vogt-Robertsand cinematographerLarry Fongknow how to lovingly shoot the big guy raining down hell on anyone or anything that might get in his way. It’s a film that largely ditches the tragic and symbolic aspects of Kong beyond the most basic elements (he’s the last of his kind, he could kind of stand in for the majesty and brutality of the natural world) in favor of creating a rampaging monster movie, which is all well and good....

July 8, 2025 · 6 min · 1098 words · Jennifer Martinez

Kristen Stewart and Nicholas Hoult on Equals, Acting

When you look over the filmographies ofKristen StewartandNicholas Hoult, you’ll see two actors who are able to shine in any genre and role. While a lot of people might criticize Stewart for her work in theTwilightfilms, I’d argue she did the best she could with the material, and the success of those films allowed her to land roles that might have gone to other actors. In addition, if you look at Stewart’s work inCamp X-Ray,American Ultra, or any of the other films she’s done over the past few years, you’ll see a gifted actor who doesn’t get enough credit....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 360 words · Danielle Smith

Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders Review

In the late 1980s, two brothers who looked like preppy villains from a John Hughes movie were accused of murdering their parents in cold blood in their Beverly Hills home with shotguns. The brothers, Lyle and Erik, had grown up wanting for nothing. Rich, talented, and good-looking, they were painted by the media at first as spoiled brats eager to get their hands on a $14 million inheritance. But as their trial went on, allegations of sexual abuse and other trauma created nationwide confusion to the truth of their motivations....

July 8, 2025 · 4 min · 799 words · James Thompson

MagicBand+ Coming to Disneyland Resort

Just months after its premiere at Disney World in Orlando, Florida, the new Magicband+ is making its debut at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. This is the first time revolutionary and wearable technology has been introduced on the West Coast. Magicband+ will make its debut at Disneyland Resort this fall. The Magicband+ is an evolution of Disney’s Magicband technology, a wristband containing a microchip that park guests wear in order to enhance their park experience....

July 8, 2025 · 3 min · 430 words · Andrew Gallegos

Matt Damon Was Almost This Villain in Christopher Nolan's Batman Trilogy

It’s a sign you’ve made it in Hollywood when the roles you’ve been offered are just as prestigious as the roles you’ve accepted.Matt Damon– one of his era’s most bankable stars – is a stellar example. The Golden Globe-winning actor infamouslyturned down Jake Skully inJames Cameron’sAvatar, losing him an estimated $250 million paycheck in the process (“It’s the dumbest thing an actor ever did in the history of acting,”he later joked), but this is only one time when Damon’s career almost took a sharp 90-degree turn....

July 8, 2025 · 7 min · 1372 words · Brian Ford

Melissa McCarthy's New Movie The Starling Bought by Netflix

The lastMelissa McCarthymovie I saw,Can You Ever Forgive Me?, floored me. McCarthy gives an atypically quiet, serious, angry, and vulnerable performance in the subdued drama, one that earned rightfully her an Oscar nomination. An upcoming McCarthy vehicle,The Starling, sounds like it might recapture that dramatic, nuanced magic that she’s capable of – and Netflix just spent a pretty penny to ensure we’ll all be streaming it soon. Per Deadline, the streaming service paid around $20 million for distribution rights for the film – and they didn’t even watch a final cut....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 351 words · Nathan Cannon

Mike Flanagan’s ‘Exorcist’ Remake Already Has a Release Date

It’s been a killer time to be anExorcistfan with modern horror iconMike Flanaganannounced as the franchise director last month. While horror fans are still waiting for plot details for the next sequel in this historic spooky franchise, Flanagan’s version will be a “radical new take” on theExorcistbrand. Now, Flanagan’sExorcisthas a terrifyingrelease date of August 23, 2025. Coming via Universal Pictures, this isn’t the first timeExorcisthas tried to take over Friday the 13th....

July 8, 2025 · 3 min · 457 words · Erik Bauer

Movie Talk: Rogue One Trailer Review

On this episode of Collider Movie Talk (August 12th, 2016) Dennis Tzeng, Kristian Harloff, John Rocha, and Sinead DeVries discuss the following: Disney and Lucasfilm finally released thesecond full length trailer forRogue One: A Star Wars Story. The two-minute-long trailer gave us a ton more footage, focusing in on the story centered aroundFelicity Jones’Jyn Erso character. But maybe the biggest reveal Star Wars fans were hoping for was the long overdue reveal of Darth Vader, who was finally revealed at the very end with a short glimpse of him breathing in front of a monitor....

July 8, 2025 · 6 min · 1124 words · Jason Morales

New The Predator TV Spot Pits a Ragtag Team against a Super Predator

Fresh off the news that the filmwill have its world premiereat the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival, a new TV spot forThe Predatorhas been released online. The film hails from directorShane Black(The Nice Guys), who co-wrote the script withFred Dekker(The Monster Squad). This is a legitimate sequel to the previous twoPredatormovies, but also moves the franchise in a new and exciting direction as it introduces the concept of the “Super Predator,” which is essentially a normal Predator who’s been doping so he can hunt and kill with even greater success....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 319 words · Andrea Thomas

Overwatch Winter Wonderland Skins, Trailer Released

The holidays are here, which means Christmas is coming to the joyous online multiplayer video gameOverwatch. The good folks at Blizzard today launched the Overwatch Winter Wonderland event, which will run from today, December 12th, through January 1st. As with all seasonal events this includes new themed-maps, new skins, and a brand new playmode. While Mei’s snowball adventure from last year isn’t returning,Overwatchis introducing a new Brawl called Yeti Hunt. It’s a 5v1 experience in which five Mei “Hunters” take on one “Yeti” Winston in the Nepal Village map (reskinned, of course)....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 241 words · Jennifer Pugh

Paul Thomas Anderson Is the Cinematographer on His New Movie

When Focus Features announced the officialstart of productiononPaul Thomas Anderson’s new movie this past February, there was a conspicuous absence: an official director of photography. The then-untitled film, currently being referred to asPhantom Thread, takes place in the 1950s fashion world in London and starsDaniel Day-Lewisas a dressmaker, but in terms of plot that’s pretty much all we got. Anderson is certainly one of the most distinct filmmakers working today, and his films have always been notable for striking cinematography....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 351 words · Linda Bishop