For better or worse,Cierra Ortega will be one of the most memorable contestants on the seventh season ofLove Island USA. She andCharlie Georgiouwere the season’s first bombshells, and they entered the villa with a bang in Episode 2. ThoughNic Vansteenberghewas initially coupled up withBelle-A Walker,at the first recoupling ceremony, he chose to dump her in favor of exploring his connection with Cierra, and they remained together for the next several weeks....

Walt Disney Studios roared into theaters over the holidays withMufasa: The Lion King,the story that revealed the background of one of cinema’s most iconic characters. Like many Disney projects, thefilm is a musical adaptation, and its box office returns have thrust the film into a record-breaking group:Mufasais now one of the top 10 highest-grossing movie musicals of all time, according toThe Numbers. The film was able to attain this milestone after only a few weeks in theaters....

WhenThe Middlepremiered on ABC in 2009, it was one of the last big sitcoms to come out on network TV, but while other big comedy series of the 2000s likeThe Big Bang TheoryandModern Familyused well known tropes like laugh tracks and confessional scenes,The Middledidn’t use tricks to get laughs. It worked through the audacity and the chemistry of its family,the Hecks, of Orson, Indiana. Though a traditional setup of family highs and lows, with the drama resolved in thirty minutes or less,the Hecks were grittierthan other sitcom families without being offensive....

The Real Housewives of Potomacwas introduced in 2016 as the prim and polished version of the reality franchise compared to other seasons. Representing one of the wealthiest zip codes in the country, Potomac presented a standard for African American elitism missing fromtheAtlantafranchise. Bravo producers worked to cast an elite group of women that represented generational wealth and mirrored the epitome of the American standard of beauty.Karen HugerandCharisse Johnsonwere rich, socialites whose lives were shaped by the financial success of their husbands and the affluent access that accompanied being married to, in Karen’s words, “the Black Bill Gates....

Spoiler Alert: This list contains spoilers for ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’.After a very dark period of time for the Marvel Cinematic Universe andMarvel Studioscollectively—projects being ripped apart (some deserved, others not)—2025 has surprisingly been a great year for the franchise. Many attribute this to the exit ofBob Chapekfrom Disney’s CEO position and the return ofBob Iger(the CEO from before things went downhill), while others think that the sheer amount of bad press the studio has gotten from audiences has pressured them into locking back in....

Through its often bloody and gruesome imagery, thebody horror subgenredeals directly with matters of human identity and transformation. Horror is often most resonant when the audience can relate to the fears and experiences they are watching, and body horror is uniquely identifiable in this way. Imagining your own body contorting, mutating or being methodically altered is cringe-inducing,emphasizing just how vulnerable our physical forms can be. Body horror is commonly associated with the works of Canadian filmmakerDavid Cronenberg, as well as his son Brandon Cronenberg, and both men have explored the limits of the human body in disturbing and thought-provoking ways....

The crime movie genre is one of the most popular in the history of cinema, and it’s largely because it can so easily intersect with completely different sensibilities. Although sometimes the crime movie can take the prestigiousform of Best Picture winnerslikeThe Godfather: Part IIorThe Departed, it can also be something more irreverent and silly, likeA Fish Called WandaorGet Shorty. Many of the best crime thrillersof all-time have some level of suspense within them, and some could easily be mistaken for films within the horror genre....

2019 is here, and with it comes at least 20 animated films that should be on your radar over the course of the upcoming calendar year. Every month has at least one major animated movie scheduled release, though more are sure to be announced, especially when it comes to smaller studios and domestic releases of foreign films. We’ll have more on those flicks throughout the year, but to get you started as you gear up for this year’s feature-length animated releases, we’ve put together the 20 that you should be aware of now....

Great films start with a great story. Utilizing a pre-existing novel is one way to ensure that the story is already loved by many. It guarantees that the film will have a strong pre-existing fanbase, and therefore hopefully has a solid chance of bringing in box office audiences. Related:10 Children’s Book Adaptations to Watch with the Family Classics such asEmma, or contemporary pieces likeThe Silver Linings Playbook, are given new life on-screen....

The CW’sArrowhits the milestone of 100 episodes on Wednesday, November 30th, and in that number of episodes there have been numerous characters that have come and gone. Some fan favorites became series regulars; others weaved in and out throughout the seasons. Below, you’ll find 10 of the show’s best unsung heroes. The list is limited to those who didn’t become regulars on the show, but who were always listed as guest stars....

Sales of smelling salts assumedly rose at a drastic level last week whenChris Evanstweeted a heartfelt message that seemed to indicateAvengers 4would be the death of Steve Rogers, a.k.a Captain America. “Officially wrapped on Avengers 4. It was an emotional day to say the least,“Evans wrote. “Playing this role over the last 8 years has been an honor. To everyone in front of the camera, behind the camera, and in the audience, thank you for the memories!...

Briarpatchis a curious case. Not the actual case of murder at the heart of the mystery (that’snever quite as gripping as the series needs it to be), but the series itself, which fashions itself as a hot, dusty desert noir with a freak flag to fly. Unfortunately, the series only ever seems to want to fly it at half-mast, resulting in a show that’s watchable as hell but never quite carves a clear identity out of the hard-boiled genre tropes and creative flourishes it so giddily embraces....

The originalCharmed— starringAlyssa Milano,Holly Marie Combs,Rose McGowanandShannen Doherty— tackled a variety of stories as Phoebe, Piper, Paige, and Prue worked together to save the world (or, rather, San Francisco) from demons and warlocks on a weekly basis. However, despite their endless Wiccan duties, these women rarely failed to keep living their personal lives amidst the chaos of being a Charmed One, having a variety of quite unique relationships with different men explored throughout the show’s eight seasons....