It’s a sweltering day in New Orleans, I’m standing across the street from a silver sedan crashed into the flourishing front yard of a suburban home, I’m shaking hands with hip hop legend Method Man, ieClifford Smith, and he’s trying to tell me his name is Jesse. I know that it is not. Turns out giving fake names is kind of his thing. Welcome to the set ofKeanu, it’s a good place to be....
AsChris Hemsworthdescribed it, makingSpiderheadwas like working on a piece of theater. The project was made in a short period of time with only a small handful of closed sets and heavily focused on how the characters drive the story forward. Key to pulling something like that off? Cast range and chemistry, and Hemsworth andMiles Tellercertainly have both. The film gets its name from the Spiderhead facility, a state-of-the-art penitentiary run by Hemsworth’s Steve Abnesti, a genius mogul testing mind-altering drugs....
If you, like me, grew up watching cartoons from the ’90s and early 2000s, you are in a golden age, my friend. All of these dang shows are getting revived for your favorite streaming platforms, including on the recent Netflix/Nickelodeon specialsInvader Zim: Enter the FlorpusandRocko’s Modern Life: Static Cling. Both of these specials were so delightful, familiarly pleasing, and surprisingly progressive, that Netflix and Nickelodeon have decided to double down on their relationship....
Ridley Scott’s legacy sequelGladiator IIhas been a certain success at the box office,earning $400 million worldwidedespite stiff competition from the likes ofMoana 2andWicked.Split between a $148 million domestic haul and $252 million in overseas markets,Gladiator IImight still fall short of the worldwide total of the firstGladiator, but that won’t change just how pleased those in charge of the project will be. Because ofGladiator II’s sustained box office appeal, even earning another $7....
The last timeQuentin Tarantinomade a film about a famous historical event, he rewrote history. Might he be doing the same thing with the 1969-setOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood? The original story follows an aging Western TV star named Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his easygoing stunt man Cliff (Brad Pitt) as they struggle to navigate a changing Hollywood, but their story also intersects with that of then-“it girl” Sharon Tate, played byMargot Robbie....
WithRogue One: A Star Wars Storynow looming ever-closer, anticipation is quite high. And while directorGareth Edwardsrevealed last week thatGeorge Lucasvisited the set and offered him some advice, the filmmaker added this weekend that now Lucas has actually seen the movie. It’s no secret that Lucas was less-than-enthused withThe Force Awakens, specifically how his own story treatment forEpisode VIIwas discarded in favor of crafting a new story, so did he take a greater liking toRogue One?...
And just like that, Carrie Bradshaw is back on the small screen.Sarah Jessica Parker,Cynthia Nixon, andKristin Davisreturn for season 2 ofAnd Just Like That…, the divisive continuation ofSex and the City. Fans looking to get back on the Carrie daddle might want a refresher of the original show’s most important episodes, especially those who haven’t revisited the series in a while. Sex and the Cityhad 94 episodes, and while they’re all entertaining, funny, and sexy, some are more important to understand the show’s overreaching story and themes....
As the new year approaches, we are starting to get more information on long-awaited air dates for TV shows that we’ve been eager to see on our screens. We are happy to report today thatShining Vale, which is marketing itself as part-horror mixed with part-comedy, finally has a broadcast date on Starz: July 05, 2025 at 10 PM ET across all STARZ platforms in the U.S. and Canada. The eight-episode limited series comes to us courtesy ofJeff Astrof, who worked as a co-creator on NBC’sTrial & Error, andSharon Horgan,who created and starred inCatastrophe....
Jon Favreauis heading back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. No, not as a director, but as an actor. Indeed, Favreau cast himself as Happy Hogan in the first MCU movie ever,Iron Man, which he directed. Of course at the time the entire idea of a Marvel Cinematic Universe was but a far-off notion, with the post-credits scene featuringSamuel L. Jacksonas Nick Fury added during post-production. Now every other superhero franchise is trying to emulate what Marvel started, and stemming back to that casting decision made back in 2007, Favreau is coming back to the Marvel fold....
Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for the first three episodes of Star Trek: Picard Season 2. The first three episodes ofStar Trek: PicardSeason 2 already feel like a completely different show from the first season. Thepremiere seasondefinitely has its fans, but the end product was underwhelming—it worked when the story leaned into nostalgia but didn’t get far with much else.Season 2is a different story. Picard’s sophomore turn is leveraging classic elements of the franchise, including universe-ending phenomena, the Borg, the return of Q (John de Lancie), alternate universes, and time travel....
When the cast and characters started to get announced for writer/directorDavid Ayer’sSuicide Squad, folks were certainly excited to seeWill Smithbring Deadshot to life orMargot Robbieplay Harley Quinn, but one of the most interesting additions to the ensemble wasAdewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje(Lost,Thor: The Dark World) as Killer Croc. This Batman villain is one of the most cartoonish characters in the comics, and as opposed to someone like Joker or Captain Boomerang, has lacked human-like features in his various iterations—the Killer Croc inBatman: Arkham Asylum, for instance, is a massive beast of a creature....
As a genre,war moviestend to be dark, gritty stories about traumatized people confronted with man-madehorrors, so it’s no surprise that some of the best works in the genre are those made specifically for an adult audience, with free reign to explore their painful subjects with total transparency. R-rated war movies have been among the most successful films of all time, both critically and commercially, andNetflixhas a sizable collection of such movies in its catalog....
How has it been 20 years sinceStar Trek: Voyagerended? The fourth live-action show in the franchise has found a resurgence in fans of late thanks to streaming, and rightly so.Star Trek: Voyagerhas its flaws, but the show also has a diverse cast, some fascinating storylines, and cool guest stars. Star Trekas a franchise is known for its surprising cameos and guest performances. Since there are so many shows and characters, you’d be forgiven for forgetting a few notable actors who appeared duringStar Trek: Voyager’s seven seasons....
