Challenger Docuseries Trailer from J.J. Abrams and Netflix Spotlights Crew

Netflix has released a trailer forChallenger: The Final Flight, a four-part docuseries from executive producerJ.J. Abramsthat examines the 1986 Challenger space shuttle, which tragically broke apart 73 seconds after launch as millions of Americans – many of them schoolchildren – watched live on television. Rather than dwell on the tragedy, the series aims to celebrate the lives of the astronauts onboard, offering an in-depth look at one of the most diverse crews NASA has ever assembled....

August 6, 2025 · 2 min · 289 words · Amber Green

Clark Trailer Shows Bill Skarsgård as a Notorious Swedish Criminal

Clark, an upcoming Netflix crime biographical series, has just got its official teaser showcasingItactorBill Skarsgårdas the charismatic Swedish criminalClark Olofsson. Directed byJonas Åkerlund,Clarkis based on the notorious life and career of one of the most infamous Swedish gangsters Clark Olofsson and his autobiographical bookVafan var det som hände. Olofsson was present at the 1973 Norrmalmstorg robbery and its subsequent hostage situation which resulted in the origin of the term Stockholm Syndrome, which is a condition in which an individual in a hostage situation forms a bond or attachment to their captor....

August 6, 2025 · 3 min · 445 words · Jennifer Meyer

Daredevil Director on Shooting That Giant Prison Fight Scene

DirectorAlex Garcia Lopezhelmed two episodes of theabsolutely stellarDaredevilseason 3—thebest Marvel Netflix seasonthere is, actually—and the challenges of each couldn’t have been more different. His first, episode four (“Blindsided”), contains the biggest action set-piece in the small-screen MCU’s history, an 11-minute one-take brawl inside a prison that sees a drugged Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) fending off waves of convicts and prison guards while also enlisting the help of an Albanian gang, When the director return to the series for episode ten, “Karen”, showrunnerErik Olesontasked him with bringing things way, way down, for a moody, introspective flashback to Karen Page’s (Deborah Ann Woll) violent small-town past....

August 6, 2025 · 11 min · 2132 words · Jeremy Figueroa

David Lynch Books Mel Brooks, Robert Plant for Music Festival

David Lynch’s obsessions are vast, complicated, and occasionally abrasive. The cinema is arguably chief amongst those areas of intense fascination, and his oeuvre is filled-to-bursting with symbolic nods to his own personal impulses, tendencies, and ideas, which gives them an inimitable flavor, look, and trajectory, to say the least. He’s also quite particular about his coffee, and has a surprisingly nimble spiritual side that he explored in a book about Transcendental Meditation....

August 6, 2025 · 2 min · 375 words · Amy Richardson

Doctor Strange Lands Composer Michael Giacchino

Well this is a change of pace. While the Marvel Cinematic Universe films have certainly amassed a vast fanbase with solid critical success, one regular complaint about the movies is that their original scores lack iconic themes. Folks likeBrian Tyler(Iron Man 3),Tyler Bates(Guardians of the Galaxy), andHenry Jackman(Winter Soldier) have crafted solid scores for various Marvel films thus far, butAlan Silvestri’s themes forThe AvengersandCaptain America: The First Avengerare really the only ones that have made an incredibly strong impression....

August 6, 2025 · 2 min · 281 words · Elizabeth Nelson

DuckTales Rescue Rangers Explained: How Disney Embraced a Classic

Spoilers ahead for the latest episode of Disney’s DuckTales. Francisco AngonesandMatt Youngberggot a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reboot Disney’sDuckTalesfor modern audiences, and they are absolutely running with it.The duo recently talked abouthow the first season, back in 2017, was about reintroducing audiences to Scrooge McDuck and the Duck Family, while Season 2 was about exploring the vast world of crazy characters they encounter on their excursions; Season 3 will get even more adventurous than the show has been so far....

August 6, 2025 · 3 min · 560 words · Craig Martin

Female-Led 21 Jump Street Reboot Still in the Works at Sony

It’s been a while since we heard about Sony’s plans for their21 Jump Streetfranchise. For a while there, it looked like the studio was going to take the shared universe route with aJump Street/Men in Blackmashup, but now that production is underway on a newMen in Blackmovie starringChris HemsworthandTessa Thompson, the fate of Sony’s surprise comedy hit has become something of a mystery. However, according to a new report inVariety, theJump Streetfranchise still has some life in it in the guise of the long-developed female-led spinoff Sony first started putting together back in 2015....

August 6, 2025 · 2 min · 340 words · Lori Wyatt

From 'Krampus' to 'Get Out': The 10 Worst Family Reunions in Modern Horror Films

For most, “family” is a word that relates to warmth, comfort, and security. Your family is the people you can trust and will love you unconditionally. Well, that’s not always the case: in real life or otherwise. In horror films, “family” often means disturbing history, emotional trauma, and dark secrets bubbling under a sunny facade. RELATED:You might need a few barf bags to watch these Horror Movies Films likeReady or NotandGet Outexplore how people’s upbringing can influence the way they portray themselves in the world and how quickly their masks can slip when they are reunited with their relatives, while films likeKrampusshow us how even the most dysfunctional of units can come together when the need to fight for survival arises....

August 6, 2025 · 7 min · 1461 words · Randy Atkinson

Gambit Movie Was Like The Godfather with Mutants, Says Rupert Wyatt

AGambitmoviehas been in the works for a long while now, and with Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox’s film studio, the future of theX-Menspinoff is in a state of flux. But throughout the film’s development, it’s gone through a number of different directors and script revisions, all under the watch ofChanning Tatum, who’s signed to star as the titular mutant in addition to producing the film. The first director who officially signed on to directGambitwasRise of the Planet of the ApesfilmmakerRupert Wyatt, who boarded in June 2015....

August 6, 2025 · 4 min · 769 words · Amber Salinas

Goodbye Christopher Robin Review: The Sadness of Pooh

Goodbye Christopher Robinis a movie that can never achieve escape velocity on the sadness that permeates its story. Despite the sun-dappled scenery, the wonder of imagination, a pat ending, and the creation of one of the most beloved children’s books of all-time, it’s still ultimately a story about a man who suffered from PTSD from World War I, sells his son’s playtime into a best-selling novel, and then sent that son off to World War II....

August 6, 2025 · 4 min · 651 words · Mark Coleman

Here's How the Oscars New Diversity Requirements for Best Picture Work

The Oscars announced late Tuesday night sweeping new representation and inclusion standards for films to be eligible for Best Picture, and already they’re being misconstrued or misrepresented. The Academy has put a focus on diversifying the makeup of its membership and the films that are nominated over the past few years, and these new requirements – which won’t take full effect until 2024 – mark a substantial step forward. But how do they work?...

August 6, 2025 · 5 min · 1040 words · Mary West

How Savannah Chrisley Feels About Her Parents' Recent Appeal Hearing

Savannah Chrisleyhas been fighting for her parents at every turn. Now, she is there when they are going through an appeal hearing to try andget them out of prisonsooner rather than later.Todd Chrisleyand his wifeJulia Chrisleywere sentenced to multiple years in prison because of tax fraudand the formerreality starshave since been speaking out about the conditions they’re facing while incarcerated.Their daughter has been their public voice ever since they were taken into custody and she also took over guardianship of her brotherGrayson Chrisleyand her young nieceChloe Chrisley....

August 6, 2025 · 3 min · 428 words · Kristine Johnson

I Am the Night: India Eisley on Patty Jenkins & Chris Pine

Created bySam Sheridan, executive produced byPatty Jenkins(who also directed some of the episodes) and inspired by true events, the TNT seriesI Am the Nighttells the story of Fauna Hodel (India Eisley), a naïve young girl growing up outside of Reno, Nevada with her co-dependent single mother (Golden Brooks), who she learns is hiding a big secret from her. Uncovering that life-changing secret sends teenaged Fauna on a desperate quest to Los Angeles to discover who she is, putting her right into the path of Jay Singletary (Chris Pine), a former Marine turned hack reporter who may have more information on her family than even she wants to know....

August 6, 2025 · 9 min · 1893 words · Tracy Collins