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In a surprise to absolutely no one, Netflix has cancelled its last two remaining Marvel TV shows:The PunisherandJessica Jones. The bloodletting began last October when Netflix cancelledIron Fist, which kind of made sense given that it was the least successful of the Marvel Netflix shows on the streaming service. But a week later,Luke Cage—a critically and commercially successful series—was shockingly cancelled, and fans knew something was up. Indeed, a month after that, following its Season 3 debut, the most popular Marvel Netflix TV seriesDaredevilwas axed, and it became clear that Netflix was in the process of cutting loose one of its most ambitious and talked-about TV projects....

With directorGuillermo del Toro’s fairy taleThe Shape of Waternow playing in select theaters, I recently sat down withMichael ShannonandMichael Stuhlbargfor an exclusive video interview. They talked about how working with del Toro compared to their expectations, how the film is a love letter to old Hollywood, the way del Toro will create character backstories for all his actors and include secrets that only they know, and more. If you haven’t seen any ofThe Shape of Watertrailers, the film was written by del Toro andVanessa Taylorand takes place in 1962 America against the backdrop of the Cold War....

M. Night Shyamalanand the found footage subgenre are made for each other insofar as they were once wildly popular and effective, but have over time descended into cliché. The director’s name is now synonymous with hackneyed twists that can barely support his high concepts, and the subgenre tends to induce more motion sickness than scares. And yet they’ve come together for the director’s latest filmThe Visit, which is both refreshing and yet painfully oblivious to its shortcomings....

FromEric Kripke(Supernatural) andShawn Ryan(The Shield) comes the NBC drama seriesTimeless, a thrilling action-adventure about an unlikely team made up of a scientist (Malcolm Barrett), a soldier (Matt Lanter) and a history professor (Abigail Spencer), who use a secret time machine to track down a mysterious criminal (Goran Visnjic) intent on destroying America as we know it by changing things in the past. While they must make every effort not to affect the past themselves, they must figure out what the dangerous fugitive is up to before it’s too late....

Togethernessfans, you’ll need to huddle together in support over this news: HBO has decided to cancel theMark and Jay Duplassseries. Its Season 2 finale will now serve as the series finale. The series has never been a ratings hit, but then again, so few things other thanGame of Thronesreally are. HBO has keptGirlsrunning despite its niche appeal, likely because it caught the zeitgeist early on.Togethernessnever quite reached that level of infamy, for better or worse, and thus goes quietly now into the night....

Just after last night’s revealing episode ofTrue Detective, HBO dropped the trailer for next week’s Season 3 finale—and there isa lotstill up in the air. Episode 7 kind of laid out all the pieces of this engrossing season thus far, setting upMichael Rookeras the head of Hoyt Foods and our potential Big Bad. We saw that Wayne (Mahershala Ali) and Hoyt came into contact in 1990, which offers up even more questions as to why Wayne is participating in the docuseries interviews in the 2015 storyline....

From co-creatorsMarti NoxonandSarah Gertrude Shapiro, the provocative and often deliciously evil Lifetime seriesUnREALgives a fictitious behind-the-scenes glimpse into the chaos surrounding the production of a dating competition program. Set against the backdrop of the hit show Everlasting, this time with football star Darius Hill (B.J. Britt) as the first African American bachelor, Rachel Goldberg (Shiri Appleby) is back on set and using her renowned ability to manipulate the contestants to get the vital outrageous footage that the program’s executive producer, Quinn King (Constance Zimmer), demands....

This week in theaters, Mad Love hits the big screen asJoker: Folie à Deuxsees Joker and Harley Quinn take center stage inTodd Phillips' musical sequel to his Academy Award-winning film,Joker. If you don’t want to kick it with the Joker, maybe staying in and streaming is more your speed? Marvel’s biggest film of the year hits VOD while Prime Video drops the latest season of the cult classic,The Legend of Vox Machina....

One of the major shakeups early on inTrackerSeason 2 sawFiona Rene’s Reenie Greene quit her job and start up her own firm. This meant a new space and, of course, new clients as well. It also allowed Reenie the opportunity to work out in the field withJustin Hartley’s Colter on occasion. One of Reenie’s new clients is themysterious Leo Sharf (Pej Vahdat), who smelt like trouble from the very first moment....

Coney Island holds specific importance toWoody Allen. InAnnie Hall, he posited that Alvie Singer, the director’s protagonist and proxy, was raised below the area’s famed beachside rollercoaster, which created literal instability to mirror the emotional instability he felt as a child. Right there, Allen connected his unfathomable neuroses and his own personal history as part and parcel with his need to entertain. Allen returns to the oceanside community for an extended stay in his latest movie,Wonder Wheel, which features another family essentially living within the sprawl of rides, games, and restaurants that line the Coney Island boardwalk....

We often hear tale of the edit being unfair to our favoritereality stars. But that doesn’t seem to besomething thatLisa Vanderpumpis ever going to blame things on. Vanderpump, who started her reality journey onThe Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, now has her very own slate of reality shows under her umbrella, namelyVanderpump Rulesand its subsequent spin-off shows. Soshe knows what an edit can do. In a newinterview with Bustleas she was back in England working onGordan Ramsey’s showFood Starsas a judge and for hernew showVanderpump Villa,she talked about how she feels about “blaming it on the edit....

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for ‘The Boys’ Season 4 finale. Beyond its inventive gore or shocking examples of how superpowers could destroy a world, whereThe Boysreally excels is its characters. Whether it be terrifying supervillains or embattled anti-heroes, thisEric Kripkeseries stuns in creating character arcs that perfectly surmise the many aspects of a deeply damaged world (both the show’s, and its viewers'). And as the series has evolved from being focused on super-powered gore tohow powers would only exacerbate the terrors of a flawed political and capitalistic system, the characters have reflected that — our long-standing castgrowing more complex as the narrative around them doesas well....

Ah, reality dating shows, the guilty pleasure of all reality television. Whether it beThe BachelororLove Island, there’s no denying that we get a sort of thrill from watching people navigate their love lives. There’s always so much drama that comes with the shows, whether it be from a place of jealousy or just someone looking to play the villain for the season. There’s never a shortage of entertainment though, andToo Hot To Handleis one of the hottest contributors to the reality dating scene....