Fantastic Four: First Steps, Marvel’s resuscitation of four popular characters with a spotty track record at the movies, is nearly upon us. And as the July 25 release date looms, so does Galactus, Eater of Worlds. The cosmic threat has been shrouded in shadow in most of First Steps’ reveals, but a new final trailer for the Pedro Pascal-led blockbuster showcases just how BIG of a bad the MCU’s new...

In the timeline of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, brilliant inventor Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) uses scavenged parts to build an Iron Man-style suit that manages to look just as good and work as well as anything crafted with the full resources of Stark Industries. However the composition of her new standalone series Ironheart is far patchier, a mess of mismatched plots, themes, and action sequences. Showrunner Chinaka Hodge is certainly...

George R. R. Martin just can’t catch a break, huh? The author of the A Song of Ice and Fire series, which adapted into the HBO show Game of Thrones, is suffering from perhaps the worst case of writer’s block in recorded history; Martin published A Dance with Dragons, the fifth ASOIAF book, in 2011 and hasn’t completed the planned seven-book series since. He receives plenty of flak from fans...

28 Years Later is a superb, multifaceted horror movie with a lot of different things on its mind, and over its two hours it moves through quite a few tonal shifts: folk horror, coming-of-age family drama, gory action movie, and surreal meditation on societal breakdown. Even in this context, though, the ending is jarring, and might leave viewers wondering: What was that all about? On one level, it’s a setup...

Actor Shazad Latif has a long history of playing characters at war with themselves. He portrayed the most archetypal example of internal conflict, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, on Penny Dreadful; a Klingon sleeper agent on Star Trek: Discovery; and will soon be playing an Indian Prince who takes the name Nemo as he embarks on a quest for vengeance in Nautilus, a reimagining of Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues...

Secrets and stories run amok in the new trailer for season 5 of Dirty Laundry, Dropout’s alcohol-infused talk show where contestants reveal truths that can only be willingly shared by the inebriated. One guest admits to a cat kidnapping while another says, “my grandfather’s dick is crazy,” so that should give you an idea of what’s made the past four seasons so hilarious when the show returns Tuesday, July 15....

Hype culture is all around us. Industries leverage fandom obsession, distribution companies manufacture scarcity, and social media keeps the FOMO fires burning. In a striking bit of timing, Netflix has two new, wildly different titles that echo the same cautionary message about the cult of celebrity: K-Pop Demon Hunters, an animated pop fantasy, and The Astroworld Tragedy, centered on the Travis Scott concert that went horribly wrong. Both are blowing...

Sega has plans to plant its location-based entertainment flag in America and beyond, and a Sonic the Hedgehog theme park could be on the way. During an interview with Attractions Magazine, Roberta Perry, president of the business development company Roberta Perry & Associates, explained that she has been working closely with Sega to bring its beloved characters to life via theme parks. Perry specifically mentioned “lots of Sonic the Hedgehog”...

Warcraft director Duncan Jones shared the first look at his next project Tuesday, Rogue Trooper. Based on the 2000 AD comics character, the film is notable for being animated in Unreal Engine 5, the video game design tool used to create some of the most popular games of 2025, like Split Fiction and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. “We are so excited to share a first look of the film and...

The new Pixar movie Elio maintains the animation studio’s house style. It has elements of buddy comedy, with an 11-year-old human boy befriending a sweet-natured alien; it deals with complicated coming-of-age emotions reminiscent of later-period Pixar movies like Coco, Turning Red, and Luca; it whisks audiences away to a whimsically animated and eye-pleasing new world, in this case a vast spaceship where denizens of far-flung planets keep representatives to govern...