From the beginning of season 2 of Andor, I was angry on behalf of Bix Caleen. Adria Arjona’s character on the show spent a lot of the season getting what fans of reality competition shows lovingly call “the loser edit,” where every time the series checked in with her, it found her at a new low — suffering a fresh humiliation, or struggling with the PTSD from the last batch of...

“How Zeke Got Religion” In 2019, Deadpool and Terminator: Dark Fate director Tim Miller launched Love, Death & Robots, an animated Netflix anthology series serving as a showcase for Miller’s own Blur Studio, along with other animators. The series has won a Primetime Emmy for each of its three seasons, which feature an eclectic mix of six- to 20-minute shorts spanning horror, science fiction, and fantasy. Miller went on to...

I never thought I’d see the day when Tom Cruise didn’t stick the landing, but here we are. Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, the second half of the story launched in 2023’s Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, is a high-wire act gone horribly wrong. The stunts are stunning, as you’d be right to assume due to the mere fact that Cruise showed up to make another M:I movie...

The Pokémon Fossil Museum, a Japanese exhibition that pairs man-made Pokémon fossils with real-world ancient life forms, will make its international debut at Chicago’s Field Museum in 2026, the museum and The Pokémon Company International announced Wednesday. Younger fans who started their adventure in Paldea and OG Kanto fans alike can view real dinosaurs and ancient life forms alongside their Pokémon equivalents. Attendees will discover how Field Museum icons like...

Biopics and video game adaptations are two perennial Hollywood favorites, and Amazon MGM is combining the two with Madden, which will star Nicolas Cage as the Oakland Raiders head coach and voice of the Madden NFL video game series. Madden will be directed by David O. Russell, who’s received Academy Award nominations for Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle which means we can likely expect a mix of drama and...

Warner Bros.’ rebooted DC Cinematic Universe kicks off in big blockbuster fashion this summer with Superman from the Guardians of the Galaxy movies’ writer-director (and now co-head of DC Studios) James Gunn. In a new trailer for Superman released Wednesday, we get to see the scope of Gunn’s sunnier, more earnest take on the Man of Steel — and just how difficult it can be to be Superman. The new...

One of the least-expected titles in Ubisoft’s game lineup, Riders Republic, is getting a feature film adaptation, with Bad Boys for Life directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah set to helm the project, Ubisoft announced Wednesday. Riders Republic is a Ubisoft’s 2021 extreme sports game that features mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding, and wingsuit flying in an open world that combines several landscapes in the Western United States into one...

There was HBO Go. Then there was HBO Now. Then there was HBO Max. Then there was Max. But now, the streaming platform will become… HBO Max. Wait, what? “With the course we are on and strong momentum we are enjoying, we believe HBO Max far better represents our current consumer proposition,” Casey Bloys, chairman and CEO of HBO and Max Content, said at Warner Bros. Discovery’s annual upfront on...

Universal Pictures is bringing Wicked back to theaters in June. Not so it can break a box office record or celebrate an anniversary, but because it wants to sell you a trailer for Wicked: For Good. And you know you’re going to go. For one night only on June 4, Wicked will return to over 100 theaters in the United States and Canada. The film will be immediately followed by...

Five years after announcing the Marvel Cinematic Universe TV series Ironheart, Marvel Studios has finally released a trailer for the upcoming show. Our first look at Ironheart highlights Riri Williams, the genius teenage inventor played by Dominique Thorne, who was previously introduced to the MCU in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. In the trailer, Riri enters an unassuming elevator before things quickly go awry as she faces threats beyond her scope...