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From show creatorSamantha Stratton, the Netflix original seriesSpinning Outfollows Kat Baker (Kaya Scodelario), an elite figure skater who’s trying to make the most of her second chance as a pair skater after a serious fall took her out of competition and allowed her to get way too far into her own head. Teamed up with talented bad boy pair skater Justin (Evan Roderick), Kat realizes that she has the ability to become a champion, but to do so, she’ll have to overcome her own personal demons....

Yet another Marvel alum has joinedLove and Death, HBO Max’s upcoming true-crime limited series.Krysten Ritterhas joined the show’s cast next toElizabeth Olsen,Jesse Plemons,Patrick Fugit, andLily Rabe, playing Sherry Cleckler in the true story of a tragic Friday the 13th murder committed by a seemingly innocent housewife. Inspired in part by the bookEvidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs,Love and Deathfollows housewife Candy Montgomery (Olsen), a devout churchgoer and housewife in Wylie, Texas whose personality seemingly turns on a dime when she kills her friend and neighbor, Betty Gore (Rabe) with an ax like something out of a horror film....

LEGO is getting back in theHarry Potterbusiness. The company released sets from 2001-2011 to coincide with the movies, but stayed notably quiet forFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, only releasing a tie-in with theLEGO Dimensionsvideo game. But now the toy company is getting back withHarry Potterin a big way and plans to release new sets for both the mainHarry Potterseries and forFantastic Beasts. While we don’t know all the sets that are on the way, the company has revealed a sneak peek at Hogwarts’ Great Hall, which will retail for $99....

How many of these movie treasures would you brave secret temples, devious traps, and supernatural forces to steal for your private collection (read: your one-bedroom apartment)? The Goonies The Gooniesis easily our favorite childhood movie about the role of generational wealth in gentrification. The titular gang of elementary school friends are spending their last day together before their neighborhood is demolished by the local rich family to make way for a country club....

The Muppetsis a valuable IP with instant name recognition and beloved characters. It’s also a property that Disney can’t seem to figure out what to do with. It looked like the property might be on track with the 2011 movieThe Muppets, which grossed a respectable $165 million worldwide off a $45 million budget, but the 2014 sequel,Muppets Most Wantedsank like a stone. This led to a 2016 ABC series done in the style ofThe Office, but it was canceled after one season....

Sanriohas long been a staple of Japanese popular culture, notably known for always integratingkawaiiinto its brand. The entertainment company extends from toys, video games, television shows, and more. With hundreds of cute and iconic characters likeHello Kitty,Cinnamoroll,Gudetama,Aggretsuko, and Keroppi, there are certainly a million ways to utilize the brand in different forms of media, proving that Sanrio’s charm has never dwindled — not even in the slightest. And now, adding to its growing slate of Japanese offerings, Netflix has ordered a stop-motion series based on beloved Sanrio characters, titledMy Melody & Kuromi....

This fall is about to be a blast for fans of one ofthe most rewatchable animes of all time.One-Punch Manis finally giving fans a promising update about its third season after six long years of anticipation. The season was first announced in 2022 witha release windowof 2025, unveiled last December during the series’ 10th anniversary. With the year already in progress, the anime had to reassure fans of its return this year via a new teaser, perComicBook, announcing what month to expect the highly anticipated chapter....

The Oscars are less than a week away, and nobody knows what’s winning Best Picture. Normally at this point the field has narrowed to a couple of contenders, or two films going head to head, but this year all the stats and guild awards that prognosticators like myself use to help guide our Oscar predictions have completely and totally divided the field. Literally. The major guild awards have gone to the following films:...

HBO Max is a little less “looney” now. The streamer has officially removed hundreds of classicLooney Tunesshorts from the streaming service — 256 shorts have been removed, which were labeled as Seasons 16-31, of the original 511 available to watch. TheLooney TunesandMerrie Melodiesshorts were originally released theatrically from 1930-1969. Legendary voice actorMel Blancvoiced multiple characters including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Tweety Bird. The shorts also starredJune Forayas Granny andArthur Q....

Epix has released the first teaser trailer for its upcoming drama seriesPennyworth, which will give Bruce Wayne’s butler his own origin story. The 10-episode hourlong series will pick up with Alfred (Jack Bannon,The Imitation Game), fresh out of the British SAS, forming his own security agency in 1960s London – an agency that catches the attention of a young American billionaire named Thomas Wayne (Ben Aldridge,Fleabag). The series comes fromGothamalumniBruno Heller(serving as an EP and writer) andDanny Cannon(also executive producing as well as directing), so you know it’s going to be suitably bonkers....

Lara Croft has been a staple of video gaming culture for over two decades. From her first appearance in 1996, to her recent portrayal byAlicia VikanderinTomb Raider(2018), Lara has always been a determined and confident force of a character. Since the video game franchise was rebooted in 2013, we have seen a new, more vulnerable side of Lara. Gone was the wealth of experience and poise under pressure. Lara’s very survival was put at stake in this visceral telling of her first adventures....

I loveGeorge Lucas; always have, always will. His imagination spawned the entire Star Wars universe, for which he has served as writer, director, and producer, amongst other things. His wondrous franchise is seemingly more popular than ever, if you’ve been paying attention to theForce Awakensworldwide box office. That being said, Lucas isn’t infallible. Besides theStar Warsprequels, which more than a few people have issues with, my biggest gripe with Lucas is the way he changed what I view to be a perfect movie:Episode IV: A New Hope....

As film fans, we often forget that among all the beautiful cinematography, rich dialogue, and timeless performances we see up on the big screen, countless hours of footage inevitably end up on the cold and unforgiving cutting room floor in many an editor’s studio. Yes, the movies are shot on elaborate sets and locations, perfectly conditioned to become the environments the filmmakers envision, but the film itself is actually made in the editing room....