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Toy Story 4came to life in its second weekend, dominating the competition with another $57 million haul that brought its domestic total to $237 million. To give you a sense of the skewed expectations for major tentpoles, this actually fliesunderthe expectations for the movie’s second weekend, which initially hovered around the $64 million mark. Worldwide, the Disney Pixar film directed byJosh Cooleyhas now notched $360 million. Toy Story 4’s second-weekend success comes at the expense of another, extremely different toy story....

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Powerended its second season run early on in the fall, and since then, it has been confirmed that audiences will continue to experience more of the Second Age of Middle-earth as the show has since been renewed fora third season. InThe Lord of the Ringstrilogy of the 2000s, one of the most beloved characters was the wizard known as Gandalf. While thePeter Jacksonfilms opened with the grey-cloaked wizard merrily making his way to the Shire for the birthday of Bilbo Baggins....

WhileWill Smithis still riding high on the success ofBad Boys: Ride or Die, another recent film from the star that drew comparisons to a popular Marvel movie has returned to streaming charts six years later. Smith stars alongsideMary Elizabeth Winstead(Ahsoka) andClive Owen(Cleaner) inGemini Man, the 2019 action thriller following an older hitman who faces off against a younger clone of himself.Gemini Manis streaming on Paramount+ globally, where it’s become one of the top 10 most popular movies in over 15 countries, including Venezuela, Paraguay, and Mexico....

From directorWilliam H. Macy, the comedyThe Layovershows what can happen when a plane is re-routed from Florida due to a hurricane warning, stranding its passengers in St. Louis. While they’re stuck and at the mercy of the weather, best friends Kate (Alexandra Daddario) and Meg (Kate Upton) find themselves willing to go to crazy lengths as they compete for the same guy (Matt Barr). At the Los Angeles press day for the film, actor/filmmaker William H....

With the arrival ofNintendo’s SwitchcomesThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the latestZeldagame in a franchise that spans more than 30 years.Early reviewspraise its difficulty, open-world nature, survival aesthetic, and focus on exploration. I only wish I could say the same for the 1989 animated series. That 20th century mess is better left on the trash heap of history, and the best way to move beyond it is to bringThe Legend of Zeldainto the 21st century with a bold new animated series....

Written byMadelyn Deutch, produced byZoey Deutch, directed byLea Thompsonand starring all three (making it quite the family affair!), the indie dramedyThe Year of Spectacular Menfollows Izzy Klein (Madelyn Deutch), who barely graduates from college, only to find herself stranded in New York City and unsure of what to do next. Deciding to move back home to Los Angeles and live with her movie star little sister Sabrina (Zoey Deutch), Izzy decides to explore her new-found single status by dating a series of very different men while also dealing with the loss of her father, her mother’s (Lea Thompson) love affair with a woman, and what path she wants to take next, in her own journey....

Disney’slive-action remakes of their animated classicshave certainly been a mixed bag. Many of them—like 2019’sThe Lion Kingor 2017’sBeauty and the Beast—are almost identical to the original film and seemingly exist for the sole reason of reminding audiences that they loved the animated versions of these stories. But the best remakes take a classic that we all know and likely grew up with, and takes the opportunity to present a new angle to these timeless tales....

Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honeyand its sequel have been some of the most talked about slashers of the last couple of years. The public domain horror take on the beloved children’s character successfully twisted heads last year when it became a smash box office hit. That’s despite some of the worst genre reviews in recent Rotten Tomatoes history.Blood and Honey 2,which was released earlier this spring, fared much better. Now, ahead of the “Poohniverse” next year, bothBlood and Honeyfilms are coming to 4K with new scream-worthy steelbooks....

Star Warsstories are like buses. You wait a long time for one and then suddenly, two come along at once. Hidden at the bottom ofthe blockbuster announcement thatPedro Pascalwould be headed to the big screenalongside “Baby Yoda” inThe Mandalorian & Groguwas an almost casual confirmation that asecond season ofAhsokawas currently in the works withDave Filonionce again navigating behind the scenes. While news of a continuation ofAhsoka’s adventures would be forthcoming wasn’t officially released yet, the conclusion of Season 1 made it pretty obvious that was the direction the creative team was heading....

Regardless of who wants it, we’re getting it.Netflixhas officially announced that the romantic comedy seriesNobody Wants This, starringKristen BellandAdam Brody, will return later this year forSeason 2. Netflix revealed theOctober 23premiere date at the FYSEE LA Emmy Event, celebrating Season 1. The announcement came with a video from the cast asking questions to a specialNobody Wants This-themed magic eight-ball with Bell, Brody,Justine Lupe,Timothy Simons,andJackie Tohn.Questions like “will we have another iconic kiss this season?...

With the end of Starz’s epic adaptation ofOutlanderlooming, the initial expectation might not have been that there was more story to tell — but fittingly, showrunnerMatthew B. Robertshas gone back to the past as a way to keep the world alive onscreen. While the eighth and final season of the original show won’t be premiering untilsometime next year, that doesn’t mean there won’t be lots of romance, drama, tragedy, and a bit of time travel to tide fans over until then with the premiere ofOutlander: Blood of My Blood....

Editor’s note: The below recap contains spoilers for The Old Man Season 2 Episodes 1 & 2. FX’sThe Old Mancan pretend to be a political, military, spy drama all it wants, and I suppose in many ways it is. Secretly, though, this series is a soap opera pure and simple, and frankly, it thrives when it really leans into those elements. Give me the melodrama, give me the long-buried secrets. Luckily, the end of Season 1 left us poised for the most beautiful of soap opera payoffs....

As with most shows that ran for as long asBuffy the Vampire Slayer(seven seasons and 144 episodes), this action/comedy/drama/fantasy/romance series wasn’t perfect, but it was pretty great more often than it wasn’t. It was a sharply written and subversive TV series, taking the premise found in a fairly unsuccessful 1992 movie of the same name and exploring it to its full potential throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, with the titular Buffy being a young woman blessed/cursed with great powers, and destined to spend her life fighting demons....