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Editor’s note: The below contains spoilers for Season 1 of the House of the Dragon. The premiere season ofHouse of the Dragonbegan and ended with a grisly, gory, and nightmarish birth scene. In the first episode, we bore witness to a birth so gruesome that many viewers felt rightfully outraged, questioning the necessity of the sequence. But in the context of what is to come, Aemma’s (Sian Brooke) brutal death foreshadows Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) and Laena’s (Nanna Blondell) battle for agency in a patriarchal order asking them to sacrifice their bodies to produce heirs....

Perhaps the best thing that can be said aboutKate Dolan’s feature debutYou Are Not My Mother, beyond its atmospheric direction and tight control of tone, is how it almost doesn’t need its supernatural element because its themes are so strong and thoughtful. While horror films have never shied away from exploring disease including mental illness,You Are Not My Motherdoes it particularly well by showing the toll it can take on a child when they can’t help their parent....

2023 is poised to be another incredible year for animation with films likeThe Super Mario Bros. MovieandSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Versebeing the big two to watch this year. However, another mega popular franchise returning to the big screen this year isTeenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesinTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. The CGI animated film is a first of its kind for Nickelodeon and producerSeth Rogen. The film based on the comic book heroes in a half-shell releases in August, and now we finally know who the voice cast will be....

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Ahsoka Episode 3 Themost recent episode ofAhsokashowed the renewed Jedi training between Master Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) and herPadawan Sabine Wren(Natasha Liu Bordizzo). In the communal space of Ahsoka’s ship, Sabine practices her lightsaber forms before Ahsoka hands her a helmet that impairs her vision. Ahsoka encourages Sabine to defend herself without relying on her sight, much like the scene fromStar Wars: A New Hopewhen Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) practices his lightsaber deflections with a blast-shield helmet, guided by the instructions of Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness)....

Noah Hawley’sAlienseries, which is being produced by FX, is in the very early stages of production after work on the show hadground to a haltin late August due to the effects of the SAG-AFTRA strike. However, now that 2024 is here, the series is about to be in full flow in Thailand, when shooting will take place, the exciting news forAlienfans is that it will take place over multiple seasons. It will starTimothy Olyphant,Essie Davis, Alex LawtherandSydney Chandler, among others....

Sony is in dire straits following the release ofMadame Web. The company bet big on the star-studded superhero feature starringDakota Johnson, introducing not only Cassandra Webb but three future Spider-Women in Julia Carpenter (Sydney Sweeney), Anya Corazon (Isabela Merced), and Mattie Franklin (Celeste O’Connor) for potential sequels and spinoffs. Instead of a franchise, however, they received one of the biggest superhero movie bombs ever released —a $52 million opening weekend at the global box officeafter releasing on Valentine’s Day withghastly reviews to boot....

[Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for the Slow Horses Season 4 finale] Master satiristArmando Iannucciclearly found something special in writerWill Smith, hiring him time and time again for his esteemed productions. After winning awards for writing classic shows likeVeepandThe Thick of It,Smith was finally given reign over his own series,Slow Horses. With an amazing cast rounded out by Academy Award-winnerGary Oldmanand Academy Award nomineesKristen Scott ThomasandJonathan Pryce,Slow Horseshas garnered great critical acclaim and audience enthusiasm....

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Tracker Season 2, Episode 16.What is so great about a show likeTrackeris that it can explore various genres without feeling like Colter Shaw’s (Justin Hartley) adventures are getting either too out of hand or stretching beyond belief. Because of the show’s basic premise — “rewardist” travels the country collecting rewards for missing people — there is a lot of wiggle room when it comes to the sorts of stories a network series like this chooses to tell....

Welcome to Plathvillebrought fansinto the lives of the Plath family and nowLydia Plathis sharing a bit more of it with fans on her social media account.She sharedwith them all that she isnow embarking on a new relationship! Plath shared on Instagram that she was now in a relationship withZac Wyse. Plath, who turned 20 this year, teased her relationship with Wyse previously on National Boyfriend Daywhenshe posted a pictureof just their hands and wrote “You’re a blessing from the Lord and have brought so much joy to my life!...

Since the early days ofHollywood, the moviemusicalhas reigned as a favorite genre among movie fans and was initially popularized by classics such asThe Wizard of Oz,Yankee Doodle Dandy, andSingin' in the Rain. By the 1950s, the movie musical had started to fizzle out, overshadowed by other rising film genres and a more modernized audience, but the classic genre wasn’t left for dead and had moments where it thrived on the silver screen....

Gary Oldmanis a shape-shifter, morphing across dozens oficonic roles in his multi-decade career. Perhaps the finest character actor of his generation, Oldman has played a litany of fantastic villains, fromTrue Romance’s Drexl Spivey toThe Fifth Element’s Zorg. He’s found success in box office franchises likeThe Dark Knight TrilogyandHarry Potter.He’s an Oscar-nominated star, winning his first Academy Award for his performance asWinston Churchill. In addition to acting, he has produced several projects and tried his hand behind the camera, writing and directing the dramaNil by Mouth....

Shows likeMarianne, a haunting French horror series, and the recently debutedRunning Point, a comedic and witty sports dramedy, may not have topped global charts, or received the attention they wholly deserved, but their dedicated fan bases champion them as supreme standouts—more often than not, ahead of many big names on the streaming platform. These two shows, as well as those featured on this list, sit quietly on the Netflix platform, awaiting fans to discover their brilliance....

Goodcasting can mean the differencebetween whether a movie is going to succeed or fail. After all, a lot of great films have been carried by the strength of their performances more than anything else. But when you are choosing actors for movies that are adapted from popular source material, there is additional pressure coming from a dedicated and established fan base with very strong opinions about how they think their favorite characters should be represented....