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After making its Marvel Cinematic Universe debut onSpider-Man: Far From Home, the Daily Bugle is expanding its business with an official in-universe TikTok account. The account was set online as part of the marketing campaign ofSpider-Man: No Way Homeand features Peter Parker’s (Tom Holland) high school colleague Betty Brant (Angourie Rice) as the new intern of the Daily Bugle. In the first video of the TikTok account, Betty introduces herself as the new intern of the media channel and promises to bring the “fair, balanced, and hard-hitting news” fans came to expect from the Daily Bugle....

Marvel Studios has been no stranger to having Oscar-winning performers in its films, but could a legendary director get behind the camera of anupcoming Marvel movie? It’s certainly possible, as the one and onlySpike Leerecently revealed that if the opportunity to make a Marvel movie arose, he would “give it consideration.” Lee has a connection to Marvel Studios already as he’s friends withBlack PantherfilmmakerRyan Cooglerand he taughtEternalsdirectorChloe Zhaoat NYU, and honestly Lee isn’t a stranger to commercial filmmaking....

Successionis one of the great dramas HBO boasts in its extensive catalog of award-winning series. The family drama landed on the television network back in 2018, and viewers fell in love with the dysfunctional Roy family, who somehow made despicable sociopaths endearing. Somehow, viewers find themselves rooting for these horrible people, no matter what nonsense they pulled in the episode before. The performances of the ensemble cast are top-notch, which has kept the audience coming back....

War. What is it good for? Well, it’s at least theperfect setting for an immersive movie. Over the years,war movieshave been a staple of many people’s viewing habits, with simplysome of the best films in cinema history hailing from the battlegrounds and trenches of warfare.However, as everything does, war has evolved; with it, so has the war movie. So, with that in mind, here’s a rundown of the best modern war movies currently available to stream on Netflix....

TheWesternis one of Hollywood’s foundational genres, so it’s no surprise it’s evolved so much as its popularity has waxed and waned over the decades. Bringing the hallmarks of the genre into the modern era, neo-Westerns are often stories of rugged landscapes and anti-heroic characters, presenting either a contemporary vision of the Old West or an exploration of Western themes in a more modern, global context.Netflixhosts a wide range of Westerns, both neo- and classic, in their stable, but in this guide, we’ve lassoed together the very best of the New West that the streamer has to offer....

Martin McDonagh’sThe Banshees of Inisherinfirst premiered earlier this year at the 79th Venice International Film Festival and was loved by those in attendance, earning the film a15-minute-long standing ovation. Soon after its premiere in October, the film was released in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States and earned strong responses from audiences as well. Starting today, people can now watch the film in the comfort of their own homes as the film is now available on digital with a physical version on DVD and Blu-ray available on December 20....

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for From Season 3.With Season 3 ofFromjust past its halfway mark, it’s a good time to sit down and reevaluate the current season.Fromisa compelling, highly underrated, showfeaturing exceptional performances, layered characters, and an intriguing, gripping premise. That said, some of the cracks are starting to appear as Season 3 progresses. Specifically,the series constantly raises more questions and adds additional mysteriesbefore other questions are answered. In addition,the series continues to add new characters and subplotson top of the existing ones....

AfterAquaman and the Lost Kingdom,the DCEU is over, allowing the cinematic universe to reset asJames Gunnprepares to launch his new DCU withSuperman: Legacyin 2025. Encompassing 16 films over the last decade, the DCEU covered a lot of ground, though it was not without setbacks. Between changes in leadership, behind-the-scenes drama, and some underperforming films, the franchise had plenty of issues. The inconsistency led tomany plotlines that were dropped without resolution, which was a disappointment....

Grief can be a bullet to the chest. The finale of theNetflixseries,Untamed, showed audiences that, literally. The new series delivered six airtight episodes, starringEric Banaas Kyle, a special agent at Yosemite National Park who investigates disappearances and murders. Battling the grief he still feels for the death of his young son six years ago,Untamedis disguised as a murder mystery that really explores grief, which the finale makes crystal clear. It’s a fresh, exciting take on westerns and wilderness adventures, with its examination of the human condition and not just the surrounding woods....

Bryan Bertinois continuing his quest to turn the mundane into the terrifying withThe Monster. The director first made isolated upper-crust vacation homes into a violent nightmare-scape withThe Strangersbefore trying his hand at the found footage genre and turning the camera into an object of fear withMockingbird. Now he’s taking on the country roads and mother/daughter bonding withThe Monster, a the tale about a mother and daughter at odds who are forced to come together when they’re stranded on a remote road with a mysterious beastie hunting them down....

There are many period dramas on television, but few are as fun asVersailles, which is returning for its third and final season. The series documents the rise of Louis XIV’s (George Blagden) splendid castle, but also of the poisonous court that grew around it. At this point in the tale, the peasants of France are also pretty tired of paying for the nobles to frolic in this gilded getaway, but for now, Louis remains a King who is mostly adored — even as he struggles to find himself....

WhenRogue One: A Star Wars Storyhit theaters, fans were expecting surprises. The production had been rather secretive after all, and this is stillStar Wars. But one of the biggest shocks was seeingPeter Cushing’s Grand Moff Tarkin resurrected as a digital character, not just for a mere cameo but for multiple full scenes. How, exactly, did Industrial Light and Magic pull this off? Well, obviously, it involved painstaking visual effects technology, some of which had never been used before....

EDITORS NOTE: This article contains spoilers for Stranger Things Season 4 Volume 2.With Hopper trapped in a Russian prison, the Byers family moving to California, and Eleven traveling to the middle of the desert for the Nina Project, Season 4 ofStrangerThingstook us far beyond the Hawkins city limits. Having so many locations naturally lead to Season 4 being the biggest installment in the series so far, as it clocked in at over 5 hours longer than its predecessors....