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Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers forStranger ThingsSeason 4 Volume 1. The cat is finally out of the bag!Jamie Campbell Bowerspoke toEntertainment Weeklyabout playing the big bad Vecna, aka One in Netflix’sStranger ThingsSeason 4. Initially, introduced as a Friendly Orderly, the finale of Season 4 Volume I finally revealed his true identity as One, the first kid with psychic powers who inspired Dr. Martin Brenner’s program. During the show, it is revealed that before coming to Brenner’s facility One (born Henry Creel) terrorized his family with his powers....

It’s that time of year again my friends! On the big screen this year, we’ve survived an Infinity War, a time-traveling soldier of fortune, a trip to Wakanda, but on the small screen, the comic book world has been chugging along all the same. 2018 saw the arrival ofCloak and Dagger, the end of an era withDaredevilcoming to a close (along withIron FistandLuke Cage), and anElseworldscrossover that was about as epic as you can get....

Well, they finally went and did it. The CW canceledSupernatural. It is truly the end of an era. But fans of the series will get one more season before saying goodbye to the boys forever. After fifteen years on the air,Supernaturalwill end on The CW after Season 15, which series starJensen Acklespromises “will be the big, grand finale of an institution” in a farewell video. Ackles,Jared Padalecki, andMisha Collinscame together to announce the news in an emotional video on social media today....

When Boba Fett (portrayed byJeremy Bullochin film and byTemuera Morrisonon television) was first introduced on-screen inStar Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, fans recognized him as a villain. However, the recent showThe Book of Boba Fetthas changed perspectives on him, now portraying Fett as a man of honor. In his new show, Fett acts as a hero and has his own set of villains. These villains all work against Fett and his plan to take power on Tatooine....

Vera Farmigais one of those actresses who can make even the strangest things look as natural as brushing your teeth in the morning. She’s currently delivering some one of the best performances on TV as the pathologically oedipal Norma Bates, and withThe Conjuring, Farmiga digs in deep as the psychic at the heart of the real life ghostbusting duo Ed and Lorraine Warren. In the upcoming sequel, which sees Farmiga reunited with co-starPatrick Wilsonand directorJames Wan, Farmiga is once again picking up the mantle of one of the world’s most famous mediums, and all the paranormal baggage you open the door to the supernatural....

There are few writers on this planet Earth that are at once as interesting and fun asPeter Morgan. He’s essentially like Britain’sAaron Sorkin, though his dialogue is rarely as stylized as Sorkin’s enthralling, rhythmic ways of speech. HisFrost/Nixonscript is a true delight and he’s a crucial element toStephen Frears’The Queenremaining such a triumph, a decade after its release. And he’s the main reason, though by no means the only one, that I’m so excited to seeThe Crown, Netflix’s latest original series....

There’s no half-assing a fantasy epic. Either you want to draw people into a big, strange new world or you want to keep them grounded in ours. Either you want to transport the audience into a land of magic, unique cultures, and curious histories, or you want to stay Earthbound.Nikolaj Arcel’s adaptation ofStephen King’sThe Dark Towerexists in some weird middle ground where it doesn’t have either the inclination or the budget to be truly majestic so it just keeps teasing the audience with thoughts of a bigger, bolder movie....

If you went into tonight’s episode ofThe Flashthinking that it would be an off week for the larger story arcs of Season 2, then you would have been sorely mistaken. Not only did “King Shark” finally reveal the face under that dreaded Zoom mask, but it became a larger treatise on the consequences of Team Flash’s actions over the past two seasons. And it made for some heartbreaking, thoughtful, and masterful television....

Sony Pictures and MGM have released a newThe Magnificent Seventrailer for directorAntoine Fuqua’s (Training Day,Southpaw) upcoming remake. Scripted byTrue Detectivewriter/showrunnerNic PizzolattoandRichard Wenk(The Equalizer), the film revolves around seven outlaws who band together to protect a small town from a violent industrialist. This latest update of the frequently toldSeven Samurai-influenced tale is led byDenzel WashingtonandChris Pratt, as Fuqua has filled out the cast of this Western with a diverse group of individuals that ranges fromByung-Hun LeetoManuel Garcia-RulfotoVincent D’Onofrio....

Eight years after the release ofThe Strangers, directorBryan Bertinoshifts his focus from masked home invaders to a menacing creature in the woods.The Monsterdoesn’t quite live up to the expectationsThe Strangersset, but it’s still brimming with distinctive, commendable work that continues to prove that Bertino is a filmmaker capable of adding new, thoughtful layers to familiar situations. Zoe Kazanleads as Kathy, a divorced mother taking her young daughter Lizzy (Ella Ballentine) to her dad....

It’s an unfortunate fact that many films in development, no matter how promising, sometimes just don’t make it to the big screen. One such film had everything going for it: the acting chops of the incomparableWillem Dafoein the starring role, the incredibleJoan Cusackas the female lead, and directorJeremiah S. Chechik, who also worked onNational Lampoon’s Christmas VacationandGossip Girl. The thriller comedyArrive Alivestarted filming in 1990, however, not long after filming started, the first signs of trouble emerged....

The NAACP Image Award-winning dramaTruth Be Toldis returning for Season 3 next year and Apple has released the first image showing Poppy Scoville (Octavia Spencer) back on the case. This time around, the Academy Award winner will be joined by another talented actress inGabrielle Unionwho plays an unorthodox principal helping Poppy in her latest pursuit for justice. The first look shows the two attending an event all about keeping the names of the oft-overlooked missing young Black women in the public consciousness....

Editor’s Note: The below contains spoilers for Season 2 Episode 4 of House of the Dragon. House of the Dragonjust had its biggest dragon fight, and the end result has completely shifted the tone of the war. We watched as three dragons took to the sky and scratched and clawed each other, each willing to fight to the death. But while the “dance” of the dragons ended with Aegon II (Tom Glynn-Carney) burned and his dragon, Sunfyre, injured, the Battle at Rook’s Rest spelled the end for one specific character from the Blacks: Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best)....