Lovecraft Country Episode 2 Recap: A Homecoming You'll Never Forget

[Editor’s note: The following containsspoilersforLovecraft Country, Season 1, Episode 2, “Whitey’s on the Moon."] Memories are a tricky thing — somethingLovecraft Countryseems interested in exploring in this week’s episode, “Whitey’s on the Moon.” Memories can be truths, lies, or something in the middle. Memories carry weight and they are a burden for families who do not acknowledge them. Memories can be destructive or healing, depending on who carries them and what they do with them....

July 29, 2025 · 8 min · 1671 words · Katherine Stevens

Luke Cage Teaser Trailer Reveals the Netflix Marvel Hero

At the end of Netflix’s new season ofDaredevil, there’s a treat. No, it’s not the gold star you get for bingeing the show in less than 24 hours, it’s a teaser trailer for the next Defenders series:Luke Cage. The indestructible vigilante Cage (Mike Colter) was introduced last year inJessica Jones’ first season, and ever since I have hardly been able to wait to see how they will adapt the hero in his own series....

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 312 words · Tanya Hansen

Mads Mikkelsen to Star in Netflix Road Trip Movie from Alexander Payne

Three-and-a-half years ago,Alexander Paynesigned on to direct an adaptation ofKarl Ove Knausgaard’s travel articlesMy Sagafor Bona Fide Productions, and now the film is finally heading into production – withMads Mikkelsenin final negotiations to star. Netflix has made a deal to finance and release the film, which is now untitled. Mikkelsen will play a Danish journalist who takes a road trip with his teenage daughter across the U.S. as he writes a story for a newspaper....

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 361 words · Joseph Thornton

Mark Wahlberg's Six Billion Dollar Man Movie Lands Bumblebee Director

Fresh off the success ofBumblebee, which grossed nearly $500 million worldwide,Travis Knighthas signed on to direct theMark WahlbergmovieThe Six Billion Dollar Manfor Warner Bros., Collider has confirmed. The Six Billion Dollar Manis based on the ABC seriesThe Six Million Dollar Manthat aired from 1973 to 1978 and starredLee Majorsas Steve Austin, a former astronaut who had superhuman strength due to bionic implants, which made him the perfect secret agent. The show was based onMartin Caidin’s novel Cyborg....

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 311 words · Sean Brown

Marvel Originally Created Spider-Woman for This Surprising Reason

Sony’s newest Spider-Man Universe film,Madame Web, directed byS. J. Clarkson, marks the live-action debut of not one but two “Spider-Women”,Sydney Sweeney’s Julia Cornwall andCeleste O’Connor’s Mattie Franklin. That’s not counting the titular character played byDakota JohnsonandIsabela Merced’s Anya Corazon / Araña. Both of these characters have devoted fans worldwide who are excited to see their movie debuts. However, neither of them would be here today if it wasn’t forthe original Spider-Woman, Jessica Drew....

July 29, 2025 · 6 min · 1244 words · Brandy Green

Netflix’s 'One Piece’ Gets an Unexpected Filming Update

If you believed our ship would sink as we sail across the Grand Line, think again. Netflix’sOne Pieceis letting down and sails and going even further. The live-action anime adaptation dropped on Netflix last year and became an instant success,breaking records for the streamer early on. With over 18.5 million views and over 140 million hours watched in its first week,One Piecewas soonrenewed for a second seasonsoon after. Now it seems Netflix will hoist the colors of the show even higher, as the third season will be filmed straight after the second, according to one of its stars....

July 29, 2025 · 3 min · 561 words · Tara Richardson

Not Okay Poster Puts Zoey Deutch at the Center of Self-Made Tragedy

The world of social media has seen more than its fair share of folks being called out for inappropriate behavior, questionable opinions, and flat out lies. InNot Okay,Zoey Deutch’s character, Danni, is about to learn a life-changing lesson when the internet calls her out on her deception and threatens to destroy life for her as she knows it. A few weeks ago, we weretreated to a short trailerfor the Hulu film, and now we’re getting up close and personal in poster form....

July 29, 2025 · 3 min · 429 words · Stephen Sanchez

Our Cartoon President Showrunner R.J. Fried on Season 2, the Trumps

The Season 2 premiere of Showtime’s animated satire seriesOur Cartoon Presidentis just around the corner, arriving on Sunday, May 12th at 8 p.m. ET/PT. This season, which continues the hilarious fictional exploits of not-so-hilarious real-life members of the Trump administration and other political players, consists of 10 half-hour episodes and will feature newcomersTim Robinson(Detroiters, Saturday Night Live) as Justice Brett Kavanaugh;Ziwe Fumudoh(Desus & Mero) as Kamala Harris; and comediansMatt Rogersas Bill Shine andAlise Moralesas Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez....

July 29, 2025 · 6 min · 1249 words · Andrea Dominguez

Pacific Rim Uprising Spoilers: Charlie Day on the Sci-Fi Sequel

Note: Spoilers are discussed during this interview. You probably don’t want to watch this unless you’ve seen Pacific Rim Uprising. WithPacific Rim Uprisingnow playing in theaters around the world, it’s time to share the final interview I did at the Los Angeles press junket and it’s a spoiler filled conversation withCharlie Day. If you’ve seen the film, you know Charlie Day plays the antagonist and it was a nice surprise because the switch in his character from the first film felt organic to the story....

July 29, 2025 · 3 min · 513 words · David Reyes

Passengers Review: Great Idea Veers Way off Target

It turns out,Passengers’ rather erratic marketing campaign is actually a good representation of what directorMorten Tyldumdelivers in the final film. If you’re wondering if the movie is a romantic dramedy or if it’s a deep space thriller, the answer is - it’s both. There’s nothing inherently wrong with that combination, but in the case ofPassengersspecifically, it winds up doing a major disservice to the film because one component works well while the other doesn’t fit at all....

July 29, 2025 · 4 min · 729 words · Jamie Martinez

Pilgrimage Images & Poster Feature Tom Holland, Jon Bernthal

We here at Collider have an exclusive new look at the upcoming RLJ Entertainment filmPilgrimage. Directed byBrendan Muldowneyand written byJamie Hannigan, the action film had its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival and takes place in 1209 Ireland and follows a group of monks who begin a pilgrimage across an island, transporting their monastery’s holiest relic to Rome. But their path becomes increasingly fraught with danger as their route brings them face to face with territory that’s been torn apart through centuries of tribal warfare and the growing power of Norman invaders....

July 29, 2025 · 2 min · 265 words · Michelle Cunningham

Quicksand: Encanto Star Carolina Gaitán Joins Allan Hawco in Thriller Film

Carolina Gaitánhad a big year in 2021, starring as Pepa in the hit Disney animated musicalEncanto. Now theEncantostar will dance out of the recording booth and straight into quicksand for her next project. Reported exclusively byDeadline, Gaitán will star in the thrillerQuicksandoppositeAllan Hawco.Andrés Beltránis directing the film from a screenplay written byMatt Pitts. This English-language film follows “a married couple on the brink of divorce who become trapped in quicksand while hiking through a Colombian rainforest....

July 29, 2025 · 3 min · 475 words · Amanda Lynn

Teyonah Parris' First Leading Role Was in Spike Lee's Boldest Adaptation

BeforeTeyonah Parrisbeamed onto the screens of multiplexes worldwide asThe Marvels’Monica Rambeau(AKAPhoton), she starred in one of the boldesttheatrical adaptationsof all time in the form ofSpike Lee’sChi-Raq. While the film has the distinction of being the very firstAmazon Original, you’re going to want to hold onto your hat because nothing will prepare you for a premise as simultaneously pointed and absurd as this. An adaptation of an Ancient Greek comedy from 411 BC and released in 2015 (the writer’s family is going to have a tough time collecting those royalties 2,426 years later), Collider’s very ownBrian Formo described the filmas “part play, part musical, part text message,” likening it toThe Big Shortfor the way it balances education and entertainment....

July 29, 2025 · 6 min · 1164 words · Luis Galloway