Hold on to your forking butts, people, because some intriguing new images from the season 4 premiere ofThe Good Placehave arrived. There’s plenty to look at and analyze in this first batch of photos, which herald the beginning of the end as we enter into not just the fourth but also final season ofThe Good Place. Okay, so, here’s the good news: Eleanor (Kristen Bell), Tahani (Jameela Jamil), Jason (Manny Jacinto), Michael (Ted Danson), and Janet (D’Arcy Carden) are present and accounted for....

One of the many films to premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival was directorJuan Carlos Medina’sVictorian London-set mysteryThe Limehouse Golem. Based on thePeter AckryodnovelDan Leno and the Limehouse Golemand adapted byJane Goldman, this English crime thriller begins with the arrest of Elizabeth Cree (Olivia Cooke), a famous music hall performer who is suspected of murdering her husband (SamReid), who it turns out may have a connection to a series of gruesome killings attributed to a figure known only as The Limehouse Golem....

The holiday season always puts me back into my childhood’s mindset, particularly evoking the queasy/excited high school memories of “am I a kid celebrating Christmas or a full-ass adult tolerating Christmas?” One of Netflix’s big holiday movies,The Prom, aims to heighten this high school feeling explicitly by being about, well, a high school prom — and now, we’ve got all kinds of character posters revealing the star-studded cast ready to celebrate this feeling as earnestly as possible in every form....

Editor’s note: The below contains spoilers for Season 3 of The Bear. There is some serious “will they or won’t they” tension between the high-strung Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) and the mentally resolute Syd (Ayo Edebiri) onThe Bearthis season, which has been building since the series began. Syd’s reverence for Carmy’s skill is evident, and she also understands his passion, which could very well serve as the foundation for any attraction....

Few things are as painful as a good TV show ending too soon. These stories engross audiences for many episodes before some studio decides their riveting story isn’t worth the time, robbing thousands of fans of the cathartic end they were hoping for. One of the biggest perpetrators of this heinous crime is the streaming serviceNetflix, with arguably its most undeserving victim beingLenore Zion andNick Antosca’sBrand New Cherry Flavor. The show follows a young filmmaker who, after her movie is stolen by a slimy director, resorts to both dark magic and the horrors of Hollywood to get the justice she deserves....

Last July,The Criterion Channel releaseda new restoration ofMira Nair’s groundbreaking romantic dramaMississippi Masala. So, it feels essential to both celebrate the film’s role in redefining thecross-culturalcinematic romance and acknowledge the continued relevancy of the film’s message concerning racial equity. Starring cinematic iconsDenzel WashingtonandSarita Choudhuryas Demetrius and Mina,Mississippi Masalaintricately interweaves the emotional experience of a young interracial couple forced to navigate the prejudices of their families as well as the layers of historical pain fostered in their previous and current communities....

In 1981, the Japanese super robot anime television seriesBeast King GoLionmade its way onto television, but it wasn’t until 1984, when this show was edited, trimmed, and Americanized intoVoltron: Defender of the Universe, that the Lion Force truly made its way into U.S. culture. Now, more than 30 years later, a new version ofVoltronroars to life in the Netflix series,Voltron Legendary Defender, a series that puts a twist on tradition but isn’t quite as ambitious as it could be, at least not in the first introductory hour....

Well, at leastCate Blanchettis having a good weekend, and in the grand scheme of things that’s really all that matters.The House with a Clock in Its Wallseasily took the top spot at the box office this weekend, ticking past expectations to take in $26.8 million. Eli Roth’s PG-spookshow shared the top 3 spots with holdoversA Simple Favor—down only 35% in its second weekend to land at $10.4 million—andThe Nun, which scared up another $10....

If you were looking for sweet, safe, family-friendly content on a Friday night in the late 1990s,ABC’s TGIF (“Thank Goodness It’s Funny”) lineup was your go-to, andSabrina the Teenage Witchwas likely one of your favorites. The show centered onMelissa Joan Hartas Sabrina Spellman, a teen who discovers that she has magical powers on her sixteenth birthday. Sabrina lives with her 600-year-old aunts Hilda (Caroline Rhea) and Zelda (Beth Broderick), who help her with her burgeoning powers....

The newly released IrishhorrorfilmYou Are Not My Mother, which was originally shown at the2021 Toronto International Film Festival, is a multifaceted work of existential dread. The debut feature film from writer-directorKate Dolanis a story about family, paganism, and what happens when we lose those we love. Specifically, it is most curious about how we can lose them not to death, at least not right away, but to the horrors within their own mind....

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for 9-1-1 Season 8, Episode 9.Here’s the thing: when Eddie (Ryan Guzman) told Buck (Oliver Stark) in the mid-Season 8 finale of9-1-1that he was planning to move to Texas to join Christopher (Gavin McHugh), I never thought for a second that it would actually happen. I figured that, faced with the possibility of losing each other, Buck and Eddie would be forcedto confront some long-buried feelings....

One of A24’s most widely acclaimed films,Midsommarwas re-released on Thursday in over 300 domestic IMAX theaters, continuing the studio’s streak of IMAX-only re-releases for some of its most culturally significant titles. The festival coincided with the debut of A24’s latest hit,Civil War, and began in March withAlex Garland’sEx Machina. It continued in April withAri Aster’sHereditary, and in May with the Safdie brothers’Uncut Gems. Originally released in 2019 and also directed by Aster,Midsommarmade $400,000 on Thursdayin around 340 domestic IMAX theaters....

If there is one thing we all know aboutTom Cruise,it is that he wants people to see movies in theaters. He has been a champion of the cinematic experience for his entire career, and more recently, his filmTop Gun: Maverickwas credited for bringing the movie industry back following the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, he is encouraging audiences to seeRyan Coogler’sSinnersin theaters, and he’s right to do so. The IMAX experience is unlike any other, and Coogler’s film has beenmaking waves with its box office success!...