Superhero TV News: The Flash, Gotham Reveal Villains

As theTelevision Critics Associationsummer event rolls on, and showrunners and audiences alike prepare for the upcoming fall TV season, alotof news is emerging concerning your favorite series. There’s a good bet that, if you’re reading Collider, some of those shows include DC Comics' TV Universe series like The CW’sThe FlashandDC’s Legends of Tomorrow, and Fox’sGotham. (Even CW Seed is getting in on the action with thefirst-ever superhero series led by a gay character!...

July 5, 2025 · 3 min · 574 words · Evan Rodriguez

Superman and Lois: An Appreciation for Adam Rayner’s Tal-Rho

The CWverse took on a big risk withSuperman & Lois. Not only were they adapting two of DC comics’ most well known and revered characters, but they were doing so alongside Clark Kent and Lois Lane’s cinematic counterparts inZack Snyder’s series of DC films, played byHenry CavillandAmy Adamsrespectively. How can a show dedicated to the Last Son of Krypton and his beloved brash reporter stand on its own, especially on a television budget?...

July 5, 2025 · 6 min · 1067 words · Wayne Thomas

Suspiria Review: A Spellbinding Horror Masterpiece

This is a re-post of ourSuspiriareview from Fantastic Fest 2018. The film is now playing in limited release and opens wide on November 2nd. I didn’t walk out of mySuspiriascreening when the credits rolled; I fled. Not out of terror or disgust, or any of the reasons you might be expecting, but because I needed a place to be by myself and let it all out. Standing in a bathroom stall, I wept, not as quietly as I would have liked, in full body-shaking sobs....

July 5, 2025 · 5 min · 907 words · Lisa Clements

The 10 Best Beards In Movies, Ranked

Iconic characters have iconic attributes, little accouterments that help audiences identify them as the story’s hero.Hair and make-up heavily contribute to a film’s appeal,as stylists collaborate with other departments while designing to create a tangible look. Required to have a deep understanding of the character, stylists craft the hair to the film’s mood, always enhancing the visual storytelling in subtle and dramatic ways that sometimes turn out to be huge....

July 5, 2025 · 9 min · 1729 words · Elizabeth Waters

The Best Epic Movies of All Time, According to the AFI

“Epic” is not precisely a film genre most people might think of. However, The American Film Institute does, defining it as “a genre of large-scale films set in a cinematic interpretation of the past.” Under this definition, most sword-and-sandal films qualify, as do historical blockbusters, even those that might incorporate magical or fantastical elements into their plots. As part of their 2008 celebration of cinema, the AFI presented their 10 Top 10, honoring the ten greatest American movies across ten classic film genres....

July 5, 2025 · 6 min · 1209 words · David Johnson

The Best TV Shows of 2017, Ranked

End of the year lists for the best of TV are becoming increasingly futile yet increasingly necessary. With over 450 scripted shows airing this past year on broadcast, cable, and streaming, it’s impossible to watch everything. Doing a Top 10 list feels too meager, so like last year, I’ll be expanding to a Top 25. But the reality is that I’mlimitingmyself to 25. I watched some or all of well over 120 series this year, which is only a fraction of what was available....

July 5, 2025 · 9 min · 1760 words · Deborah Edwards

The Old Way Trailer Features Nicolas Cage as a Gunslinger Out for Revenge

Nicolas Cagehas done it all in his career, except star in a western. That changes this January when his first role in the genre comes to screens in Saban Films’The Old Way. It will see Cage star as a vengeance seeking gunslinger. Ahead of the release, Saban has shared the official trailer for the movie. The movie follows Cage’s cold-blooded gunslinger Colton Briggs, a family man who comes out of retirement after his wife is murdered by outlaws....

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 409 words · Samantha Kramer

The Witcher Season 2 Trailer Reveals Geralt's Journey Home

Netflix has released the first teaser trailer for Season 2 ofThe Witcher, on the heels ofan official premiere datefor the upcoming season. The trailer was revealed as part ofthe first-ever WitcherCon, a virtual fan event co-hosted by Netflix and CD Projekt Red and dedicated to the world ofThe Witcheracross all its media forms, TV and games alike. The second season of the hit series will premiere December 17 on Netflix....

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 400 words · Patrick Davis DDS

This Aaron Eckhart Conspiracy Thriller Is Climbing Up the Charts

Aaron Eckhartis one of those actors that Hollywood hasn’t really been sure what to do with. While he’s given great performances in a wide range of films, includingThank You For SmokingandThe Dark Knight, he’s also been a part of box office bombs likeI, FrankensteinandThe Rum Diary. Eckhart’s latest movie,Chief of Station, lies somewhere in the middle. Its twisting, turning maze of deception and espionage has been done better in other films, most notablyTinker Tailor Soldier Spy....

July 5, 2025 · 4 min · 839 words · David Bowers

Tommy Prepares To Leave the 126 in ‘9-1-1 Lone Star’ Season 5 Sneak Peek

When it was revealed thatHenry Ian Cusickwould appear in9-1-1: Lone Staras TK’s stepfather, Enzo, there was cause for excitement. However, based on the developments in Tommy’s life in the previous episode, “Naked Truth,“9-1-1: Lone StarSeason 5, Episode 7, “Kiddos,” will be heartbreaking. The logline below for the November 11 episode teases several storylines with two emotional arcs for Tommy and Wyatt. Meanwhile, TK gets a surprise visit from his “impossibly handsome, cosmopolitan, cultured, wealthy, and suave” stepfather, whose arrival irks Owen to the core....

July 5, 2025 · 2 min · 400 words · Hannah Ali

TV Shows to Watch like Hacks for More Stories About Women and Comedy

Many shows have been made about comedy and what it means to be a comedian, but they often seem like pretentious ploys from Hollywood to have us applaud them once again (and so they can applaud themselves at awards shows later on). This can be said for a lot of shows exceptHacks. The series follows Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder), a young comedy writer who has just been canceled over a bad tweet....

July 5, 2025 · 6 min · 1070 words · Patrick Williams

Upload Star Andy Allo Talks Working with Greg Daniels on Amazon Series

From creatorGreg Daniels(The Office,Parks and Rec), the futuristic comedy seriesUploadis set in a technologically advanced world where humans can be uploaded into a virtual afterlife when they are clearly on the path to their departure. When Nathan Brown (RobbieAmell) is forced to make a quick decision about his fate, after a self-driving car accident, he makes the choice to be uploaded into the highly sought after Lakeview, where he meets his customer service guide (AndyAllo) and the two form an unlikely friendship in this new digital realm....

July 5, 2025 · 8 min · 1666 words · Donna Rodriguez

Why It’s Good ‘The Idea of You’ Changed the Book’s Ending

Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for The Idea of You. It’s always a complicated situation when creators try to adapt a hit novel for the screen, and it’s even worse when they decide to change a huge aspect of the original story. Avid readers are already worried that the best parts of their favorite novel won’t make it in the transition from book to movie, with many previous adaptations suffering critically for justhow badly they failed to tell a story through some new medium- which is what makes 2024’sThe Idea of Yousuch a marvel....

July 5, 2025 · 6 min · 1210 words · Albert Allen