Back in March,we brought you the first lookat Nintendo and The LEGO Group’s new hands-on, interactiveLEGO Super Mariogame. While the last few months have felt like a lifetime, the wait is almost over for the full set, which arrives later this summer and will feature eight collectible expansions. The LEGO Group today revealed the full product portfolio for the newLEGO Super Mario, an entirely new play experience, launching August 1st....

Orc leader Adar gets a brand-new look in the Prime Video series,The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. In the latest image for the show’s second season,Sam Hazeldinetakes over the roleof Lord of the Southlands fromJoseph Mawle. And while the two look completely different, Hazeldine claims that the character will still be the same, despite his new appearance. In an interview withEntertainment Weekly, Hazeldine appreciated Mawle’s role as the Orc leader in the first season and noted that he was pleased to take over the role....

If you’re a fan ofMichael Bayand want to hear him share some awesome stories about the making of his movies, you’re about to be very happy. Last week, Collider hosted an early screening of Bay’s new movie,Ambulance, and after the screening ended, he joined me for an epic 90-minute Q&A! If you’re not aware, Bay rarely does Q&As, which is one of the reasons we made sure to film the event....

There are certain tall tales that just don’t budge in pop culture, and one of the chief ones is the frankly laughable idea that the Apollo 11 moon landings were, in actuality, a complete production, backed by the government and helmed byStanley Kubrick, of all people. The idea was more-or-less fictionalized in the 1970s thrillerCapricorn One, and played a distinctly memorable part in the recent documentaryRoom 237, in which a Kubrick fan suggested thatThe Shininghad a hidden message from Kubrick about his involvement in said production....

Twenty years ago, when I was a few months shy of turning 13, I engaged in my usual Saturday morning ritual. That ritual consisted of a big bowl of cereal and tuning in to some of my favorite animated shows. The one show I made sure to never miss wasYu-Gi-Oh!Kazuki Takahashi’s card-battling anime hooked me for several reasons,especially the Duel Monsters matches, which only got more intense as the series went on....

From elves to Terminators, from Caped Crusaders to the Hargreeves, and from Ninja Turtles to Parisian love affairs, it’s a busy month for debut TV shows and our returning favorites. Prime Video’sBatman: Caped Crusader, a new Batman cartoon inspired by 1940s film noir, has already premiered to reviews praising its psychological boldness and revisionist take on legacy characters. Over on Paramount+,Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, another reinvention of a classic cartoon, continues the story of 2023’sMutant Mayhemmovie....

Editor’s Note: This interview contains spoilers for Doctor Who Season 1, Episode 3, “Boom.” From “Blink” to“Heaven Sent,”formerDoctor WhoshowrunnerSteven Moffathas written some of the franchise’s greatest episodes. Now, returning under the expert guidance ofRussell T. Davies, Moffat is back with another incredible story for the Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa). When the titular Time Lord finds himself standing on a landmine, he and his companion Ruby Sunday (Millie Gibson) must race against time to deactivate it to save all their lives....

[This is a re-post of my review from the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.Nocturnal Animalsopens in limited release on Friday.] Tom Ford’sNocturnal Animalslargely revolves around two truisms: people (specifically, women) eventually turn into their mothers, and that writers should write what they know. Ford has taken these two ideas and turned them into two, intertwining stories that come to the same thematic point: we can’t escape the narratives that come to define us....

It’s crunch time for movies looking to be singled out for excellence for Awards season. As the PGA, WGA, and other major guilds begin to firm up their nominations, and following both the New York and Los Angeles Critics Circles weighing in, alongside the Gotham awards, marketing campaigns have hit a fever pitch. And after the PGA recently announced their deeply disappointing list of nominees for Best Documentary - onlyTowerandO.J.: Made in Americareally stand out - the Oscars category for the very same award is starting to tighten up, asVarietyhas revealed that we’re down to 15 entries....

From creatorKatori Hall, the Starz drama seriesP-Valley(which has already been renewed for a second season) is set deep in the Mississippi Delta at a strip club filled with women whose personalities are as big as their platform heels are tall. While The Pynk is barely keeping its doors open, owner Uncle Clifford (Nicco Annan) — who is non-binary and uses she/her pronouns — is constantly trying to work enough magic to keep it going and keep her club family together....

You’re going to want to watch out forRohan Chand. The young actor has already starred oppositeJason BatemaninBad Wordsand appeared in other films includingLone SurvivorandThe Hundred-Foot Journey, but his performance inAndy Serkis’Mowgli: Legend of the Jungleis undeniable proof; Chand is downright phenomenal, and can absolutely command the screen and lead a movie. He takes the title role in Serkis' adaptation of theRudyard Kiplingclassic,The Jungle Book, stepping in as a young boy who loses his parents and is instead raised by a pack of wolves in the jungle where a tiger named Shere Khan (Benedict Cumberbatch) threatens their survival....

Russell Crowehas had a successful, storied career so far in the world of film. He has appeared in mega-blockbusters likeGladiator,Les Misérables,andThor: Love and Thunder,just to name a few. The imminent release ofGladiator II,the sequel to Crowe’s Academy Award-winning film, does not feature the Australian actor, (which he is"slightly uncomfortable"about.) It brings to mind another highly successful, award-winning Russell Crowe film that is yet to have a sequel green-lit, despite the actor’s best hopes:Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World....

The 2015 crime dramaSicariowas one of the best films of that year and earned extremely high praise, but it wasn’t exactly a movie that was screaming for a sequel. And yet, writerTaylor Sheridan—who also wroteHell or High Waterand wrote and directed this year’sWind River—penned a script for a sequel calledSoldado, and pretty quicklyJosh BrolinandBenicio Del Toroassembled for the follow-up. DirectorDenis Villeneuvemoved on to directing films likeArrivalandBlade Runner 2049, but in his steadStefano Sollima(Gomorrah) stepped in to direct....