As sudden asCatastrophe’s seasons can feel — from each arresting start to emotionally jolting finale 6 half-hours later — one never feels fully settled into its world until composerOli Julian’ssoaring theme songkicks in. It’s at that point that the waves of turmoil and humor and brutally honest storylines for the show’s past seasons begin to wash over you, engulfing you even in a journey that always ends too soon. The final season of the U....

IFC Films has released the first trailer forCertain Women, the latest film fromMeek’s CutoffandWendy and Lucywriter/directorKelly Reichardt. Based on the short stories ofMalie Meloy, the film takes a triptych approach to storytelling, revolving around the tales of four individual women striving to forge their own paths. Set in the American Northwest, as are the majority of Reichardt’s films, the four stories are as follows:Laura Dernplays a lawyer who ends up contending with office sexism and a hostage situation at the same time;Michelle Williamsplays a wife and mother who is determined to build her dream home; andKristen Stewartplays a young law student who strikes up a relationship with a lonely ranch hand played by newcomerLily Gladstone....

Becoming one of the biggest names in dramatized and true-crime on-screen storytellings, FX has announced the release date for their next highly anticipated series.Children of the Underground, the twisty-turny tale of vigilanteFaye Yageris set to premiere on the network August 12 with streaming to launch on Hulu the following day. And if you thought this premiere meant you’d need to wait until the following week to catch the next episode, FX knows better....

Major spoilersahead for Disney+‘sStar Wars: The Clone Wars The final season ofStar Wars: The Clone Warsis racing to its ultimate finale this coming Monday, May 4th, a.k.a. “Star WarsDay” … but before fans can celebrate, they’ll have to tough it out through one of the most difficult moments in the franchise. “Shattered”, the penultimate episode of the series, pays dividends on everything the previous seasons have been working towards. All that character development, all that time spent in the trenches together, all the many adventures of Jedi and Clone Troopers (and Droids) alike, they come to a head here....

Back in the 80s, martial arts–specifically karate–was the thing to do. Right alongside inline skating, snap bracelets, and Nintendo, karate was one of the decade’s pop culture icons that exploded in popularity thanks in part to TV shows, movies, and cartoons showing kids just how cool it was to be a karate master while adults figured, “Well, it’ll give them some good exercise and maybe teach them something along the way....

If you caught my review yesterday, you know I’m a big fan ofCold Hell, the new action-horror hybrid from Oscar-winning filmmakerStefan Ruzowitzky(The Counterfeiters). Equal parts Giallo-inspired murder mystery and relentless action movie,Cold HellstarsVioletta Schurawlowas Özge, a Turkish-born taxi driver living in Austria, who spends her free time brooding and beating the shit out of people in the ring at her Thai boxing studio. Until one day her life takes a turn for the terrifying when she gets home from a grueling shift behind the wheel and witnesses a grisly murder....

For better or worse, Marvel took some creative liberties withDoctor Strange, starringBenedict Cumberbatchas the Sorcerer Supreme.Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Baron Mordo will at least be starting out as an ally; if he ever makes a villainous turn in this film we still don’t know. Meanwhile, the role of the Ancient One, typically portrayed as an elderly Asian character, has been assumed byTilda Swinton— a reveal thatsparked a controversyover claims of white-washing. Another change coming to the film pertains toBenedict Wong’s Wong, another character that has been a stereotype in the past....

You hear a lot about the lack of bonafide movie stars these days – after all, long gone are the days when studios could count on an actor to open a movie at the box office, but if there’s one dude out there who’s found a way to successfully combine athleticism, movie stardom, and internet fame into one non-stop, money-making brand, it’sDwayne Johnson. Ever busy with a steady stream of blockbuster movies, not to mention leading an HBO series, and hell, even an app, Johnson’s always hustling and bustling....

In This Week in Animation News, I’ll take a look at the previous week in the world of animation to get you caught up on everything you might have missed. It’s your one-stop shop for news regarding cartoons, anime, and animated web series. We’re talking movies, TV shows, digital shorts, and everything in between! It was abusyweek this week, but that’s to be expected as animated TV series return or debut this fall and as the end of the year prepares for some big name animated features....

Several massive titles are leavingNetflixthis month, from Illumination’sSuper Mario Bros.toDamien Chazelle’s Academy Award-winning filmLa La Land; you’ll want to make sure you watch everything in your watchlist before it’s gone. For more information on everything leaving Netflix in October 2024, continue reading below.< Left on June 24, 2025 ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ The Super Mario Bros. Movie A plumber named Mario travels through an underground labyrinth with his brother Luigi, trying to save a captured princess....

We may have to wait a little longer forThe Falcon and the Winter Soldierto hit Disney+, but one of the show’s stars has just dropped some interesting new details about the MCU spinoff series.The Falcon and the Winter Soldierwas set tohit Disney+ in August, but production on the series waspaused back in Marchdue to coronavirus. Despite delays,Anthony Mackierecently spoke about the Disney+ show, which co-starsSebastian Stan,Emily VanCamp,Daniel Brühl, andWyatt Russell....

A new official photo fromFantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald—the second of a magically insane planned five films—gives us a glimpse ofEddie Redmayne’s Newt Scamander when he was a young Hogwarts student, awkwardly brandishing his wand about as all young Hogwarts students do. Not pictured isJohnny Deppas Gellert Grindelwald, the dark wizard committing those titular crimes (Depp is presumedly just off-camera threatening a P.A. with a prop broomstick). But we do get a great shot ofJude Lawas English Lit professor Albus Dumbledore, back when the future Hogwarts headmaster was but a teacher, allowing students to perform dangerous and most likely illegal magic in his classroom, as is standard Hogwarts curriculum....

Well beforePaul Feig’sGhostbustersopens July 15th, new Mattel toys on display at the New York Toy Fair may have given audiences their first looks at the film’s villains. The toys themselves won’t even be available until May, but this early look gives us glimpses of the title heroes in action figure form alongside some bizarre and terrifying ghosts. Feig himself previously mentioned that there’d be alotof toys on the way, that their team has been working on them since they started production on the film, and that they were important to him as a collector....