The Raid 3: Director Gareth Evans Reveals Unmade Plot Details

AfterThe RaidandThe Raid 2absolutely annihilated action fans in the freaking face, we all waited with bated breath for a third. And thus far… none has come out. But while appearing on a recent podcast forEmpire, directorGareth Evansdetailed what would happen in a potentialThe Raid 3. Better find something to hold onto, I don’t want your freaking face to get annihilated again. Warning: Some spoilers for the first two Raid films follow....

August 1, 2025 · 5 min · 996 words · Rachel Hicks

The True Story Behind 'Rustin'

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Rustin. Directed byMa Rainey’s Black Bottom’sGeorge C. Wolfe, Netflix’s newest biopic,Rustin, aims to honor the memory of an often unsung hero of the Civil Rights movement. More specifically, it purports to pay tribute to a man whose contributions to the cause were for a long time erased due to his sexual orientation.Colman Domingostars as Bayard Rustin, a man who was not only a trusted advisor to Martin Luther King Jr....

August 1, 2025 · 8 min · 1629 words · Nathan Harris

The Witch Director Robert Eggers to Helm Rasputin Miniseries

The terrifying and impeccably craftedThe Witchopened in theaters this past weekend, finally revealing the general audiences the tremendous talent of first-time filmmakerRobert Eggers, and in the wake of the film’s glowing reviews and solid box office, Hollywood has unsurprisingly come a-knockin’. Per Deadline, Eggers has been tapped to write and direct a miniseries about legendary Russian TsarGrigori Rasputinfor Media Rights Capital and producersJay Van HoyandLars Knudsen. Eggers will craft six to eight episodes that will cover the “mad monk’s” origins in Siberia to his rise to power and eventual demise....

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 454 words · Andrea Cole

Tom Hiddleston on Whether Loki Will Ever Get a Love Interest

With directorKate Herron’sLokigetting ready to start streaming on Disney+ later this week, the other day I landed an exclusive interview withTom Hiddlestonto talk about the Marvel series. As most of you know from the trailers,Lokitakes place after the God of Mischief has stolen the Tesseract (again) due to the events ofAvengers: Endgame, and an alternate version of the character is brought to the mysterious Time Variance Authority to give him a choice: either be erased from existence, or help fix the timeline....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 302 words · Scott Lee

Tye Sheridan on The Tender Bar and George Clooney's Directing Style

With directorGeorge Clooney’sThe Tender Barnow streaming on Prime Video, I recently got to speak withTye Sheridanabout making the film. Written byWilliam Monahanand based on Pulitzer Prize-winning writerJ.R. Moehringer’smemoir of the same name, the Massachusetts-set drama explores the relationship between the fatherless J.R. (Sheridan) and his uncle (Ben Affleck), as they bond at a bar overflowing with colorful patrons. The film also starsLily Rabe,Ron Livingston,Christopher Lloyd, Max Martini, Briana Middleton, Max Casella....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 315 words · Christopher Washington

Utopia TV Show Moves to Amazon, Gillian Flynn to Showrun

If this project sounds familiar, but not exactly the way you remember it happening before, it’s because the last we heard of aUtopiaremake (of the UK series), it was at HBO withDavid Fincher. It goes all the way back to 2014, in fact, when HBO signed Fincher to an overall deal and picked up theUtopiaremake as a six episode straight-to-series order. But the project, which hadRooney Marastarring, reportedly went way over budget, and after a year, HBO’s relationship with Fincher ended with his projects there having stalled out....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 355 words · Jonathan Davis

WandaVision Review: MCU At Its Best and Most Daring

We know the format so well. The smiles, the loving jabs, the ever-constant laugh track making us not feel alone while we chuckle at home. Of all television formats, the multi-camera sitcom is so ingrained in the modern American psyche — even if you claim to eschew all interest in television, you still understand the rhythms, recognize the catchphrases. For decades, sitcoms have been a happy place for millions of people: In its classic state, nothing is more comforting than a 22-minute slice of story pie, with all misunderstandings and hurt feelings forgiven in the final minutes....

August 1, 2025 · 6 min · 1194 words · Patricia Nelson

What's New on HBO Max in June 2022

If you’re looking for a summer night in June, HBO Max has an impressive amount of content that will be available to stream this month. Alongside the Wizarding World prequelFantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledorewhich debuted on the service on May 30, June will also bring new movies to the service including the latest reboot ofFather of the BridestarringAndy Garcia,Isabela Merced, andAdria Arjonaand is an HBO Max exclusive. Other notable film titles includeBradley Cooper’s award-winning retelling ofA Star Is Bornwhere he starred alongsideLady Gaga,Paul Schrader’sThe Card CounterstarringOscar Isaac, and theAnthony BourdaindocumentaryRoadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain....

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 619 words · Christopher Gill

Who Are the Spider-Women in Marvel Comics?

Spider-Man has never had many long-term sidekicks, but he does have partners and associates with similar powers, abilities, and or histories who fight crime under similar monikers. While some have more distinctive secret identities,many of his female companions have used the name “Spider-Woman”for various lengths of time. While every Spider-Woman has their own unique qualities, a few stand out as more significant and distinctive in Marvel history. With two of them set to make their live action debuts inMadame Web, now is the time to untangle Spider-Woman’s complicated history....

August 1, 2025 · 9 min · 1762 words · Leonard Jones

Why Pixar’s Soul Might Move to Disney Plus

Withinthe vague Variety write-upabout a potentialBlack Widowrelease date change, which seems all-but-inevitable given the somewhat disastrous stateside response toTenetand the threat of the coronavirus pandemic, coupled with the seasonal flu, creating a super-charged twin-demic in coming months, was a morsel that Disney and Pixar’sSoul, the latest film fromUpandInside OutdirectorPete Docter, would be headed to the company’s direct-to-consumer streaming platform Disney+. And, yes, this seems like a very real, viable possibility given the uncertainty of the current situation and Disney’s recent move placing the hotly touted live-actionMulanremake on the service (with a $30 premium) instead of theaters....

August 1, 2025 · 5 min · 874 words · Joel Martin

‘Me’s Lucian-River Chauhan & Abigail Pniowsky on Their Superhero Origin Story

[Editor’s note: The following contains major spoilers for Me.] From creatorBarry L. Levy, theApple TV+seriesMefollows 12-year-old Ben (Lucian-River Chauhan), a kid in middle school who thought his biggest challenge was learning to adjust to a newly blended family. When he suddenly realizes that he has the ability to transform into anyone he meets but has no idea what to do with his new superpower, he gets some help from his stepsister Max (Abigail Pniowsky)....

August 1, 2025 · 11 min · 2330 words · Eric King

‘The Last of Us’ Season 2, Episode 2 Sets Impressive Record Despite Mixed Rotten Tomatoes Scores

The Last of Usaired its most explosive episode to date last night withSeason 2, Episode 2, “Through the Valley.”After Episode 1 opened things up, the second installment effectively sets up the rest of the season with the death of Joel (Pedro Pascal). There were even some changes to this scene, including Dina (Isabela Merced) being there in the lodge instead of Tommy (Gabriel Luna), Manny (Danny Ramirez) not spitting on Joel, and Ellie (Bella Ramsey) taking a second to embrace Joel before going back to Jackson....

August 1, 2025 · 3 min · 450 words · Mark Cook

‘Welcome to Derry’ Adds ‘Música’ Director and Star Rudy Mancuso

Rudy Mancusois going to be singing a very different tune from the jovial sounds we heard in his feature-length directorial debut,Música, as the actor is the latest name to join the ever-growing call sheet for HBO’sWelcome To Derry(working title). Details surrounding Mancuso’s character are being kept tightly under wraps, but according toDeadline, who dropped the exclusive news, Mancuso was tapped for a recurring role in the highly-anticipatedItprequel series. WithBill Skarsgård getting back into the makeup chairto reprise his role as Pennywise/It from the most recent feature-length adaptations of the iconicStephen Kingnovel, the production continues to show promise even if it waspushed further back than we’d like....

August 1, 2025 · 2 min · 382 words · Margaret Bautista