If you’re breathless with anticipation over the impending release ofStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, maybe you should think about investing in a TIE fighter pilot helmet with twin breathing hoses attached to the front. It’s a necessary piece of equipment for flying through space as well as enduring the next 24 hours of hype, and I learned about it after watching a delightfully informative new video from Lucasfilm explaining the design and equipment of every Stormtrooper in Star Wars history....

Star Wars: The Force Awakensis the current opening weekend record holder with a commanding $248 million in the U.S. Traditionally, direct sequels don’t tend to make more than their predecessors on opening weekend (for example,The Avengersopened to $207 million, butAvengers: Age of Ultronopened to $191 million). So where does that leaveStar Wars: The Last Jediin terms of predicting its opening weekend? According toTHR, analysts predict thatThe Last Jediwill open above $200 million, and that alone would put it in rare company....

For as long as movies have been around, People of Color were shut out of romance films, as if their love stories were any less beautiful or complicated or worth telling. While Hollywood still hasn’t fully corrected the imbalance, there are some wonderful romantic films starring People of Color if you know where to look. RELATED:‘Little Things’: The Importance of Normal Stories for People of Color These films aren’t just worthy romances with diverse leads; many of them aredirected by womenand People of Color....

On The CW seriesThe 100, Clarke (Eliza Taylor) struggles with how to proceed after learning the fate of the world. As the burden of leading weighs heavily upon her and Bellamy (Bob Morley), they must determine just how many people they can save while trying to find a way to save them all, if fighting among the clans doesn’t tear them all apart first. During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, showrunnerJason Rothenbergtalked about the goal of this season, the environmental nightmare they’re going through, how much more challenging it will be to keep hope alive with the impending apocalypse, the bond between Clarke and Bellamy, how much Clarke is still influenced by Lexa, just how ruthless Octavia (Marie Avgeropoulos) will get, and whether Monty (Christopher Larkin) and Jasper (Devon Bostick) can ever be best friends again....

We gathered some of the more intriguing alternate movie endings out there, including some that might be better than the ones we saw in the theater. Your favorite film might have originally had a totally different ending! Rocky Balboa This movie sees a 50-something-year-old Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) come out of retirement to face the younger current champion Mason “The Line” Dixon (Antonio Tarver). Rocky goes the distance, proving that he is still a contender....

In the series finale ofFBI: Most Wanted, the Fugitive Task Force is forced to look into their larger body as a government operative wreaks havoc. “The Fugitive Task Force hunts down a rogue government operative planning a domestic terror attack,” the logline forFBI: Most WantedSeason 6, Episode 22, “The Circle Game,” teases. Despite the fact that some of the team members might be considering leaving the team, duty calls and Remy (Dylan McDermott) leads the charge....

Accusedis back onFoxwith more cases this fall.Season 2 kicks off next monthand will feature all-new stories with an original cast. The season spotlights stories as ordinary people are caught up in the justice system, and each episode peels back the layers of their crime, revealing the complex and extraordinary circumstances that forced them to take some actions. Season 2 features a robust roster of acclaimed actors, includingFelicity Huffman,William H. Macy,Michael Chiklis,Taylor Schilling,Justin Chambers,Ken Jeong,Nick CannonandDanny Pino....

At this year’s TCA,Seth MacFarlanehad a problem. Following screenings of the first few episodes ofThe Orville, his new science-fiction comedy for Fox, it was clear that the show hadn’t exactly bowled the audience over. Even worse, it seemed that they had quickly hooked onto a problematic truth: that MacFarlane and Fox had made aStar Trekshow in everything but name, and set it to debut only a few weeks before CBS’sStar Trek: Discovery....

Coliider Video’s own Josh Macuga and Perri Nemiroff break down and discuss what we know about Season 7 ofThe Walking Deadso far. Negan kicked Season 7 off with a bang by permanently taking out both Abraham and Glenn with his barbed wire-wrapped baseball bat, Lucille. Daryl is still a captive and has undergone his own cruel form of punishment at the hands of Dwight. Sasha escorted the pregnant Maggie to the Hilltop Colony to bury the remains of their loved ones (she’s now under the care of Dr....

Sometimes bad movies are just bad. However, there are rare occasions where a bad movie still hassomething interesting to say about society, and that is the case withThe Farm. The movie has an audience score of16% on Rotten Tomatoes, so there is consensus that it is far from a cinematic masterpiece. But looking past these negative reviews,The Farmoffers one of thedarkest movie takes on cannibalism. In fact, to find a movie that is as blunt about its subject matter, you would have to go all the way back to the originalThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre....

One of the things that makesSteven Soderberghsuch a fascinating director is that he never stops innovating, and he never allows himself to be content doing just one kind of project. In the last few years alone, he directed all of the visually stunning TV seriesThe Knickon Cinemax, elevating what could have just been a historical medical procedural into something truly mesmerizing. He also directed the firstMagic Mike, an unexpected move for a major director, but again, he broadened the scope of what we might visually expect from a movie about male strippers, and made it into something almost New Wave-y....

Before he was cast as Loki, that villainously charming trickster god from the MCU,Tom Hiddlestonactually auditioned as Thor, that blond-haired, blue-eyed, musclebound, hammer-wielding god from the MCU. Surprised? So was Hiddleston, who shared some interesting details about the audition and casting process on an episode ofThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. AndJimmy Fallonsurprised Hiddleston in return by airing the audition footage on TV, making Hiddleston watch it for the very first time....

As of late, it’s tricky to find a politician who’s standing on a platform for the American people rather than a circus act. “Patriotism” can oftentimes be synonymous with unquestioning, unwavering loyalty to one party or the other. In a minefield like that, Republican CongressmanAdam Kinzingeris a rarity, which prompted filmmaker and left-leaningSteve Pink(Hot Tub Time Machine) to join forces with the politician and document his final year in office inThe Last Republican....