Star Wars: The Force Awakens Lands on AFI Awards Top 10

The American Film Institute has unveiled its list of the Top 10 films and TV shows of 2015, and it marks the first year-end list to includeStar Wars: The Force Awakens. It’d be kind of embarrassing if the newStar Warsfilmdidn’tmake the cut, as AFI specificallypushed back its voting deadlineso that members could seeStar Wars: The Force Awakens. In fact, this is the first award for whichForce Awakensis eligible, seeing as how no one saw the film before this past Monday....

June 18, 2025 · 2 min · 294 words · Dana Perez

Super Pumped Anthology TV Show Sets Release Date on Showtime

It’s finally time to getSuper Pumped, because Showtime has set a release date for their new upcoming show. The anthology series is set to chronicle the lives of wealthy entrepreneurs and their creations that changed the course of modern history, and the first season will center around Uber CEO and co-founderTravis Kalanick, played byJoseph Gordon-Levitt. Season 1, dubbedSuper Pumped: The Battle For Uberwill kick off on July 23, 2025. The “battle” in the title indicates that the series will tackle both the good and the bad aspects that the ride-sharing app has caused in the financial market and in society as a whole, as well as the internal conflicts that Uber has had to deal with throughout the course of its existence....

June 18, 2025 · 2 min · 320 words · Shawn Coleman

Temuera Morrison Hunts For Information in 'Sons of Summer' Clip

What is a summer road trip to a small surf-town without an encounter with the local drug-dealing mobster? Fall might be right around the corner, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have time for one more summertime misadventure with Lionsgate’s upcomingSons of Summer. And in a new clip from the film, which Collider is excited to exclusively present, one of the film’s starsTemuera Morrisonis on the hunt for information, no matter the cost....

June 18, 2025 · 2 min · 379 words · Melinda Alvarez

The Second Lowest-Rated Ghostbusters Movie Gets Ghoulish New Funko Pop Collection

Who you gonna call?Well, theGhostbusters, of course! The horror-comedy franchise celebrated its 40th anniversary last year and has been back in the public eye thanks to the duo of recent legacy films. WithGhostbusters: AfterlifeandGhostbusters: Frozen Empireresurrecting the haunting series, a new wave of merchandise has been making us break out Proton Packs. This has included apparel collections, action figures from Hasbro, and Funko Pops.NowFunkois back with a brand-new wave of Pops based onGhostbusters II....

June 18, 2025 · 3 min · 452 words · Lisa Cowan

This 2000s Thriller Is Modern Hitchcock at Its Finest

The 2000s contains a goldmine of nifty genre pieces, andVacancy, a motel-set horror flick with a twist, remains a highly enjoyable example of compellingHitchcockiancinema from that era. One of the greatest things aboutAlfred Hitchcock’s (arguable) magnum opus,Psycho, is its entrancing score and title sequence. Enormously influential, the crisscrossing text and hyper-dramatic music draw the viewer into a world of pulsating thrills and mind-boggling plot twists. It’s sterling cinema. InPsycho’swake lies a vast swathe of films that have been directly inspired by the former’s flair and verve....

June 18, 2025 · 6 min · 1276 words · Lisa Perez

Top 5: 'Captain America: Civil War', 'Creed' Review

By now, you’ve likely seen, read, or heard enough good things aboutCreedto either have watched it yourself or have written it off as a good movie that just doesn’t interest you. Nevertheless, I’d be remiss if I didn’t take my opportunity this weekend to say it to you myself: go seeCreed. What writer/directorRyanCoogleraccomplishes with this film isn’t just a worthy installment in a popular franchise. It’s more than that. Considerably more, actually....

June 18, 2025 · 4 min · 645 words · David Williams

Toy Story 4 Review: A Hilarious, Uplifting Look at a Second Act

I honestly thought that theToy Storyfranchise didn’t have anything left in the tank.Toy Story 3was good, but when your characters are holding hands as they descend into a fiery pit, that seems like you’ve reached the point where you’ve wrenched maximum drama from your franchise. ButToy Story 4is an unexpected delight, and while other Pixar sequels have ranged from awful (Cars 2) to solid (Finding Dory) to above average (Incredibles 2),Toy Story 4is the best Pixar sequel sinceToy Story 2....

June 18, 2025 · 5 min · 890 words · Caleb Adams

Umbrella Academy Season 2 Review: Netflix Series Makes Thrilling Return

Well, it looks likeThe Umbrella Academyfinally got its shit together. The live-action series adapted from theGerard Way-Gabriel BáDark Horse Comics series is coming back to Netflix for Season 2 on July 31: After an intriguing but somewhat spotty debut in 2019, all signs point to series creatorSteve Blackmanand the rest of theUmbrella Academyteam taking critiques on board to make a second season with a tighter story, cleaner execution, stronger performances, and even better world-building....

June 18, 2025 · 7 min · 1298 words · Debbie Robbins

Weekly TV Guide: Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow

The Collider Weekly TV Guide is a rundown of notable episodes, premieres, returns, finales, and opportunities to catch up on great shows (or cast an eye to the occasional train wreck). Check out our picks for the week beginning with Tuesday, January 19th: Tuesday, 1/19 The Flash, “Potential Energy” (CW, 8 p.m.) – Returning from mid-season break, the second season ofThe Flashcontinues on as Barry (Grant Gustin) considers telling Patty (Shantel VanSanten) about the whole…ya know…superhero thing, just as his team comes into contact with The Turtle (Aaron Douglas), a meta-human who can slow time....

June 18, 2025 · 4 min · 654 words · Sandra King

Why Netflix's Sex Education Is the Perfect Binge for Uncertain Times

I’m a little disappointed in myself for not jumping on theSex Educationtrain far sooner, but Seasons 1 and 2 of the show were exactly what I needed right now.Sex Educationmanages to achieve the best of both worlds; it’s a highly entertaining and often delightful binge watch that’s so good that the real world just melts away, but it’s also shockingly relatable and might wind up being a newfound source of hope to apply to real-world relationships....

June 18, 2025 · 6 min · 1164 words · Amy Cardenas

Wonder Woman Review: Heroism Arrives for DC Movies

The DCEU has had a tough time figuring out how it wanted to approach heroism. To avoid telling a story that had already been done,Man of Steeltried to deconstruct Superman, instead approaching his origin as the story of two fathers vying for their son’s future.Batman v Supermanthen doubled down on the deconstruction approach, questioning the nature of a god-figure like Superman or a vigilante like Batman and how their actions affect the world around them....

June 18, 2025 · 6 min · 1093 words · Omar Smith

Zoe Saldaña Says She Feels “Stuck” Working on Major Franchises

For many looking from the outside in, it could be a bed of roses to a world-famous star who is part of a globally recognizable franchise. Yes, it has its perks but there are cons as well – some more underlying than most.Zoe Saldañahas spoken up recently about her struggles about being part of franchises, and she has more than enough knowledge on the matter. Saldaña is one of the most recognizable faces and individuals in the industry....

June 18, 2025 · 3 min · 440 words · Eric Cox

‘90 Day Fiancé’ Needs To Add These Spin-Offs To Fire Up the Franchise

The90 Day Fiancéfranchiseis known forpumping out a variety of series to expand on couples’ love stories, but the franchise might be missing out on even better spin-off opportunities.Two years after the OG90 Day Fiancéseries took over the nation, the series released the90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?spin-off. That spin-off was primarily focused on married couples from the original series and how they adjusted to married life in the US. Since then, the series released well over 15 spin-offs dedicated to different stages of the international dating process....

June 18, 2025 · 6 min · 1223 words · Gabriela Ellis