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Review - Spider-man: Brand New Day (2026)
A lonelier, darker Peter Parker and the best web-swinging yet
Review - The Odyssey (2026)
Nolan goes full myth. Spectacular, grand, and almost too heavy to sit through in places.
Review - Obsession (2025)
A wish gone bad and one of the creepiest faces in recent horror
Review - The Drama (2026)
Not the rom-com the trailer sold you
Review - Superman (2025)
Gunn cooked, story wasn't my thing, the dog stole It
Review - The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
A beautiful retro future with a villain problem
Review - The Naked Gun (2025)
Liam Neeson cut loose, and It's exactly the medicine you need
Review - Tron: Ares (2025)
Great visuals, bad screenplay. The music by Nine Inch Nails makes it better.
Review - Troy (2004)
Watched it to prepare for The Odyssey. Got a reminder of what's missing.
Review - Supergirl (2026)
Gorgeous, borrowed and weightless, but Milly Alcock makes it fly
Review - The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)
A loud, handsome adventure that forgets to breathe
Review - Disclosure Day (2026)
Spielberg rediscovers his sense of wonder and Emily Blunt delivers the performance of her career!
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Lord of the Rings Just Confirmed a Major Elrond Origin Change for Rings of Power Season 3
The upcoming season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will make a tragic addition to Elrond's backstory.
Apple TV's Mistborn Is The Next Lord of the Rings-Level Movie Franchise
The Lord of the Rings movie franchise is the gold standard of fantasy adaptations, but does Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn have a chance to be next?
John Trengove’s ‘The Smell Of Apples’ Sells To France Ahead Of TIFF Debut
EXCLUSIVE: ARP Sélection has acquired French rights to South African director and writer John Trengove’s Apartheid era drama The Smell of Apples ahead of its world premiere in Toronto. Based on Mark…
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation boss Naoki Hamaguchi is also "pushing" Kingdom Hearts 4 forward, and it sounds like he wants the JRPG to have a physical edition too
"That’s really all on my watch now"
Even HBO Max is having fun with Aaron Pierre's Lanterns accent slip-up
Aaron Pierre's accent slip in Lanterns is still doing the rounds, and HBO has now joined in on the fun
EA's Saudi Arabian owners are reportedly considering forming an ubermegacorp by merging them with Savvy Games
Just over a month on from a consortium led by the Saudi Arabian government's Public Investment Fund taking over EA, in a buyout worth $55 billion , said new owners are reportedly considering merging…