Tyler Perry’s ‘Straw’ Tops Netflix Streaming Chart and Lands Strong RT Score

Seeing aTyler Perrymovie topping theNetflixchart is nothing new, as the prolific filmmaker churns out films and TV projects like he is plugged in at the mains and has been set to maximum output. However, the vast majority of his many – many – Netflix movies have been bad enough to barely scape a review score that makes it into double figures. That makes his latest chart-topper,STRAW, an unexpected addition to his catalog on the streamer, as the film has actually been drawing in some surprisingly positive reviews....

August 12, 2025 · 3 min · 479 words · Judy Mays

Walking Dead Legacy Trailer Honors Carl's Long Journey

In just a few short days, AMC’sThe Walking Deadreturns with its Season 8 mid-season premiere, which has long been confirmed as the episode where Carl Grimes (Chandler Riggs) will die. To honor this beloved character, one of the few who has managed to survive since the first season, AMC has released a brief trailer which explores Carl’s Journey, with brief snippets of footage from seasons past that show how Carl exemplifies the traits of a “hero,” “fighter” and a “friend....

August 12, 2025 · 3 min · 546 words · Andrea Nguyen

Watch as Jimmy Kimmel's Son Gets a Spider-Man Surprise from Tom Holland

Tom Holland dusted off someSpider-Man: Homecomingprops to play the superhero again. Holland got into character for Jimmy Kimmel’s 3-year old son, who was spending his birthday indoors. Kimmel had promised his son Billy that Spider-Man would be at his birthday party, but there’s no party and noSpider-Manimpersonator, due to the world’s current state of affairs. Thankfully, Kimmel had Holland on his show, who quickly agreed to get into character, via internet chat, to wish Billy a happy birthday as Peter Parker....

August 12, 2025 · 3 min · 499 words · David Villa

Whoopi Goldberg Criticized Over Jewish Race Comments Less Than a Year After Similar Controversy

Back in January,Whoopi Goldbergwas caught in a race row after making comments about the Holocaust not being an issue of race. She apologized for those comments live onThe View, but less than a year later and new comments by theSister Actstar have led to her being heavily criticized by the ADL and others once again.Goldberg’s new role sees her playing civil rights activist Mamie Till-Mobley’s mother in the movie Till, and she was recently interviewed forThe Sunday Timesabout the film....

August 12, 2025 · 4 min · 644 words · Johnny Massey

10 Greatest Anime Villain Introductions of All Time

Animeshows thrive on entrances, whether it’s the main protagonist making a flashy entrance that sticks with the viewer for a long time, or a menacing villain that turns casual viewers into die-hard fans of the series. While these kinds of villains tend to appear in Shōnen anime, they can also be seen in other genres thanks to talented writers. These introductions typically feature an antagonistic figure annihilating an entire town after going insane, or someone fighting for peace andopting for bloodshedinstead....

August 11, 2025 · 8 min · 1659 words · Erin Meyer

10 Teen Movies From the 2000s That Will Be Remembered Forever

Every decade has its fair share of teen movies. The ’80s had classics likeThe Breakfast Club(1985) andFerris Bueller’s Day Off(1986), two movies that hit home with critics and audiences alike. Then, the 90s saw releases such asClueless(1995) andAmerican Pie(1999). From sports dramas to psychological thrillers, a lot of these titles fall into vastly disparate genres of film. However, most of them have an overarching focus on humor. Style and tone aside, though — these ten teen flicks will resonate with audiences for many decades to come....

August 11, 2025 · 6 min · 1134 words · Stanley Molina

Alien: Covenant Sneak Peek Teases Elizabeth Shaw's Fate

20th Century Fox debuted a new TV spot forAlien: Covenant, which aired during the NCAA men’s basketball national championship game on CBS last night. This brief 15-second video didn’t feature much new footage, but it included the hashtag #emohemekat, which, when reversed is #takemehome. Fans who searched for this hashtag on Instagram came across an extended version of of this TV spot, featuring the 1971John Denversong Take Me Home, Country Roads, and a thrilling nod to Prometheus that should get fans excited....

August 11, 2025 · 3 min · 459 words · Dana Watts

Anya Taylor-Joy Joins Edgar Wright's New Thriller Last Night in Soho

Edgar Wright’s latest has just lined up its lead actress. Anya Taylor-Joy is set to headline Wright’s upcoming horror/thrillerLast Night in Soho. We only recently learned that theBaby Driverdirector has been putting this project together quietly in the background and it sounds very much like this is going to be a departure from the filmmaker’s usual comedic exploits. While not much has been revealed about the movie so far, lining up a major star on the rise to topline the cast is a great place to start....

August 11, 2025 · 3 min · 451 words · Dominic Flowers

Are Gabriela Perez and Chief Vince Leone Really Leaving 'Fire Country'?

With the ash still settling fromFire Country’s Season 4 finale on Jul 04, 2025, fans wonder if they’ve seen the last of the beloved Cal Fire Captain Vince Leone (Billy Burke) and dutiful firefighter Gabriela Perez (Stephanie Arcila). The two popular mainstays have helped define the show’s textural fabric since season 1. Yet, after weeks of speculation, rumors, and hearsay, CBS has issued definitive answers regarding Vince and Gabriela’s fate....

August 11, 2025 · 4 min · 771 words · Jennifer Farrell

Avengers 2: Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver Origins Revealed

Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are interesting characters for Marvel, as they are shared with 20th Century Fox, who already used the later to great affect inX-Men: Days of Future Past. Marvel and Disney are not allowed to show the siblings, otherwise known as Wanda and Pietro, as Mutants. So that brings up the question: What is their origin? A new digital prequel comic forAvengers: Age of Ultronattempts to answer just that....

August 11, 2025 · 2 min · 304 words · Emily Fuentes

Best Ken Loach Films, Ranked

Since the millennium in Britain, there’s been this steady process of gentrification of not just working-class areas but of the workingman’s social environment. No place has seen a greater transition than the pub scene. The old, misty boozers, with cigarette smoke pervading the warm air, the burgundy carpets, and gaudy curtains have gradually been replaced by that of the gastropub. The gastropub is the enemy of the common man; with an overzealousness for Google Reviews, they serve beer-battered cod with triple-cooked chips and overpriced lager....

August 11, 2025 · 7 min · 1398 words · Patrick Morrison

Best Sci-fi Horror Movies of the 2020s

For almost as long as the concept ofscience fictionhas existed, the genre has flirted, to varying degrees of success, with the world ofhorror. Science fiction was basically invented by Mary Shelley with her novel Frankenstein, which was originally classified as horror but gave way to the subgenre of sci-fi. Some of the most highly regarded and successful movies of all time fall into the sci-fi horror genre. Ridley Scott’sAlienand James Cameron’sTerminatorhave made it ontomany ‘greatest of all time’ film listsand set the standard for the genre moving forward, whileJohn Carpenter’s work in the genreon movies likeThe Thing,andThey Livehave earned him the status of a cult hero amongst genre fans worldwide....

August 11, 2025 · 7 min · 1398 words · Brittany Diaz

Blumhouse Slasher They/Them to Stream on Peacock this Summer

Peacock has announced LGBTQIA+ horror filmThey/Themwill be available for streaming this summer, along with releasing some first-look images. The slasher film, cleverly pronounced “they-slash-them”, was initially titledWhistler Camp. The film is set in a gay conversion camp whereKevin Bacon’s character, Owen Whistler, serves as camp director. Writer John Logan makes his directorial debut on the new original horror film. Logan insists that underneath the scares and gore, lies a story of love and acceptance....

August 11, 2025 · 2 min · 398 words · Jay Marsh