MJ (Zendaya) and Peter Parker (Tom Holland) try to enjoy a peaceful moment on a rooftop [credit: YouTube/Sony Pictures ] Sony Pictures was scrambling over the weekend to quash a leaked teaser trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home. But now the studio has released the official version, announced during CinemaCon in Las Vegas by chairman Tim […]
Enlarge / Jeopardy! EP Mike Richards was chosen to replace longtime host Alex Trebek just last week. He resigned in the wake of controversy surrounding comments made during a podcast he co-hosted in 2013-2014. (credit: Sony Pictures Television) Drama and controversy continue to swirl over the selection of a replacement host for Jeopardy! within the […]
The Apple TV+ series is an adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series of novels. [credit: YouTube/Apple TV+ ] A mathematical genius predicts the imminent collapse of a galactic empire, and he and his protege set plans in motion to preserve the foundational knowledge of their civilization in Foundation, Apple TV+’s adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s hugely […]
Eternals, assemble! (l-r) Kingo (Kumail Nanjiani), Makkari (Lauren Ridloff), Gilgamesh (Don Lee), Thena (Angelina Jolie), Ikaris (Richard Madden), Ajak (Salma Hayek), Sersi (Gemma Chan), Sprite (Lia McHugh), and Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry). [credit: YouTube/Marvel Studios ] Plot details have been scant to date for Eternals , Marvel’s forthcoming film based on the comic book series […]
Human “familiar” Guillermo (Harvey Guillen) wants nothing more than to be a vampire someday. [credit: YouTube/FX ] It’s no secret that several Ars staffers are big fans of What We Do in the Shadows, FX’s Emmy-nominated supernatural comedy series; S2 even made our year’s best TV list last year. FX just dropped the official trailer […]
Nicholas Cage is an imprisoned bank robber named Hero. [credit: YouTube/RLJE Films ] Nicholas Cage’s unusual artistic choices over the years have been frequently remarked upon by critics, and no doubt he’s been in some pretty bad films over his long and storied career (*cough* The Wicker Man *cough*). But he’s also chosen some truly […]
Dorothy Spinner (Abigail Shapiro) confronts the Candlemaker. [credit: YouTube/HBO Max ] The delightfully bonkers, Emmy-nominated HBO Max series Doom Patrol (based on the DC Comics of the same name) ended S2 on a maddeningly abrupt cliffhanger after production was interrupted by the pandemic. Fortunately, we’ll soon be getting S3, and judging by the new teaser that just […]
Enlarge / Don’t call it a reboot: Margot Robbie stars in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad (credit: Warner Bros. ) Fan enthusiasm has been high leading up to the premiere of The Suicide Squad , James “Don’t Call It a Reboot” Gunn’s band-of-misfit-supervillains homage to the classic 1967 film The Dirty Dozen (among many other […]
Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays an elite assassin—the titular Kate. [credit: YouTube/Netflix ] A ruthless criminal operative is poisoned and has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her killers in Kate , a new action thriller from Netflix starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who played Huntress in Birds of Prey . The streaming service seems […]
We all know heels need heat. And I get it, AEW is supposed to be the alternative to WWE for “real” wrestling fans, the ones who long for a return to the grittier, TV-14-rated Attitude Era. But there are a bunch of fans (read: women) who don’t want to go back in order to the […]