Big City Greens: The Houghton Brothers on Season 2 and Feral Cricket

Listen here: Created and executive produced by brothersChris and Shane Houghton,Big City Greensfollows mischievous and optimistic 10-year-old Cricket Green who moves from the country to thebigcitywith his wildly out-of-place family—older sister Tilly, father Bill and Gramma Alice. The hit Disney series returns this Saturday, November 16th at 9:30am for the start of Season 2. Yesterday,we shared a clip from the premiere with you, along with a tease from the Houghton Brothers about all the excitement to come this season....

July 25, 2025 · 13 min · 2592 words · Tina Grant

Bo Burnham on Promising Young Woman and Reckoning With Old Material

Promising Young Womanis a film designed to be discussed. The feature-directing debut fromEmerald Fennell, the film starsCarey Mulliganas Cassandra, who once a week pretends to be blackout drunk at a local bar to teach a lesson to whichever man takes (see: carries) her home. It’s an act of contrition for Cassandra, in remembrance of a med school friend, Nina, who met a tragic end, but the mission gets complicated when she starts to fall for an extremely Nice Guy from her past, Ryan (Bo Burnham)....

July 25, 2025 · 9 min · 1872 words · John Juarez

Chime IPO (CHYM) Surges On First Day On The Stock Market

Chime, the popular U.S. neobank known for disrupting traditional banking with no-fee services, officially made its public market debut on July 23, 2025, in one of the most closely watched IPOs of the year. Trading under the tickerCHYMon the Nasdaq Global Select Market, Chime’s listing is being hailed as a major turning point for fintech’s return to Wall Street. The stock initially surged 60% before selling off slightly as some initial buyers took profits....

July 25, 2025 · 21 min · 4392 words · Brenda Singleton

Collider Movie Talk: Oscar Nominations, Alan Rickman Dead

On this episode of Collider Movie Talk (January 14th, 2016), John Campea, Mark Ellis, and Kristian Harloff discuss the following: This morning the nominees for the upcoming 88th Academy Awards were announced. Here are the nominees in the major categories Image via Paramount Pictures[/caption] BEST PICTURE BEST DIRECTOR Image via Bleecker Street[/caption] BEST ACTOR BEST ACTRESS BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Image via The Weinstein Company[/caption] BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY BEST ANIMATED FEATURE One of the truly great actors of our time has passed away....

July 25, 2025 · 3 min · 598 words · John Ruiz

Dark Universe May Be Dead as Producers Exit Franchise

Well that whole “Dark Universe”—a planned interconnected series of monster movies from Universal Pictures in the vein of the Marvel Cinematic Universe—may be dead before it’s even gotten off the ground. Universal worked for years to revamp its monster properties in a big way, tappingTransformersandStar Trekwriter/producerAlex KurtzmanandFast & FuriousscribeChris Morganto oversee the development of new films back in 2014, at which point they began serving as essentially the franchise’s showrunners. The duo opened a writers room, got scripts off the ground for films likeVan Helsing,The Mummy, andThe Invisible Manfrom writers likeJon Spaihts(Prometheus) andEric Heisserer(Arrival), and Kurtzman led the charge by directing the first Dark Universe movie out of the gate—The Mummy....

July 25, 2025 · 4 min · 650 words · Tanya Carson

Dead Space Remake Side-By-Side Comparison Shows Improvements

Motive Studio has released a side-by-side comparison for theDead Spaceremake, showing the improvements between the original game and this new retelling. Beyond the obvious visual improvements, one of the main differences isDead Space’sprotagonist Isaac. Motive has stated that work on the main character is still in progress, but we can already see that his character model has been completely rebuilt. Isaac’s armor now has more detail to it, especially his apparatus which acts as the game’s UI for his health....

July 25, 2025 · 2 min · 374 words · Zachary Nichols

Dear Evan Hansen Movie Eyes Kaitlyn Dever for Female Lead

BooksmartstarKaitlyn Deveris heading back to high school, as she’s in talks to play the female lead in theDear Evan Hansenmovie that’s gearing up at Universal. Ben Plattis expected to reprise his stage role as the title character, though in a curious move, the studio has yet to confirm the 26-year-old’s casting. The story follows high school student Evan Hansen, who gets caught in a lie when one of his letters is mistaken for a classmate’s suicide note....

July 25, 2025 · 2 min · 327 words · Daisy Hatfield

Discovery+ Review: The Streaming Service That Does Just Enough

Seemingly out of nowhere,Discovery+was upon us. A new direct-to-consumer platform that includes a smorgasbord of the Discovery portfolio’s streaming and linear networks (including HGTV, ID, Food Network, TLC, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and OWN), it was announced seemingly out of the blue a month before its domestic debut (it has been available since March 2020 in India and is already in England, the Netherlands and several Eastern European countries). Discovery+, which is often, hilariously, abbreviated to D+ (in an attempt, perhaps, to drift off the goodwill of Disney’s streaming juggernaut), aims to provide low-impact comfort food — the kind of service where, for $5 (with commercials) or $7 (without commercials), you may lose an entire afternoon to one of the many90 Day Fiancéiterations (including several that are exclusive to the new streaming service) without knowing it....

July 25, 2025 · 5 min · 916 words · Kevin Sawyer

Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker Reveals She Almost Chose to Stay Longer

With the upcoming premiere ofDoctor Who: Fluxquickly approaching, many fans are mourning the loss ofJodie Whittaker, the actress who brought the Thirteenth Doctor to life and will soon be departing the series after the completion of its thirteenth season. As with the departure of every Doctor, there has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth—and apparently, the decision to leave wasn’t such an easy one for Whittaker to make either....

July 25, 2025 · 3 min · 455 words · Joseph Henson

Eric Bana on Why The Forgiven Was His Most Intimidating Role

Written and directed byRolandJofféand co-written byMichael Ashton, who also wrote the playThe Archbishop and The Antichrist, the intense thrillerThe Forgiven, based on real events, follows Archbishop Desmond Tutu (Forest Whitaker), whose work as President of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in post-apartheid South Africa led him into a maximum security prison to sit across from notorious murderer Piet Blomfeld(Eric Bana). Seeking clemency, Blomfeld had so much bitterness and anger inside of him that it challenged Tutu to wonder whether maybe some people weren’t worthy of forgiveness and redemption....

July 25, 2025 · 8 min · 1509 words · Karen Browning

Far Cry 6 Story Trailer Dives Deep Into the Modern Guerrilla War

Ubisoft’s highly anticipated sequelFar Cry 6has received an official story trailer during Geoff Keighley’s Opening Night Live atGamescom 2021. The trailer gives players a more in-depth look at the conflict surrounding the game’s titular location, the country of Yara. It shows Anto Castilla (played by the wonderfulGiancarlo EspositoofTheMandalorianfame), a ruthless dictator, being interviewed about his methods of leadership. This is intercut with several instances of the Yaran rebellion known as Libertad spreading throughout the island, as Castilla instructs his son how to deal with the revolutionaries in his territory: “There are lions....

July 25, 2025 · 2 min · 377 words · Michael Ingram

Game of Thrones Spinoff House of the Dragon Reveals Concept Art

Warner Bros. just announced an industry-shaking decision to release their 2021 movie slate on HBO Max as well as in theaters — a choice that will help the recently-launched streaming service cement its place in the top ranks (as soon as they can figure out the dang Roku deal). But HBO already knows a thing or two about distributing a record-setting international sensation afterGame of Thronesgrew to unprecedented popularity. Naturally, they’re planning to bring their biggest hit to their flagship streaming service with the upcoming spinoffHouse of the Dragon, and in ablog posttimed to today’s big announcement, WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar signed off with a little update and first-look tease for the series, and you should get ready for a lot more casting and plot details in the coming weeks, but filming is about to start!...

July 25, 2025 · 3 min · 471 words · Kayla Price

Helen Mirren Continues to Make Us Ship Her With F9 Co-Star Vin Diesel in New Photo

Fast & Furiousco-starsHelen MirrenandVin Dieselare once again proving their infectious chemistry together, and we’re going to need a rom-com starring those two immediately, thanks. The Oscar-winning dame posted a photo with herF9co-star toInstagramin the wake of Dolce & Gabbana’s Alta Moda show in Venice, Italy, a stunning snap of the pair dancing in the rain after the show in St. Mark’s Square. The post came as one of three on Mirren’s profile celebrating the event, including afull-length photoof her gown for the event, an elaborate get-up featuring an embellished gold corset, matching earrings, and a full skirt (complete with train) illustrated with Renaissance paintings....

July 25, 2025 · 2 min · 384 words · Marilyn Turner