Adria Arjona Told a Massive Lie To Land Her ‘True Detective’ Role

Sometimes in life, you just gotta fake it til you make it. Whether you’re dealing with impostor syndrome or putting a slight fib on your resume to land a job that youknowyou’re qualified for, every once in a while, you need a boost from that little inner voice that tells us to go for it. During a recent installment ofCollider Ladies NightwithPerri Nemiroff,Hit ManstarAdria Arjonarevealed that to land her role in the second season ofTrue Detective, she put her talent and skills to the test and faked being her own manager to bag the gig....

July 24, 2025 · 3 min · 512 words · Teresa Chapman

Amber Midthunder on Her Reservation Dogs Character and the Praise for Prey

From co-creatorsSterlin HarjoandTaika Waititi, the “Decolonativization” episode of the FX seriesReservation Dogs(available to stream at Hulu) follows what happens when two influencers are brought in for the Native American Reclamation and Decolonization Symposium (NARDS) Youth Summit in an attempt to bring the younger generation together. But while things don’t go quite as planned and Miss M8triarch (played by guest starAmber Midthunder) isn’t exactly who she portrays herself to be, that doesn’t mean Elora (Devery Jacobs), Bear (D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai), Willie Jack (Paulina Alexis), Jackie (Elva Guerra) and their friends can’t still learn something from the experience and each other....

July 24, 2025 · 13 min · 2763 words · Jonathan Barry

American Gods Trailer Introduces the Old Gods and the New

Fans ofNeil Gaiman’sbestselling “American Gods” novel will have to wait until 2017 to seeBryan FullerandMichael Green’sTV series adaptation on Starz, but the first trailer is available right now. It’s a good look at the tone and production value ofAmerican Gods, even if the video quality is oddly low for the first official reveal from the network. Still, it’s great to see all of Gaiman’s Old and New Gods in action....

July 24, 2025 · 2 min · 273 words · Amy Thomas

Americans Don’t Have Much Time Left to Watch This Fan Favorite ‘Virgin River’ Replacement Series on Netflix

After about a decade of streaming on the reputable platformNetflix, Canada’s long-running seriesHeartlandis unfortunately leaving the streamer in the U.S. soon. Developed byMurray Shostak,Heartlanddebuted on CBC on June 19, 2025, before findinga home on Netflixin the early 2010s, when it was first licensed in the United States and later in international territories. What’s on Netflix now confirms thatthe family-themed show’s run is coming to an end in a few weeks, a huge blow to many who have been anticipating the upcoming Season 19....

July 24, 2025 · 3 min · 451 words · Ms. Krystal Chavez

Anne Hathaway's 'The Idea of You' Broke Streaming Records — But There's a Problem

Prime Video’s newest original film,The Idea of You, is spicing up the romance scene with a dazzling adaption ofRobinne Lee’s viral 2017 novel of the same name. StarringAnne HathawayandNicolas Galitzine, the rom-com drama was released for streaming on May 2nd and was welcomed withmostly positive critical and audience reactions. While the premise of the movie may sound like a Wattpad reader’s dream come true, director Michael Showalter has created a swoon-worthy, cinematic experience sprinkled witha few refreshing twists to the original book....

July 24, 2025 · 5 min · 988 words · Jason Estes

Assassin's Creed Video Highlights the Practical Effects

20th Century Fox has released a newAssassin’s Creedfeaturette. Directed byJustin Kurzel(Macbeth), the film is an adaptation of the popular video game franchise and starsMichael Fassbenderas death row inmate Callum Lynch, who is whisked away to a mysterious facility run by Abstergo. There, he enters a device called the “Animus” where he is forced to live out past memories from his 15th century Spanish ancestor Aguilar in the hopes of discovering the location of a lost but important object....

July 24, 2025 · 2 min · 328 words · Christopher Beard

Avengers: Doomsday' Will Feature the Longest Serving Marvel Character Actor in History — One Way or Another

There may soon be a new most tenured member of the Marvel universe. With the announcement today thatPatrick Stewartwould be returning to the MCU as Professor Charles Xavieralongside his fellow X-Menin next year’sAvengers: Doomsday, theStar Trekicon is positioned to take the crown as the longest-serving character actor in Marvel’s on-screen history. He’ll have played Professor X for 26 years across eight films by the time the big crossover film comes out next May, with his debut coming in 2000 in the originalX-Men....

July 24, 2025 · 3 min · 542 words · Clayton Powers

Before ‘Damsel,’ the Director Made a Gripping Sequel to a Horror Classic

28 Days Later,directorDanny Boyle’s terrifying vision of London in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse,immediately sparked renewed interest in the genrewhen it debuted in 2002. Boyle’s fly-on-the-wall perspective, released during the dawn of digital innovation, became an instant classic because of its humanist drama and biting political allusions. All zombie movies have to live in the long shadow ofGeorge A. Romero’sNight of the Living Dead, but Boyle’s innovative take on a 21st-Century post-apocalypse emerged as a worthy contender....

July 24, 2025 · 6 min · 1189 words · Alicia Li

Bill Skarsgard on IT and Creating a Terrifying New Pennywise

There’s no shortage of iconic horror characters out there, but few have struck fear into as many hearts as Pennywise, the child-eating, shape-shifting clown created byStephen Kingas the force of evil corrupting the small town of Derry, Maine is his horror epicIT. When the book was adapted to miniseries in 1990,Tim Currytransformed the character into a living, breathing force of evil on Bozo’s clothes, scaring the wits out of audiences everywhere with a sinister smile and gravelly voice and cementing a generation of kids as clown-phobic....

July 24, 2025 · 12 min · 2465 words · Sara Rodriguez

Blindspot Season 5: Creator on Final Season Deaths [Spoilers]

Spoilers forBlindspotSeason 5, Episode 1, “I Came to Sleigh,” follow below. With the explosive (literally!) Season 5 premiere of the NBC drama seriesBlindspot, the final season is set up to be one full of high stakes that will only continue to get more and more dangerous for Jane (Jaimie Alexander) and the surviving members of the former FBI taskforce, as they remain on the run. Without their usual gadgets and tech, and unable to turn to their list of allies for fear of putting them at risk, they know they must do the impossible and find a way to stop Madeline (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) before she takes them out for good....

July 24, 2025 · 9 min · 1860 words · Steven Cabrera

Captain America: Civil War: Black Panther's Role Revealed

When Marvel Studios unveiledthe first trailerfor the superhero-stuffedCaptain America: Civil War, folks were not only buzzing about the discord betweenChris Evans’ Cap andRobert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man, but also the brief look we got at a brand new Marvel superhero: Black Panther.Chadwick Bosemanbrings Marvel Comics’ first black superhero to life on the big screen inCivil War, and while he’s not the star of the film (that comes inBlack Panther, which is slated for release in February 2018), the character certainly plays an integral role in the sequel’s storyline....

July 24, 2025 · 4 min · 841 words · April Howard

Cary Fukunaga Drops The Alienist, Will Next Direct The Black Count

While many have tried, in the two years sinceTrue DetectiveSeason 1 first aired, no one has been able to accomplish the feat of a single writer and a single directing collaborating on a TV series to near-perfect results. That director,Cary Fukunaga, quickly became an in demand name, and while he quickly moved onto the moving child soldier dramaBeasts of No Nation, he’s since been busy developing a number of projects. Now, word comes that what was intended to be his return to TV territory is no longer happening....

July 24, 2025 · 3 min · 429 words · Taylor Logan

Chris Pratt on Stealing Someone's Wish to Become the Voice of Mario

Nintendo shocked the world during Thursday’sNintendo Directpresentation, announcinga bizarre, star-studded castfor their upcomingSuperMario Bros.movie with Illumination.Chris Prattis slated to play the famous Italian plumber, something he discussed last nightin a new Instagram video. He detailed his motivation for playing Mario and said he’s been working hard to perfect the role. Pratt launched into a story of his childhood when he used to go down to the local laundromat that happened to have a classicMario Bros....

July 24, 2025 · 2 min · 362 words · Dr. Jordan Stuart MD