Have We Really Seen the Last of Irving B. at Lumon?

Editor’s note: The below contains spoilers for Severance Season 2. MDR is back fromtheir indescribable ORTBOon Apple TV+‘sSeverance, and each Macrodat is fired up with their own pressing questions. But the matter to dominate the others comes from an impatient Dylan G. (Zach Cherry), who demands to know what’s happened to Irving (John Turturro). Mr. Milchick (Tramell Tillman) is making himself clear that there is to be no further melodrama on his watch after what Irving had done, and that includes any going back on his word about Irving’s punishment....

August 15, 2025 · 5 min · 1032 words · Sherri Thompson

iMessage Location Not Available

Dealing with “Location Not Available” on iMessage can be frustrating, especially when you rely on real-time location sharing.This issue can happen for several reasons, but most can be fixed quickly.If you find yourself struggling toshare your live location, you’re not alone. Plenty of people face this problem regularly. To fix this, it’s crucial to understand the steps to reset location sharing. Ensure both you and your friend have Location Services turned on....

August 15, 2025 · 3 min · 606 words · Christopher Torres

Injustice 2 Gameplay Trailer Introduces Catwoman, Poison Ivy

There are still a few characters who have not been officially revealed for DC Comics and NetherRealm Studios' upcoming fighting gameInjustice 2, but that number is dwindling by the day. And today, Valentine’s Day, saw the uncoincidental release of a new gameplay trailer that reveals four fearsome fighters: Catwoman, Black Canary, Cheetah, and Poison Ivy. And not to be outdone, Swamp Thing is featured in the fray, though he’s receiving more punishment than he’s dishing out....

August 15, 2025 · 3 min · 444 words · Christopher Lee

Inside Amy Schumer Season 4 Clip Criticizes Sexist Sitcoms

The latest season ofInside Amy Schumercontinues to be one of the more unsung highlights of the television year, with some excellent cameos by the likes ofJake GyllenhaalandLena Dunham, amongst others. It’s been a pretty excellent continuation of the ideas Schumer touched on in herChris Rock-directed HBO comedy special from New York’s Apollo Theater, and one of the most recent sketch clips from this season directly references a point she made in that stand-up special....

August 15, 2025 · 2 min · 278 words · Collin Lowe

James Dean to Be Digitally Resurrected for CGI Performance in New Film

The future is now, it appears, and the inevitable has happened.James Dean, an iconic movie star who died in 1955 at the age of 24, has been cast in a new Vietnam-era action film calledFinding Jack. You read that right. It was announced today that Dean will be digitally resurrected via “full body CGI” using actual footage and photos of the actor, allowing him to play a role in the film....

August 15, 2025 · 3 min · 516 words · Todd Martinez

John Carpenter Returns With Spooky New Album Lost Themes III

John Carpenterhasn’t directed a movie since 2010’sThe Ward, and in recent years has shifted his creative output almost entirely towards his musical career. It’s not an entirely unexpected swerve, especially considering that he composed the scores to many of his very best movies (including, of course,Halloween), but it is very, very delightful. And today he, of course, announced a new album calledLost Themes III: Alive After Death(composed, once again, withCody CarpenterandDaniel Davies), which will be outvia Sacred Bones Recordson August 03, 2025....

August 15, 2025 · 2 min · 366 words · Tiffany Bryant

Joker Ending Explained: How the Conclusion Undermines the Movie

Spoilers ahead forJoker. The ending ofTodd Phillips’Jokeris meant to be a joke of sorts on the audience. We’ve just been treated to this entire origin story of Joker. We’ve seen how Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) went from a street clown with a mental illness to the unintentional leader of a riot against Gotham City’s wealthy elites. It’s a story where Arthur is painted at turns as a tragic figure who never received the love and support he needed from his mother, his co-workers, his neighbors, or society as a whole....

August 15, 2025 · 5 min · 1029 words · Heather Jones

Last Week Tonight: Watch John Oliver Tackle Environmental Racism

The latestLast Week Tonightepisode began withJohn Oliverdiscussing how Walt Disney World in Orlando has just been stripped of its special district benefits, which came as a direct pushback of Disney having revealed its opposition to the parental rights in education bill that has recently been passed in the state of Florida. After throwing criticism at Florida GovernorRon DeSantisfor this decision, the host then also talks about Texas GovernorGreg Abbott, and LA County SheriffAlex Villanuevawho all have in common the fact that they’ve made some dreadful decisions in the past few weeks....

August 15, 2025 · 3 min · 507 words · Jamie Wiley

Laura Linney Talks Ozark and Working with Jason Bateman

The Netflix drama seriesOzarkis about Chicago financial advisor Marty Byrde (Jason Bateman, who also executive produced the series and directed four episodes), who has been quietly laundering money with his business partner Bruce (Josh Randall) for a drug kingpin (Esai Morales) working for a cartel. After discovering that $8 million of the money is missing, Marty finds himself having to move his family to The Ozarks, where he must find new ways to get the money laundered, to save the lives of his wife (Laura Linney) and children (Sofia HublitzandSkylar Gaertner), all while avoiding the FBI....

August 15, 2025 · 9 min · 1715 words · Travis Brandt

Leonardo DiCaprio Oscar Snubs: 5 Times He Should've Won

It was clear early on that there was something special aboutLeonardo DiCaprio. He was nominated for his first Academy Award at the age of 20 forWhat’s Eating Gilbert Grape, and while the fresh-faced actor had already earned “teen heartthrob” status that would only grow when he reached the next level of fame, he was always keen on taking challenging roles rather than going for the flashy male lead. Indeed, films likeThe Basketball DiariesandThis Boy’s Lifearen’t exactly the kind of projects you take when you’re merely seeking superstardom, which is why signing on to star inJames Cameron’s epic romance about the doomed Titanic was a fitting choice for the actor and, ironically, the one that launched him into the “movie star” realm....

August 15, 2025 · 6 min · 1122 words · Daniel Harvey

Little Mermaid: Rob Marshall Lined up to Direct for Disney

Disney continues to mine its existing, classic, animated properties in safe and reliably lucrative ways. It’s a smart, savvy business play; animated fairy tales were the bread and butter for the company’s creative teams for decades, and now that moviemaking technology allows those stories to come to life in impressive live-action displays, Disney’s making the most of it. The company dabbled in live-action adaptations of their animated features in the 90s and early 2000s, but it was 2010’s billion-dollar-plus-earningAlice in Wonderlandthat helped shape the studio’s efforts in a new direction, for better or worse....

August 15, 2025 · 2 min · 402 words · Wendy Collins

Martin Scorsese’s Scary ‘Taxi Driver' Cameo Was a Last Minute Recast

The late-night drives are like so many others as an insomniac man steers his cab past the scum on two feet, wandering out on the New York City streets. This seems like a nasty reality and feels like a bad dream inTaxi Driver, an early film from directorMartin Scorsese. The music fromBernard Hermannstirs up the misery and danger to Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro), the titular driver who is repulsed at the “scum,” unable to see what he’s becoming....

August 15, 2025 · 8 min · 1520 words · Jacqueline Cox

Movie Talk: Young Han Solo Trilogy in the Works

On this episode of Collider Movie Talk (July 26, 2025) Mark Ellis, Kristian Harloff, Jon Schnepp, and Ashley Mova discuss the following: We know that Lucasfilm is developing a new trilogy of core films in theStar Warssaga, but long-term plans for the standalone anthology films have always remained a mystery; especially for theYoung Han Solomovie.Alden Ehrenreichwas recently revealed to portray young Han Solo in the secondStar Wars StoryfromPhil LordandChris Millerand now, according to The New York Daily News, the studio wants to capitalize on the hype surrounding the character and isdeveloping plans for threeHan Solofilms in total....

August 15, 2025 · 6 min · 1099 words · Jennifer Newman