All That Revival in the Works at Nickelodeon with Kenan Thompson

Nickelodeon is revving up for another 90s-00s reboot with the return ofAll That. Once upon a time, the kids network was the one and only place to find sketch comedy and variety shows that were appropriate for families and children in the viewing audience. Speaking as one such kid who used to watchAll That, its Canadian import predecessorYou Can’t Do That on Television, and its slightly older and more musical sister seriesRoundhouse, these shows were an absolute blast to watch Saturday nights on the big orange couch....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 398 words · Molly Owens

Annie Awards Winners 2020: Klaus Takes Best Feature, Netflix Dominates

Klaushas one jolly good night at the2020 Annie Awards, which honored Netflix’s first original animated feature with a whopping seven wins on animation’s big night. Most surprising among them is a major upset overFrozen 2,Toy Story 4,How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, andMissing Linkin the “Best Feature” category. It was part of a dominating performance for Netflix overall, which also sawI Lost My Bodytake home three wins—including “Best Indie Feature”—and the seriesLove, Death, & Robotssnag four....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 355 words · Patrick Wilson

Best Kate Winslet Performances That Aren't Titanic

Kate Winslethas come a long way from being criticized by her drama teacher for settling for the"fat girl parts." Having starred in multiple Award-winning productions and receiving praise for her most well-known film,Titanic, the actress has a trajectory in Hollywood filled with remarkable performances worth admiration. Her name even resurfaced in the Emmys this year, after she won the award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries for her role in the HBO hit showMare of Easttown....

August 10, 2025 · 5 min · 1012 words · Lawrence Johnson

Best Movies of 2016: Adam's Picks

Some years, making a Top 10 list is fairly easy. Other years—like 2016—it’s much harder. There were a lot of films I really enjoyed this year, but few that I trulyloved. For whatever reason, I found plenty of films enjoyable or thought provoking or emotional, but not very many thatreallyconnected as in years past. To be honest, I would’ve been fine crafting a Top 5 this year instead of a Top 10, but the rules clearly state that you must have 10 favorite films each year or else your list is invalid....

August 10, 2025 · 13 min · 2588 words · Mrs. Lisa Robinson

Best South Korean Movies, for Those Who Loved Parasite and Want More

At the2020 Academy Awards, history was made.Parasite, the genre-bending, class-examining, “metaphorical” masterpiece fromBong Joon Hoand his incredible cast, won the Oscars for Best International Feature Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director, and Best Picture. Not only was this the first time any non-English language film won Best Picture, it was also the first time any South Korean film was honored at the Oscars in any way. If you sawParasite, saw it get honored the hell out of at the Oscars, and are thinking to yourself, “I want more,” boy howdy am I excited to share the following list with you....

August 10, 2025 · 11 min · 2136 words · Roger Miller

Brad Bird's Next Movie Is a Musical with Michael Giacchino

While the current (and much deserved) hype for the best animated movie of 2018 is focused onSpider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, it’s worth reminding folks that the excellent and long-awaitedIncredibles 2had a very impressive run last year. It’s a box office bronze medal winner on the domestic stage, behind only Disney/Marvel’sBlack PantherandAvengers: Infinity War, and took the fourth spot at the worldwide box office behindJurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. On the critical side of things, it has a 94% rating from professional reviewers matched pretty closely with the audience’s 86% favorable rating....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 329 words · Matthew Butler

Call Me By Your Name Sequel: Armie Hammer on Why We Need to Wait

Call Me by Your Name, the heartbreakingly beautiful 2017 romantic coming-of-age tale starringTimothée ChalametandArmie Hammer, was adapted from the 2007 novel byAndré Aciman. Twelve years later, after the film had permeated through the cultural consciousness, Aciman released the sequel to his original work, calledFind Me. The novel revisits the characters of Elio (Chalamet) and Oliver (Hammer) many years after their original meeting, resolving in a way that will either betray or delight fans of the film, depending on what you want to happen to them....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 392 words · Theresa Gonzalez

Christina Haack Reveals Reason For Following Ex on Instagram

Christina Haackis addressing her recent social media activity, which has garnered a lot of attention forthe reality star!TheFlip or Flopstar,amid anugly divorce battleagainst her third husband,Joshua Hall, had come under the radar for re-following her ex-husbandAnt Ansteadon Instagram. She revealed in a conversation with Backgrid that she had a motive behind following her ex, and it’s their son,Hudson London Anstead. She believes that the toddler deserves for his parents to “get along,” and the social media move was apossible olive branch to set that plan in motion....

August 10, 2025 · 3 min · 455 words · Samantha Flowers

Cillian Murphy Barely Left the House While Prepping for 'Oppenheimer'

Having worked withChristopher Nolanon six films, beginning withBatman Begins,Cillian Murphyis one of the acclaimed filmmaker’s most frequent collaborators. With his leading turn alongside Nolan inOppenheimer, however, Murphy transcended his previous supporting player status, taking center stage as the father of the atomic bomb. Not taking the opportunity for granted,he thrust himself into a rigorous regimen of preparation in order to play the role, which continued throughout the film’s shooting scheduleand demanded the utmost dedication as he transformed himself both mentally and physically....

August 10, 2025 · 4 min · 674 words · Jessica Abbott

CW Superhero Crossover: New Trailer Reveals the Dominators

The CW isn’t screwing around when it comes to bringing the visually striking extra-terrestrials known asThe Dominatorsto the small screen. Making these yellow-skinned, bullseye-headed aliens the main villains of a four-episode crossover special was a bit of a gamble, but since the shows have found success with bigger-than-life characters like King Shark onThe Flashand the more-recent Parasite onSupergirl, The Dominators aren’t all that far-fetched. And as revealed in a new trailer for the special, their designs are actually quite good in that they’re decidedly creepy, pay homage to the original comic book characters, and fit within the DC TV universe....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 270 words · Susan Martinez

Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol TV Show Trailer Reveals Peacock Prequel

Peacock recently dropped the first official teaser trailer for its upcoming original series,Dan Brown’sThe Lost Symbol. The show follows the early adventures of Harvard Symbologist Robert Langdon: the same characterTom Hanksincarnated inRon Howard’s blockbuster filmsThe Da Vinci CodeandAngels & Demons, based on the books of the same name byDan Brown. In the Peacock original,Ashley Zukermanwill portray a young Langdon, who must solve a series of deadly puzzles — enmeshing himself within a high-stakes game of cat and mouse — to save his kidnapped mentor and squelch a world-spanning conspiracy....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 327 words · Kimberly Stark

Edgar Wright Eyeing Grasshopper Jungle for Next Film

It’s felt like an awfully long wait for the nextEdgar Wrightfilm since greatAnt-ManSNAFU of 2014, but fortunately, that wait is almost over withBaby Driverriding high on glowing festival reviews into afresh new June 28 release date. Should the universe chose to be kind in these dark and trying times, it seems we might not have a very long wait before we know what he’s doing next. PerThe Hollywood Reporter, Wright is gearing up to direct an adaptation ofAndrew Smith’s insane sounding novelGrasshopper Junglefor his next film and New Regency is final negotiations to pick up the project....

August 10, 2025 · 2 min · 365 words · Sean Cochran

Good Boys Review: R-Rated Tween Comedy Has Surprising Heart

[This is a repost of our review from the 2019 SXSW Film Festival.Good Boysopens today.] I’m a sucker for a good coming of age movie, and I mean a real coming of age movie, not these model-hot twenty-somethings playing teenagers falling in love for the first time. I’m talking about the movies about real kids moving into the first grown-up stage in their lives. I’m talking about stuff likeStand By Me,Bridge to Terabithia,My Girl,The 400 Blowsand the more recentEighth Grade....

August 10, 2025 · 5 min · 865 words · Cassandra Cohen