Watch Showtime's Black Monday Premiere for Free

As is its wont, Showtime has released the premiere episode of its upcoming comedy seriesBlack Mondayto watch online for free (and you can do so below!) The show starsDon Cheadleas the head of a misfit group of Wall Street traders, which includesRegina Hall,Paul Scheer,Horatio Sanz,Yassir Lester, andAndrew Rannells. According to the press release, “Together, they take on the moneyed, blueblood, old-boys club of New York finance and end up unwittingly crashing a Lamborghini limousine, the glass ceiling and the world’s largest financial system in this scathing comic commentary on 1980s excess....

August 25, 2025 · 3 min · 430 words · Daniel Odonnell

What Does The Handmaid's Tale Have to Say About Religion?

AsThe Handmaid’s Taleenters its fifth season and sees June Osborne (Elisabeth Moss) deal with the trauma of surviving Gilead, it’s easy to underestimate the depth of the show’s religious undertones. The persistently horrible acts of the fictional nation might lead one to believe the show is anti-faith, but in fact, its thesis is quite balanced.The Handmaid’s Talehas persistently depicted the dangers of religion while simultaneously proving an intertextual understanding of the parts of faith that bring people hope....

August 25, 2025 · 7 min · 1334 words · Nina Stewart

What Is the Eye on Aldhani in Andor?

Andor, the prequel series toRogue One, a 2016 addition to the ever-expanding, sprawling world of Star Wars takes fans on a nostalgic and oft-surprising trip to places and planets that may or may not have been featured before. One of them includes Aldhani, the seemingly deserted planet that Luthen (Stellan Skargard) brings Cassian (Diego Luna)to after recruiting him fora revolutionary mission the rebels seem to have planned. The mission involves infiltrating and stealing from an Imperial garrison - a feat whose undertaking would simply be foolhardy should a distraction not be created or taken advantage of....

August 25, 2025 · 6 min · 1099 words · Alexandra Bright

What To Watch This Weekend - 'Anora,' 'Godzilla Minus One,' and More

November is finally here, which means the holidays aren’t too far behind. We all know that Christmas movies will be pushed to the top of our watchlists in a matter of weeks, but until then there are still some phenomenal options for us to get to this weekend.Mikey Madisonstars in one of the year’s best films, while Gru and the family finally hit streaming inDespicable Me 4. Also, the king of the monsters turns 70, which means he’s headed back to theaters....

August 25, 2025 · 7 min · 1286 words · Richard Fuller

Why the Best Hey Arnold Halloween Episode Isn't Arnold's Halloween

Steven Spielbergonce referred toRugratsas “the TVPeanutsof our time,” butHey Arnold!has always seemed the more logical successor to Charlie Brown. Its ensemble cast is almost as large, its range of recurring situations and gags as broad, and its emotional core as deep.Except forAvatar: The Last Airbender, no other Nicktoon traded comedy for drama and pathos as often, andHey Arnold!did so at a scale that was more readily applicable to real life. The inner-city neighborhood and its wild collection of residents put Arnold and his friends through all the highs and lows of the fourth grade age....

August 25, 2025 · 6 min · 1239 words · Melissa Gonzalez

Willy Wonka Kids Reflect on Making the Film 50 Years Later

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1971 release ofWilly Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, the family classic that holds a special place in the hearts of so many is now available on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray (with previously released special features). Directed byMel Stuart, the film explores what happens when the reclusive Candy Man Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) opens his chocolate factory to five lucky kids who enter thinking that they’ll be given a tour and shown all of the secrets, but who actually end up learning life lessons that they’ll never forget....

August 25, 2025 · 8 min · 1635 words · David Shaw

Wonder Woman 1984 Runtime Revealed Prior to HBO Max Launch

The runtime forWonder Woman 1984has been revealed now that tickets are on sale, and fans should be prepared for 2 hours and 31 minutes ofGal Gadotkicking all kinds of butt. DirectorPatty Jenkinspreviously told Colliderlast December that the first cut of the sequel was 2 hours and 45 minutes, so clearly she has been busy trimming the picture in the editing room. Studios are notorious for preferring shorter runtimes, and Jenkins seemed to allude to some editing battles in that interview, saying “one of the things I’m tinkering with would make it shorter — which would make everybody excited — but it’s not bad....

August 25, 2025 · 2 min · 341 words · Anna Martin

Wonder Woman 2 Delayed until Summer 2020

The 2019 movie calendar just got a little less wonderful today. Warner Bros.‘Wonder Womanfranchise, starringGal Gadotin the title role, had been gearing up for its second solo film to feature the amazing Amazon (the fourth appearance of Gadot in the part), but now directorPatty Jenkinswill have a few more months to polish it up. Previously slated for a July 06, 2025 release, Gadot revealed today that the sequelWonder Woman 1984will now arrive on June 15, 2025....

August 25, 2025 · 2 min · 355 words · Jonathan Underwood

You Can Already Pre-Order ‘Venom 3’ With This Stunning 4K Steelbook

While Marvel Studios and Disney only had one new film hit theaters this year, Sony Pictures has been picking up the slack with their latest entries in their ongoing Spider-Verse. The next one up,Venom: The Last Dance, just hit theaters this weekend and hopes to continue the financial success of the previous films in this symbiotic anti-hero franchise.The Last Danceis the third and final film inTom Hardy’sVenomtrilogy. Now, before you even head out to the theater for Eddie Brock’s last globe-trotting adventure,you’re able to pre-orderTheLast Dancewith this 4K steelbook....

August 25, 2025 · 2 min · 425 words · Jimmy Thomas

‘Castlevania: Nocturne’: Everything We Know So Far About the Netflix Series

Quick Links There have been very few shows that have caused a stir in both anime and gaming communities, andNetflix’sCastlevaniawas one of them. Often considered one of thebest TV adaptations of a video gameever made,Castlevaniatook the world by storm with its amazing visual style, an immersive and bloody storyline, soulful scores, and an equally scintillating finale. The final season, released in 2021, gave an action-filled and somewhat happy ending to the narrative of Trevor Belmont, Sypha Belnades, and Alucard, which was based on the 1989 entryCastlevania III: Dracula’s Curse....

August 25, 2025 · 6 min · 1121 words · Elizabeth Garza

‘Fringe’s Only Christmas Episode Turned the Holiday Deadly

Holiday-themed episodes were never part ofFringe’s DNA. Time-traveling men in black, doppelgängers from another universe, andbringingLeonard Nimoyout of retirementwere integral to forming the identity of this sci-fi series. It’s a shame too,Fringecould have had some fun taking on holidays. Some cases were terrifying enough to be set on or around the Halloween season: melting skin, exploding heads, and squid-like creatures that burst out of the mouth, to name a few.Fringeloved making the impossible possible, but it usually stayed away from celebrating the holidays, except for an episode in Season 1....

August 25, 2025 · 10 min · 2029 words · Erika Smith

‘M3GAN 2.0’ Set to Slay Megan Fox’s 46% Rotten Tomatoes Cult Classic at the Global Box Office

Universal might be celebrating the massive opening ofJurassic World Rebirththis weekend, not to mention the sustained success ofHow to Train Your Dragon, but there’s no denying that the studio’sM3GAN 2.0is possiblyone of its biggest recent disasters. The film suffered a monumentally huge second-weekend drop, as it barely managed to retain a spot on the domestic top 10 list. The movie hails from the same creative team that made the originalM3GANa breakout blockbuster only a few years ago, but it’s shaping up to be more of aJoker: Folie à Deuxsituation than aConjuring 2....

August 25, 2025 · 2 min · 389 words · Elizabeth Dunn

“Her Connection to That Firehouse Will Be Just As Deep”: ‘9-1-1’ Showrunner Teases How Bobby's Death Will Impact Athena's Arc in Season 9

We’re just here to check in on our9-1-1family out there, who are undoubtedly and understandably still reeling from theshocking loss of Peter Krause’s Bobby Nash. It’s been a few weeks, but it will take much longer than that before our wounds show any sign of healing. With just a few episodes left in the eighth season, audiences are on edge as we wait for the other shoe to drop, thanks to the never-ending paranoia that we now live in courtesy of the creative team....

August 25, 2025 · 2 min · 382 words · Mitchell Martinez