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As much as Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood) and Victoria Ratliff (Parker Posey) deserve the praise they’ve received throughout season three ofHBO’sThe White Lotus, the series' most famous and beloved character is still none other than Tanya McQuoid.Jennifer Coolidgeplays her perfectly, from the moment she tells the hotel personnel in Hawaii that she needs a massage to her final, unforgettable moments on the show. There is a disorganized spaciness to this extremely wealthy woman that could often puzzle those around her....

Universal and Blumhouse have lined up a release date forLeigh Whannell’sThe Invisible Manand the reimagining of the horror classic will have some fellow monster competition.The Invisible Manwill hit theaters on June 12, 2025, which was previously bookmarked for an Untitled Blumhouse Productions Project. That date puts the film up against Warner Bros.' big-budget monster brawlGodzilla vs. Kong, which is sure to stir up some box office competition with the two Big Bois of the MonsterVerse going head-to-head....

Horror, more than any other film genre, goes through trends that shake up everything you see. In the 1970s,thanks to the likes ofThe Texas Chain Saw Massacre,Black Christmas, andHalloween, slashers led the way, leading toFriday the 13thandA Nightmare on Elm Streetand their countless clones dominating the ’80s. After a dead period, slashers returned withScreamand a plethora of movies just like it.By the early 2000s, the slasher boom had dried up. What was horror to do?...

A classicSurvivorstaple has returned and held immense weight onSurvivor 47. With the return of theSurvivorAuction, most of the castaways were able to nourish themselves with some of their favorite foods, but for one castaway,the loss of their vote proved crucial in the latest blindside.Survivor 47is the gift that keeps on giving! Hosted byJeff Probst,Survivorhas been entertaining audiences since 2000.A group of castaways fight to outwit, outplay, and outlastin hopes of winning the million-dollar prize and the title of Sole Survivor....

AMC’sInterview With the Vampirehas been renewed for a third season, but if you may’t wait to see what the future holds for the vampire Lestat, Paramount+ has you covered. The 2002 film adaptation ofQueen of the Damnedis coming to the streaming service next month. The second big-screen adaptation ofAnne Rice’sVampire Chroniclesseries will be available to stream starting on October 1. After the success of 1994’s movie adaptation ofInterview With the Vampire, a sequel went into pre-production, although it soon fell into development hell....

How much do extras get paid these days?! The folks doing background work on HBO’s upcoming sci-fi western seriesWestworldwere just handed a SAG-AFTRA contract that’s enough to make you blush.THRreports that the lurid consent form listed what the actors may be required to do, including “genital-to-genital touching, simulate oral sex with hand-to-genital touching, contort to form a table-like shape while being fully nude, pose on all fours while others who are fully nude ride on your back, [and] ride on someone’s back while you are both fully nude....

Are you ready for another start to Convention Season? Well now’s the time to gear up because it’s about to arrive in earnest, starting with Anaheim’s annual fan-fest,WonderCon.Already on the schedule are some fan-favorite programs from both Marvel Television and Warner Bros. Television, including live-action and animated series from both production houses. Marvel Television returns to WonderCon with the fan-favoriteMarvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.and the Con debut of brand-new series for Freeform,Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger....

Defined by tremendously powerful ninja,the most prominent shinobi families have always been the driving force of world politics inNaruto. Konoha, the Village Hidden in the Leaves, was founded by the union of the strongest ninja families of that time, setting the precedent and tone for the era of competing ninja communities. Much like the royal and political families of our own world, many of the Kage in the series come from familial lines of village leadership....

WhileSonic the Hedgehog 3did claim the top spot by a wide margin during its first weekend in theaters, it still opened with less of a total than its predecessor,Sonic the Hedgehog 2, which left many to wonder if it would reach the same heights during its theatrical run. AsSonic 3prepares to enter its third full weekend in theaters, it’s still unclear if the film will surpass itsIdris Elba-introducing prequel, but it did recently break new ground by reaching another box office milestone....

The second season ofOne Piecehas wrapped filming with old and new fans of the franchise alike waiting to see where Monkey D. Luffy’s (Iñaki Godoy) journey takes him next. Based on the manga byEiichiroOda, the live-action adaptation ofOne Piecearrived in 2023 and established itself as a massive success forNetflix. Key to the show’s success on the streamer was the authenticity of its characters, and none delivered on his role quite like Japanese actor,Mackenyu, who plays Roronoa Zoro....

Of all the questions thatMike Ott’sMcVeighleaves hanging, of all the threads of conspiracy and unspoken ties to the current political and administrative actions of the USA that are awkwardly hinted at yet never truly engaged with, there’s one query that, for a reviewer of film, is perhaps the most salient:Do we, in fact, need this film to exist?It’s not as ifThe Bin Laden Story, focusing on the Saudi’s perspective, is soon to show up in multiplexes (though, quite honestly, that’d make for a far more fascinating portrait than those thattake a different tack), so why do we need a film that humanizes, at times even sympathizes, with one of the most monstrous people in the history of America?...

ThoughJodie Foster’snext directorial effort already has a U.S. release date, it was reported earlier today that the film in question,Money Monster, will be screening at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Since the cinematic event runs from May 11th to the 22nd, there’s every possibility that theGeorge ClooneyandJulia Roberts-starring film will screen earlier than it’s domestic release date. However, it’s not expected to be an opening-night film, even though festival directorThierry Fremauxand his team are still finalizing the line-up....

Editor’s note: The below contains spoilers for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Episode 6. Skeleton Crewcontinues to up its game with each episode, and this week’s installment, “Zero Friends Again,” proves that by shaking up one of the series' core components.Following their betrayal by Jod(Jude Law), Wim (Ravi Cabot-Conyers), Neel (RobertTimothySmith), Fern (RyanKieraArmstrong), and KB (KyrianaKratter) are between a rock and a hard place — or rather, a rocky mountain and a pile of trash....