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Editor’s note: The below contains spoilers for Episode 3 ofThe Last of Us. So far, HBO’sThe Last of Ushas focused more on the darkness of despair than on the light of hope. Thefirst episodeshows us how 20 years into the apocalypse have shaped Joel (Pedro Pascal) into a hard and violent man. Then,in Episode 2, we wander through the destroyed streets of a collapsing city, witnessing the horrors unleashed both bythe cordyceps infectionand the human bomb trying to contain the outbreak....

After the massive success of its first season,The Mandalorianis stacking up a heck of a cast for Season 2. Last week brought the latest exciting new addition,DeadwoodandSanta Clarita DietstarTimothy Olyphant, whosigned on to play a mystery characterin the upcoming season of the Disney+ series. Well, mystery no more! The good folks over at/Filmhave delivered some new details about Olyphant’s character, and while you may be familiar with the name if you’re a fan of the Star Wars books, you’re definitely going to be familiar with his gear....

Every single season ofLove Is Blindhas the odd red flag men. But viewers surely didn’t expect to be served with a preposterous bunch of liars like the men onLove Is BlindSeason 8. Save forDaniel Hastings, every single male contestant was incredibly problematic and sketchy in the latest installment. It turns out thata majority of them were putting up a front for the cameraswhile subjecting the female contestants to their problematic behavior off-screen....

In our modern era of action filmmaking, maximalism tends to rule the day.The Raid, theJohn Wickfranchise,Nobody,Extraction,Shang-Chi— we love to see as much performatively audacious, bone-crunching, blood-spurting action as humanly possible, and we love to see it now, please. These films and this style of action construction are full of obvious, visceral pleasure. But can it overwhelm, deaden, turn a film’s overall sense of shape and dynamics into white noise? EnterThe Protégé, a 2021 action-thriller marketed as being “from the studio that brought youJohn Wick” (Lionsgate, who’s gone above and beyond with this beautifully color-corrected 4K blu-ray) but actually feels like a different kettle of fighting fish altogether....

Quick Links Good and evil, heroes and villains, much of human existence has been devoted to the eternal struggle between these two concepts. In most fantasy films, the idea of a clash between both ideals forms the basis for the plot. This holds true for classics likeHarry Potter,Once Upon a Time, andThe Forbidden Forest. In the last five years, Netflix has made an effort to swell its repertoire of fantasy novel and graphic novel adaptations, having debutedThe Umbrella Academy¸The Witcher,Warrior Nun,Cursed, Locke & Key, andLetter for the King....

STARZ has just released a new trailer for their upcoming seriesThe Serpent Queen, giving us our first look at the royal historical drama with a sharper edge than most. The series follows the life ofCatherine de Medici, one of the most influential women in history, who clawed her way to the top as one of the most powerful rulers in French history. The series will premiere on STARZ on September 11, at 8:00 p....

Now that ourTop 50 Superhero Movies of All Timelist has come and gone, it’s on to the next! But this time around, we’re putting the spotlight on one specific filmmaker - one of the best of all-time,Steven Spielberg. From 1975’sJaws, which started the summer blockbuster phenomenon, to 2017’s Academy Award-nominatedThe Post, Spielberg has moved audiences with his rich, emotional stories, thrilled them with some incredible action sequences; made them think with his political dramas and inspired them to explore a world beyond our own....

In its third frame,Ryan Coogler’sBlack Pantheris now estimated to blow past the $500 million mark domestically after taking in another $65.7 million over the weekend. That would make Marvel’s latest only the second movie to cross that line afterThe Avengers, and it did it a week earlier than theJoss Whedon-helmed epic.Avengersended its run at $623 million domestically and $1.5 billion globally and thought Coogler’s film has a ways to go to top those numbers, it’s now looking more and more likely that it will indeed become the MCU’s biggest hit to date....

Things were looking bleak at the box office yesterday.The Emoji Movie, easily one of the worst films of 2017, had a strong showing on Friday, to the point that it looked like the animated fiasco might very well take the weekend.Dunkirk,Christopher Nolan’s problematic yet potent war film, was right behind Sony Animation’s latest whileAtomic Blonde, the other major release of the weekend, seemed to be holding strong in the third spot....

If you grew up in the 80s, 90s, and into the early 00’s then without a doubt you’re familiar with the incredibly catchy and often hilarious cover songs of the accordion ace"Weird Al" Yankovic. From spoofing Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” into a medical comedy with “Like a Surgeon” to singing “Soon I’m gonna be a Jedi” to the tune of “American Pie,” there’s very little this lovable weirdo won’t make a parody out of....

Janelle Brownhas faced extreme hardships in recent years, both on and off her TLC seriesSister Wives. Her life as a happily “married” polygamist was shattered whenChristine Brownannounced that she was divorcing their mutual husband,Kody Brown. Shortly after this occurred, Janelle was also inclined to separate from her husband. Even Kody’s first wife,Meri Brown, eventually followed suit, afterKody made a startling confession, telling the wife he had once referred to as “the bait” for their polygamous lifestyle that he wished he had never married her....

Minor spoilers ahead forStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. If you were a fan ofStar Wars: The Last Jedi, you were probably bummed to see that Rose Tico (Kelly Marie Tran) is barely inThe Rise of Skywalker. A major character in the previous film, Rose now has about as much to do as an unnamed Resistance technician played byDominic Monaghan. So what happened? Why did writersJ.J. AbramsandChris Terrioseverely diminish Rose’s role?...

Quick Links As Season 8 of TLC’s90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?unfolds, new viewers and loyal fans are brought back tothe turbulent journeys of international coupleswho have successfully navigated the K-1 visa process, only to find out that the honeymoon phase is officially over. Beyond the initial excitement of being together, these couples face all sorts of challenges,ranging from cultural differences to unresolved tensions, and even surprising revelations about each other’s personalities....