Fantastic Four: First Steps Fixes the Biggest Mistake of Previous Movies

The sky is on fire. A streak of silver cuts through the clouds. A towering alien arrives to silently watch. I didnt want to just use motion-capture for Galactus, Shakman recently toldEntertainment Weekly. I wanted to actually have someone there embodying the part. Yes, thats right, Galactus wont just be a CGI creation voiced by Ralph Inesons deep English brogue. How do you check that that the scale is correct?...

April 11, 2025 · 2 min · 221 words · Lisa Harris

Hacks Season 4: How Much Longer Can Deborah and Ava Keep This Up?

Hacks season 4 starts strong with Deborah and Ava’s feud at its best. This article contains spoilers forHacksseason 4 episode 1 and 2. Late night is for housewives and mechanics. Once again, Deborah is shrouding her pride with envy. Ava forces her to see comedy in a way she didnt before. Ava propels her to grow into a better version of herself both on and off stage. The nightclub scene is the encapsulation of the evolving, yet still stagnant dynamic between the two....

April 11, 2025 · 1 min · 190 words · Steve White

The Pitt: Taylor Dearden and Patrick Ball Are As Anxious About Season 2 As You Are

This article contains spoilers forThe Pittseason 1. Dearden, who plays Dr. Melissa King, might have created the internets newest favorite neurodivergent queen. Ad content continues below Ball has a little bit of a different perspective. So before Ball looks forward to season two, hes often looked back at his own family history. All my parents friends are all nurses, doctors, and paramedics. My moms Facebook activity has never been higher....

April 11, 2025 · 2 min · 353 words · Albert Phillips

What Counts as a Real Dire Wolf? Unpacking the Big Debate

It is an image that rocked the internet, from online scientific publications to pop culture websiteslike our own. Now after so much time, the Pleistocene predator is back. This would also mark the first successful sequencing of a dire wolfs genome. They are selling you de-extinction but are creating genetically modified animals with some traits of an unrelated extinct species. We dont know what that number is. It could be 20 or it could be 2,000....

April 11, 2025 · 2 min · 247 words · Mary Wood

Yellowjackets Season 3 Ending Explained: The Identity of Pit Girl and Lottie’s Killer Revealed

This article contains spoilers for the season 3 finale ofYellowjackets. Death, burials, and ceremonies abound in the season 3 finale ofYellowjackets. In the past, the Wilderness calls for another sacrifice as winter gets closer. Heres everything major that happens in the season 3 finale and the questions answered. Who Killed Lottie? She tells Misty that it was an accident, and explains what happened. Callie doesnt want to be the child of the wilderness that Lottie believes she is....

April 11, 2025 · 2 min · 267 words · Erika Maynard

Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza Want to Reinvent the War Movie with Something Radical: Truth

WhenAlex Garlandfirst worked with Ray Mendoza, he was immediately struck by the latters precision and intuitive storytelling instincts. Have we got it right in the edit? And I remember he said, No, youve left too long a gap between these two events. That gap should be shorter. Garland, a perfectionist filmmaker on projects likeEx MachinaandAnnihilation, was impressed by Mendozas attention to the minute details. Garland inquired at the time. We would not take any liberties with anything inside that window....

April 10, 2025 · 3 min · 546 words · Tiffany Simon

Black Mirror Season 7 Episode 1 Review: Common People

This article contains spoilers for theBLACK MIRRORepisode Common People. Every comic is someones first. And like many of Stan the Mans musings, it doubles as sound advice. A television institution since it first premiered in 2011,Black Mirroris one of entertainments most well-established brands. This Chris ODowd and Rashida Jones two-hander is neither the best nor the worst episode ofBlack Mirror. But it might just be the mostBlack Mirrorepisode ofBlack Mirroryet....

April 10, 2025 · 2 min · 328 words · Shari Evans

Black Mirror Season 7 Episode 2 Review: Bête Noire

Black Mirror touches on big themes with a small lens in psychological dramedy Bete Noire. Warning: contains spoilers for Black Mirror episode Bete Noire. Honestly, what sick mind comes up with this stuff? As Brooker has continually explained sinceBlack Mirrors arrival, tech aint the problem we are. Retribution is exactly what Verity has planned. None of it though, satisfied her because her sci-fi superpowers couldnt change her unhappy past. So, shes taking action by hurting the people that once hurt her....

April 10, 2025 · 1 min · 172 words · Michele Flores

Black Mirror Season 7 Episode 3 Review: Hotel Reverie

Get swept away by the romance of Black Mirror’s visually stunning, sophisticated love story Hotel Reverie. Then,Black Mirrorheld off. Ad content continues below Hotel Reverie is hands-down the most beautiful-looking episodeBlack Mirrorhas ever made. They both put her in the same box, says Brandy, and she wants more. Ironically, Brandy finds more inside a box, or more properly, inside the redream computer system. Head of classic British filmmakers Keyworth Studios, Judith Keyworth (Harriet Walter) is also frustrated....

April 10, 2025 · 2 min · 221 words · Michael Parker

Black Mirror Season 7 Episode 4 Review: Plaything

Warning: contains spoilers forBlack Mirrorseason 7 episode 4 Plaything. You have to admit, the man has a point. He thinks humanity is going to merge with a collective intelligence and come out evolved. But was Cameron really just the Thronglets plaything? The Throng: benevolent or vengeful? According to the glimpse Plaything gave us, the London of the which was not aspirational. Police powers had been expanded to handheld facial recognition and DNA scanning devices....

April 10, 2025 · 1 min · 143 words · Angela Turner

Black Mirror Season 7 Episode 5 Review: Eulogy

Paul Giamatti steps into the past for Black Mirror season 7’s most affecting episode. This article contains spoilers for theBlack Mirrorepisode Eulogy. Wait, was that the best episode ofBlack Mirrorever? As is always the case withBlack Mirror, the quality of season 7s stories have varied. The difference this time around is that there doesnt appear to be an out-and-out stinker in the bunch. Like the best episodes ofBlack Mirror,the technology at play here is incidental to the plot....

April 10, 2025 · 2 min · 257 words · Matthew Woods

Black Mirror Season 7 Episode 6 Review – USS Callister: Into Infinity

Black Mirror’s first-ever sequel is a worthy USS Callister follow-up and a thrilling sci-fi adventure. This article contains spoilers for theBlack Mirrorepisode USS Callister: Into Infinity. Throughout its seven-season run,Black Mirrorhas covered a lot of ground. From the comfort of his privateserver, Captain Daly of theUSS Callistertortures his crew of co-workers. Ad content continues below USS Callister: Into Infinity is not the only timeBlack Mirrorhas tinkered with own past. Hell,its not even the first time the show brings back an existing character this season....

April 10, 2025 · 2 min · 342 words · Isaac Parks

Black Mirror: Ranking Every Episode

Black Mirror is the best sci-fi/horror anthology since The Twilight Zone. But which episodes are the best of the best? See our choices here! Early adopters of sci-fi anthology seriesBlack Mirrorwere once able to rattle off their list of favorite episodes with ease. Thankfully, its a a challenge were happy to take on. Unfortunately, Shut Up and Dance is simply too ugly for its own good. The concept of being able to literally watch ones own memories Dumbledores Pensieve-style was definitely appealing....

April 10, 2025 · 7 min · 1352 words · Amber Faulkner