The similarities between Star Wars: The Force Awakens and A New Hope are as plentiful as they are obvious, because even though the newest trilogy introduces a whole slew of new characters, the story being told about bringing balance to the Force is the same. Respecting the original Star Wars films was always an…

Curiously, Dark Phoenix appears to borrow a certain degree of aesthetic inspiration from Brett Ratner’s unfortunate X-Men: The Last Stand, a film that really only paid lip service to the classic Dark Phoenix saga. Fox now has a second chance to tell Jean Grey’s iconic story, but a new Dark Phoenix clip makes it seem…

Now that Game of Thrones’ series finale has come and gone, even more attention is being paid to author George R.R. Martin. He’s mostly been minding his own business and living his life while the rest of the world harangues him about the final two entries in the series of novels that started it all.

In Toy Story 4, all of Andy’s toys have grown up in the same way their original owner did, which means they’re older, wiser, and better than ever just as they come into a new kid’s life when she needs them most. While they might not be as thrilling to play with as a googly-eyed spork, the plastic cowboy and crew still…

A new Ghostbusters sequel from director Jason Reitman set in the same continuity as the original films is already hitting theaters next summer, but if Dan Aykroyd gets his way, we’re going to be seeing a lot more of the original ghost-fighting team in even more films...or television series.

Years ago, Emilia Clark became one of the first people to know who would ultimately emerge victorious and sit on Game of Thrones’ Iron Throne. For obvious reasons, she was sworn to keep the information secret, but now, she’s finally free to speak out about how the series played out and everyone’s sudden fondness for…

The present-day pop cultural landscape in which Amazon’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s Good Omens premieres is in a curious, apocalypse-obsessed state that Agnes Nutter would have found quaint, but fascinating all the same. Epic films and television shows about hapless heroes attempting to avert or…

HBO’s beloved soap opera about a bunch of angry, feuding royals living without regular access to water and indoor plumbing came to its climactic finale last night, and the Game of Thrones cast wasted no time in sharing their farewells to the series that first introduced us to so many of them.

In its second season, The OA responded to audiences who were equally mesmerized and bemused by the series’ heavy use of interpretive dance to drive its story forward. The show managed to get even weirder and bolder as it continued to flesh out its world in which jumping between dimensions is possible...if you know the…

While Doom Patrol is one of the better live-action comic book adaptations out recently, one of the biggest hurdles to getting into the show is the fact that you can only watch it on DC Universe. But if you’ve been waiting for a chance to check Doom Patrol out before deciding to go all-in on yet another streaming…

Long before any of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s heroes had the slightest inkling they might one day have to literally turn back time to save half of existence, Thanos was busy moving heaven and Titan to get his sizable purple hands on each of the Infinity Stones.

The last time anyone saw Trevor Slattery, the washed-up actor known for pretending to be the Mandarin in Iron Man 3, he was being covertly sprung from prison by the real Mandarin, presumably never to be seen again. Even though an awful lot’s happened in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since then, Kevin Feige says the…

For years, Marvel’s X-Men characters have languished in its comics universe while others (with far more successful cinematic franchises) were elevated to new levels of prominence. The X-Men never went away, really, it’s just that they haven’t been headliners. Jonathan Hickman has a plan to change all of that, and it…

The Last Jedi sent a message to the Star Wars fandom that, at least from the filmmakers’ perspective, the Skywalkers’ story was ready to come to a close. It was a bold pivot from the nostalgic direction The Force Awakens appeared to be taking the franchise in, and unsurprisingly, it left many hardcore fans of the…

Just over a year ago, Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland let the world know that while the show’s long-awaited season four was, in fact, coming to television, he wasn’t exactly sure when, and it was in everyone’s best interest not to bug him about it. As it turns out, the wait’s not going to be anywhere near as…

In the final months of Stan Lee’s life, the comics legend began taking the necessary steps to distance and disentangle himself from people like his one time manager and caretaker Keya Morgan who had considerable access to his finances. Morgan is in the news again this week, having been charged with elder abuse in Los…

Eddie Alcazar’s Perfect is like that rare, fleeting Instagram video ad whose arresting visuals actually manage to make you stop scrolling for a moment to drink it in and consider tapping through. Even if it’s confounding at face value, there’s the promise of something more illuminating should you look past its…

While Avengers: Endgame is very good at drawing you into the sheer spectacle of itself as you’re watching, when you give it some distance, the movie’s narrative weaknesses become readily apparent. And that’s before the Russo Brothers started to further complicate things with their post-hoc musings. Apparently, though,…

Game of Thrones has been delighting and horrifying us with its story of would-be kings and queens vying for power in a world full of people too ignorant to understand that everything that all of their petty squabbling had the potential to doom the entire world. Now, though, it’s all coming to an end, and a new ruler…

Did you know that Ian McKellen turned down the opportunity to play Dumbledore in the Harry Potter franchise after Richard Harris died because Harris once allegedly called McKellen a “dreadful” actor? George R.R. Martin probably knew that, and then some, this week when he took a moment at the Tolkien premiere to share…