Netflix’s latestreality competition,Squid Game: The Challenge,has captivated audiences with its promise ofthe largest reality TV prize ever: a staggering $4.56 million. While the show removes the lethal outcome of its predecessor,the South Korean drama from 2021,instead of being executed like in the fictional series, contestants wear exploding ink packs that go off when they are eliminated. Squid Game: The Challengeremains an enthralling experience that keeps viewers on the edge of their seats, wondering how they would navigate the challenges of avoiding elimination....

‘Sister Wives’has turned into a ruthless case study on why polygamy doesn’t work in today’s cultural landscape. After premiering in 2010, as a rare example of the foundation and structure of a family thriving to live within the confines of polygamy in a world that didn’t always understand the concept, the entire mission of the show has failed miserably.Kody Brown, a man living with three women and 18 children, was a curious outlier for some and aspirational for others, presenting a lifestyle that most reality fans were clueless about....

Janine has the standardized testing blues in our exclusive sneak peek from tonight’s all-new episode ofAbbott Elementary. “Testing,” the tenth episode of the school sitcom’s fourth season, will air tonight at 8:30 p.m. EDT on ABC, and will stream on Hulu tomorrow. In “Testing,” the second-grade class performs poorly on a standardized test, forcing Janine (Quinta Brunson) to rethink her lesson plans. Meanwhile, Jacob (Chris Perfetti) struggles with a disinterested student, and a new janitor shadowsMr....

According to none other than DC Comics president/CCO and DC Extended Universe overlordGeoff Johns,Joe Manganiellowill indeed be playing the mercenary/assassin Deathstroke in Warner Bros.' upcoming film slate. It’s looking like Manganiello will be antagonizingBen Affleck’s Batman in the writer/director/star’s solo adventure that’s looking to hit screens as early as 2018. And while fans might get a glimpse of Deathstroke, a.k.a. Slade Wilson, inZack Snyder’s upcomingJustice Leaguefilm (perhaps in a stinger scene), we’ve actually already seen the man in action thanks to a teaser released by Affleck over social media....

Vertical has just released the first trailer forThe Order, the upcoming thriller from directorJustin Kurzeland, to be frank, it looks tremendously exciting.The film starsJude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett,Alison OliverandMarc Maron, and follows a string of violent robberies across the Pacific Northwest. These crimes end up luring a veteran FBI agent into what has become a domestic terrorist threat, with plans to overthrow the federal government. The trailer introduces us to a true story, with a bank heist taking place....

Harrison Fordhas just added another achievement to his lengthy resume. He’s just been nominated for his first-ever Emmy Award, earning the nod for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance as Dr. Paul Rhoads in the second season of the Apple TV+ comedyShrinking. This is Ford’s second major award nomination; he was nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award for the 1985 thrillerWitness. The 83-year-old Ford is the second-oldest nominee in category history, after a then-86Alan Arkinwas nominated forThe Kominsky Methodin 2020; Arkin lost toDan Levy, ofSchitt’s Creek....

One of the best movies of the summer was quietly released at the end of August, nearly two years after Europeans got to experience it.Across the River and Into the Treesis a poignant adaptation of one ofErnest Hemingway’s most oft-forgotten novels. The film, smartly directed byPaula Ortiz, seesLiev Schreiberstar as Colonel Richard Cantewell, a fifty-one-year-old career soldier whose terminal heart failure will catch up with him in three days. Like the novel, the film covers the Colonel’s final days as he returns to the city he loves, Venice, for one final duck hunt....

[This is a repost of my review from the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.Lizzieopens today in limited release.] Lizzie Borden’s (alleged) crime of murdering her parents with an axe was so horrific that we still know about it over a hundred years later. DirectorCraig William Macneillbrings this story to the big screen withLizzie, but in his attempt to studiously avoid sensationalism, he runs into the opposite problem where his movie comes off as cold and remote....

After winning an Oscar for his role inDallas Buyers Club, starring inInterstellar, and also receiving several Emmy nominations for his work inTrue Detective,Matthew McConaugheywas on top of the world in 2014. Two years later he teamed up with another Oscar-winner,Mahershala Ali, for a Civil War thriller that was quietly added to streaming.Free State of Jones, the 2016 Civil War biopic in which McConaughey and Ali star alongsideGugu Mbatha-RawandKeri Russell, began streaming on Netflix today....

Are you ready to go back to school? The cast ofStar Trek: Starfleet Academyare. Entertainment Weekly unveiled photos for the upcoming Paramount+ series, set to be the next installment in the Star Trek universe. Fans get their first glimpse at cast membersHolly Hunter, Paul Giamatti, Robert Picardo,Tatiana Maslany, and more. Fans are also learning more about the upcoming series. Bigger plans, per Entertainment Weekly, are being kept under wraps until theStar Trek panel at San Diego Comic Con on Saturday....

In just a little bit over one week, pages will turn and the next chapter of an epic story will continue whenRidley Scottdrops his highly-anticipated film,Gladiator II. More than two decades since the first film arrived in cinemas, the follow-up installment will blend new characters with old and reveal what happened to Rome following the days of Maximus (Russell Crowe). Stepping into the arena and slipping on the sandals once worn by Crowe, isPaul Mescal, who will take on the role of Lucius....

In July 2018,we reportedthatDistrict 9andChappiedirectorNeill Blomkampwas set to helm aRoboCopreboot tentatively titledRoboCop Returns.Ed NeumeierandMichael Miner, were on board to produce and executive-produce, respectively, while writerJustin Rhodeswas retooling a sequel script that Neumeier and Miner wrote decades ago that never came to fruition. At the time, Blomkamp told Deadline: “The original definitely had a massive effect on me as a kid. I loved it then and it remains a classic in the end of 20th Century sci-fi catalog, with real meaning under the surface....

There aren’t many people you could just hand aStar Warsshow and assume the finished product would rip, butRonald D. Moorehas certainly earned the benefit of the doubt. The writer/director jumped right from his breakthrough work onStar TrekseriesThe Next GenerationandDeep Space Nineinto launching the highly-acclaimedBattlestar Galacticarevival, followed by bringingOutlanderto TV and creatingFor All Mankind. So now that he’s set up under a cushy overall deal at Disney-owned 20th Century TV, you just kind’ve assume Moore—who was attached to a live-actionStar Warsseries alongsideGeorge Lucasages ago—will eventually dip his hands into a galaxy far, far away....