This Forgotten Rom-Com Features a Hilarious Charlie Day Performance

Everything is coming upCharlie Day, and let’s be honest, it’s about time. The brilliant comic actor has been turning in consistently awesome work since beforeIt’s Always Sunny in Philadelphiabegan its unstoppable run in 2005. Every time he graces the screen he reveals another talent that makes it impossible not to love him. Whether he’splaying the Super Mario Bros. theme music on a melodica,starring alongside his real wife in anAustralian singer-songwriter’s music video, orclamoring to build a spaceship, he’s always entertaining us....

July 4, 2025 · 6 min · 1183 words · Carlos Gray

Weekend Box Office: Guardians of the Galaxy 2 Dominates

As expected,Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2has arrived with a massive domestic opening weekend, looking to tally up well over $145 million by the time Monday morning comes around. This would put the Marvel blockbuster right below Disney’sBeauty and the Beastin the list of the biggest domestic openings of 2017, which was also somewhat expected. This would count as the official kick off to the summer season at the movies andJames Gunn’s fascinating sequel, along withRidley Scott’s surprisingly audaciousAlien: Covenant, will likely be one of the more unique entries of the season by the end of August....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 406 words · Meredith Duke

Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch Music Video is Filled with Easter Eggs

With just a month to go beforeThe French Dispatcharrives in theaters, Searchlight Pictures has released a delightfully whimsical music video directed byWes Anderson. The video features a cover of “Aline,” made popular by French singerChristophein 1966, sung byJarvis Cockeras the in-universe singer Tip-Top. In the music video, a brightly illustrated Tip-Top takes us through Anderson’s fictional French town, weaving in and out of the lives of the film’s illustrious cast. Illustrated and animated byJavi Aznarez, the music video is nearly four minutes long and packed with Easter Eggs for things that fans can expect to see inThe French Dispatchnext month....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 350 words · Jonathan Andersen

Who Exactly Is Anthony Ramos Playing in ‘Ironheart’?

Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne) a.k.a. Ironheart is finally returning to theMarvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)after her debut inBlack Panther:Wakanda Forever, with her own series.Ironheartfocuses on the titular character finding her place in this vast universe, after her “internship” in Wakanda, where she teamed with them to fend off the Talokans. While Riri had the opportunity to team-up with Shuri (Letitia Wright) and use Wakandan technology to craft a new suit for said battle, when she left the borders of Wakanda, she had to leave her new suit behind as well....

July 4, 2025 · 5 min · 1045 words · Terry Ellis

Wicked Movie Musical Taps In the Heights Director Jon M. Chu

Hot off theupcoming adaptation ofIn the Heights,Jon M. Chuis set to bring another hit musical to the big screen, as he has signed on to direct theWickedmovie for Universal, Collider has confirmed. Stephen Daldry(Billy Elliot) was previously attached to direct, but he exited the project last fall due to circumstances stemming from the pandemic. Essentially, Daldry wanted to stay close to home and shoot in London, but stage space there was in short supply and Universal wanted to get moving, seeing as how the studio has been developing theWickedmovie for more than a decade....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 409 words · Sean Gonzales

X-Men: Dark Phoenix Cast and Director Revealed

While theX-MenspinoffsDeadpool 2andNew Mutantshave been slowly revealing new details and bits of casting, word has been largely quiet onDark Phoenix, the next film in the mainX-Mensaga. Production is set to get underway this summer, but we didn’t know who would be starring or even who was directing, although it was rumored that longtime producer and writerSimon Kinbergwould be making his directorial debut on the feature. Now it looks like all engines are go forDark Phoenix....

July 4, 2025 · 2 min · 392 words · Nicole Bernard

You Might Have Missed This Detail in 'Adolescence' Between Briony and Jamie That Reveals Everything

Stephen GrahamandJack Thorne’s hit miniseriesAdolescencehastaken over Netflix’s top 10, appearing for three weeks straight, an impressive feat in an age where media cycles feel shorter than the actual content they cycle through. From the impressive one-shot style to the carefully explored topic of toxic masculinity to learning that this isOwen Cooper’s first acting role, playing thecomplex murderer, Jamie,Adolescenceexcels in every category possible. Out of the four episodes,the most illuminating for Jamie as a character is, without a doubt, the third episode, where a psychologist, Briony (Erin Doherty), meets with him to evaluate him....

July 4, 2025 · 6 min · 1124 words · Donald Castillo

You’ll Never Want to Ride the Subway Again After Seeing This Horrifying British Slasher

In the early 2000s,the resurrection of the slasher wave, kickstarted by Wes Craven’s Scream, fell into a decline as audiences got bored of the usual whodunits and teenage protagonists. In 2004, horror transformed thanks toJames Wans’Saw, which began the horribly named “torture porn” era. However, coming out around the same time, and getting in before the genre reset, was a smaller film calledCreep. No,not the 2014 film with the same title byMark Duplass....

July 4, 2025 · 4 min · 835 words · Jeffrey Quinn

‘Fallout’ Star Xelia Mendes-Jones Breaks Down Dane’s Backstory

When it was announced that Prime Video would be bringing the nuclear wasteland of theFalloutgame series to audiences, there were undoubtedly those who worried about what would happento their favorite characters, and whether new characters would fit into the flow of the beloved world. Luckily, the show’s creators,Geneva Robertson-DworetandGraham Wagner, understood the fine line they’d be walking and did more than right by fans, withFalloutnabbing the bragging rights ofthe streamer’s biggest US debut of all time....

July 4, 2025 · 3 min · 431 words · Sandra Curtis

'Andor' Season 2 Filming Will Be Cut Short Due to Strike

Andorhas been ably battling against the Empire as it attempts to bring down the Hollywood Death Star, but it looks like its efforts are going to be in vain as we approach the finishing line, with Disney’s critically-acclaimedStar Warsseries being forced to temporarily halt shooting due to the ongoingSAG-AFTRA strike. The second season shoot is extremely close to wrapping, just weeks away in fact, but it won’t be able to conclude the filming without all members of the cast who are part of the Screen Actors' Guild....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 526 words · Kristi Hudson

'Ballerina's Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score Dances to the Top of the 'John Wick' Franchise

Led by a badassAna de Armas, theJohn Wickspin-offBallerinahas finally been released on the big screen, and audiences are reacting in waves of positivity. Although the movie’s critics' score on review aggregatorRotten Tomatoesdebuted at afranchise-low 76%and has since dropped even further in the subsequent days, audiences simply do not agree, withBallerinaofficially becoming the joint-highest-rated movie in the franchise alongsideJohn Wick: Chapter 4. At 93% following over 500 “verified hot” ratings on the site, Ballerina’s audience rating might be scheduled to change, but impressive word-of-mouth suggests that the score might still get higher before it plateaus....

July 3, 2025 · 2 min · 419 words · Melvin Dyer

'Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire' Video

The Monsterverse got even more epic with the release ofGodzilla x Kong: The New Empireand the Titan-sized bromance is now heading for the small screen with the release of the movie on digital, and 4K UHD.The movie is ready to stomp its way into your living roomsfor purchase and rental, beginningMay 14, 2024and, for those who still love a good ol' fashioned disc, markJune 11, 2024on your calendars, because that’s when the film will be available on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD from both online and physical retailers....

July 3, 2025 · 3 min · 474 words · Kimberly Thompson

'RHONY's Erin Lichy Is Uncomfortably Uptight

While everyreality showis filled withdrama, few are as packed with jaw-dropping, riveting moments asThe Real Housewives of New York City. Created byScott Dunlop, this series focuses on a group of elite women navigating their lives — and one another’s attitudes — in New York City, has proven ceaselessly entertaining for 15 seasons. With the show’s newest cast especially, this group has offered invigorating conflictwhile providing alot of the heart that previous casts were missing…well, mostly....

July 3, 2025 · 5 min · 904 words · Michele Hudson