Now thatJ.J. Abrams’Star Wars: The Force Awakenshas premiered -along with positive critical and celebrity reactions- Disney and Lucasfilm’s new age ofStar Warshas officially begun. Part of that new expanded universe includes a movie that will trip back in time to a point when Han Solo was just a young buck cutting his teeth on smuggling runs across the galaxy. Clearly,Harrison Fordwon’t be getting back behind the helm of the Millennium Falcon for this spinoff film - unless it’s as part of a framing device - so now the folks behind the camera are looking to cast a new Han Solo....

Outlander: Blood of My Bloodis less than a month away. The prequel series to the massively successfulOutlanderis coming to Starz on August 8. The series will show the dual love stories of Jamie Fraser’s (Sam Heughan) and Claire Beauchamp’s (Caitríona Balfe) parents. The show takes fans back to 18th Century Scotland as well as World War I Era Europe. In the trailer released by Starz, their parents, Ellen MacKenzie (Harriet Slater) and Brian Fraser (Jamie Roy), and Julia Moriston (Hermione Corfield) and Henry Beauchamp (Jeremy Irvine), respectively, find their stories intertwined when Julia ends up in the past after a car accident....

SYFY has just announced a new series calledThe Ark, to be written and produced byDean Devlin, the writer and producer behind science fiction classicsIndependence DayandStargate. The series will follow a group of surviving crew members of the Ark One spacecraft after the ship has suffered a critical blow. The series is set to take place 100 years in the future, when rescue missions are set out for planetary colonization in order to save the human race from extinction....

To help you out in this endeavor, we’ve provided a list of the best movies currently available on HBO. We’ll continue to update this list as new movies are added and removed from their catalog. Directors/Writers:Joel and Ethan Coen Cast:Hailee Steinfeld, Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, and Josh Brolin What do you get when theCoen Brothersmake a full-on earnest Western? A great movie. 2010’sTrue Gritis more an adaptation of the source material than a remake of theJohn Waynemovie, as the Coen Brothers embrace the Western genre fully with the story of a young woman (Hailee Steinfeld) who charges a boozy lawman (Jeff Bridges) with escorting her across the rough terrain in search of the man who murdered her father....

[Attention, CC Jitters customers! Your regular recapper Carla Day is on Earth-2 this week, so Evan Valentine is filling in. Or is it Evan Valentine’s evil doppelgänger?] GreetingsFlashfans! SinceAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.is on break I volunteered to recap The Flash tonight, and wow what a time to jump in! If anything can be said about “Attack on Central City,” it’s that it was certainly ambitious. Dedicating an episode to the Flash team dealing with an army of sentient, super-powered apes from an alternate reality is a storyline that you’d expect from a comic book, but not so much from a prime time television show....

The Purgefranchise is a dilettante’s view of American politics. It’s the guy who notices a CNN chyron or a tweet and considers that being informed enough to have an opinion on the politics of the day, which is basically something along the lines of class and racial warfare being exacerbated by powerful interests who want to keep us at each other throats so they can remain in power. And in the broadest strokes possible, that’s technically true, but it also ignores large swaths of socioeconomic, historical, commercial, and ethnic elements thatThe Purgefranchise has never been entirely comfortable with exploring....

Severanceis back with a bang, with thehit Apple TV+ seriesreturning after far too long and beginning as if it hadn’t missed a beat. With episode 1 bringing the mind-bending world of Lumon Industries back into our consciousness, it was up toepisode 2to showcase the after-effects of the explosive Season 1 finale on the outies.Twists and turns aplenty are promised asSeverancecontinues, and, with that in mind, here’s a look at everything you need to know beforeSeveranceSeason 2, episode 3, “Who is Alive?...

David Fincheris a master of his craft at the height of his career, boasting several Oscar-nominated modern classics such asSeven,The Social Network, andFight Club. The 2007 movieZodiacstarringRobert Downey Jr.,Jake Gyllenhaal, andMark Ruffalonot only joins this lineup of impressive Fincher films, but is also inspired by one of American history’s most infamous serial murderers. Written byJames Vanderbiltand based on the booksZodiacandZodiac UnmaskedbyRobert Graysmith, who worked as a cartoonist at theSan Francisco Chronicleduring the murders, the movie follows Jake Gyllenhaal’s Graysmith, whose obsession with the Zodiac becomesthe focus of its tagline: “There’s more than one way to lose your life to a killer....

The Wailinghas confidence. That confidence oozes not only from directorNa Hong-jin(The Chaser) but also from the film’s distributor, Fox, which premiered the film out-of-competition at Cannes, then in South Korea’s box office vsCaptain America: Civil War(it won; making it one of the few territories where Marvel didn’t come out on top). After only two weeks of strong international buzz it’s coming to America. It makes sense why Fox is so confident that it can find a niche cult audience—starving for horror—especially after the strong opening in its homeland (a country that’s 21st Century-renowned for its international cinematic appeal)....

The nameNicola Coughlanmight initially conjure images ofLady Whistledown(voice byDame Julie Andrews), who hides in plain sight as the belovedsocial climber Penelope Featheringtonin the Regency-set smash-hit seriesBridgerton. Here, Coughlan’s Penelope outsmarts nearly everyone in the cutthroat competitive world of the period, publicly shy and rarely drawing attention to herself. However, in the British comedy seriesBig Mood, Nicola Coughlan shows viewers a whole new side of herself, shedding the elaborate gowns of the Regency era for the chaotic, relatable world of a millennial London influencer....

Love Island USAreturns toPeacockfor Season 7 on June 3, with a fresh crop of Islandersheaded for someflirty funin the Fiji sun. From acoffee shop heiressto aproud short king, anastrology girly, and apool guy, this cast already gives plenty of personality in theirintroductory trailer.So if you’ve got your heart set on a summer full of spicy flings and thesecond coming of PPG, we’ve got some ideas aboutwhat to expectfrom Season 7....

Predatoris a franchise the same way the Baldwin brothers are an award-winning acting family. There’s the Oscar-nominee, and then there’s Stephen, Billy, and Daniel, you know? The original 1987Predatoris the bread-winner to this day, a stone-cold action classic with an endlessly quotableArnold Schwarzeneggerperformance, a slow-build reveal to an iconic creature design, and the most out-of-place and amazingsitcom-ass end-creditsin film history. Every follow-up since—Predator 2andPredators, plus twoAlien vs. Predatormovies—has failed to capture the thermal-vision magic of a mud-caked Arnold Schwarzenegger duking it out with an extraterrestrial big game hunter....

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Willow Episode 7.A sequel to the fantasy film classicWillowhad been the subject of debate, discussion, and speculation for years afterRon Howard’s fantasy film debuted in theaters in 1988. WhileWillowreceived a mixed critical and financial reception, it has grown a strong cult fanbase, leading many to hope for a sequel that would returnWarwick Davisto one of his most iconic roles. Disney+’sWillowfinally fulfills that promise by reframing the titular character as the mentor of a new generation of heroes....