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Andrea RiseboroughandStephen Grahamare the latest to join the cast for the upcoming Netflix/TriStar adaptation of the stage musicalMatilda, according toThe Hollywood Reporter. The pair will take over whereDanny DeVitoandRhea Perlmanleft off as Matilda’s memorably nasty parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood. Notably, neither of these actors are known for their singing prowess and have not displayed said talents on screen before, which means this movie just got ten times more interesting....

Out of that diverse lineup, the official festival awards have been announced in film, shorts and VR categories, led by the crime comedyVillains, which wins Best Film and Best Actor forBill SkarsgårdandExtra Ordinary, the wild, crowd-pleasing exorcism comedy is awarded Best Screenplay and Best Actress for hilarious breakoutMaeve Higgens. The film awards are rounded out with Best Director forThe Gasoline Thieves’Edgar Nitoand an honorable performance mention forFeralactressAnnapurna Sriram.Rachel Mason’s upcoming Netflix documentaryCircus of Bookstakes home the Audience Award....

The African-American community will eternally be grateful to legendary composer and producerQuincy Jones.Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” continues to haunt me, the wild and funkySanford and Sontheme,the fantastically youthfulFresh Prince of Bel-Air, our very ownThe Wiz(1978) which has widely become a community litmus test as strong as one’s ability to jump in on a line dance, and who can forget the incredibly emotional 1985 film adaptation ofAlice Walker’sThe Color Purple. The list goes on....

In the world of anime, few names carry the reputation of an auteur likeShinichirō Watanabe. He’s the mastermind behindCowboy Bebop, the iconic series that redefined what anime could be for Western audiences—cool, stylish, jazzy. But Watanabe has never been one to stay in one place for too long. He’s always danced between tones, timelines, and musical influences, fromthe hip-hop-infusedSamurai Champlooto the psychedelic absurdity ofSpace Dandy. With his latest project,the visionary animator has outdone himself....

In the next episode of The CW seriesStargirl, entitled “The Justice Society,” Courtney (Brec Bassinger), Yolanda (Yvette Monreal), Beth (Anjelika Washington) and Rick (Cameron Gellman) prepare for their first major mission as the new JSA. But when you’re a teenage superhero, it can be hard to tell whether it’s the supervillains that are more dangerous or high school. During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, actress Anjelika Washington talked about playing an overachiever like Beth Chapel, how cool it is to get to be a part of a superhero TV show, what it’s like to get your own supersuit, dealing with life or death stakes, her favorite character dynamics, working with the visual effects, and finding their own team dynamics as actors....

There aren’t many young actresses these days who are constantly breaking the mold made for them with every role they take, butStephanie Hsuis one of them. Best known for her performance as Jobu Tapaki and Joy Wang in the Best Picture winnerEverything Everywhere All at Once, there’s much more to Hsu than just that iconic role. With supporting roles in shows likeThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, starring alongside fellow comedians in movies likeJoyride, and taking to the stage forThe SpongeBob Musical, there doesn’t seem to be much that Hsu can’t do....

Last spring we were invited to theTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles2set (now given the titleOut of the Shadows). We saw Casey Jones (Stephen Amell), hockey masked vigilante, and April O’Neil (Megan Fox), hard-nosed reporter, engaged in an action scene. We unfortunately weren’t able to get too much time with Amell on our set visit, as his shooting schedule was only five days and it fit snuggly into some time off fromArrow. But now it’s spring one year later, the film has released a few trailers (to greater fanfare), and Amell was gracious enough to grant the journalists—who were immediately smitten with his exuberant personality, brief as it were—a follow-up interview about his portrayal of a fan favorite....

Crackle’s animated comedy seriesSuperMansionis one of the most unflinching, equal opportunity offenders out there, and I say that with the highest possible praise. So it’s my pleasure to offer fans an exclusive look at the trailer, poster, and images for the series new holiday special,SuperMansion: Drag Me to Halloween. The name itself is a fantastic title on its own, but it’s also a nod toSam Raimi’s horror filmDrag Me to Hell....

There are prolific directors, and then there’sTakashi Miike. The Japanese filmmaker behind modern classics likeAudition,Ichi the Killer, and13 Assassinshas over 100 credits to his name, and with an average of two films a year over the last decade, he shows no signs of slowing down. Perhaps most impressive for a filmmaker with such an extensive resume, his latest, the crime comedy/romanceFirst Love, might just be one of his best. The film stars Masataka Kubota as Leo, a man who’s only good at one thing – boxing – until he gets diagnosed with a brain tumor that could take him out of the ring for good....

[Editor’s note: The following containsspoilersforThe Boys, Season 2, Episode 1, “The Big Ride."] The season premiere ofThe Boysin many respects plays a lot like a direct sequel to the events of Season 1, which is probably the right call, given how many loose threads were blowing in the breeze after the season finale. Things begin with a touch of the ol' ultra-violence, as the always-masked Black Noir (Nathan Mitchell) tears through a “super-terrorist” compound, killing everyone in his path except for a young boy, and taking the head of a terrorist named Yakim with him as a souvenir....

There are a lot of exciting things to looks forward to inThe Flash’s new season. Barry altering the timeline to go back and save his mother’s life (and his father from jail) gives us a chance to see how things might have looked if Reverse Flash hadn’t succeeded in his plans, but it also will give the core cast a chance to play wildly different versions of themselves (like we saw with the Earth-2 storylines last season, which were some of the year’s best)....

Apple TV+ is officially bringing backThe Morning Showfor a fourth season, and the drama is ramping up like never before. Set to premiereWednesday, June 23, 2025, the season will air one episode per week throughNovember 19, 2025, delivering ten tightly packed chapters of newsroom chaos, corporate espionage, and emotional fallout. If the first-look images are any indication, Season 4 will continue pushing boundaries—and maybe even break a few of its own....

[Editor’s note: The following containsspoilersforThe Nevers.] The HBO sci-fi/adventure seriesThe Neversis set in 1890s Victorian London after a supernatural event has mysteriously given certain people, most of whom happen to be women, various unusual abilities. At its core is the friendship between Amalia True (Laura Donnelly), a resourceful widow who never shies away from a fight, and Penance Adair (Ann Skelly), a brilliant inventor whose creations are often far ahead of their time, as the two women attempt to find and protect the gifted from those who wish to annihilate them....