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[WithSuspirianow available on Amazon Prime, we’re reposting our explainer for the new round of viewers.] Suspiriais a movie that loves to live in the abstract. It’s layered with subtext and themes that should have you and your friends talking afterwards aboutLuca Guadagnino’s remake of the 1977 horror classic. But there are times when the plot can be so abstract that it’s a bit hard to get on the same page. That’s particularly true of the film’s bloody climax where some surprising reveals are brought into play to hammer home the film’s themes about power, perversion of power, motherhood, and sisterhood....

Harry Potter’s houses have become a significant part of the franchise’s merchandising, but they are often summed up inaccurately as the good one, the bad one, and the ones nobody remembers. Based on a real system in some boarding schools,the students are instantly divided between Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff. Each is named after a Hogwarts founder and offers a community to individual students. It also serves as an easy way to keep track of them, with each house having a teacher in charge and several designated older students expected to help....

One of the great legacies of film is the buddy cop movie – two wildly mismatched partners forced to stick together to solve a huge mystery and/or blaze through a series of over-the-top action sequences designed to devastate municipal economies. It’s a trope we’ve enjoyed for years, most recently exemplary displayed inBad Boys For Life, the latest entry in one of the best buddy cop series in history. In celebration of both that film’s digital release and the interest of public service, I’ve ranked ten of the best buddy cop movies ever made....

Two years after making his feature debut withAlmost Human, writer-directorJoe Begosis back at the Toronto International Film Festival withThe Mind’s Eye. On the one hand, he certainly knows how to wow the midnight crowd with big, bold and very bloody fight sequences, but there’s only so far that’ll get you when you don’t have the story to support it. The movie begins withGraham Skipper’s Zack. He’s walking down the road minding his own business when two cops stop him for no apparent reason....

iPhone photography has revolutionized the way we capture our world. What once required bulky DSLRs and expensive lenses can now be accomplished with a device that fits in your pocket. Yet even the most advanced iPhone cameras—whether you’re using the iPhone 15 Pro Max with its 5x telephoto lens or an earlier model—have their limitations. That’s where external iPhone camera lenses come in. These attachable lenses can dramatically enhance your iPhone’s photographic capabilities....

It’s nearly impossible to examineEddie Murphy’s overall brilliant career without bringing up the movie that arguably propelled him to new levels among the Hollywood comedy elite. Sure, it’s easy to single out early classics such asTrading Places,48 Hours,andBeverly Hills Cop,but when it comes to full-on comedy,Coming to Americagets the crown. Released in 1988, the film showcased Murphy’s comedic talents with both character work and perfect timing. Afterward, audiences were now waiting anxiously for Murphy’s next flick....

At this point, it’s pretty much a given that a newK-dramahas serious chances of becoming a hit onNetflix. The streamer has cultivated a loyal fanbase ofSouth Korean entertainmentfans, and a new addition to the catalog is just another piece of evidence that supports that. The new seriesThe Tale of Lady Okhas just debuted on the platform, and it’s already among thetop 10 most-watched non-English seriesof the streamer. According to Netflix itself, the show has accumulated 1....

[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for Season 2 of Alex Rider.] The IMDb TV original spy-thriller seriesAlex Riderreturned for another fun, suspenseful, fast-paced season, with Alex (Otto Farrant) eager to put the past behind him, after the death of his uncle and the end of a dangerous mission, and figure out what comes next. When an attack lures the once ordinary teenager back into the spy world, he becomes suspicious of tech guru Damian Cray (Toby Stephens) and finds himself unraveling what ultimately turns out to be a sinister plot with deadly consequences....

Based on a true story, the dramaRed Joantells the story of a woman named Joan Stanley (Judi Dench) who, upon her arrest by the British Secret Service, revealed that she’d spent her life secretly changing the course of history. While she risked everything by providing classified scientific information, including details on the building of the atomic bomb, to the Soviet government for decades, she was doing so for what she felt was the pursuit of peace, England saw her as a traitor serving as a spy for the KGB....

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Episodes 1-4 of Andor.Star Warsisn’t necessarily a dystopian story, but the events of the original trilogy explore what it is like to live under a fascist dictatorship that is unflinching in its brutality. We’re getting to seewhat life is like in the Galactic Empire era inAndor, and how the Rebel Alliance begins to come together to stand up for freedom.What makesAndoruniquein the modernStar Warscanon is that it isn’t connected to the Skywalker Saga, the force, or the Jedi Order....

Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for Black Widow. The Marvel Cinematic Universe is an ever-expanding beast that shows no signs of slowing down, with new movies and series taking place all over its convoluted timeline. We’ve known for a while thatBlack Widowis a prequel movie, taking place before Natasha Romanoff’s demise inAvengers: Endgame. But how doesBlack Widowfits precisely on the grand scheme of all Marvel things? Now that the movie is finally available in theaters and through Disney+ Premier Acess, let’s discuss whenBlack Widowtakes place in the MCU timeline....

Why do we like Batman? Is it because he’s a crimefighter? Is it because he’s smart and resourceful? Is it because he has gadgets? Is it because he doesn’t have superhuman powers? Is it his malleability so that over the last 75 years writers have been able to take him to the darkest depths of a broken psyche while others have made him lovably cartoonish? Why has the Caped Crusader captured our hearts and minds while countless other superheroes have fallen by the wayside?...

NBC has greenlit a new medical drama seriesDr. WolfwithStar Trekstar,Zachary Quintoleading the cast, according toVariety. This marks Quinto’s first return to the network and comes over a decade after his breakout performance as the primary antagonist, Sylar, inHeroes.Dr. Wolfwas one of four pilots commissioned by NBC last January and has now secured its place among the two shows that have earned the network’s approval. The other show,St. Denis Medical, will featureThe GoldbergsstarWendi McLendon-Coveyin a leading role....