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Editor’s note: The below contains spoilers for House of the Dragon’s Season 2 finale. At the beginning ofHouse of the DragonSeason 2, Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) is at the pinnacle of her ambitions. Having spent most of her life waging a silent war against Rhaenyra Targaryen’s (Emma D’Arcy) claim to the throne to protect her children,Alicent conveniently misinterprets King Viserys' (Paddy Considine) last words on his deathbed as a wish for their son Aegon (Tom Glynn-Carney) to become the next ruler....

In the early 1960s, when the Cold War was at its hottest, the Soviet Union sought to prove its might over America’s most valuable commodity — the movie industry — by mounting the epic to end all epics: a sprawling, hugely expensive adaptation ofLeo Tolstoy’sWar and Peace.Spurned on by the popularity of a 1956 Hollywood version starringAudrey HepburnandHenry Fonda, the Russian government spared no expense in bringing its most famous work of literature to the screen, spending a reported $100 million on the production (making itthe most expensive movie ever madeat the time)....

Feature film adaptations of video games are, by and large, garbage. That’s not a hyperbolic or inflammatory statement—over the course of Hollywood’s 23-year attempt to bring video game stories to the big screen, not a single one has succeeded on a critical level. A few get by on niche genre appeal or small but devoted fanbases, but we have yet to see the great video game movie. However, 2016 brings us a pair of opportunities for that to happen....

Few things in science fiction are more awe-inspiring, hilarious, menacing, and flat-out cool than seeing an ape on horseback. If you think that sounds like a recipe for a good time, then your next stop must be thePlanet of the Apesfranchise. For decades, movie fans everywhere have upheld this series as one of the most iconic flagships in genre storytelling. However, like most other mass-media properties,the franchise has had its fair share of highs and lows....

Guardians of the GalaxystarVin Dieselwill step into a superhero role for the second time whenBloodshotdebuts on March 13. (Or third, if you consider Xander Cage a personal hero, as everyone should.) Unlike the usual box office giants of the comic book genre, the title character hails not from Marvel or DC, but the pages of Valiant Comics. It’s understandable if your immediate reaction to aBloodshotmovie isn’t “whoo!” but “who?”, and we’ve got you covered....

With 8 contestants left, this season’sAmerican Idolcrop of talent is making it hard for America to vote!Each elimination is getting harder and harder.Back for the third season, Judges' Song Contest is back!Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, andLionel Richieeach selected a prospective song for each contestant. It’s up to them to select which one of the songs they want to perform.What seems like a silly little game actually has quite high stakes! Whichever judge has the most selected songs by the contestants will win the night and have the opportunity to save one of the bottom two from elimination....

Foodie culture has become a very popular dish in the entertainment industry, and for good reason. The viral nature of food enthusiasts on social media is likely one of the many factors why we’ve gotten Emmy-winning television shows likeThe Bearor fan-favorite satires likeThe Menu. Speaking of the latter example, MGM Studios and Blumhouse’s latest horror stint,House of Spoils, will inevitably generate numerous comparisons toThe Menu, even though it’s actually the antithesis to the 2022 sleeper hit in a variety of ways....

There’s no place like home, and althoughResident Evilis just about as far fromThe Wizard of Ozas possible (is it really though?), that’s currently the film’s battle cry as it has announced its plans to stay with Sony. The studio was facing off against Warner Brothers, but it sounds like Sony has come out to reign supreme, holding onto the rights of the $1.2 billion franchise. At the center of it all isBarbarianandWeaponshelmer,Zach Cregger, who’s probably pretty stoked to be in the middle of a big studio beef....

Editor’s note: The below recap contains spoilers for Andor Season 2. Fans ofRogue Oneknew thatAndorwould include a number of things. One of those things was our beloved droid, K-2SO. Played byAlan Tudykin the film, the Imperial droid was Cassian Andor’s (Diego Luna) companion. We met them and they already have an established relationship. So we knew thatAndorwas going tohave to include how the two metand began working together, and it was quite the journey to get there....

Monica Raymundplayed Gabriela Dawson for six seasons of NBC’s viewership magnetChicago Fire. The actress left the show to pursue other opportunities, starring inHightownon Starz for three seasonsbefore the show ended abruptly. In her next TV project, Raymund appeared on theDick Wolf-producedstreaming proceduralOn Call. She plays a patrol officer, Officer Delgado, who meets an untimely death, and her death sets the tone for the show as one of the main characters grapples with this sudden loss....

Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for ‘Gladiator II’ Ridley Scott’s original action-dramaGladiatorended with the death of Maximus (Russell Crowe) after his duel with Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix), with Maximus joining his family in the afterlife.Gladiatoralso leaves the audience with the open-ended question of whether his dream of a better Rome will come to fruition. Instead of this completely uncertain fate,Gladiator IIhas an ending that places control in the hands of our protagonist Lucius (Paul Mescal), and still leaves in the spiritual elements that are throughout theGladiatorlore....

There have been so manydifferent eras of television comediesover the years. We started with the popular, traditional sitcoms such asI Love LucyandThe Honeymooners, and then transitioned into the more outlandish plots ofI Dream of JeannieandBewitched.Comedies such asAll in the FamilyandThe Jeffersonspushed our cultural boundaries, andCheersandThe Golden Girlsnever failed to make us laugh every week withtheir relatable and hilarious characters. In the ’80s and ’90s,Murphy BrownandSeinfeldoffered a bit more sophistication for our palettes....

In 1984, a computer programmer in Moscow,Alexey Pajitnov, created what would soon become one of the world’s most iconic puzzle games. A working relationship withHenk Rogers, head of a software company at the time, would see this simply genius game skyrocket to the masses in a licensing agreement with Nintendo. Almost four decades later, the two would serve as executive producers forJon S. Baird’s feature film, starringTaron Egerton, aptly-titledTetris, which tells theincredible and unbelievable storyof how they retrieved the rights to this game from the Soviet Union....