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Image: Paramount Weapons has emerged as one of 2025’s most talked-about horror entries — despite some viewers taking issue with its themes. If you enjoyed its tone and are searching for a companion piece, Bryan Bertino’s Vicious delivers a similarly unsettling atmosphere. Vicious follows Polly (Dakota Fanning), who one night receives an enigmatic box left...
Image: Lucasfilm “Oppression must be maintained to endure; it fractures, seeps away — authority is fragile, and fear is its disguise.” In one of the series’ final scenes, a gathering of Imperial officers listens to a recorded anti-fascist manifesto that has begun broadcasting across the galaxy. After the clip ends, one officer comments: “Just keeps...
Image: Sony Pictures Sony Pictures’ reboot of the 1997 creature feature Anaconda rests on a reliably entertaining premise: two lifelong friends, adrift in a midlife slump, finally set out to remake the original Jennifer Lopez– and Ice Cube–starring thriller. When financial setbacks and an accident that incapacitates their trained snake force the pair into guerrilla-style...
KPop Demon Hunters. Netflix.Image: Netflix 2025 has firmly cemented itself as the year of KPop Demon Hunters. The animated musical phenomenon has continued to deliver streaming victories for Netflix, and the exploits of Rumi, Zoey, and Mira—together known as HUNTR/X—show no sign of slowing. According to filings, a new short film tied to the franchise...
Image: Marvel Studios The Fantastic Four: First Steps experienced a sharp decline after its July 25 opening, falling roughly 66% in its second weekend. While die‑hard MCU viewers flocked to the film to see how this retro‑futuristic reimagining of Earth sets up Avengers: Doomsday, the box office drop echoes the underwhelming theatrical runs of Thunderbolts*...
Image: Warner Bros. Discover Seventy days after its theatrical premiere, James Gunn and David Corenswet’s Superman lands on HBO Max this week, arriving on Friday, September 19, 2025. Corenswet shared the news via an Instagram selfie showing the film featured on the streamer’s homepage, playfully tagging co-star Sara Sampaio in an Eve Teschmacher–referencing post. Gunn...
Graphic: Polygon I Source images: DC Comics James Gunn and producer Peter Safran are actively reshaping the DC Universe, pairing a warmer, family-minded take on Superman with the darker, absurdist flavor of Peacemaker season 2. Those two projects have already elevated unexpected comic figures — from the breakout Mr. Terrific in Superman to Captain Triumph,...
Image: HBO HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon, now has a confirmed window for season 3 following the blockbuster second season in 2024 — but viewers should expect to wait roughly a year for the new episodes. “I think it’ll be just outside of [the 2026 Emmy eligibility window],” Casey Bloys, Chairman...
Image: Warner Bros. Darren Aronofsky’s 2025 film Caught Stealing functions like a director’s mixtape — a condensed return to familiar obsessions dressed as a straightforward crime picture. It often feels like something he might have produced at the outset of his career: the story itself is set in autumn 1998, months after the release of...
Graphic: Polygon | Source images: Critical Role / Solelle If you’ve been waiting for more on Critical Role’s Campaign 4, the cast has now revealed the full roster. After a string of enigmatic teasers, the 13-player ensemble’s new characters have been shown in full — and, true to form for a Dungeons & Dragons party,...
