Zoey 101 Star Alexa Nikolas Calls Out It Ends With Us for Using Alleged Abuser's Song

The drama withIt Ends With Uscontinues, but this time it comes from a very different source that doesn’t have a direct connection to the film. Former child star Alexa Nikolas saw the film recently, and she took to social media soon after to blast the movie for using a song from a band fronted by a man who allegedly abused and groomed Nikolas when she was just 16 years old....

July 25, 2025 · 4 min · 727 words · Mark Smith

10 Things the Harry Potter Movies Do Better Than the Books

TheHarry Potterbooks are well-loved by fans, bringing readers to the magical world of Quidditch games, Hogwarts classes, and adventures through Diagon Alley and the Forbidden Forest. The movies tried to recreate that magic, which sometimes meant changing the original material. Whilenot every change was a good one, the ones on this list were among the best. From more-defined character relationships to higher stakes and more action, some scenes just worked better in movie-form....

July 24, 2025 · 10 min · 2049 words · Matthew Schroeder

1980s Ninja Turtles Return in Nickelodeon's TMNT Clip

The classic 1980s animatedTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesare back! The four brothers are returning in their original TV incarnation for a very special episode of the current Nickelodeon CGI-animated series titledTrans-Dimensional Turtles. And that’s not the only big surprise this exciting crossover has in store. TheTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesseen on Nickelodeon’s current series will travel into the 80s Turtles' alternate dimension in order to defeat theKrangfrom that era. And the originalTMNTcrew will be heading to current times to take down Krang Sub-Prime....

July 24, 2025 · 2 min · 340 words · Barbara Wilson

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Review: A Heartfelt Tribute to Mister Rogers' Legacy

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhoodis not a rote biography of the beloved children’s show icon, Fred Rogers. The film is based on an award-winning Esquire magazine profile about him, “Can You Say Hero?”, written by journalist Tom Junod in November 1998.A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhoodis the true story of how Mister Rogers helped the writer let go of his anger. He learned that forgiveness and compassion can be achieved, even under the most grievous circumstances....

July 24, 2025 · 4 min · 652 words · Mario Morse

A Scandal Cast Reunion Is Happening Virtually, and You Can Join In

It’s been five years sinceScandalwas last broadcast, and even thoughGrey’s Anatomycontinues to plod along, many consider the former show to beShonda Rhimes' greatest achievement. It’s certainly won of her most successful, winning a Peabody Award among many other achievements and nominations, and at one point drew 12 million live television viewers (for the fourth season premiere). The hit show about a political fixer and her orbit of influence is back in the news for a bit, with a virtual cast reunion taking place....

July 24, 2025 · 2 min · 396 words · Sabrina Massey

Ant-Man Director Wanted Rick Moranis in the First Movie

When preparing for theAnt-Manproject, director Peyton Reed started watching all of the movies with shrinking in them that he could find. When he got toHoney, I Shrunk the Kids, he immediately thought of aRick Moraniscameo. Reed is currently out doing press for the recently releasedAnt-Man and the Wasp, which opened at number one at the box office over the weekend, becoming the 20th consecutive Marvel Cinematic Universe movie to go to number one....

July 24, 2025 · 3 min · 503 words · Crystal Stein

Avengers 4 Prelude Comic Sneak Peek Has Arrived

The first preview from theAvengers 4Prelude comic has been released and it’s taking a look back at the beginning ofInfinity War. The 3-issue comic mini-series is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and it takes place before the events ofAvengers 4, retelling the last Avengers movie fro a certain point of view. With the latest Russo Brothers Q&A and the Prelude comic, Marvel Studios is getting fans prepared for what’s next by thoroughly explaining everything that came before, which is a smart way of looking back and also indicates that certain events fromInfinity Warare going to be very important forAvengers 4in more ways than initially thought....

July 24, 2025 · 3 min · 465 words · Donald Barrett

Best British Gangster Movies, Ranked

When an American thinksof gangster movies, they often bring to mind classics such asThe Godfathertrilogy orGoodfellas. Hollywood has long featured the suave and dangerous men of organized crime, and while their focus is usually the Italian mob or the Russian mafia, any type of criminal hierarchy will do. This has created a wonderful setup of romanticized criminal underworlds, making us sympathize and hate them all at once. However, this is not a uniquely American phenomenon, and “across the pond” in the UK, they have their own excellent take on the gangster movie genre, with characters and stories that rival their American counterparts....

July 24, 2025 · 6 min · 1210 words · Amy James

Birds of Prey Trailer Sneaks Into Theaters with Spider-Man Extended Cut This Weekend

Warner Bros. has silently released the first trailer for Birds of Prey. The first look at the highly anticipated movie starring Margot Robbie was teased earlier this week when some images leaked online. As of this writing, the only place to see the trailer is in front of theSpider-Man: Far From Homeextended cut, which just hit theaters in time for the long holiday weekend with four minutes of additional footage....

July 24, 2025 · 3 min · 561 words · Valerie Nguyen

Black Panther Wins Big at the 2018 MTV Movie Awards

The 2018MTV Movie and TV Awardsaired last night, hosted by rising star Tiffany Haddish, andBlack Panthercame away as the big winner. The Marvel Studios blockbuster was nominated for seven awards, and it took home four, winning Best Movie, Best Performance In a Movie (Chadwick Boseman), Best Hero (Chadwick Boseman) and Best Villain (Michael B. Jordan). The only awards it lost were Best On-Screen Team, which it lost to The Losers Club kids fromIT, Best Scene Stealer, which Letitia Wright (Shuri) lost toRiverdalestar Madelaine Petsch (Cheryl Blossom) and Best Fight, with the Panther/M’Baku (Winston Duke) fight losing to Gal Gadot fighting several Germans in last year’sWonder Woman....

July 24, 2025 · 3 min · 511 words · Phillip Johnson

Deadpool 2 Gets Awesome Comic-Inspired Poster from Original Creator

In addition to the last trailer forDeadpool 2and pre-sale tickets going on sale today, Rob Liefeld, the comic book writer/artist who originally created Deadpool for Marvel, partnered with Fandango to celebrate the forthcoming release with a poster that pays tribute to the Merc with a Mouth’s comic book debut in New Mutants #98. The poster is available to fans who buy pre-sale tickets through Fandango for free, while supplies last....

July 24, 2025 · 3 min · 489 words · Victoria Torres

Emile Hirsch on Filming State of Consciousness by 'A Friggin Volcano'

Emile Hirschhas had one of the more interesting careers of the many talented heartthrobs who arose at the turn of the millennium, and he’s outlasted most of them. It’s been two decades since his very goodteen sex comedy,The Girl Next Door, and about 15 years since he won vast acclaim forInto the Wild, which kicked off an run of big films with great directors —Milk(Gus Vant Sant),Speed Racer(the Wachowski sisters),Taking Woodstock(Ang Lee),Killer Joe(William Friedkin),Savages(Oliver Stone), andPrince Avalanche(David Gordon Green) among them....

July 24, 2025 · 7 min · 1451 words · Anne Chambers

Every New TV Show Streaming in April 2024

Quick Links Binge-watching TV shows has never been easier, thanks to the abundance ofstreamingservices accessible, ranging from free, ad-supported platforms like Tubi to subscription-based ones like Netflix. This allows you to binge through entire seasons without waiting for a new installment. However, it also poses an inherent problem: you are faced with an overwhelming number of titles. To help you with that, we’ve compiled a list of TV series coming to major streaming services such as Netflix, Peacock, Hulu, Prime Video, Disney+, and others in April 2024....

July 24, 2025 · 3 min · 509 words · Robert Campbell