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Miraculous: The Tales Of Ladybug & Cat Noir combines elements of a magical girl anime with those of more traditional superhero stories to create a fun take on teenagers saving the world. After five seasons of episodes, the show has only improved in its execution, expanding its cast of characters and the mythology of the Miraculouses along the way.

The show continues to get better with each new season, as most of the best episodes occur in Season Four. What's also clear is that fans of the show aren't just in it for the superhero battles, as most of the best-rated episodes of the series also feature strong emotional components.

Updated by Alexandra Locke on September 23, 2023: Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir has become popular worldwide for its assortment of superheroes and the complicated love story. Fans watch with bated breath in the hopes that each new episode will...

"Saltburn" is a different kind of monster movie.

Playing like a gothic romance (in the traditional sense of the word) retold through the lens of Patricia Highsmith's Ripley stories, it's one of the bleakest films of 2023, and a real bad time at the movies. In a good way -- this is a film that revels proudly in its darkness. Because writer/director Emerald Fennell, who proved adept at pushing the right buttons with the similarly cruel "Promising Young Woman," knows that monsters can be seductive, that we can and will have sympathy for the devil, and that we'll follow an especially clever creature to the ends of the earth if they prove interesting enough.

And Oliver Quick, played by Barry Keoghan with the kind of shocking bravery that has catapulted him to the top of the "most interesting actors in the world" list over the past few years, is a special kind of monster.

On Monday, September 25, 2023, at 9:00 Pm, the CW will air Season 2, Episode 3 of “Children Ruin Everything” titled “Dignity.” In this episode, viewers will follow the humorous and relatable experiences of Astrid as she navigates the challenges of her workplace.

The episode kicks off with Astrid facing embarrassing situations involving her boss and co-workers, leaving her feeling out of place and disconnected from her younger colleagues. Astrid finds herself on the back foot as she grapples with these awkward encounters.

In a bid to regain her footing and bridge the generation gap at work, Astrid decides to take action. She recognizes that her best move might be to attend a drink night with the rest of her team. This decision leads to a series of comical events and interactions as Astrid tries to connect with her co-workers in her own unique way.

“Children Ruin Everything” is a comedy series that captures...

On Monday, September 25, 2023, at 11:00 Pm, USA Network brings another exciting episode of “Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge.” In this episode titled “Skater Boy vs. Jaipur Jewel,” the stage is set for an epic showdown between two superfans, Felix Arguelles and Arushi Garg.

These passionate Hot Wheels enthusiasts are tasked with a thrilling challenge: transforming an ordinary vehicle into a jaw-dropping Hot Wheels showstopper. What makes this competition even more exciting is that their creations are inspired by their personal stories, interests, and pop culture influences.

To add to the excitement, the episode features a special guest judge, Sung Kang from the Fast & Furious franchise, who brings his expertise to the judging panel. As Felix and Arushi go head-to-head, viewers can expect a thrilling display of creativity, engineering, and a whole lot of Hot Wheels action.

Tune in on September 25, 2023, at 11:00 Pm on USA Network to catch the action-packed...

“This could easily have been set in Hollywood,” Emerald Fennell said of her new film Saltburn, during a post-screening Q&a at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles on Tuesday night.

The actual setting is, in fact, a long way from Hollywood. Fennell’s sophomore follow-up to her Oscar Best Picture-nominated, Best Screenplay-winner Promising Young Woman, Saltburn follows Oliver (Barry Keoghan), an Oxford University student who befriends Felix (Jacob Elordi), an aristocratic, manor-born adonis.

Plunged into the eccentric world of the über-posh British upper classes on a visit to Felix’s family estate, Oliver is both awkward outsider and furtive observer. We meet Felix’s parents (Rosamund Pike and Richard E. Grant), his ascerbic cousin (Archie Madekwe), and wayward sister (Alison Oliver). Fennell also reunites with her Promising Young Woman star Carey Mulligan, who has an all-too-short stint as an unhinged houseguest.

Fennell’s Hollywood comparison, she said, is that “Oliver...

The world has certainly come a long way from the time when funny cat clips seemed to overwhelm the internet. With the help of director Sarah Jayne and her new documentary film, Cats of Malta, the web’s oldest tradition of feline viral videos has now evolved into a much more serious and heartfelt venture. Compiled just beneath the bright sunny skies and over the flowing canals of this beautiful archipelago, all the numerous interviewees in this hour-long feature have a fantastic story to share in regard to their unique relation with the cat community.

With only a few momentary misfires, Cats of Malta is very much an entertaining show and tell spectacle. In between the calls for government-sponsored feeding programs, the need for financial help toward the already established non-governmental organizations, and raising positive awareness against an underlying prejudice that associates stray cats with vermin, a widespread consensus in...

It took guts to re-air any part of Yellowstone on CBS.

Yellowstone Season 1 Episode 1 was not the sanitized Westerns of the 1950s and 1960s. This series tells it like it is, and the coarse language is an important part of the Western's character. So is the violence.

Nothing in this series is gratuitous, but it is graphic -- and originally made for cable, where there are looser standards about what can and cannot be said.

The introduction to the Duttons felt more like a movie than a television series. The cinematography was breathtaking, but I was struck by the symbolism of the opening scene and how well it foreshadowed Lee's death.

It's not fair, this life. I wish I could give you better. The best I can offer you is peace.

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On Monday, September 18, 2023, at 9:00 Pm, the CW will air Season 2, Episode 2 of “Children Ruin Everything” titled “Friends.” In this episode, James, one of the main characters, is planning to meet up with friends for their yearly fantasy baseball draft. Meanwhile, Astrid, another central character, can’t help but feel that her parental responsibilities have taken a toll on her old friendships. Given the chance for some adult interaction, she seizes the opportunity.

“Children Ruin Everything” is a show that explores the challenges and humor of parenthood. In “Friends,” viewers will see how Astrid grapples with the balance between her role as a parent and her desire for social interaction with her friends. This episode highlights the relatable struggle many parents face as they navigate the demands of family life and maintaining their friendships.

For those who enjoy family-focused comedies with a touch of real-life parenting dilemmas, “Children Ruin Everything...

Afire is a movie that showcases the talent of director Christian Petzold, known for his emotionally charged dramas and strong political messages. The film focuses on a frustrating main character, Leon, which forces the audience to reflect on their own tendency to procrastinate and ignore genuine connections. Afire explores the hardships of human connection in a society defined by constant availability, highlighting the beauty of mystery and the need to pay attention to our surroundings.

Afire is one of the best movies 2023 has to offer, but its limited release just before Barbenheimer caused the film to stay out of the radar of many people. The movie premiered at this year's Berlinale and won the prestigious Grand Jury Award at the festival, per THR, granting another statuette to Christian Petzold, who already had a Silver Bear for his movie Barbara.

Petzold is one of the best directors working today, best...

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Shows about parenting never seem to go out of style. Has the Children Ruin Everything TV show been cancelled or renewed for a third season on The CW? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Children Ruin Everything, season three. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?  

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A family comedy series airing on The CW television network, the Children Ruin Everything TV show stars Meaghan Rath, Aaron Abrams, Ennis Esmer, Nazneen Contractor, Logan Nicholson, Mikayla SwamiNathan, Dmitry Chepovetsky, Veena Sood, Lisa Codrington, and Darius Rota. The story follows a young couple, Astrid (Rath) and James (Abrams), as they raise their two young children, seven-year-old Felix...

Stray Kids took the stage at the 2023 MTV VMAs to perform “S-Class,” a song from their latest album, 5-star. Check out their appearance on the awards show below.

Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin, and I.N. donned near-military garb for their aggressive performance of “S-Class,” which oscillates between rapped verses and soft-sung choruses. The track really helps set Stray Kids apart from other K-pop groups; with heavy drums and dance breaks, the boys’ interest in hip-hop and noise music becomes clear.

Stray Kids took home the Best K-Pop VMA for “S-Class,” which Consequence named Song of the Week earlier this year. The group — one of 10 K-pop acts who ruled the genre in 2022 — recently played a triumphant show in Atlanta that we recapped in full. Revisit our interview with the boy band here.

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Stray Kids, the K-pop octet who released 5-Star this summer, performed one of the album’s singles, “S-Class,” on Tuesday night at the MTV Video Music Awards. It was the group’s first time performing on the awards show.

The group wasted no time jumping into the high-energy performance with seamless choreography. The glitching graphics behind them placed the singers in a laser-filled video game landscape. Midway through their set, Stray Kids was joined by a crew of additional dancers to take the show to the next left. They all fell into step together,...

It’s 2023 and the early 2000s are having a moment: blog rock is being celebrated, nü metal is back, and Emerald Fennell––perhaps recognizing this vibe shift––sets her latest film Saltburn in 2006. The period setting is a wise move on a few fronts: it affords the film a killer soundtrack of early cuts from Mgmt, Arcade Fire, and Bloc Party. It also lets these teenagers party and have sex without doing the verbal dance that accompanies such topics on campus these days.

Its setup is familiar: first-year Oxford student Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) is an outsider, his one “friend” a mental math savant who is more realistic about their dire social prospects. Oliver, refusing to accept this, eventually falls in with the cool kids, led by Felix. Felix is everything Oliver is not: tall, rich, effortlessly handsome, confident enough to rock an eyebrow piercing. He prioritizes partying over studying.

Jacob Elordi landed a significant role in Saltburn despite the director, Emerald Fennell, never having seen his work on Euphoria. Fennell chose Elordi for the role because she was impressed by his authentic and powerful performance. Saltburn is about an Oxford student named Oliver Quick (Barry Keoghan) who gets drawn into a glamorous and intriguing world when visiting his irresistible classmate Felix's (Elordi) palatial estate.

Jacob Elordi landed a major role in Saltburn even though director Emerald Fennell has never seen an episode of his breakout HBO show, Euphoria. Although he is best known for playing the character Nate Jacobs as part of the main cast of the high school drama, Elordi will grace the big screen opposite Eternals' Barry Keoghan in Saltburn. The movie follows an Oxford student named Oliver Quick (Keoghan) who is dragged into a sensual world of intrigue and opulence when he visits the palatial...

Madrid (Spain), Sep 2 (Ians) Fc Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez on Saturday explained a busy last day in the transfer window for his club, which saw two arrivals and three departures.

Joao Felix and Joao Cancelo arrived on loan from Atletico Madrid and Manchester City, while winger Eze Abde joined Real Betis in a permanent move and Ansu Fati and Eric Garcia went on loan to Brighton and Girona respectively.

Garcia was perhaps the most surprising departure, but in his press conference ahead of Sunday’s game against Osasuna, Xavi explained that the central defender “came and told me that he wanted a change of scenery, that he needed it”, reports Xinhua.

“Ansu, Abde and Eric asked to leave. Ansu has the feeling that he needs to play. The objective is for him to succeed again at Barca,” said the coach, who commented that Barca “have a buyback option” for Abde,...

Exclusive: Emerald Fennell likened making Saltburn, her dangerously dark comedy of class and lack of manners, “to taking your clothes off and exposing yourself.”

The filmmaker, who won an Oscar and BAFTAs for her debut feature Promising Young Woman, clarified that the “transgressive” material that she’s interested in working on means “that you have to spend a lot of your time as a director saying, ‘Trust me, I think this how we’re going to do it.’ And so then people watch it, which is so thrilling. But yeah, you are showing yourself. You are taking your clothes off and exposing yourself.”

She added that Saltburn, while made on a big canvas, is a ”very intimate“ movie.

She told me during a long conversation at the Telluride Film Festival, where the film had its world premiere, that this is a film “about needing and wanting and desire and sex.

Emerald Fennell’s “Saltburn” brings style, swag and a whole lot of Barry Keoghan’s manhood to the award race. After having its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on Thursday night, festivalgoers were in for a wild bonanza of colors, lights and one of the sexiest films to grace the big screen so far this year.

Fennell’s previous film as a director, 2020’s “Promising Young Woman,” was a hit with Oscar voters, scoring five nominations, including one for best picture. But “Saltburn” looks to be much more divisive with critics and audiences.

“Saltburn” follows a college student named Oliver (Keoghan), as he finds himself drawn into the world of a charming and aristocratic classmate (Jacob Elordi) after he is invited to his eccentric family’s sprawling estate for a summer.

“Saltburn” feels like Fennell’s version of “The Talented Mr. Ripley.” Early reviews include some passionate admirers...

"I want to be the biggest reggaeton star in the world." Netflix has revealed the teaser trailer for the series Neon, about musicians in Miami. From exec producer, Daddy Yankee, and with original songs produced by Tainy, Neon is a new series about three friends' quest to find fame in the world of reggaeton. Or at least play one paying gig. It's set to debut on Netflix starting in October. While this isn't the first film or TV show featuring reggaeton, this is definitely one of the first to focus specifically on this scene and this music. Three friends move from a small town in Florida with the hope of making it big in Miami. Starring Tyler Dean Flores as Santi, Emma Ferreira as Ness, Jordan Mendoza as Felix, Courtney Taylor as Mia, along with Michelle Cortés, Jessie Camacho, Ana Sofia Pomales, and Cecille Colón. Looks really upbeat and lively...

The 2023 Telluride Film Festival launched on Thursday with numerous world premieres – including the first public screenings of Jeff Nichols’ “The Bikeriders,” George C. Wolfe’s “Rustin,” Andrew Haigh’s “All of Us Strangers,” and Alexander Payne’s “The Holdovers” – but few had attendees buzzing like “Saltburn.” At least based on anecdotal evidence, the new film from “Promising Young Woman” filmmaker and Oscar winner Emerald Fennell was the evening’s hottest event, with a capacity crowd at the Palm theater all but vibrating before the film’s world premiere – and then left stunned in its aftermath.

Set primarily in 2006, “Saltburn” focuses on the unexpected friendship that forms between Oliver (Oscar nominee Barry Keoghan), a young Oxford student on scholarship, and Felix (“Euphoria” star Jacob Elordi), the wealthy big man on campus with whom Oliver takes an intense interest. The film draws its title from Felix’s family estate, where he spends the summer with Oliver.

The haves and have-nots of Great Britain always have served as ripe subject matter for writers of every stripe, and the tradition continues in Saltburn, a vibrant if rather familiar take on the class system circa 2006. Emerald Fennell, following up on her Oscar-winning script for Promising Young Woman, reveals a strong hand behind the camera, even if the trajectory of the story feels rather overwrought and familiar. Nonetheless, the writing is alive and often amusing, giving the fine cast a lot to play with.

At the center of things is Oliver Quick, a name of which Dickens certainly would have approved. Very engagingly played by Barry Keoghan, who broke through last year in The Banshees of Inisherin, Oliver is a teenager without parents whose looks are both odd and appealing and who is determined to break through the class and expectations barrier to make something of himself. He’s obviously...

It’s the moment of truth for Emerald Fennell, whose “Promising Young Woman” established the actor-turned-auteur (last seen playing pregnant doll Midge in “Barbie”) as a formidable new filmmaking talent. Building on the barbed sensibility she established with “Killing Eve,” the writer-director’s zeitgeist-throttling feature debut lured audiences like a bright red candy apple, leaving them with plenty to debate after the cyanide-laced sugar high wore off. But what exactly did that pop provocation promise, in terms of where Fennell’s wicked-sinister imagination might go next? Surely something more satisfying than “Saltburn.”

But first the positive, as the shortcomings will swiftly make themselves apparent: A tall drink of Evelyn Waugh spiked with Patricia Highsmith bitters, Fennell’s sophomore feature boasts a distinctive, splashy look for its demented critique of pomp and privilege among England’s elitist upper class. Picture Brideshead reduced to ashes by Tom Ripley (Saltburn is the name...

Emerald Fennell likes things to be deeply cinematic, with elements that are vast, weird and flamboyant. No matter what you thought of the actor-turned-director’s genre-defying and much debated “Promising Young Woman”—it’s been called unapologetically feminist by defenders like this critic and, well, whatever’s the opposite of that, by others—her filmic appetite that rejected the mundane and conventional was undeniable in that original debut.

After a recent appearance as Midge in “Barbie,” Fennell is back in the directing chair with her unclassifiable sophomore caper “Saltburn,” a studiously mannered dark comedy-cum-thriller that spans across Oxford University and a massive mansion in the North Yorkshire town of Saltburn-by-the-Sea, and feels marvelously British. It’s almost as British as the likes of “Withnail and I” and “Jeeves and Wooster.”

This is both an observation and a bit of a warning, in that you will need a specific sense of...

Neon sounds like a winner for Netflix. The exciting new comedy series has a trailer and premiere date.

The streaming service will launch Neon on Thursday, October 19, 2023.

"From small-town Florida to the bustling beaches and bright lights of Miami, Neon follows three friends as they hustle their way to making it big in the world of reggaeton," the official description teases. 

"The eight-episode comedy captures not only the three besties' larger-than-life dreams, but also the harsh realities and funny mishaps of surviving the music industry."

The series stars Tyler Dean Flores as Santi, a rising reggaeton artist who, with the help of his friends Ness (Emma Ferreira), Felix (Jordan Mendoza), and A&r rep Mia (Courtney Taylor), hopes to become the biggest star in reggaeton.

"Or at least pay his rent," the tongue-in-cheek logline adds.

Neon was co-created by Shea Serrano and Max Searle, who also serves as showrunner.

The...

Netflix’s new comedy “Neon,” which executive produced by Daddy Yankee, is bringing all the heat this fall.

In the teaser for “Neon,” which is set for an Oct. 19 launch, three friends from a small town in Florida make their way to Miami as rising reggaeton artist Santi (Tyler Dean Flores) attempts to climb his way to the top of the music industry with the help of his friends Ness (Emma Ferreira), Felix (Jordan Mendoza), and A&r rep Mia (Courtney Taylor).

“Picture it: you are a star,” Ness tells Santi, who dreams of becoming “the biggest reggaeton star in the world” in the teaser. “We have to show them that we’re not just some loser wanna-bees.”

“Ness, the three of us currently live in a 2009 Toyota Corolla,” Felix says, injecting some reality into the group’s dreams.

While industry staples are immediately impressed by Santi’s “rare” fluency as a writer,...

“Lots of people get lost in Saltburn.”

Those are the words spoken in the first and new trailer for Oscar winner Emerald Fennell’s sophomore film, “Saltburn”.

Boasting a star power-packed cast of Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi and Rosamund Pike, this mind-bending drama follows Oxford University student Oliver Quick (Keoghan), who steps foot into the gated and whimsically aristocratic world of his peer, Felix Catton (Elordi).

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Jacob Elordi in ‘Saltburn’ — Photo: MGM Studios

Set in the mid-2000s, Oliver’s life is transformed as he’s invited to spend an “unforgettable” summer in Saltburn, where Felix’s family summer home is located.

Fennell recently discussed the dark side of Saltburn’s glittering appearance with Vanity Fair, sharing: “If it feels real, if it feels like something you really might do alone in the grips of desire,...

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There has always been a potent societal thirst for stories of supposedly “normal” people infiltrating the lavish, revelrous lives of the stratospherically rich and famous. Even more so if, once accessed, that formerly inaccessible world reveals itself to be dark, dangerous, sexy, mysterious, and/or haunted. The...

"I see why Felix likes you so much... You're so, um, 'real.'" MGM + Amazon Studios have revealed the first stunning teaser trailer for Saltburn, the next new film from Promising Young Woman director Emerald Fennell. The film is ready to make its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival this weekend, with a homecoming appearance at the London Film Festival later in the fall. This seems like it will be a very hot and wild and delectable experience. Barry Keoghan stars as Oliver Quick, a student at Oxford University who finds himself drawn into the world of a charming and aristocratic classmate. Felix invites him to his eccentric family's sprawling estate for a summer never to be forgotten... The eccentric ensemble cast also includes Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe, Carey Mulligan, Paul Rhys, Lolly Adefope, and Ewan Mitchell. This is a very slick teaser,...

Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi star in the first trailer for Emerald Fennell’s Promising Young Woman follow-up, Saltburn.

The Oscar-nominated Keoghan plays Oliver Quick, a student struggling to find his place at Oxford University, while Euphoria star Elordi portrays charming aristocrat Felix Catton. When the two men meet in the mid-2000s, Oliver finds himself drawn into Felix’s world. Keoghan’s character only falls further into the foreign territory when Felix invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family’s sprawling estate, for the summer.

Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe and Carey Mulligan round out the cast of the British film.

Amazon Studios and MGM’s Saltburn, produced by Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap Entertainment and MRC, is seen as a major awards contender and is set to premiere at the Telluride Film Festival before going on to open the London Film Festival.

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Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi are gearing up for the summer of their lives in the official teaser trailer for Emerald Fennell’s sophomore feature “Saltburn.”

Set in the mid-2000s, the twisted drama follows Oxford University student Oliver Quick (Keoghan), who finds himself intrigued by the world of his aristocratic peer, Felix Catton (Elordi). Felix then invites Oliver to Saltburn, his family’s luxury estate, where they spend “a summer never to be forgotten” together.

In addition to Keoghan and Elordi, the “Saltburn” cast includes Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Ewan Mitchell, Archie Madekwe, Lolly Adefioe, Reece Shearsmith, Paul Rhys and Carey Mulligan, who starred in Fennell’s feature directorial debut “Promising Young Woman.”

“Saltburn” is set to open the 67th BFI London Film Festival on Oct. 4 at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London.

“I’m honored that our film is able to open...

Jacob Elordi and Barry Keoghan roles are teased in new images for Saltburn, a comedy-thriller about the relationship between two students. The images reveal the lavish estate where the story takes place and feature well-dressed co-stars like Rosamund Pike. The film, directed by Emerald Fennell, promises to be a thrilling and unique experience with captivating characters and a darkly comedic tone.

Jacob Elordi and Barry Keoghan roles are teased in new images for Saltburn. The sophomore feature from British director Emerald Fennell, Saltburn is a comedy-thriller about the relationship between an Oxford student Oliver (Barry Keoghan) and his aristocratic classmate Felix (Jacob Elordi) who invites him into his oddball estate one summer. Starting Keoghan and Elordi alongside Carey Mulligan, Rosamund Pike, and Richard E. Grant, Saltburn is expected for release on November 24.

A number of new images from Saltburn have been revealed by Vanity Fair.

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Emerald Fennell found her crown jewel in Barry Keoghan for “Saltburn.” Fennell, who won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for her feature debut “Promising Young Woman,” told Vanity Fair that she cast Keoghan in sophomore film “Saltburn” after seeing 2017 film “The Killing of a Sacred Deer.”

Yorgos Lanthimos’ body horror thriller first pitted Keoghan and Colin Farrell side-by-side prior to their respective Oscar-nominated performances in “The Banshees of Inisherin.” Keoghan portrayed a disturbed teen with seemingly supernatural abilities to kill those who wronged him. The actor went on to play the Joker in “The Batman.”

“I just thought, ‘That’s a once-in-a-lifetime performer. There’s no equivalent,'” Fennell recalled of first seeing Keoghan onscreen. “He’s just so compelling. He’s got a kind of sex appeal and a vulnerability and a physical presence and a sort of darkness, or he can at least communicate these things in a way that is very rare.

Brooke Davis and Lucas Scott may not have been endgame in One Tree Hill, but for a time, they were a great couple. It is sometimes debated whether Lucas should have ended up with Brooke. Regardless, that doesn’t take away the love story they got in the series. It still can be enjoyable even if fans know how it will end.

Brooke showed Lucas how to be less serious and have some fun. He was always brooding, but Brooke brought out a different side of him. So even if fans were truly Leyton shippers, they could still enjoy Brucas. There were a lot of ups and downs during their relationship, especially when Peyton Sawyer came between them. But there are episodes that can that fans can relive the bliss of Brucas.

With Arms Outstretched

In season 1, episode 9, Lucas and Brooke are getting to know each other. He gives her a book she loves,...

If there’s one thing Christian Petzold does well it’s introspective examinations of characters at the heart of overwhelming circumstances. Which isn’t the most succinct thing to put on your CV but you have to admit he does it well. After all he has a whole trilogy of films he calls ‘Love in Times of Oppressive Systems’ so clearly it’s working for him.

His latest piece, Afire, focuses on a narcissistic author agonising over his latest novel while sharing a holiday home in the Baltic Sea, completely uninterested in the raging wildfires consuming the nearby woodland. It’s a fitting subject for an artist like Petzold, a creative so obsessed with their own endeavours that they become openly hostile to anything outside themselves.

That sums up our protagonist Leon (Thomas Schubert) in a nutshell. A schlubby, sullen writer chafing against his idyllic surroundings. He refuses to go...

The pumpkin spice flows free, and streaming services have begun to unveil their densely packed Halloween programming. That means the Halloween season is officially here, at least as far as horror is concerned. To help you prepare for the onslaught of horror, here’s a helpful Fall 2023 Horror Preview Guide.

It’s a densely packed slate this Halloween, and trust us, this is only the tip of the iceberg for what’s ahead. Expect plenty of surprise release announcements in store as more streaming services debut their seasonal releases, schedules, and beyond.

Here are 31 horror releases coming soon to help you get into the spooky spirit!

#ChadGetsTheAxe – September 1 (VOD)

Influencers get more than they bargained for in this horror comedy based on a short. The film “follows four social media influencers as they live-stream their trip to Devil’s Manor, the former home of a Satanic Cult. Things don’t go well.

Thomas Schubert on playing Leon in Afire: 'I always felt like there was quite a bit of myself in my character. It is really interesting that we all sort of have that memory of being that way' Photo: Curzon Austrian Thomas Schubert stars Afire in the latest film from Christian Petzold, an offbeat comedy of sorts set on a summer that is smouldering with possibilities, both literal and figurative. Schubert, who was a non-professional when he took on his breakout role in 2011’s Breathing, at the age of 17, has since established himself an impressive and varied career, notching up more than 30 TV and film roles. His latest sees him play Leon, a writer who is heading on a summer retreat with his buddy Felix (Langston Uibel) in a bid to complete his second novel.

On arrival at Felix’s family’s summer house, the pair discover they are not alone,...

"Yes, we want to build this house really for real at this altitude. Yes, we really want go on a glacier." They went to any length to make this film feel real, and authentic, and it's all the better for it. One of my favorite films of 2022 (and 2023) is called The Eight Mountains, an Italian drama about two friends who grew up in the mountains. I have been raving about it since the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, seeing it again at another festival in late 2022, following its release in spring of 2023. Co-directed by Belgian filmmakers Felix van Groeningen & Charlotte Vandermeersch (who are also married), the film is a remarkable look at how massively powerful mountains are in shaping the lives of humans. I get all emotional just thinking about it, as I'm a huge mountain nerd myself. I was lucky to get time to interview Felix & Charlotte earlier in 2023 - I'd...

Christian Petzold’s Afire on the IFC Center marquee Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

In the second instalment with director/screenwriter Christian Petzold on Afire starring Paula Beer, Thomas Schubert (winking at the audience like Ryan Gosling’s Ken in Greta Gerwig’s summer blockbuster Barbie), Langston Uibel, Enno Trebs, and Matthias Brandt we touch upon Leo McCarey’s An Affair To Remember with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr in reference to Paula Beer in the wheelchair; pronouncing Walter Benjamin and Uwe Johnson; Margarethe von Trotta’s film series Jahrestage; Devid Striesow in Yella; new Baltic Sea tourism in the old east, and the goulash in and out of the bag.

Christian Petzold on Leo McCarey’s An Affair To Remember with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr: “Oh, this is a fantastic movie! It all comes back now!” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze

Friends Felix (Langston Uibel) and Leon (Thomas Schubert) are on their...

The wait is finally over. Nicolas Cage is available now in Behaviour Interactive’s Dead by Daylight. Cage joining The Fog coincides with Dead by Daylight’s new Tome 16: Existence, drawing players

deeper into the terrifying world of End Transmission, its latest Chapter. As part of the new challenges in the rift comes the Very Rare Tough Guy Outfit for Nicolas Cage.

Tome 16: Existence continues the compelling tale of its space colonizing characters. Players are invited to follow Hux-A7-13, also known as The Singularity, as it gains sentience, begins to question its purpose, and resents being the tool of an inferior species – humans. Then, descend into Gabriel Soma’s mind and examine some memory discrepancies, and the upcoming realization that everything he remembers might not be as it seems. Players are invited to progress through the Rift and the Deep Rift, to complete brand-new gameplay Challenges, and...

Warning: Major Spoilers ahead for Hijack episode 6.

"Hijack" episode 6 reveals major twists that clear up the reasoning and motivations behind the hijacking of Kingdom Flight 29. Two Cheapside Firm "cleaners" break into Sam's home, putting his family in immediate danger and raising the stakes. The surprising revelation of a hidden hijacker on the plane connected to Edgar and the Cheapside Firm is the biggest twist of the episode.

Hijack episode 6 "Comply Slowly" continues the blood-pumping intensity of the Apple thriller series by delivering a number of new major twists. With only one episode left before the finale of the popular miniseries airs on August 2, 2023, "Comply Slowly" brings all the show's key players into critical positions in anticipation of one last showdown. After Stuart and the hijackers proved that they weren't messing around by killing an innocent passenger in episode 4, Sam was forced to change his negotiation tactics and apply pressure using...

If the previous episode of Hijack was a little bit of a dud, it’s probably because the series had in its arsenal the latest episode, which absolutely knocked it out of the park with its thrilling turn of events. The hijackers had threatened to do further damage if the authorities didn’t release Edgar Janssen and John Bailey-Brown. Sam was running out of breathing space, as the plane was just a couple of hours away from its destination, and the situation on the flight was dangerously close to getting out of hand. Stuart had lost his brother Lewis, and he could wreak havoc if he lost his composure. Sam knew that and had to come up with a way to minimize the damage. This episode finally showed us the dreaded criminals Edgar and John, to secure whose freedom the plane had been hijacked, apparently. The real shocker came at...

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Can Astrid and James have it all? Has the Children Ruin Everything TV show been cancelled or renewed for a second season on The CW? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Children Ruin Everything, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?  

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A parenting comedy series airing on The CW television network, the Children Ruin Everything TV show stars Meaghan Rath, Aaron Abrams, Ennis Esmer, Nazneen Contractor, Logan Nicholson, Mikayla SwamiNathan, Dmitry Chepovetsky, Veena Sood, Lisa Codrington, and Darius Rota. The story follows a young couple, Astrid (Rath) and James (Abrams), as they raise their two young children, seven-year-old Felix (Nicholson) and four-year-old Viv (SwamiNathan).

Originating in Canada and co-produced by CBC and Roku, the Children Ruin Everything series has already been renewed for seasons two and three. The first two seasons have already aired on The Roku Channel in the United States. Will that hurt the show's ratings on The CW? Will the network drop Children Ruin Everything or pick up the second season instead? Stay tuned.

A parenting comedy series, the Children Ruin Everything TV show stars Meaghan Rath, Aaron Abrams, Ennis Esmer, Nazneen Contractor, Logan Nicholson, Mikayla SwamiNathan, Dmitry Chepovetsky, Veena Sood, Lisa Codrington, and Darius Rota. The story follows a young couple, Astrid (Rath) and James (Abrams), as they raise their two young children, seven-year-old Felix (Nicholson) and four-year-old Viv (SwamiNathan). The parents struggle to hold onto some semblance of their pre-kid life while doing their best...

Afire.Paula Beer has said that she wants to avoid any clear overlaps with her personal life as she’s preparing a character. To her credit, there’s something about her acting that eschews biographical readings: she invites us into the present as her characters are experiencing it. Beer, who was born in Mainz, Germany, has been acting since she was a child; she was 14 when she stepped onto the set of her first movie, Chris Kraus’s The Poll Diaries (2010). Just a few years later, she won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for her turn as a young widow in François Ozon’s World War I drama Frantz (2016)—a performance that showed how, even in the framework of a fairly traditional romantic drama, Beer could hint subtly at her character’s interiority beyond what was on the page.From there, it was a quick jump to the cycle of films...

Christian Petzold, the director of the well-timed summer movie Afire with Anne-Katrin Titze: “I’m really sure that we don’t have summer movies. The Americans have summer movies, the French have summer movies.”

Christian Petzold’s slow-burning Afire, shot by Hans Fromm, stars Paula Beer, Thomas Schubert, Langston Uibel, Enno Trebs, and Matthias Brandt.

Nadja (Paula Beer) with Devid (Enno Trebs), Felix (Langston Uibel), and Leon (Thomas Schubert) in Afire

A scene in Leo McCarey’s An Affair To Remember (with Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr); Sophie Calle’s Voir La Mer and Hiroshi Sugimoto’s photographs; Astrid Lindgren; a Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre touch; Uwe Johnson’s Mutmassungen über Jakob and Margarethe von Trotta’s Jahrestage series; Johan Wolfgang von Goethe; a Nanni Moretti quote; meeting Paul Dano’s Wildlife cinematographer Diego García (Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cemetery Of Splendor) in Tel Aviv; Billy Wilder, Fred Zinnemann, Curt Siodmak, Robert Siodmak,...

Warning: Contains Spoilers for I'm A Virgo

In I’m A Virgo, Jharrel Jerome plays the giant Cootie leading viewers to wonder how tall the character and his actor are in reality. It took Boots Riley five years to produce the follow-up to his deservedly acclaimed 2018 satire Sorry To Bother You. Fortunately, Prime’s I’m A Virgo is worth the wait. Another trippy satirical thrill ride from Riley, I’m A Virgo tells the story of Cootie. A giant who was raised in seclusion, Cootie becomes an unlikely folk hero when he escapes into the colorful environs of his Oakland neighborhood. Cootie’s tragicomic coming-of-age forms the bulwark of I’m A Virgo’s story.

By I’m A Virgo’s bizarre ending, viewers are rooting for Cootie to triumph against a fascist superman simply named The Hero. However, before this finale, Cootie experiences friendship, romance, and heartbreak for the first time. Cootie becomes friends with Scat,...

Warning: Contains Spoilers for I'm A Virgo

The iconic Boots Riley returns to screens with I’m A Virgo, a funny, surreal, and rousing story that features a surprising ending. Although Boots Riley was a hip-hop legend for decades before Sorry To Bother You’s 2018 release, that indie satire established him as a major cinematic talent. Sorry To Bother You blended comedy, sci-fi, and surrealism to satirize race relations, corporate culture, and contemporary capitalism. Riley’s follow-up, Amazon's I’m A Virgo, sees the filmmaker return to this fertile creative ground for the story of Cootie, a 13-foot-tall Oakland native. Cootie’s coming-of-age and his introduction to American life are chronicled in I’m A Virgo season 1.

Like Sorry To Bother You’s infamous ending, I’m A Virgo’s ending is likely to leave some viewers confused. Cootie spends most of I’m A Virgo season 1 developing friendships with Jones, Felix, and Scat while tentatively romancing Flora,...

This article contains spoilers for all seven episodes of I’m a Virgo.

There’s a lot going on in I’m a Virgo, Boots Riley’s seven-episode series on Prime Video. The mere premise of the show itself – that of a 13-foot tall young Black man from Oakland finding himself – is a lot to unpack. And that’s before the Sorry to Bother You filmmaker begins to introduce other elements of magical realism.

Cootie’s (Jharrel Jerome) journey to self discovery features: a cult cartoon called Parking Tickets that has the potential to drive people insane, a billionaire comic book writer who becomes his own fascist creation called The Hero (Walton Goggins), and of course: plenty of revolutionary labor politics.

All of those disparate threads come to a head in the I’m a Virgo finale in which Cootie and friends have sabotaged a power facility in a fruitless attempt at...

I’m a Virgo, an Amazon series directed by Boots Riley, is a story of self-exploration and the complexities of existing in a world that often rejects individuality. Set against a contemporary backdrop, this thought-provoking series delves into the life of Cootie, a 13-foot-tall, gigantic teenager, as he embarks on a transformative journey of discovering his true self. Although Cootie thought he could fly high and do amazing things, he was faced with many difficult situations where people wanted to take advantage of him because of his size. But as he went through these challenges, Cootie learned that real heroes are not just characters in colorful comic books. Being a hero requires thinking carefully and being patient. It’s not about having superpowers or being big but about making wise choices and staying calm in tough times.

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Was Cootie Really A Villain?

Played by Moonlight actor Jharrel Jerome, Cootie...

Boots Riley’s coming-of-age joyride series, I’m a Virgo, is like one of those dreams that leave you wondering, “What was that?” My reaction throughout the series, from the start to the middle and all the way to the end, was just like that. The series starts off with a woman carrying a giant baby, immediately setting the absurd tone of the series. This baby, named Cootie (Jharrel Jerome), grows up to be a gigantic 13-foot-tall man, hidden away from the world by his adoptive parents, who fear others might exploit him. While this may seem like a typical fantasy plot, the true madness of I’m a Virgo unfolds gradually. So, let’s delve into this madness and attempt to decipher what was really happening in the series.

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Plot Summary: What Happens In ‘I’m A Virgo’ Season 1?

Lafrancine (Carmen Ejogo) and her husband Martisse (Mike Epps) brought home...

Afro-surrealism has been on Hollywood’s radar for some time now. From Donald Glover’s groundbreaking series “Atlanta” to Terence Nance’s thought-provoking “Random Acts of Flyness” and Jordan Peele’s critically acclaimed films “Get Out” and “Nope,” this formerly niche genre seems to be thriving in mainstream entertainment.

Writer, producer and musician Boots Riley, whose 2018 film “Sorry to Bother You” catapulted him to prominence as a filmmaker, returns with his latest project: “I’m A Virgo” on Prime Video. This highly anticipated series solidifies his position among the pioneers of the Afro-surrealist genre.

Afrofuturism and Afro-surrealism, often seen as interchangeable, are different. Where Afrofuturism blends the African diaspora’s art, science and music to speculate on the future, Afro-surrealism is about the now. Why romanticize a dystopian future when so many working-class Black and brown bodies live in oppressive spaces at this moment?

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