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Avatar: The Last Airbender was always meant to end with Aang and Katara together. From the moment the young Avatar was freed from the ice, creators Michael Dante Dimartino and Bryan Konietzko built up their relationship as the water bender became the one member of the Gaang he could lean on the most for support. All the battles and adventures across the four nations eventually culminated in the final scene of Book 3, where, with the war with the Fire Nation finally behind them, they sealed their love with a kiss. However, fans have always envisioned Katara hooking up with a different suitor in a perfect enemies-to-lovers scenario — Zuko. Even over 20 years since the series premiered, Zutara hopes are still alive, and, at Fan Expo Denver, Dante Basco and Mae Whitman were all too ready to lean into them. Well, at least Basco was.

In a panel hosted by Collider's Maggie Lovitt at the event,...

The films with the most heart and most original ideas almost always come from the super indie sphere. Enter BA, a heartwarming blend of genre and drama written and directed by Benjamin Wong. Wong’s feature debut stars the empathetic Lawrence Kao (Wu Assassins) as Daniel, a single dad on the brink of homelessness, trying to keep his lovely daughter Collette safe and happy. However, that’s not so easy when your dancing career is derailed by a broken leg and you get evicted, opting to go “car camping.” This is what can happen when your one friend can’t let you stay with them, due to being allergic to your dog. Weird circumstances and bad decisions aren’t always reflective of reality, but this...

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A new distribution company, Ethos Releasing, are announcing their inaugural slate for 2025. The company was founded by producer Noah Lang, who is no stranger to the ScreenAnarchy family. We've been writing about their projects for a long time and are happy to support them in this next step in the evolution of their career.    The first release from Ethos Releasing is The Buildout, the feature film debut from writer/director Zeshaan Younus. The story centers around two women whose friendship is tested when they experience something strange in the desert. Jenna Kanell and Hannah Alline star.    A small selection of stills from this year's slate can be found below. They are in alphabetical order: Alone All Together, Ba, The Buildout, Dark My Light and Noclip.   ...

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A teacher becomes increasingly paranoid as she roams around her fabulous home and gardens in this flimsy adaptation of BA Paris’s novel The Breakdown

This thriller is based on BA Paris’s novel The Breakdown, but it’s is way too obvious for its own good and doesn’t have much going for it in terms of performance or subtext. Frankly, the best thing about it is the location, a stunning medieval mansion called Elsing Hall in Norfolk with romantic moat, arched doorways, and lush gardens. Fittingly, the house serves as a major engine for the plot, with rumours of ghosts and property values both serving as possible explanations for the dramatic shenanigans.

In the story, decorative but drippy schoolteacher Cass (Minka Kelly) lives in this beautiful pile with her husband Matthew who does something vaguely defined in the energy sector. The couple are Americans who have moved in...

Batman: The Animated Series is one of the best animated shows of all time. The show ran for several years on Fox, airing 85 episodes before moving to The WB to air its final 24 episodes. While the Bruce Timm-produced show was running, they made DC's best animated film to date, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, released in 1993. Following the show's success and the previous movie, Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero was released in 1998, with Kevin Conroy reprising his role as Batman. The movie took place between the end of the original series and the start of the newly titled The New Batman Adventures that aired on The WB.

Batman: The Animated Series holds up to this day with its top-notch animation for the time, compelling storylines and iconic voiceover work by Conroy and Mark Hamill, who made a name for himself away from Star Wars. The show adapted storylines from the...

Exclusive: The L.A.-based Screamfest Horror Film Festival has unveiled the first wave lineup for its 24th edition, taking place at the Tcl Chinese Theatre in Hollywood from October 8-17.

Among the films to look out for at this year’s festival are two produced for Hulu by WorthenBrooks (formerly 20th Digital Studio), on which we were first to report: Screamfest alum Brandon Espy’s Mr. Crocket and Justin Harding’s Carved, both of which will premiere on Hulu later this year.

A supernatural horror film starring Jerrika Hinton and Elvis Nolasco, Mr. Crocket follows Summer Beverly (Hinton) as she embarks on a chilling journey to rescue her son from a sinister children’s show host with otherworldly powers. Starring Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Carved is a fun romp centered on a group of survivors trapped in a Halloween village battle with a sentient, vengeful pumpkin.

In addition to Carved,...

Quick Links What Dragon Ball Was Like After All These Years How Dragon Ball Measures Up to the Modern Shonen Where Dragon Ball Falls Short Today Dragon Ball is a long-standing and influential franchise created by Akira Toriyama that started in the 1980s. Dragon Ball continues to impact modern shonen series with elements like transformations and enemy-to-ally character arcs. Dragon Ball's weak points include its reliance on pervy comedy, and the sheer amount of filler the uncut series possesses.

In the '90s, every little boy was entranced by the absolute phenomenon that is Dragon Ball--or at least, that's the way it felt to me. Unfortunately for me, I didn't have access to cable, and couldn't watch Dragon Ball, except for catching an occasional episode at a friend's house now and then.

By the early 2000s, however, that all changed, and I discovered the wonder that is anime.

New York’s Tribeca Film Festival is turning 22 this year, and from June 5-16 will be bringing another bumper crop of American and international indies to film screens in lower Manhattan. And sure, we’d all like to eat cannolis with Robert De Niro at one of those fancy bakeries they have down there, but unfortunately not all of us are talented enough to create a Tribeca-worthy feature or short. Luckily, we have proxies available in the form of three Film Independent Fiscal Sponsorship-supported projects!

These Tribeca-bound bangers include one fiction feature, one nonfiction feature and a fiction short. So whatever programming track you find yourself on below Canal Street in July, there’s a good chance you’ll stumble upon something with our #FiSpo impreminator. You’ll also discover three distinct tales–of contentious teen romance, manslaughter as family bonding, and the 1980s New Wave music scene. And in case you forgot,...