Though the prize for most obvious Halloween costume contest has been split betweenDonald TrumpandMargot Robbie’s Harley Quinn this year, a solid runner-up would have to beMillie Bobby Brown’s Eleven fromStranger Things. It’s not exactly surprising, mind you.Stranger Thingshas been the most talked-about series to air on Netflix arguably since the first season ofDaredevilor the first season ofOrange is the New Black, and the announcement of a second season, which will arrive sometime in 2017, was awaited as if the recipe for a homemade cancer cure was being given out any day now....

Thereboot announcementfor Season 12 ofVanderpump Rulesshouldn’t be a surpriseafter the disjointed Season 11 that followed up on the “Scandoval” of it all.Ariana Madixwas adamant about excludingTom Sandovalfrom her life after his betrayal. Understandably, every forced scene where the producers and cast contrived to get the pair together on camera ended with Madix outraged and Sandoval limping away. Their relationship coming to its abrupt end also divided the once close-knit group of SUR graduates into different camps....

Looking for the Top 10 TV Shows on Netflix now? Well, you’re in the right place! Despite the streaming service launching the trending list earlier this year, which reveals what the Top 10 most popular TV shows are daily, it’s not easy to find that list on Netflix itself without digging into it a little bit. Check out the list of the top 10 most popular TV shows in the United States below, along with a brief synopsis of just what the heck it is that everyone’s watching....

Of the many things to admire aboutThe Craft, one of the most immediately recognizable elements is its soundtrack. When I first saw the film, I walked straight out of the theater and right over to the local big-chain media store in the mall and bought the soundtrack. Most of the songs remain catchy and worth revisiting regularly, but I had a particular affinity for Matthew Sweet’s “Dark Secret” and Letters to Cleo’s “Dangerous Type,” and “Under the Water” remains one of the only Jewel songs that doesn’t put me in the mood for a deep nap....

Episode 7 ofThe CrownSeason 5’s title is “No Woman’s Land,” which is somewhat ironic considering it is exclusively about one woman. For the first time this season, the show allows Diana (Elizabeth Debicki) to take center stage, surprising given she’s undoubtedly the main draw this year as we inch closer to her passing in the show’s timeline. She may be in the spotlight in this episode, but it sure is a lonely one....

The Flashhad an excellent first season, but since then it’s been trying to find a way to get back up to speed. Season 2’s villain, Zoom, wasn’t particularly interesting (although it’s still fun to growl, “I’ll get yourspeed, Flash!”), but with Season 3 it looked like the showrunners were going to try something ambitious when they set up Flashpoint – even though that setup made zero sense. While it was somewhat understandable that Barry, overwhelmed with grief from losing his father, decided to undo everything that had come before, the finale didn’t really earn that ending....

Jack Lowdenmight be in the news now for hiscameo as Sauron inThe Rings of PowerSeason 2, but in 2021, theSlow Horsesstar gave a performance worthy of everyone’s attention inBenediction, a biopic of World War I poet and soldierSiegfried Sassoon. WhileBenedictionis tangentially about war, which serves as an ever-present character,Terence Daviesdoesn’t spend any time on the front lines with Sassoon, though he was a decorated soldier who witnessed atrocities and was nearly fatally wounded on several occasions....

Spoilers forTrue DetectiveSeason 3 Episode 7 follow below. Wellthatwas something. The penultimate episode ofTrue Detectivedropped a couple of major revelations, then ended with a tremendous cliffhanger teeing up a confrontational—and exciting—finale that will hopefully provide some closure forMahershala Ali’s Detective Wayne Hays, who along with his partner Roland (Stephen Dorff), been haunted by a murder investigation in three separate timelines for the bulk of the HBO drama’s third season. To dig into the specifics of the seventh episode and to tease a bit of the finale, I got the chance to speak with directorDaniel Sackheim, who helmed episodes 3, 6, 7, and 8 of the season....

Netflix has unveiled the first full-length trailer forUnbreakable Kimmy SchmidtSeason 3, and the show looks as delightful as ever. Created by30 RockshowrunnersTina FeyandRobert Carlock, the series began withEllie Kemper’s titular character coming to New York after being kidnapped and held hostage underground for most of her teen years. The series consistently found surprising ways to address Kimmy’s trauma with a mix of honesty and humor. Season 2 found Kimmy growing and coming into her own a bit, but also acknowledged that the road to recovery is long and hard....

As film franchises embrace the interconnected, serialized aspects of modern day television, it makes sense that TV directors increasingly are asked to helm big budget film series (seeAlan Taylor’stransition fromGame of ThronestoThor: The Dark World&Terminator: Genysis). Films, since the 1950s, have embraced the ‘auteur theory’ – wherein a director imprints his particular vision and style onto a story. But with TV, the opposite is the case – a television director must adapt their style to fit into the pre-existing template of a series (which is why – you’ll never see aWes Anderson-helmed episode of theBig Bang Theory)....

Editor’s Note: The below contains spoilers for the three-episode premiere of ‘The Boys’. After a two-year wait, our introduction to Season 4 ofThe Boysdoesn’t open with Butcher (Karl Urban) or Homelander (Antony Starr), but Victoria Neuman (Claudia Doumit). She’s been a large part of the series since the second season andappeared briefly last year onThe Boysspin-off seriesGen Vto push her campaign for Vice President alongside presidential nominee Robert Singer (Jim Beaver)....

Film criticism gets a bad rep, but throughout the history of this beautiful art form, it has proved to be a noble and incredibly important profession. Truly great film critics have a unique capacity to drill deep into the core of a film and dissect it insightfully and eloquently, evaluate the history of cinema and contribute to its study, and prove that film analysis is just as meaningful as any other kind of artistic analysis....

Francis Lawrenceis no stranger to adapting the brutality and bloodshed ofSuzanne Collins’ young adult seriesThe Hunger Gamesfor the big screen. After all, the director has already backed three films surrounding the world of Katniss Everdeen inThe Hunger Games: Catching Fireand both parts one and two ofThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay. Now, Lawrence and Lionsgate are telling a story filled with new characters in the upcoming prequel,The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes....